PlayStation 5 - Next gen is expensive

[HarryBizzle]

1 hour ago, womblingfree said:

It’s being used on a telly that no longer supports the Netflix app, something that seems common with quite a few apps. Not looking forward to the day the decide not to support PS3 anymore and I’m stuck with Cash in the Attic and Emmerdale on Terrestrial.

 

But yeah, it’s fucking slow and the Store is even slower.

 

If the PS3 being slow does bother you at all, assuming it's got an HDMI in, something like a cheap Fire stick or Roku might be an idea. 

[Mr. Gerbik]

I use a Chromecast on the old telly, works perfect

[Bojangle]

7 minutes ago, Alex W. said:

Ubisoft has  removed the info about PS5 not supporting PS1-PS3 from its article. 

 

 

Probably because Sony are asking developers/publishers to not talk about BC unless pre-approved by their account managers. Even putting something like "Added PS5 compatibility" or "Fixed issue with PS5 compatability" in your update notes will see you failing Certification. 

They even give you a canned message that you should use in response to people asking about it; 

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If you are asked about backwards compatibility prior to SIE’s public update on backwards compatibility, feel free to use the following statement. You can also direct media inquiries to SIE PR. “We don’t have any announcements to make at this time.”

 

[Jg15]

36 minutes ago, JohnC said:

Maybe after several years. Shorter in a smokers house. 

My Dreamcast has gone yellow with age, my daughter thought that was the original colour.

[Alex W.]

Well at least we know there will be a public update at some point then.

[Mr. Gerbik]

6 minutes ago, Jg15 said:

My Dreamcast has gone yellow with age, my daughter thought that was the original colour.

My Dreamcast lived with me in my small student room back when I smoked. You can't tell it was ever supposed to be white.

[amc]

I think I'll just put the Pro in the bedroom along with my backward compatible PS3. Then I have the option to not play those old games like I do with my PS3. 

 

Saying that, I have recently started 3D Dot Heroes for the 10th time and do the odd run across the bridge at the start of DeS NG+. 

 

Totally worth the space it takes up.

[Superunknown]

45 minutes ago, Alex W. said:

Well at least we know there will be a public update at some point then.

 

Nah, all we know is that Sony are telling devs not to speak about it until SIE do. Which might be never 

 

It's not *not* backward compatible if SIE haven't announced it's not.

 

 

 

[gospvg]

 

This just added to the PS youtube channel but no further info.

[joffocakes]

There's a blog post which provides some additional context:

 

https://blog.playstation.com/2020/09/01/devs-speak-how-ps5-consoles-ultra-high-speed-ssd-and-tempest-3d-audiotech-engine-will-enhance-the-future-of-gaming/

[Girth Certificate]

I thought the haptic thing was bullshit but then my phone ran out of batteries for the first time and I realised the home button isn't actually a button at all and it's just been using vibrations to pretend to move all this time. What other shit haven't they been telling me??

 

 

 

Also I want to see a big fuckoff robot Brontosaurus stepping on people in Horizon One Dawn

[Alex W.]

I wince when I hit a stone with my shovel in Animal Crossing, every time. Next generation force feedback is magical and it’s only going to get better-used.

[wretcherd]

Animal Crossing fishing is a good example as you can instantly tell if you've caught a monster or yet another sea bass from the subtle difference.

[Ethers]

Tell you what, I’m looking forward to buying GTA V & Skyrim for a third time. 

[joffocakes]

Isn't GTA V free on PSV?

[dataDave]

Bethesda really do like taking the piss with Skyrim. If it does get ported expect it to have the same old shitty 256px textures (stretched up to 512px though!) and rancid bugs.

 

4K resolution and maybe a 'console first' 60fps.

 

lol. :/

[Vemsie]

1 hour ago, joffocakes said:

There's a blog post which provides some additional context:

 

https://blog.playstation.com/2020/09/01/devs-speak-how-ps5-consoles-ultra-high-speed-ssd-and-tempest-3d-audiotech-engine-will-enhance-the-future-of-gaming/

Best thing about this is the info that Harry 'Nex Machina' Krueger is directing Returnal. This is now definitely my most wanted PS5 game.

[Mr. Gerbik]

26 minutes ago, Fallows said:

Bethesda really do like taking the piss with Skyrim. If it does get ported expect it to have the same old shitty 256px textures (stretched up to 512px though!) and rancid bugs.

 

4K resolution and maybe a 'console first' 60fps.

 

lol. :/

Even Bethesda aren't shameless enough to release the same old barely enhanced game yet again with the same old bugs and call it Skyrim: Specialer Special 4k Edition or something, so they won't do that.

 

 

 

They'll call it Elder Scrolls VI instead.

[Sixkiller]

17 hours ago, joffocakes said:

Isn't GTA V free on PSV?

GTA online will be, but the implication is the full "expanded & enhanced" game including the single player will need to be purchased.  If the PS4 version works on PS5, though, and everyone has the multiplayer PS5 version for free, they're going to have to offer a signficant expansion and enhancement to the single player mode to make it a worthwhile purchase...

[Ethers]

21 hours ago, joffocakes said:

Isn't GTA V free on PSV?

Not the full (‘enhanced’) game.   

[barkbat]

I reckon the enhancements will be the resolution/graphical tweaks you'd expect, and a PSVR Mode with exclusive missions.

[Chadruharazzeb]

It's hilarious that the information on launch titles is so scarce that people are now suddenly desperate to play PS1 games.

[gooner4life]

The PS5 and Series X launch is a complete shit show.

 

 

[Ghosty]

5 minutes ago, gooner4life said:

The PS5 and Series X launch is a complete shit show.

 

 

 

No love lost between the two juggernauts it seems.

 

[footle]

8 minutes ago, gooner4life said:

The PS5 and Series X launch is a complete shit show.

There’s no point buying either now that Sony have also confirmed releases on PC.

[Vemsie]

They haven't confirmed next-gen games for PC though. I wouldn't expect those anytime soon, but we'll see.

[jonamok]

After seeing last night's showing from nVidia, the next gen consoles are now pretty much dead to me on the excitement front, and I'm all aboard the PC hype train.

 

Seeing that ray-traced marbles tech demo (yeah, I know, not a game) and the full RTX version of Cyberpunk 2077, however briefly, has properly got me excited (compounded by a powerful need to play Flight Sim at the quality that God intended). And there's nothing I've seen yet on PS5 from a shinies perspective that looks anywhere nearly as 'next gen'. I also doubt the eventual reveal of the PS5 release date and price etc. will come remotely close to eliciting the same "Fuck me!" nVidia earned when they revealed the £649 cost of the RT 3080.

 

Come on Sony, FFS, please blow me away and justify my day one purchase. Or I'm deffo out at launch for the very first time on any Playstation console.

[SeanR]

The hyperbole train?

[gooner4life]

Sony are dreaming if they think they can price the ps5 upwards of £400 when a viable top end gaming pc will be attainable for around a 1000 quid 

[spanx]

48 minutes ago, jonamok said:

After seeing last night's showing from nVidia, the next gen consoles are now pretty much dead to me on the excitement front, and I'm all aboard the PC hype train.

 

Seeing that ray-traced marbles tech demo (yeah, I know, not a game) and the full RTX version of Cyberpunk 2077, however briefly, has properly got me excited (compounded by a powerful need to play Flight Sim at the quality that God intended). And there's nothing I've seen yet on PS5 from a shinies perspective that looks anywhere nearly as 'next gen'. I also doubt the eventual reveal of the PS5 release date and price etc. will come remotely close to eliciting the same "Fuck me!" nVidia earned when they revealed the £649 cost of the RT 3080.

 

Come on Sony, FFS, please blow me away and justify my day one purchase. Or I'm deffo out at launch for the very first time on any Playstation console.

 

Got to say, and a week ago I wouldn’t have even considered this, I think I’m going the same way too.