Idc about load times, so I'm not even gonna think about it until Elden Ring. Even then, I wish I could never buy a new system, but I have to imagine that it will be optimized for PS5.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 20:56 (three years ago) link
I've tried to get it a bunch of times when I see it pop up on wario64 but I've never managed to get one in my cart before the bots get there.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 21:15 (three years ago) link
We have one, have only been playing the 4K versions of existing games that have it for now, like Destiny and No Mans Sky - everything loads real fast and looks really good. Fan can be hella loud when it has to kick in tho.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 22:34 (three years ago) link
I have been using a PS5 controller with my PC and pretending
It's a good controller imo
― mh, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 02:17 (three years ago) link
can pc games access the fancy haptics features like the trigger tension?
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 02:39 (three years ago) link
not as of yet
― mh, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 02:46 (three years ago) link
basically feels like a nicer PS4 controller overall, only no one has spilled coca-cola in my ps5 controller
― mh, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 02:47 (three years ago) link
Oh do the PS5 controllers work with Steam controller maps same as PS4 do?
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 04:14 (three years ago) link
Fan can be hella loud when it has to kick in tho.
nooooooooo i thought this was the whole point of making it a meter wide, to avoid this!
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 21:02 (three years ago) link
i am disappointed sony
yeah iirc all the first impressions were like "its so much quieter than the ps4" but maybe it doesnt hold up over time
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 21:41 (three years ago) link
I should caveat what I said - most of the time theres no fan noise! but when it kicks in, its not so much that its loud, but its ... distinct? Quite enginey-sounding, like a 2stroke mower in the distance.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 4 March 2021 23:22 (three years ago) link
Playstation getting its own Hades: https://kotaku.com/returnal-feels-like-an-actual-ps5-game-1846735864
― Tahini Coates (Leee), Thursday, 22 April 2021 15:27 (two years ago) link
I was up late watching streams of this. A complete stunner of a game. Just awesome.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Sunday, 2 May 2021 18:32 (two years ago) link
That game looks pretty neat, and/or a future cult classic. I have no idea what thought goes into these rollouts but it's wild the PS5 came out with next to no bench. Then again, as I understand it, the early days of PS4 were light on must-play games, too. Which of course begs the question, if it takes a couple of years for a system to get going, then why buy one at all in the early days? I suppose that problem was accidentally solved this year through scarcity, but still.
Anyway, this reminds me that I have Hades but haven't played it yet!
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 3 May 2021 12:10 (two years ago) link
PS5 still has more and better exclusives than Xbox does.
Also, the PS5 is apparently the fastest-selling console in history so the scarcity isn't hurting too much.
PS4 at launch didn't have PS Now or backwards compatibility so those mediocre launch titles were basically the only games you could play on it.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 3 May 2021 22:51 (two years ago) link
new sells
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 03:03 (two years ago) link
ps5 releasing during a pandemic when a lot of people are sitting around bored and have entertainment money to spend can't be ignored as a factor
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 4 May 2021 03:27 (two years ago) link
didn’t the first batch of PS4s have backwards compatibility, and then they removed it? am i dreaming that?
― One Of The Bad Guys (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 07:10 (two years ago) link
that was the early $600 PS3s which had physical PS2 and PS1 support
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 07:36 (two years ago) link
ahhhh lol i’m old
― One Of The Bad Guys (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 07:44 (two years ago) link
Well, of course PS didn't *know* there was going to be a pandemic (or did they?!). In fact, releasing during am unforeseen pandemic while at the same time contending with a similarly unforeseen chip shortage probably made any of the accidental benefits of the former a wash, right? So yeah, people want entertainment, but we're not that lacking in options, and the folks clamoring for a new premium system that's *still* hard to come by, and currently has few exclusives, must be relatively limited. Heck, they are still releasing new AAA games for the previous generation. (Doesn't the new Resident Evil, which looks dope, come out next week or something?) Anyway, does look like the PS5 is selling more or less at the same rate the PS4 did when it came out, perhaps a bit brisker. Lotta new titles on the distant horizon, too, though I think it would take something like God of War 2: Ragnarok to entice this particular Average Josh. I think I read that Returnal sales were softer than expected, but that game (apparently challenging, not part of a franchise) seems like a big ask.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 May 2021 12:41 (two years ago) link
early adopters are buying for the new hardware features/performance on last-gen games and not for new ps5-only games. obviously it sounds silly if you're not someone who gets excited by having the New Tech
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 4 May 2021 13:39 (two years ago) link
Long Live the New Tech!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 May 2021 14:03 (two years ago) link
O_O
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6pCyV7PnqI
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 10 June 2021 19:51 (two years ago) link
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 10 June 2021 19:58 (two years ago) link
game of... souls?
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 10 June 2021 20:00 (two years ago) link
i mean if you really want me to buy a ps5, new souls by any other name is how you do it
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 10 June 2021 20:02 (two years ago) link
its on ps4 too
― ciderpress, Thursday, 10 June 2021 20:04 (two years ago) link
I reaaally don't want to have to buy a PS5 (especially since just finding one seems like a whole thing), but given that Dark Souls 3 seems to barely run on my PS4, I can't imagine how current gen will handle this.
Anyway, it looks amazing.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 10 June 2021 20:15 (two years ago) link
^co-sign on all of that
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 10 June 2021 20:20 (two years ago) link
^co-co-sign on all of that
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 10 June 2021 20:31 (two years ago) link
For purely selfish reasons, all I can say is - and I'm sorry for this - please be delayed.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 June 2021 20:56 (two years ago) link
you're allowed to buy it later
― ciderpress, Thursday, 10 June 2021 21:03 (two years ago) link
you're allowed to buy it later, when it costs less!
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 10 June 2021 21:07 (two years ago) link
if you purely selfish, you would want it to be released today so that you could play the GOTY version of it at $19.99
that would maximize the gaming pleasure / $ ratio
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 10 June 2021 21:08 (two years ago) link
Fair enough. Though we don't know how long it takes as of yet for a $70 PS5 game to drop down to $20 or less. Or even if they ever will. But yeah, I figure it will be ... 2025 before I get to Elden Ring?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 June 2021 21:13 (two years ago) link
But if this and nu-God of War 2 hit in 2022, it will be hard for me to resist their call for much more than a year.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 June 2021 21:14 (two years ago) link
I only want to play it at launch for the traditional chaos of everyone trying to figure out the multiplayer at the same time, before anyone really knows what they're doing.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 10 June 2021 21:22 (two years ago) link
unfortunately the god of war 2 sequel has been sacked, due to the little boy in the game. he died
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 10 June 2021 21:26 (two years ago) link
was murdered, actually, for being too annoying
oh, he wasn't that bad.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 June 2021 21:32 (two years ago) link
i just hope that in the sequel he's more of a sullen, say-nothing teenager. but he's really angry and good at fighting
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 10 June 2021 21:39 (two years ago) link
I wish I was a person who had fewer bad video game opinions and cared about anything from From.
― Burying A Horse: C or D? (Leee), Friday, 11 June 2021 00:45 (two years ago) link
i don't like from games but this one's a bigger temptation to give them another shot than the last few
― ciderpress, Friday, 11 June 2021 00:53 (two years ago) link
Oh, wait, this is coming to PS4, too? Problem solved.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 11 June 2021 01:12 (two years ago) link
so is god of war, probably
― ciderpress, Friday, 11 June 2021 01:28 (two years ago) link
I've no problem waiting another year for a PS5. There's not much that's essential on it yet and still have a backlog of PS4 games to play.
― groovypanda, Friday, 11 June 2021 08:59 (two years ago) link
In fact, because not only are most of these future PS5 games coming out for the PS4 as well, looks like they will often be offering upgrades and patches to make them PS5 ready anyway. So I can take my time with my massive PS4 backlog, and when it's time to get a new system, a lot of the stuff I have can suddenly be transformed into PS5 games, and I can continue the backlog from there. So far, there are only a couple of big titles that are PS5 exclusive, right? Demon's Souls and Returnal, which are both still kind of niche, and the latter which seems like the most maddening of all worlds (bullet-hell plus rogue like plus Dark Souls).
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 11 June 2021 12:05 (two years ago) link