Poll: *The Official PlayStation (PS5/PS5 Pro) Thread*

Will you be buying a PS5 Pro on release?

  • Yes

    Votes: 53 14.4%

  • No (not at £700 Lol)

    Votes: 211 57.3%

  • No (other)

    Votes: 85 23.1%

  • Pancake

    Votes: 19 5.2%
  • Total voters
    368
silvagti said:
I wonder if sales of the digital/optical drive versions of the system will match the poll on the site here.

I'm surprised that it looks like ~80% of people want the physical drive version. I assumed that must people would want the digital version these days!
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The cost of digital games, with no means of trade in etc is a massive downside, one that the slightly reduced cost just doesn't justify.

I honestly don't know why anyone would buy the digital version.
 
TallPaul_S said:
I honestly don't know why anyone would buy the digital version.
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I personally wouldn't but most of my younger friends aren't interested in buying physical media and would likely buy the digital version given it's £100 cheaper.

I kind of assumed the majority of buyers would go for that option ?
 
I think I read somewhere that they're only producing 25% of the total as digital consoles which is pretty much in line with most polls I've seen. Most people still prefer physical. In another 7 years it'll swing further to digital. It'll be interesting to see how far it goes.
 
Changed my games slightly, I've ditched destruction all stars as I sense that type of game will drop quickly plus I may pick up godfall at start instead.

I did however pre order sackboy and miles morels from psn store last night so leaving it at that for now
 
Andybtsn said:
Those who game share or have more than one console in a house.
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This.

I also prefer the convenience of digital. I also like to keep my games. So even when I did buy games predominantly on disc, I rarely ever sold them on or traded them in.

I currently have a massive library across ps4 and xbox, and frankly I wouldn't have space to store all the discs! Instead I have all that content on small and convenient external HDD's. Works for me, so I guess its each to their own.
 
I’ve got both on preorder but will likely cancel the disc version. Haven’t bought a physical game since FFXV, I’m just a glutton for convenience I guess. Also super fast game switching isn’t going to be very super fast when you need to swap discs is it.
 
Plainsong said:
I think I read somewhere that they're only producing 25% of the total as digital consoles which is pretty much in line with most polls I've seen. Most people still prefer physical. In another 7 years it'll swing further to digital. It'll be interesting to see how far it goes.
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I'm not sure it's solely a matter of preference. Value is a strong influence.

I'm already digital-only on PC and Xbox. But that's because the value is there. Aggressive pricing of digital content killed PC discs. Game Pass is shifting the sands on Xbox. There just isn't anything driving the value argument for me on PlayStation.

Unless Sony find a way to move the value argument in favour of digital, I'm not sure another 7 years will change much. OTOH, it wouldn't shock me if the next Xbox doesn't have a disc drive (or if the main SKU lacks one).
 
The size of games just puts digital as a non starter for me - my internet is 25Mbps at best, currently (we've had issues for ages) it's at 16Mbps. So that's the best part of 8 hours to download a 50GB game.

I'm hoping VM gets to our street soon, it's available a few hundred metres away, and there's network expansion just down the road, but not here. :( Even the base 50Mbps package would be 2-3x faster that the current speeds.

It's gonna be fun downloading some of the PS+ Collection games at launch, at least I'll be able to download whilst playing. Right? :confused::)
 
TallPaul_S said:
The size of games just puts digital as a no starter for me - my internet is 25Mbps at best, currently (we've had issues for ages) it's at 16Mbps. So that's the best part of 8 hours to download a 50GB game.

I'm hoping VM gets to our street soon, it's available a few hundred metres away, and there's network expansion just down the road, but not here. :( Even the base 50Mbps package would be 2-3x faster that the current speeds.
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Most pre order games allow you to preload it and anything I purchase I tend to download over night, I've only bought digital games for the past 6/7 years and I've never had reason to moan about it. I'm on 30mb fibre. I bought a £50 external drive that housed all the digital games but I'm one to delete anything that I don't play anymore, GTS and GTA I redownloaded the other day, set off when I went to bed, ready when I woke :)
 
Yeah actually that’s another advantage to digital for me, much quicker. It’s there from midnight if I preorder, or by the time I’ve walked home from work if I’ve had a splurge during the day. Physical is a massive faff, either waiting for Royal Mail to turn up or driving around shops hoping for a deal.
 
Andybtsn said:
Most pre order games allow you to preload it and anything I purchase I tend to download over night, I've only bought digital games for the past 6/7 years and I've never had reason to moan about it. I'm on 30mb fibre. I bought a £50 external drive that housed all the digital games but I'm one to delete anything that I don't play anymore, GTS and GTA I redownloaded the other day, set off when I went to bed, ready when I woke :)
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Ahh yes, I forgot you can download whilst in 'rest mode' - my last console was the PS3 (full fat, original version with the BC chip) which didn't have the auto download of updates, or downloading in rest mode.
 
I may end up buying a lot of digital games - once games reach 8-12 months old they usually feature in sales etc - also cannot under-estimate the convenience of simply starting the game without swapping discs.
I still bought full-fat version of PS5 - I was spending a small fortune on consoles, accessories and games anyway, so spending just a little more for the disc version wasn't too much of a chore.
Then of course finally, UHD Bluray - can now upgrade those films I love re-watching to glorious 4k.
 
These days even brand new just released games need a heavy download when you insert the disc for the first time. Having the disc is simply a pass on the internal security check, the rest is all digital.
 
I don't see the point not getting the disc console for the small difference in price. It's not like you can't get digital games on it, but you're keeping your options open (movies too)
 
McPhee said:
I'm not sure it's solely a matter of preference. Value is a strong influence.

I'm already digital-only on PC and Xbox. But that's because the value is there. Aggressive pricing of digital content killed PC discs. Game Pass is shifting the sands on Xbox. There just isn't anything driving the value argument for me on PlayStation.

Unless Sony find a way to move the value argument in favour of digital, I'm not sure another 7 years will change much. OTOH, it wouldn't shock me if the next Xbox doesn't have a disc drive (or if the main SKU lacks one).
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No I agree with you totally. Value is a huge part of why I won't go all digital yet. AAA stuff I buy physical and sell/trade. Digital sales I use but would never pay £70 digital even if I knew I would play it for ages. The 25% allocation to digital is because Sony know most people are still for physical but that attitude is changing fast. In another gen we may not see optical then we're kind of screwed and so is the second hand market. Not necessarily a bad thing. If they could match Steam prices we'd probably all jump on board.
 
I'd be happy to buy digital with a slight discount IF it's a game that'll play for a long time - either a MP game which I know I'll get hundreds of hours out of (battlefield for eg) or a SP/Co-op game with replay factor (Borderlands, GTA6), but for stuff like Miles Morales where it's SP only, there's not much point in a second playthrough - physical media, complete it in a few weeks then sell it on.

I 100% won't be adding cash directly to the store though when you can get 15% off by buying top up vouchers.
 
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