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

Will you be buying a PS5 Pro on release?

  • Yes

    Votes: 52 15.6%

  • No (not at £700 Lol)

    Votes: 193 57.8%

  • No (other)

    Votes: 74 22.2%

  • Pancake

    Votes: 15 4.5%
  • Total voters
    334
manic111 said:
Eh?
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I was talking about having to pay £60 a year minimum (PS Plus subscription) just to play the games online, plus the talk lately that apart from GOG on PC, we don't really own the games we buy, they are subject to a digital license that can expire. So really we're just renting them. I don't think I'll buy another console. Way cheaper to game on PC these days, with the big 1st party games coming to PC anyway, all of this sort of makes consoles redundant.
 
Managed to get a ps5 pro on pre order if I'm honest I would have got the 30th anniversary model if I had the chance. Annoyed that it was meant to be a queue system at 10am on Thursday that was not the case I logged on at 9.53am seeing online people already progress in the queue and the yellow waiting bar was already filling up. I was going from over an hour wait to 30 mins back to over an hour many times...
 
beachBOYken said:
Started this today playing in fidelity 40fps, looks really nice.
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Think I’ll try this mode too. Suddenly PSplus has become better than Gamepass. Hasn’t been much on Gamepass in ages, Sony have added some decent titles on PSplus. I’m tempted to hold out for Spiderman 2 on there.

Boomstick777 said:
I was talking about having to pay £60 a year minimum (PS Plus subscription) just to play the games online, plus the talk lately that apart from GOG on PC, we don't really own the games we buy, they are subject to a digital license that can expire. So really we're just renting them. I don't think I'll buy another console. Way cheaper to game on PC these days, with the big 1st party games coming to PC anyway, all of this sort of makes consoles redundant.
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I get this, but I never go back to games, so it makes no difference to me. I think it depends with PC gaming, throw in an OLED and 4K gaming and it’s not cheaper, although the experience is great. I like the relaxing aspect and ease of setup with consoles. I’ll no doubt go PC plus PS in future and bin the Xbox.
 
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rchads89 said:
The last year psplus has really upped its game tbh
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They basically add all the games GamePass does, but also the PS exclusives pretty quickly too. It’s quite a change. Gamepass has gone the other way, adding far fewer games that interest me.

Good timing too as I was just about to buy Spiderman 2 or Astrobot. Can play something else while I wait a bit longer on those.
 
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Boomstick777 said:
I was talking about having to pay £60 a year minimum (PS Plus subscription) just to play the games online, plus the talk lately that apart from GOG on PC, we don't really own the games we buy, they are subject to a digital license that can expire. So really we're just renting them. I don't think I'll buy another console. Way cheaper to game on PC these days, with the big 1st party games coming to PC anyway, all of this sort of makes consoles redundant.
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This GOG? https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/ar...t-effective-from-17-February-2024?product=gog

2.1 We give you and other GOG users the personal right (known legally as a 'license') to use GOG services and to download, access and/or stream (depending on the content) and use GOG content. This license is for your personal use. We can stop or suspend this license in some situations, which are explained later on.

17.2. Our right to terminate the Agreement. If you materially breach this Agreement, we reserve the right to suspend or cancel your access to GOG services and GOG content. By material breach of the Agreement we mean a serious breach which could cause significant harm to GOG, GOG users, as well as, in particular breach of the provisions of section 11 above or GOG Code of Conduct. If we suspend or cancel your access to GOG services or GOG content we'll take reasonable steps to contact you to explain why we have done this and what (if anything) you can do as a result.
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To be clear, I'm not knocking GOG. They're a decent company and treat their customers well, but ultimately all any digital access is nowadays is a licence.
 
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CaptainRAVE said:
The last of us Part 1 remake is now on PSplus. Didn’t realise. Looks like I have something to play again :)

Under the waves looks interesting too.
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Purchased 3 months of Plus (cancelled late last year as it was rubbish) and this was one of the games I grabbed. Last of Us Part One, Minus One, Chapter 1 looks utterly incredible really. The lighting alone is something else.

I actually purchased Under the Waves at release but couldn't get into it due to the chronic aborigines (CA) messing up the visuals. It was really distracting.
 
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manic111 said:
This GOG? https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/ar...t-effective-from-17-February-2024?product=gog



To be clear, I'm not knocking GOG. They're a decent company and treat their customers well, but ultimately all any digital access is nowadays is a licence.
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That's interesting, so does this mean we won't be able to download and launch GOG games without some kind of launcher? Best thing about GOG is that the games are DRM free and don't require a launcher to run them but you can use it if you want.
 
beachBOYken said:
My sub is coming to an end next month, was going to drop down to essential, but think I’m going to renew extra again.
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Kainz said:
Purchased 3 months of Plus (cancelled late last year as it was rubbish) and this was one of the games I grabbed. Last of Us Part One, Minus One, Chapter 1 looks utterly incredible really. The lighting alone is something else.

I actually purchased Under the Waves at release but couldn't get into it due to the chronic aborigines (CA) messing up the visuals. It was really distracting.
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I absolutely hate paying extra to play games I've already paid for online, feels like such a con, one that we've been conditioned to accept. Doesn't anyone else feel this way about forced subs to play online?
 
Boomstick777 said:
I absolutely hate paying extra to play games I've already paid for online, feels like such a con, one that we've been conditioned to accept. Doesn't anyone else feel this way about forced subs to play online?
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I was primarily a PC gamer so I am kind of in the middle - I do agree to an extent but it doesn't really bother me as I haven't played MP for years - I've kinda done it all at my age and just want SP gaming.

I mean we are using Sony's networking engineered services to go online so that needs upkeep - that said the services don't need to exist (see PC gaming) and are probably engineered so for them to extract money from us.
 
Boomstick777 said:
I absolutely hate paying extra to play games I've already paid for online, feels like such a con, one that we've been conditioned to accept. Doesn't anyone else feel this way about forced subs to play online?
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Yeah, but I’m subbing to extra, which also includes the games catalogue, so recent additions of games like last of us part 1 ps5 remake and the new Plucky Squire. They can pull them when they like but if they add games like this throughout the year, it’s worth it.

But I get what you mean about paying to play online, which if one would want it just for that they would have to get the essential sub, like said I think it’s improved massively since going to a paid for service.
 
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