1828

when I came to Demon’s Souls for real (after Dark Souls) I had a few months year before they killed the servers… I will see what online feature they implement and when I need to jump into it.

1829

There’s no rush for me to replay Demon’s Souls or even play a potentially console-exclusive new difficulty mode for DMC5. I can wait.

The only thing that would motivate me to buy one now is to play two Nioh 2 DLCs at 1080p. I’m suffering just fine with 720p so that seems stupid.

I have a ton of other crap to buy this fall anyway, including a video card if Nvidia is able to make any.

1830

Also, that $70 price for Demon’s Souls is some cold water too. Granted, I paid more than that originally to ship it from PlayAsia back when the game wasn’t published in the U.S. yet. But still, I already paid that price once, I’m not paying out the nose to get it again.

1831

Yeah, my purchasing date has been pushed back indefinitely now that Horizon: Forbidden West is going to be on the PS4.

1832

I had the same thought for DMC5 SE. I may eventually buy it again (if Capcom really doesn’t bring the new enhancements to PC) but to hell with paying full price.

1833

Well I’m the sucker who was ready to go as high as $600 for a PS5 just in hopes that it would run my existing PS4 games a little better (faster load times?)—and I guess we still don’t know whether the backward compatibility will actually improve things, do we?

Oh well, guess I try to wait in a line somewhere on November 11.

1834

I have a large back log of PS4 titles I have been waiting to play so how this shakes out will be a big factor in how happy I end up being with the PS5. Spiderman sounds like it’s golden with a full remaster as part of Morales - which worked out just fine for me because I missed the earlier sale at $20 for the PS4 edition and I wanted a launch title anyways.

That leaves God of War, Days Gone, and The Last of Us 2. I would expect all of them to be compatible, but how the ‘boost’ mode plays out will be interesting.

1835
1836

God of War - that boost mode might make a big difference. My pro had trouble handling that game in ‘nicer graphics’ mode.

The new games are over 100$ here in Ontario after taxes.
That hasn’t been a thing since SNES rpgs/3DO/Jaguar.

None of my local friends who aren’t rich decided to pre-order (yet). That shocked them in the cart. They were fine with the console price though.

Ideally yes, but do you only have the one room with a TV?

I moved a console beside an exercise machine for awhile and only played while using it. Highly recommend if anyone wants to lose a few pounds.

WiiU & PS3 emulation is now a thing if you’re only keeping them for a handful of games. I have a bin of 100+ PS3 discs, but if I didn’t that machine would be gone.

1837

Don’t forget new Spiderman game too.

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-09-17-ps5-is-a-surefire-hit-but-sonys-broken-promises-are-eroding-trust

1838

On the plus side, you’ll be able to sell the 20 PS5’s you bought on ebay.

1839

I was initially sad that my cart with almost $1,000 of PS5 products (+tax, $629 for the console and then accessories) had the console vanish when I input my postal code and it switched to sold out. But then I thought to myself how I don’t really care if I have to wait a bit. It’s a terribly busy time of the year and I won’t have time to play around with it anyway. So, I’ll get it if it’s available, but otherwise I’m thinking that Sony and retailer lose out on my money and I’m still happy. It’s a positive lose-lose situation for me!

1840

Nah. It will make a great secondary device, and Sony, so far, has supported their previous generation consoles for years after the launch of the new one. Mine will go downstairs for party games and streaming options as well as easy access for nephews to play. The flagship goes in my room.

I have family members who still use their PS3s.

1841

That’s a lot of accessories.

1842

Mm… Not sure I agree. Third parties continued supporting those consoles for certain high-selling franchises, mostly sports games, but Sony didn’t. For the most recent example, the entire list of retail PS3 games published by Sony after the PS4 launch appears to be:

  • Gran Turismo 6 (a month after PS4 launch)
  • Little Big Planet 3
  • MLB: The Show 2014, 2015, and 2016.
  • Minecraft (which I find it hard to give Sony any credit for)

In addition to that, there were half a dozen download-only indie games.

1843

Not really. Extra controller, charging station, media remote.

These are Canadian prices.

1844

I’m on the official playstation website logged in and can’t find a pre-order button. Am I blind?

1845

I don’t think they sell directly to customers, do they? I thought you had to buy it from a retailer? (Target, Walmart, Best Buy, Gamestop, Amazon, etc.)

1846

Support is more than new games. They continued to offer new PS3 titles as part of PS Plus for years. They continued to do sales on PS3 games in the PlayStation Store.

Only if you signed up for the special preorder and got the email.

1847

Is that gone now?