Playstation 5: Thread 03

[hudson]

Games are better on Game Pass coz they're free. This is true. Dragon Quest Builders 2 is about to drop on there and it's a guilty pleasure. With a good looking game like this new Ratchet, it will probably sell like cwazy due to how stunning it looks. Probably the Insomniac logo that appears too.

[wakka]

The graphics in this game look astonishing. I'm picking this up on release for the eye candy alone!

I do know where people are coming from on the gameplay side - to be honest it hasn't exactly blown my nuts off on that front since its initial reveal. But I reckon it's going to be one of those delightfully slick and frictionless games that doesn't need to have tremendously deep gameplay, because it'll simply be a very fun ride to strap into (see also: Spider-Man).

And can we leave the console snores wars at the door please...it's not a zero sum game, Microsoft don't have to lose points in order for Sony to have a good game.

EDIT: Oh, and on the £70 thing - yeah, it's such a ridiculous hike. The US only went up froMicrosoft? Corporation60 to $70. We went from £50 to £70, practically a 50% increase. But you know what, I am an adult with a job and this is my main hobby so, eh, eff it. I'm not going to bother protesting with my wallet, I'm just going to buy it on release.

[Cassius_Smoke]

To be honest according to the inflation calculation £40 in 2000 is £68 now.
I guess it's moved with the price of inflation, the problem is wages haven't.

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator

[wakka]

To be honest according to the inflation calculation £40 in 2000 is £68 now.
I guess it's moved with the price of inflation, the problem is wages haven't.

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/mone...ion-calculator

Very true!

[teddymeow]

So not the fault of publishers at all but employers for putting profits above workers....oh wait

[Neon Ignition]

It's £70 but I'll get £40+ trading them back in so in the end not that expensive.

It'd be great to have such big games day one on something like Game Pass. I mean, I can have Game Pass... but then I'd recieve no big AAA games


Returnal, it does look good and I look forward to starting it up but reading the reviews its blatantly going to be one of those play for a week and get rid jobs because they've gone for frustration > fun like Souls.

[Lebowski]

It's £70 but I'll get £40+ trading them back in so in the end not that expensive.

It'd be great to have such big games day one on something like Game Pass. I mean, I can have Game Pass... but then I'd recieve no big AAA games


Returnal, it does look good and I look forward to starting it up but reading the reviews its blatantly going to be one of those play for a week and get rid jobs because they've gone for frustration > fun like Souls.

Amazon keep throwing top up offers or free money for trying out their apps and stuff so got it from them for a far more reasonable price than the original £70 price tag.

[importaku]

Could have had one of these, mum was fishing for what I wanted for my birthday this year she asked if I wanted a ps5. Seeing as I don’t have a 4K tv and there’s sod all out on it I ended up declining. However she has offered to buy me a taiko force level 5 tattacon so i’m Looking forward to getting hold of that. Think I’ll eventually jump on the ps5 train in a few years when there’s more stuff out and the older stuff is super cheap.

[nonny]

I'm not bagging the game here guys. I think it looks amazing, I said as much. I also said it looks like a solid platformer so it's not like it's lipstick on a pig.

All I was saying is once you get past the visuals and the little warp/rift feature it's pretty much a standard platformer.

That's great but at £70 asking price I still think that's an expensive entry fee. I'm not comparing it to game pass either because I don't think you can in a fair way when the value proposition is so different.

I just don't think Sony should be slapping £70 on every title regardless.

[hudson]

The pricing are a real sticking point. For someone who hasnt played the past game enough to be a fan, they are indeed asking a lot for a bit of a gamble. The reviews have to be uber 9-10/10 for me to part with £70. I won't be buying blindly based on looks. Will wait and see.

[wakka]

I'm not bagging the game here guys. I think it looks amazing, I said as much. I also said it looks like a solid platformer so it's not like it's lipstick on a pig.

All I was saying is once you get past the visuals and the little warp/rift feature it's pretty much a standard platformer.

That's great but at £70 asking price I still think that's an expensive entry fee. I'm not comparing it to game pass either because I don't think you can in a fair way when the value proposition is so different.

I just don't think Sony should be slapping £70 on every title regardless.

I think £70 as a standard 'full price' for first party games is high and it's a massive hike over the £50 last gen. But I don't reckon you can impugn R&C's credentials as a AAA title - the graphics and animation are eye-popping!

[hudson]

I just learned a new word, thanks [MENTION=5490]wakka[/MENTION]

I dont think he was denying it's beauty though.

[wakka]

No, not at all - to be clearer, I guess I was just disagreeing with the idea that something that's 'just' a platformer shouldn't be £70. Not that I think this will scale the heady heights of a Mario at its best, but it's clearly a big budget, big dick 'full price' game, regardless of genre

Whether or not £70 is a fair price for a full price game is another question entirely, however!

[Family Fry]

Games shouldn’t be £70 nowadays regardless of quality, it’s pretty simple.
Sony, MS and Nintendo are making more money than they ever have before from third parties and F2P titles, 30% of every transaction so there’s literally no reason consumers should brunt that additional cost.

[Cassius_Smoke]

big dick 'full price' game

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