thecatch 2,233 Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 19 minutes ago, IvanKaramazov said: PS5 came in about where I expected -- $400 for digital only and $500 with an optical drive. A little surprised at the $100 price difference, which seems slightly steep for just a disc drive. It's kind of tempting to go all-digital since that's how I buy most games anyway. As a primarily xbox person who wants the most powerful machine and is ready to go all digital, I'm disappointed that MS is basically letting PS5 undercut them by $100 in my preferred market. I wonder if xbox will be pushed to decrease the Series X prices at all, given that they are the underdog going in with fewer launch window exclusives. Game Pass is amazing value but I have trouble seeing that as something that will push Series X hardware. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Tick 642 Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 20 minutes ago, IvanKaramazov said: PS5 came in about where I expected -- $400 for digital only and $500 with an optical drive. A little surprised at the $100 price difference, which seems slightly steep for just a disc drive. It's kind of tempting to go all-digital since that's how I buy most games anyway. I'm very happy to see that the Demon's Souls remake is a launch title. I've been looking forward to that one for several years now, and it instantly makes this the best launch lineup out of the past several generations for me personally all by itself. Yeah, I was surprised for the $100 just for the optical, you can buy a Blu-ray drive on amazon for like $50 (meaning they can buy 5 million of them for A LOT less). There were no performance differences between the two? I think I'd go all digital on this one, I've largely regulated my game buying to the PS store lately. Only real reasons to buy discs are the better access to discounted games, and then resale for those who like to do that. I don't think I grab this at launch because there isn't anything I'm DYING to play right now, maybe black Friday next year and see what games I can package it with. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Todem 4,895 Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 PS5 is reversible for PS4 games and I have a huge backlog of disc versions as well as digital. I am waiting for a price cut on the $500 machine. I can wait. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
belljr 11,002 Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 (edited) I'll end up with both at some point. Current gen I waited a year to get ps4. I think I just got my xbox 2 years ago. I'll probably go reverse this time I am about 50/50 digital discs. If it's something I'll pay full price for I'll get digital. If it's something I wait for it's usually a disc because it's always cheaper than digital unless I catch a sale Edited September 16, 2020 by belljr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Poke_4_Life 2,106 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 I think the $100 price difference is because they want to push folks to digital. I buy most of my games digital, but my current PS4 is the only Blu-ray in the house. I don't want another device to play discs. Smart move by Sony. At a $50 difference I would have bought a disc version. Now I am tempted to go digital even tho I don't really want to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marmalade 313 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Well the PS5 is all bought out. What a #### show. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IvanKaramazov 21,954 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 11 minutes ago, Marmalade said: Well the PS5 is all bought out. What a #### show. Lame. Is covid going to turn the next-gen consoles into another Wii? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
belljr 11,002 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 35 minutes ago, Marmalade said: Well the PS5 is all bought out. What a #### show. Did you pre register to get approved to order?! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Todem 4,895 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Marmalade said: Well the PS5 is all bought out. What a #### show. Fortunately I am in no rush. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
need2know 6,320 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 like said before I will wait on ps5. no reason to preorder at all 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marmalade 313 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 49 minutes ago, belljr said: Did you pre register to get approved to order?! Preregister to preorder? oof Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madshot31 319 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 12 hours ago, Poke_4_Life said: I think the $100 price difference is because they want to push folks to digital. I buy most of my games digital, but my current PS4 is the only Blu-ray in the house. I don't want another device to play discs. Smart move by Sony. At a $50 difference I would have bought a disc version. Now I am tempted to go digital even tho I don't really want to. Yep. $100 is where people really think, do I need a disc drive? The answer is no. The wife and I have been digital only since about 2012/13 and it has been the best thing ever. So easy, so smooth. The issue of not being able to resell is real, but we don't do that very much anyway as we have gotten pretty picky on what we buy at retail and mostly wait for huge blackfriday/summer sales. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
belljr 11,002 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 9 minutes ago, madshot31 said: Yep. $100 is where people really think, do I need a disc drive? The answer is no. The wife and I have been digital only since about 2012/13 and it has been the best thing ever. So easy, so smooth. The issue of not being able to resell is real, but we don't do that very much anyway as we have gotten pretty picky on what we buy at retail and mostly wait for huge blackfriday/summer sales. I don't resell as much as discs usually have better discount prices vs digital. I bought battlefield brand new for $20 when it was $50 digital 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Poke_4_Life 2,106 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, madshot31 said: Yep. $100 is where people really think, do I need a disc drive? The answer is no. The wife and I have been digital only since about 2012/13 and it has been the best thing ever. So easy, so smooth. The issue of not being able to resell is real, but we don't do that very much anyway as we have gotten pretty picky on what we buy at retail and mostly wait for huge blackfriday/summer sales. Totally agree. Love digital games. It's been years since I bought a physical game, however I still get one occasionally as a gift. My frustration is I have a collection of movies on disc. Was planning to give my PS4 to my college age daughter, she currently uses my PS3 for Netflix and some games including Skyrim. Maybe I'll make her pay me $100 for it to justify the disc version of the PS5. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
need2know 6,320 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Prob gonna have to get one for this though https://youtu.be/Ty7WudwSKMA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madshot31 319 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, belljr said: I don't resell as much as discs usually have better discount prices vs digital. I bought battlefield brand new for $20 when it was $50 digital That is true. If you want to by a game that used but newly release, it will take a little more time to come down in price than physical. I find that with digital waiting for the quarterly sales causes the game prices to drop quite a lot. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Dufresne 12,043 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 PS5's disc drive plays 4K discs? There's your $100 price difference, folks. It's actually a pretty good deal if you're into 4K movies on disc. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
belljr 11,002 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, Andy Dufresne said: PS5's disc drive plays 4K discs? There's your $100 price difference, folks. It's actually a pretty good deal if you're into 4K movies on disc. Yep. Good point. Those are like 150 for the dirt cheap models Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Buckna 1,465 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Preorders sold out in like 5 mins of course, mini controversy as the link for Amazon preorders got leaked onto the internet last night before they were truly “live.” 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5Rings 255 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Could use a little help here. Have an existing PS4 in our TV room, myself and 3 sons use it. I have the main account. Just set up a new PS4 in our new gameroom (paired to a 77 OLED and Sonos Arc, I can't wait!) and I'm wondering how I can tie the two PS4s together. Games downloaded, users, etc. We have a 5TB external hard drive for storage of game files on our old system, wonder if I need to plug that in to the new Pro and move files over? Anyway, any help you guys could provide would be awesome. Thanks! p.s. For those of you that finished LoU2 and didn't change the settings and do a second playthrough, you are missing out. Some really fun options, like slow speed when aiming your gun, infinite ammo, one hit kills, different graphics, etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cockroach 2,594 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 2 hours ago, 5Rings said: p.s. For those of you that finished LoU2 and didn't change the settings and do a second playthrough, you are missing out. Some really fun options, like slow speed when aiming your gun, infinite ammo, one hit kills, different graphics, etc. Meh. That game is all about the story. No replay value there at all for me. I guess maybe if I needed a spooky time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Poke_4_Life 2,106 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Football Manager 2020 is free for download for the next week. The full game. Free. https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/football-manager-2020/home Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phandango 836 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 3 hours ago, Buckna said: Preorders sold out in like 5 mins of course, mini controversy as the link for Amazon preorders got leaked onto the internet last night before they were truly “live.” I was walking the dog with my wife last night when I got the Best Buy email that PS5 was available for preorder. By the time I got home, the site was overloaded. I ended up following @IGNDeals on Twitter and changed the settings so I'd get an alert every time they tweeted. They were tweeting out links whenever a PS5-related preorder went live. They tweeted out the Amazon link at around 9 pm Pacific while I was watching TV and I snagged one. (I ordered the disc drive version. I rarely get titles on Day 1, so I like hitting Gamestop to see what's used, although if they go out of business, that might not be a possibility much longer.) 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
belljr 11,002 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 I somehow got a target pre order. Will see if it comes through. I may legit consider selling it, but I have no accounts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CR69 1,456 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 My wife just got me one from Walmart. Trying to not get too excited but failing. Also, now I need to get my wife something nice. Suggestions? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
belljr 11,002 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 9 minutes ago, CR69 said: My wife just got me one from Walmart. Trying to not get too excited but failing. Also, now I need to get my wife something nice. Suggestions? After you unbox your PS5 Cut a hole in the box 1 1 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
East Coast Bias 1,284 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Just got a preorder in at Walmart. We'll see if it sticks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
belljr 11,002 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 i was going to get an xbox first!!! lol i didnt order an extra controller or nothing, Wait to see what happens lol - i didnt even order a game!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJackson10 3,047 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 On 9/16/2020 at 5:05 PM, IvanKaramazov said: PS5 came in about where I expected -- $400 for digital only and $500 with an optical drive. A little surprised at the $100 price difference, which seems slightly steep for just a disc drive. It's kind of tempting to go all-digital since that's how I buy most games anyway. I'm very happy to see that the Demon's Souls remake is a launch title. I've been looking forward to that one for several years now, and it instantly makes this the best launch lineup out of the past several generations for me personally all by itself. My only issue with Digital is I got games on disc I still play. I guess depending on the price I would splurge for Red Dead 2' because that's one of the games I have not Digital (Got the collectors addition). I will probably trade in my system and whatever games and controllers I have when I purchase PS5 to knock down some of the price. I think with my Pro membership I get more money on trade ins too which should help. I know myself and I won't be touching my PS4 ever again if I Get PS5. Only system I would still play is my Sega if I can get it working one of these days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJackson10 3,047 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 13 hours ago, need2know said: like said before I will wait on ps5. no reason to preorder at all Yeah wait till Spring/summer. The first versions always have bugs that need to be worked out. My buddy who's dealing with a young daughter with Cancer isn't buying a system till Spring summer. I got one friend who has a pre order but it's thanks to his fiancee who stayed up all last night to get him a pre order. He's the only one I know who will have the system. Not worth getting when half of your small group of friends who own a PS won't be on to begin with. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJackson10 3,047 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 7 hours ago, Poke_4_Life said: Football Manager 2020 is free for download for the next week. The full game. Free. https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/football-manager-2020/home Link didn't work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maik Jeaunz 1,441 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 11 hours ago, madshot31 said: Yep. $100 is where people really think, do I need a disc drive? The answer is no. The wife and I have been digital only since about 2012/13 and it has been the best thing ever. So easy, so smooth. The issue of not being able to resell is real, but we don't do that very much anyway as we have gotten pretty picky on what we buy at retail and mostly wait for huge blackfriday/summer sales. I still buy most of my games on disc. One thing I like is that if I’m running out of disk space I can just delete the game data and reinstall later if I want to play it again. Can you do the same thing with download, as in can you delete the game data and then re-download it again at a later date? Or do you need to have an external drive big enough to hold your whole collection? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CR69 1,456 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, DJackson10 said: Yeah wait till Spring/summer. The first versions always have bugs that need to be worked out. My buddy who's dealing with a young daughter with Cancer isn't buying a system till Spring summer. I got one friend who has a pre order but it's thanks to his fiancee who stayed up all last night to get him a pre order. He's the only one I know who will have the system. Not worth getting when half of your small group of friends who own a PS won't be on to begin with. I still have the ps4 I got on launch day and have never had to deal with warranty or tech issues. Hell, I only just recently opened it up to clean the dust and cat hair out of it. The main reason I'm getting a ps5 is because of how reliable my ps4 has been. It's our only DVD player, we all play games on it and for a long time we used it for Netflix even. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJackson10 3,047 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 36 minutes ago, CR69 said: My wife just got me one from Walmart. Trying to not get too excited but failing. Also, now I need to get my wife something nice. Suggestions? Weekend spa retreat the whole first week you have the system 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jm192 1,864 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 I just got the Avengers but haven't played it much. Going to Grab Mario 3D All-stars tomorrow. Crash Bandicoot 4 in a few weeks, Assassins Creed Valhalla in a month. It's a great time of year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJackson10 3,047 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, Maik Jeaunz said: I still buy most of my games on disc. One thing I like is that if I’m running out of disk space I can just delete the game data and reinstall later if I want to play it again. Can you do the same thing with download, as in can you delete the game data and then re-download it again at a later date? Or do you need to have an external drive big enough to hold your whole collection? You can delete the game. If you have multiple saves on the game title but they are older then the newer saves you can delete those as well. When you re download the games the data that was saved you keep. For example I played a game on stream that I deleted disc wise about 2 yrs ago. The game literally started after my download of where I left off two yrs ago 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJackson10 3,047 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, CR69 said: I still have the ps4 I got on launch day and have never had to deal with warranty or tech issues. Hell, I only just recently opened it up to clean the dust and cat hair out of it. The main reason I'm getting a ps5 is because of how reliable my ps4 has been. It's our only DVD player, we all play games on it and for a long time we used it for Netflix even. I agree PS has been very reliable. (Knock on wood) never have had a problem with any PS console I've ever owned. I use it constantly for whatever streaming services I have that Sony has apps for available and gaming. Whatever streaming services not available I take the HDMI cable out of the Console hook up my HDMI to the laptop and plug the cable into the adapter. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CR69 1,456 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 9 minutes ago, DJackson10 said: Weekend spa retreat the whole first week you have the system Holy hell you're a genius. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJackson10 3,047 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 11 minutes ago, Maik Jeaunz said: I still buy most of my games on disc. One thing I like is that if I’m running out of disk space I can just delete the game data and reinstall later if I want to play it again. Can you do the same thing with download, as in can you delete the game data and then re-download it again at a later date? Or do you need to have an external drive big enough to hold your whole collection? And for example some games don't overwrite a saved file you have already. So say you are playing single player Campaign, story mode, whatever it's called the data you might have multiple saves for the same one you are on. You can always delete those other saves and can load them up before hand to make you sure you don't delete the wrong ones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJackson10 3,047 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 1 minute ago, CR69 said: Holy hell you're a genius. Keeps her happy and you have no distractions and invite the poor of your friends who didn't get one to show off. Old school style. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
belljr 11,002 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 36 minutes ago, Maik Jeaunz said: I still buy most of my games on disc. One thing I like is that if I’m running out of disk space I can just delete the game data and reinstall later if I want to play it again. Can you do the same thing with download, as in can you delete the game data and then re-download it again at a later date? Or do you need to have an external drive big enough to hold your whole collection? You can still download a digital copy of you delete it. And nowadays with a disc your ear going to end up downloading all the updates anyway Quote Link to post Share on other sites
need2know 6,320 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 39 minutes ago, Maik Jeaunz said: I still buy most of my games on disc. One thing I like is that if I’m running out of disk space I can just delete the game data and reinstall later if I want to play it again. Can you do the same thing with download, as in can you delete the game data and then re-download it again at a later date? Or do you need to have an external drive big enough to hold your whole collection? I'm the total opposite. Havent bought a disc in years 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris B. 137 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 I'll wait on a PS5. I'm still backlogged on PS4 games. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ShamrockPride 5,346 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, Chris B. said: I'll wait on a PS5. I'm still backlogged on PS4 games. Same. The earliest I'd need a PS5 is like 2022. My backlog is like 20 deep smh. In reality, I'll probably wait til Spring, just cause I'll play my multiplayer games with buddies on PS5. My story based games I'll stick to PS4. Edited September 18, 2020 by ShamrockPride Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jm192 1,864 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Anyone grab Mario 3D All-Stars today? Had a great day out and about with the wife and didn't get ahold of a copy. Gonna grab it in the AM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Foosball God 2,932 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk : Amulet Of Chaos on Steam. Very fun so far. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Foosball God 2,932 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Microsoft buying Zenimax and Bethesda Softworks If they go exclusive XBox with those titles it would be huge. I'm a PC guy so won't impact me, but my son is a PS guy, not sure if he would switch if all the Bethesda games were not available or not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hawks64 2,443 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 6 minutes ago, Foosball God said: Microsoft buying Zenimax and Bethesda Softworks If they go exclusive XBox with those titles it would be huge. I'm a PC guy so won't impact me, but my son is a PS guy, not sure if he would switch if all the Bethesda games were not available or not. I can't imagine they go exclusive for ES or FO, I would be some of the lesser titles like Prey go exclusive. Oh and Arkane actually has a timed PS5 exclusive set to come out next year. It'll be interesting to see if that sticks or not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hagmania 8,860 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 On 9/18/2020 at 11:15 PM, jm192 said: Anyone grab Mario 3D All-Stars today? Had a great day out and about with the wife and didn't get ahold of a copy. Gonna grab it in the AM Went digital. 3 of the GOAT vgs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hagmania 8,860 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 On 9/19/2020 at 1:20 PM, Foosball God said: The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk : Amulet Of Chaos on Steam. Very fun so far. I got your message and checked this out! Once I level out my ranking in Teamfight Tactics' new Season 4 I'm going to kick the tires on this one. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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