VideoGame_Discussion

I hope a lot get delayed. I still have like 10-12 long games in my backlog to sift thru before I’m even allowing myself to buy a new game.

Had my PS5 since the forced GS bundles. Well I DL Apple TV and it offered 6 months free with the PS5. I was already on a 3 month. Fast forward I signed on recent and it still allowed the 6 months free. If you dont have a sub but want to try out apple tv for 6 months DL it on your PS5. Sub wont be limited to being used on the PS5 etc. I am enjoying Silo.

So looks like no physical releases for Alan Wake II, Baldur’s Gate III and Like a Dragon Gaiden. This is such a bummer.

No physical copy for Alan Wake II and having them hide behind a cop out about keeping costs down is weak sauce.

Just wait until they're dirt cheap to buy them.

I was definitely going to buy Baldur’s Gate III if there was a physical PS5 version, but now I’m just going to stick with my PC preorder and play it a month earlier.

Heavyd814life wrote:

Orlandu wrote:

Yeah. I kinda wasn't going to get BG3 for a while bc of starfield. But if there is not even a physical version it's totally on the back burner. It's not like I don't have a crap ton of great games on my backlog. It's not like I'm totally against digital. I'm going to buy Mortal Kombat 1 day one on digital just because they always release a Komplete version later anyway. But I don't like it when companies say no physical period. In principle I don't support them.

If digital games on console went on sale at the frequency and discount like it does on Steam I'd be more willing to buy digitally. But that's not happening

I feel like digital games on consoles often have good sales/discounts and perhaps are as good or better than Steam. Is there some way to compare them?

I use https://www.dekudeals.com/ to track prices/sales, but it doesn't cover Steam.

Is there a way to track historical prices for games on Steam?
(deku has this for consoles, both digitcal and physical)

I'm not sure. But the Demons Souls remake took a good year to get any digital sale.

That's an unusual example because it's a ps5 exclusive, never on Steam.
https://www.dekudeals.com/items/demons-souls does show it dropped to $40 a year after release. $30 in Apr '23.
I'm playing it now via PS+ extra for "free"...

I wonder if Steam will eventually do some sort of game-pass like subscription thing. So far, I've been enjoying it. Though, I'm playing games "late" and things may be drying up as the year passes.

Kommie wrote:

yeah. Gog and steam are really great with sales. I don't think I've bought more than 2% of my games day one full price. It's no comparison to how much better it is than consoles.

Right. I got no problem paying full price/release day discount on indie games $25 and lower. But no way I pay $70 for a digital "AAA" game with guaranteed problems.

bill wrote:

https://steamdb.info/

It doesn't send you notifications when games go on sale and if they are an all-time low, but I use this in combination for the Steam wishlist to determine if the current sale price is an all-time low since Steam's wishlist does send you an email when a game on your wishlist goes on sale.

I've been so backlogged that I end up playing all my PS5 games for free anyways once they hit Plus or whatever it's called now. Or for a pretty deep discount.

This month having CoD Black Ops (awesome game with a great zombies mode) and Alan Wake is pretty dope.

I'm a PS noob and I need some help. I'm looking to go ahead and sell my PS4 since I won't be playing anything on it for the foreseeable future, and then I'll get a PS5 sometime down the road, hopefully after a price drop. I want to make sure me and my son don't lose our saves. I thought they just saved to the cloud automatically, but it looks like that's just a PS+ feature, is that still the case? If so, can I just use a free trial long enough to get our saves saved to the cloud? Will it keep them there even once our PS+ trial ends? Also, once we get a PS5 down the road, will our saves even transfer to the PS5? If so, can we just do the free trial method again, long enough to download them to the system?

Edit: Looks like there's an option to save my save data to a USB device. Can I retrieve this on a PS5 later? Or is the only way to get save data transferred from PS4 to PS5 is to use cloud saves?

Scott wrote:

PS+ keeps the saves for a handful of years, so just do that. As I'm not 100% sure you can do a usb transfer of a PS4 backup to a PS5 either. I know you can do the initial data transfer between systems. But I don't think it will read/handle the PS4 backup file. It could. But I'd just go with PS+. Just simpler. And you don't have to worry about formatting a USB device and only using it for your PS console.

EDIT: apparently PS+ only keeps the saves on their server for 6 months after an expired sub now. So that might not be a good idea either. I'd go with the usb device knowing that now.

Scott wrote:

Saves made on a PS4 work perfectly on a PS5 using a USB. I transfer them all the time. This is assuming you are playing the same PS4 game on the PS5 system. You can't use a PS4 save for a PS5 version of the same game unless there is an in game save transfer option available. There are allot of games with this option, but you will need to have access to the PS4 version as its almost always an in game upload/transfer.

Something to keep in mind in the future is PS5 games you can't backup the saves to USB, only the cloud. So once you get a PS5 you might want to consider having a subscription. I had one time the power went out while I was playing the PS5. For whatever reason it basically bricked the system. I found some workaround online to get it to boot into safemode. My only option was a factory reset. I was pretty bummed as I lost 2 game saves with hundreds of hours. Its the main reason I quit wreckfest. I had all the online cars unlocked and lost everything. The system is supposed to back them up automatically, but for some reason I had no PS5 saves online.

Thank you both for all the info! I'm glad to hear I can use USB to transfer the saves. I'm not thrilled to find that I'll have to have a subscription for cloud saves once I'm on PS5 though. I barely ever play my PS's, so it's a lot of money compared to how much I actually need it.

Scott wrote:

Its just to backup PS5 saves. You can still use USB for PS4 game saves on the PS5.

I actually thought cloud saves were just free on PS5. I didn't realize you had to have PS+ in order to utilize them, that's why I was disappointed.

Groo wrote:

I did this too, nice! Thanks for posting about it.

Here's the promo page for it:

https://www.playstation.com/en-us/deals/apple-tv-p...

PS4 owners can get 3 months free.

I've done other free subs for AppleTV+ in the past using the same account, no problem.

We just started Silo and I'm looking forward to Foundation season 2 soon...

I will have to watch Foundation, I saw previews when I watched Silo. Noticed this from your posted link:

1Offer may only be redeemed once per PS5 console; limit one per Apple TV+ subscriber. Must be redeemed by 07/31/23. Offer redeemable through PS5 Media Home.

So this offers needs to be redeemed this month.

I doubt anyone else is hyped for this, but the Gex trilogy is getting remastered. I doubt the jokes have aged well, but I'mma still get it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhXZZsEfRgk


edit: Tomba and Clock Tower remasters coming too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwp-Fu2t7Tg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMzM9J20MOU

Oh heck yes. That Gex trilogy may have to happen for me.

Tomba and Gex hell yea. Two huge Blockbuster staples of my childhood

Will these only be over priced LRG physical bullcrap prices?

Kommie wrote:

Sure looks like it based on who released the videos. Too bad, I'd like to have played Clock tower.

Yeah Clock Tower is nice, I'd be fine paying $15 for digital. This will probably be a good $35-$40.

They’ll release 1000 at 50$ and open preorder a 199$ set.

I’m in the minority that doesn’t really mind LRG. I totally get the hate, though. I think I’ve only ordered from them once this year, but I do love having physical games. Hopefully both Clock Tower and the Zeboyd game - can’t remember what it’s called - are $29.99. Those are the only games they announced today that I’m interested in. Any more and I’ll probably pass.

Feeb wrote:

Useless stickers/CD/cards too

Heavyd814life wrote:

I don't mind LRG, but if the choice is a $15 digital download or a $40 physical, I'm almost always going to go digital.

If there was a bit closer parity in the price (like $30 vs $40) it would be a more difficult choice.

But for all those ErickRPGs out there who need their Olivia Newton John fix, I'm glad LRG exists.

PizzaTheHutt wrote:

SUPER hyped. Tomba as well! Problem is, they didn't show any gameplay. So who knows how far away it is. also, I'm half way through Gex Enter the Gecko on my PS1. They talked about a new "engine" so is it possible it's more than just a "remaster" and it has beefed up graphics and actual analog control? If so, man. I might just want to wait and play that instead.

As far as poorly aged jokes. If you watch the trailer again when he said "who were you expecting" it does NOT sound like a young Dana Gould. I think it's possible he voices the trilogy again with new jokes. That's just my speculation based on the sound of his voice in that trailer.

WithinTemptation wrote:

Looks like these are also coming to Steam so that's nice

benstylus wrote:

It took awhile but I got it. I wonder if these will be prettier remakes. They do mention an engine.

Heavyd814life wrote:

Also sad about the no physical Baldur's Gate 3 :(

Good to see they are going physical for Gloomhaven, though!

I figured I'd give the COD: Cold War campaign another whirl since it's on PS+ now. And it's like 230GB lol. It's showing a 100GB language file haha.

It blows my mind that even to this day we don't have selective installs.

Anxiouz wrote:

ya bro that 4K audio

That new Spider-Man 2 PS5 going up for pre-order on the 28th looks nice.