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Topic   PlayStation 5 Discussion Thread

Frank
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* 11-Jun-2020(#1)
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Let's discuss Sony's latest console, the PlayStation 5!


Kommie
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10-Jan-2023(#241)
Oh wow. Well it helped me.... Not sure what to tell you at this point.
MrBean
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* 10-Jan-2023(#242)
Kommie wrote:
> Oh wow. Well it helped me.... Not sure what to tell you at this point.

Odd ... I only renamed the .dll file, then later tried to delete, the app had it locked up. Had to kill the app manually, delete that .dll, and boom ... it's way better (but I also set my config per those instructions as well).

So far, so good. It's definitey smoother than the official app. On fast movement, it's still got a delay and feels like a compressed feed for sure, doesn't feel like it's a full 1080 nor 60fps, but it's still better - it removes the stutter that the official app has.
MrBean
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12-Jan-2023(#243)
So ... Chiaki - performance is definitely better! Sadly, it doesn't like to re-launch sometimes. Unsure if it's me or not, but have to restart my computer as even a force close doesn't fix it.

That, and it doesn't appear that my touchpad works properly while in Chiaki vs. the official app. I'm using DSX to emulate a DualShock though being that the official app doesn't support DualSense.

Gotta mess with it a bit more.
Kommie
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* 12-Jan-2023(#244)
MrBean wrote:
> So ... Chiaki - performance is definitely better! Sadly, it doesn't like to re-launch
> sometimes. Unsure if it's me or not, but have to restart my computer as even a force
> close doesn't fix it.
>
> That, and it doesn't appear that my touchpad works properly while in Chiaki vs. the
> official app. I'm using DSX to emulate a DualShock though being that the official
> app doesn't support DualSense.
>
> Gotta mess with it a bit more.

I've had issues too. Always get some ctrl error.

To get around the controller thing, I use a dummy account for the Chiaki login. Then I log into my real account. From here you get an annoying pop up that says *remote play connected" at top. To get rid of this I go to System - Language and swap it to UK English then back to real English and it goes away.

This lets me use a controller connected to the Ps5. You're just logged into two profiles at once with this work around.
Bleed_DukeBlue
Triple Gold Good Trader
12-Jan-2023(#245)
I finally got Chiaki to work! I used the trinket site for the ID instead of the new one and then made sure which characters were zeroes and which were Os.
PizzaTheHutt
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16-Jan-2023(#246)
I played Life Is Strange on Steam back in 2017 and really enjoyed it but have not played any of the other games in the series and I'm looking to change that.

I guess there is LiS: Before The Storm, LiS 2 and LiS: True Colors that have released since then. Does the save data from each game carry over to the next game like The Walking Dead games did? If not then I'll probably continue the series on PlayStation.

Archer
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16-Jan-2023(#247)
PizzaTheHutt wrote:
> I played Life Is Strange on Steam back in 2017 and really enjoyed it but have not
> played any of the other games in the series and I'm looking to change that.
>
> I guess there is LiS: Before The Storm, LiS 2 and LiS: True Colors that have released
> since then. Does the save data from each game carry over to the next game like The
> Walking Dead games did? If not then I'll probably continue the series on PlayStation.
>
>

No. They are not connected like that. They are all stand alone games. Although Before the Storm is a prequel to the first game.
PizzaTheHutt
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16-Jan-2023(#248)
Good to know. LiS: Before The Storm is getting added to the PS+ Extra/Premium game catalog tomorrow, so I'll start with that one.

DarkFact
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19-Jan-2023(#249)
https://www.thegamer.com/ps5-detachable-disc-drive...

What in the actual hell is Sony doing? Instead of solving a problem they made another one. Are they releasing the drive because future revisions just won't have an optical internal drive option? If it doesn't work with the dozens of millions of digital consoles already purchased this is basically a repair part. Only good for consoles released after the September revision...

Jesus Christ. What a fudgeup.
MrBean
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19-Jan-2023(#250)
haha, how do you fudge up incompatibility of an optical drive? That doesn't make any sense
Anxiouz
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19-Jan-2023(#251)
Games don't run off the disc, they get installed from my experience. So even if the ports on the current models aren't fast enough to move data it shouldn't matter.

My guess is that this is intentional. They want a sexy slim SKU as the only model available at a cheaper price. Then the add-on. But they don't want people to have the behemoth
+ another box as we all know the jokes will be flying.
longhornsk57
Quadruple Gold Good Trader
19-Jan-2023(#252)
"potentially" - "rumored"

I wouldn't get all jacked about it until we actually know something, otherwise it kinda looks like click bait.
Sun
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* 19-Jan-2023(#253)
PizzaTheHutt wrote:
> I played Life Is Strange on Steam back in 2017 and really enjoyed it but have not
> played any of the other games in the series and I'm looking to change that.
>
> I guess there is LiS: Before The Storm, LiS 2 and LiS: True Colors that have released
> since then. Does the save data from each game carry over to the next game like The
> Walking Dead games did? If not then I'll probably continue the series on PlayStation.

I really enjoyed all the Life is Strange games. I don't mind walking simulators if the story is intriguing enough. So these games, Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, Detroit: Become Human, all of Supermassive Games stuff (Until Dawn, The Dark Pictures Anthology, The Quarry) are all games I enjoy.

I have yet to play The Devil in Me.
PizzaTheHutt
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20-Jan-2023(#254)
How is the Ratchet & Clank series?

I received Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart for Christmas but other than a brief demo that I barely remember of the first game 20 years ago I haven't played any of this series before. I am kinda-sorta considering playing through the entire series via PS+ Premium before I open the PS5 game I got. But there are more games in this series than I thought, so before I commit to that I wanna know have these older games aged well? Are the controls and camera troublesome like when trying to revisit Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine? Does this sound like a dumb idea and I should just go straight to the PS5 game?

Feeb
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20-Jan-2023(#255)
PizzaTheHutt wrote:
> How is the Ratchet & Clank series?
>
> I received Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart for Christmas but other than a brief demo
> that I barely remember of the first game 20 years ago I haven't played any of this
> series before. I am kinda-sorta considering playing through the entire series via
> PS+ Premium before I open the PS5 game I got. But there are more games in this series
> than I thought, so before I commit to that I wanna know have these older games aged
> well? Are the controls and camera troublesome like when trying to revisit Super Mario
> 64 and Super Mario Sunshine? Does this sound like a dumb idea and I should just go
> straight to the PS5 game?
>
>

Visually impressive, easy to play and very tight. I don’t like it because it’s boring to me. I’m minority on that.
Bleed_DukeBlue
Triple Gold Good Trader
20-Jan-2023(#256)
I don’t usually like games like Rift Apart, but it was very good. The controls are a lot tighter and the cameras are a lot better than Mario 64 for sure. I’ve never played Sunshine, so I couldn’t compare there.

PizzaTheHutt wrote:
> How is the Ratchet & Clank series?
>
> I received Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart for Christmas but other than a brief demo
> that I barely remember of the first game 20 years ago I haven't played any of this
> series before. I am kinda-sorta considering playing through the entire series via
> PS+ Premium before I open the PS5 game I got. But there are more games in this series
> than I thought, so before I commit to that I wanna know have these older games aged
> well? Are the controls and camera troublesome like when trying to revisit Super Mario
> 64 and Super Mario Sunshine? Does this sound like a dumb idea and I should just go
> straight to the PS5 game?
>
>
MrBean
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21-Jan-2023(#257)
Crap, forgot all about Forspoken coming out next week.

Dead Space as well I believe.
bill
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21-Jan-2023(#258)
Ratchet & Clank games are great.
DrizzDrizzDrizz
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21-Jan-2023(#259)
I’ve only played and beaten the PS4/PS5 ones but I loved them
Probably won’t get around to playing the originals though
bill
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21-Jan-2023(#260)
I think I've played them all, starting with ps2. It's hard to say if it's worth going back. I recall really liking the original games, but maybe they would seem dated. Most of the games have similar gameplay and they are not especially short. It may be too much to try to play them all back-to-back.
TalonJedi87
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21-Jan-2023(#261)
bill wrote:
> Ratchet & Clank games are great.

I’ll echo this. Love ‘em. Just plain and simple platforming action. Rift apart was really cool too with traversing those dimensions.
Kommie
250 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader
21-Jan-2023(#262)
First one I played was Rift Apart, pretty fun. I may have played a PS2 one, but don't really remember 100%.
Finn
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23-Jan-2023(#263)
I don't know what people are bent out of shape calling it anti consumer. It's bull crap IMO. I look at it this way, when you bought your digital console you knew what you were getting and you knew what you had. If you want a disc drive then maybe you should have bought one that had it. That's my take, I find people get easily outraged now, and it's just laughable that this is seen as anti consumer.

Also, as it was pointed out it's rumored we don't know yet. The article could be completely wrong, but hey outrage right.. aahhh modern times.





longhornsk57
Quadruple Gold Good Trader
23-Jan-2023(#265)
That doesn't sound very confirmed
Finn
Quadruple Gold Good Trader Global Trader - willing to trade internationally Canada
24-Jan-2023(#266)
Yeah, as much as I would love one, I don't think Sony will do this simply because they are focussed on the PSVR 2 at this point. I don't see anything getting announced until E3 or just before... I know they won't be going, but that's the time line I figure something will happen if at all this year.








bill
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24-Jan-2023(#267)
Sony should make a handheld system that can play ps4/5 games and compete with Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck.
PizzaTheHutt
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24-Jan-2023(#268)
I feel like if a PS5 Pro was legit and releasing as early as April, wouldn't they have said something about it a couple weeks ago at CES?

Anxiouz
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24-Jan-2023(#269)
I've been seeing more clickbait articles saying the opposite. That it sounds like the focus is just straight to PS6 instead of a PS5 Pro. I kinda lean that way since it took over 2 years for PS5s to just be found on store shelves. With so many new PS5 owners in the mix having a Pro even in another 2 years doesn't seem worthwhile. Having to manage the new disc add-on SKU + PSVR2 + PS5 Pro + PS6 planning sure seems like a lot to deal with.
TalonJedi87
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24-Jan-2023(#270)
I don't think that's real just yet and I am perfectly fine with my PS5 the way it is. I'll wait on that PS6 in 2028.
Finn
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24-Jan-2023(#271)
I Think there will be Pro variants of the PS5 and Xbox Series simply because there have been multiple typically good sources saying for a few months now that the dev kits are in the hands of dev's. This also tells me we are probably 12 months away from the release of a console and that kind of lines up with a early summer announcement.

beavis
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24-Jan-2023(#272)
I have still yet to see a PS5 in store (and I live in a large city), I would be shocked with all the supply chain problems that they would kick off the Pro. I also have to think we are a decade away from a PS6.
Finn
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24-Jan-2023(#273)
I am starting to see them more and more. Been seeing Series S and X's for awhile now... but my only option in town here is a place called the Source, and they get them in regularly. 45 min away Gamestop gets them in pretty often even Walmart. Even in Edmonton about a month and a half ago the bestbuy we stopped at had 7 of them sitting. Things are definitely better with supply. I suppose it also depends on an area's demand.



Orlandu
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24-Jan-2023(#274)
If history is any indicator we should see the slim/pro late this year and the PS6 in November of 2027.
DrizzDrizzDrizz
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24-Jan-2023(#275)
Remember those PS9 commercials for PS2?
Almost there guys!
bill
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24-Jan-2023(#277)
I'm holding out for the ps9 pro.
bonham2
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24-Jan-2023(#278)
I FINALLY got a PS5 (yay!). I can't seem to recover my account. It keeps asking for a 2 Step Verification code. It says to open my authenticator app. I don't have an authenticator app or a previously saved backup code.

Anyone deal with anything like this? Of course I can't actually get through to a real person at Sony.
bill
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24-Jan-2023(#279)
It uses Google Authenticator app, if that helps. Maybe check your old phone or something?
bonham2
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* 24-Jan-2023(#280)
I'm sure I've missed this conversation in the past, but what's the deal with the new PS Plus service? I must be missing something because it seems absolutely amazing. The premium tier doesn't seem with the extra money...I won't use cloud streaming, trials, or most of the classic library (have no desire to play PS1/PS2 games. The Extra tier seems amazing though. There are easily hundreds of games, newly released monthly releases, and online. When it says "PlayStation Plus Collection", is that basically every PS+ game released in the past?

Why is it that Xbox Game Pass is still considered the gold standard when this has easily double or triple the games? Is it just because Sony doesn't launch brand new games on the service? I mean, I could easily find YEARS worth of stuff to play on here without ever getting bored.
Orlandu
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24-Jan-2023(#281)
It's not every PS+ game released in the past. It's a catalog of games listed here: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/ps-plus/games/#g...

That list changes monthly. So far not a whole lot of high-profile drop offs, but it's like Netflix with stuff coming and going. Every month games get added. You still get the few "claim and you have as long as you're subscribed" games each month, but the + extra games can disappear from the catalog. Good value if you get a subscription on sale, have plenty of spare time, and haven't played a lot of the older games. If you're after the latest and greatest releases you'll be disappointed.

As for the Game Pass advantages: it can be cheaply stacked, has day one releases, and also works on PC.

Topic   PlayStation 5 Discussion Thread