Playstation 5

[Bebpo]

That sucks, hopefully the stand fixed it for you.

[Polident Hive]

Might’ve read Sony were tuning the fan curve? For a Sony console it’s near silent. After all the jet engine complaints on the PS4, they’re running the fans at low RPM?

[Kurt Russell]

That sucks, hopefully the stand fixed it for you.

Seems all good now. Weird that the only game it was happening in was No Mans Sky. I platinumed Ghostwire and have played a handful of other PS5 native titles on it with no weirdness at all. All I can think is that the ambient temps have increased over the last couple of weeks to the point where the PS5 is affected.

Might’ve read Sony were tuning the fan curve? For a Sony console it’s near silent. After all the jet engine complaints on the PS4, they’re running the fans at low RPM?

Yup. I was surprised that the fans aren't running louder give the amount of heat building up. Even when it was close to failing, the machine was still silent. What a good boy.

[Bebpo]

My PS5 started making a 1 second grinding noise when I boot it from rest mode each time.

It's the kind of noise of a disc drive starting to spin...except I don't have a disc in the drive.
It's the kind of noise that a traditional HDD makes when starting to spin to access...except the PS5 uses an SSD.

I guess it could be the fans starting up. Probably best guess and they've got a bit of dust or something. Hope it doesn't lead to a PS5 death.

[Bebpo]

New GT7 update adds post-ending single player mode.

3 new menu books with new events including GR1 series. Also another 3 cars added and New Orleans photoscapes added to photo mode. Otherwise pretty minor updates. But nice to see they're expanding the single player campaign post-ending. If they keep at it, will load the game up a few times a year and get DLC sized SP expansions to play.

[paprikastaude]

Got tired waiting and of playing mulitplatform games on last gen, so I got the cheapest sealed PS5s available from faux-sellers 

But since I sometimes write reviews professionally, I can get more money back through taxes than I overpaid. Socialism

[Svejk]

Nearly 30 minutes of announcements and updates from the world of PlayStation.  We’ll have some exciting reveals from our third-party partners, plus a sneak peek at several games in development for PlayStation VR2.

If they drop some Astrobot, the cup will be filled.

[BIONIC]

VR 

[Bebpo]

GoW Ragnorak is supposed to be announced for a September release any day now.

You'd think it'd be in this State of Play but otoh it seems like it's focused on PSVR2 and Guerilla's Horizon VR game, so idk. Ragnorak just got rated for release in Korea and a bunch of tie-in merch leaked with September release dates.

Need a trailer to make me care about Ragnorak since I really didn't like the last one (zzz open-world game which will hold up even worse after Elden Ring) but I like my Sony Dad Walking Sim AAA games, so I need some spectacle to reel me back in.

[Svejk]

Guessing they'll have some more FFXVI too.

[Rahxephon91]

Just want to see Final Fantasy.

[Pissy F Benny]

Hot ass prediction: no final fantasy

[MMaRsu]

People still care about final fantasy? 🤣

[HardcoreRetro]

This one is starring budget brand Chris Redfield.

Clive Rosfield.

[Bebpo]

People still care about final fantasy? 🤣

yes

[MMaRsu]

But whyyy

[archnemesis]

But whyyy

Every now and then there is still a great Final Fantasy game. The FF7 remake exceeded my expectations by far.

[Polident Hive]

Out of the loop here but is this direct meant to be the E3 conference? In terms of scale of announcements.

Is it too soon for Ghost of Tsushima 2?

[Pissy F Benny]

Seeing as it took Sucker Punch about 6 years to make the first I'd say so.

[Svejk]

As much as I enjoyed Ghost, I'd prefer that SP made another new IP.  Jin's story was told decently enough.

[Svejk]

RE4 and Village coming to VR!  PSVR2 confirmed buy for me!!

[Polident Hive]

RE4 getting a full remake just makes me feel old. I want to try the VR version but it’s exclusive to the Facebook headset.

Cyberpunk Cat Stealth looks cool.

So that wasn’t Dead Space…

Thought this was gonna be a new Final Fight.

Why did I spend time watching this

[Svejk]

Spider-man Remastered stand alone coming to PC?  Haha fuck off, Sony.

[Let's Cyber]

FFXVI now 

this was a shadow-dropped e3 conference, basically.

[Svejk]

That was one of their better showcases.  I knew they'd bring Village to VR... Been waiting for that news since it released.   

[Svejk]

So that wasn’t Dead Space…

My initial thought was a new Riddick reboot without Vin.

[Polident Hive]

In the span of a minute I worked myself up into believing Capcom was reviving Final Fight to being crushed. Somehow imagined an open world beat em up based on two seconds of footage. At least I’ll always have SOR4.

So that wasn’t Dead Space…

My initial thought was a new Riddick reboot without Vin.

Could be making this up but that series is in rights limbo. They got delisted on GOG and other digital stores. Shame. Xbox game rocked.

[Bebpo]

Where da fuck is Ragnorak?

[benjipwns]

My initial thought was a new Riddick reboot without Vin.

Could be making this up but that series is in rights limbo. They got delisted on GOG and other digital stores. Shame. Xbox game rocked.

It's because Atari and Starbreeze both went bankrupt. I imagine Vin's company is the only one in position to unify the rights by buying them (for peanuts) off the corpse of Atari but he doesn't seem to care enough. If Koch Media had gotten the rights when it put Starbreeze back together they would have put it back on the stores.

[Rahxephon91]

Very solid showcase of games.

I’m skeptical of many of the games, but most of them look like games I want to play.

But I will say I wanted to come out swinging for 16 and instead I’m kind of disappointed.

[Pissy F Benny]

I'm not too sure I'm that hot on what they showed of FF16

[Svejk]

I'm WAY more interested in FFVIIR Part 2 than XVI. 

I mean, I guess it looks ok... But like 15, it was a wait and play later on sale feel. 

Capcom did steal the show... The nail in the coffin would/will be when they finally reveal Dragon's Dogma 2.

It didn't register to me till yesterday that this is technically E3 season. 

[Rahxephon91]

16 doesn't look like anything I'd want from a FF game. I'm extremely disappointed.

[Pissy F Benny]

I'd need to a slice of some actual gameplay and exploration etc, but the trailer made it seem like medieval DMC lite, which is kinda ehh to me

You want the sense of an epic adventure from a big RPG trailer imo and that one didn't give me any, just some flashy looking battles.

[Kurt Russell]

I'm waiting for the reveal of the mystery VR2 project Kojima is working on.

I'd honestly take Death Stranding 2 VR. Shit would be terrifying.

[Rahxephon91]

I still love FF and will no doubt play 16. A more serious FF with good writing and less teen angst is always something I’ve wanted. I do hope there is a bit more “light” in this game. The lack of party members is a bit disappointing as party management is my favorite part of a jrpg. So I’m a bit cautious with that. And as much as I like Japanese character action games, it’s not really what I’m looking for in a FF game. So I guess my problem is a expected to be knocked out and instead saw a cool looking game worthy of FF’s pedigree, but also with some reservations. But I really want a single player FF to fire on all cylinders.

[Raist]

"We made a Slim PS5!!1!!!"*


*You just need some stuff on the side that's bigger than the OG console

[Svejk]

It's officially coming this November 9th! (for now)

[Pissy F Benny]

looks kind of bleh overall and not much that better than I remember the first one looking graphically, no where close to how good Horizon looks imo.

I'll play it on soypass when they release it on there in 2026

[Svejk]

I keep forgetting about Horizon 2.    Guess I'll get to it when it drops to $30 this holiday instead.

[Pissy F Benny]

Sony putting out Horizon a week before Elden Ring and a couple of weeks before their own Gran Turismo 7 was so fucking stupid, they should have held it off for May. Surely that has cos them a more than decent chunk of full price sales.

[Polident Hive]

Bought some USB PC fans and taped them around my TV cabinet. The existing air flow slots weren’t cutting it. It’d get toasty unless the door was fully open. Even with that inconvenience, it’d trap a ton of air. Fans exhausting hot air is working well for now.

Also, first time I moved the PS5 since launch. Immediately the stand falls off. Brilliant design needing it to sit flat.

[Svejk]

If I had to lay mine flat, our cat would never stay off of it.

[naff]

I keep forgetting about Horizon 2.    Guess I'll get to it when it drops to $30 this holiday instead.

i went back to it yesterday, realised I'd nearly finished the game but had barely done a single sidequest in my rush to finish it before elden ring came out. this game is so tight. yeah it's just a slightly fresher interpretation of a template laid out by ubisoft, but it's damn fun to play still. spend the last ten hours just doing sidequests refamiliarizing myself and respec'ing aloy. love the quality of life features in this game,  infinite respecs, custom game difficulty. production design is next level. glad i finally picked it up again

[naff]

spent the day playing Returnal. finally truly clicked. I liked it immediately but it was hard and enigmatic, still pushed through phrike and then died promptly in biome 2. played a little more but not much. watched the fextralife tips vid and did a more methodical run after a break and ended up pushing through the next few biomes. this game is something else. really cool stuff

[Svejk]

spent the day playing Returnal. finally truly clicked. I liked it immediately but it was hard and enigmatic, still pushed through phrike and then died promptly in biome 2. played a little more but not much. watched the fextralife tips vid and did a more methodical run after a break and ended up pushing through the next few biomes. this game is something else. really cool stuff

They really utilized the PS5 features well... Which makes me wonder, when Returnal comes to PC, they'll be missing out on the DS haptic gameplay..  I so need to get back to this once I finally finish Elden Ring.  Besides the brutal rogue element, the game's solid AF.

[naff]

totally. I was surprised how everything just kinda fell into place and I ripped through it once I had a game plan on how to take advantage of everything at my disposal. a lot of trial and error too and generally just really getting to know selenes moveset. think it was good taking a break to play forbidden west yesterday

[bork]

spent the day playing Returnal. finally truly clicked. I liked it immediately but it was hard and enigmatic, still pushed through phrike and then died promptly in biome 2. played a little more but not much. watched the fextralife tips vid and did a more methodical run after a break and ended up pushing through the next few biomes. this game is something else. really cool stuff

They really utilized the PS5 features well... Which makes me wonder, when Returnal comes to PC, they'll be missing out on the DS haptic gameplay..  I so need to get back to this once I finally finish Elden Ring.  Besides the brutal rogue element, the game's solid AF.

Why wouldn't haptic feedback be available if you use a DS5 controller?

Also will take higher resolution options and better/higher framerates over that any day. 

[Svejk]

spent the day playing Returnal. finally truly clicked. I liked it immediately but it was hard and enigmatic, still pushed through phrike and then died promptly in biome 2. played a little more but not much. watched the fextralife tips vid and did a more methodical run after a break and ended up pushing through the next few biomes. this game is something else. really cool stuff

They really utilized the PS5 features well... Which makes me wonder, when Returnal comes to PC, they'll be missing out on the DS haptic gameplay..  I so need to get back to this once I finally finish Elden Ring.  Besides the brutal rogue element, the game's solid AF.

Why wouldn't haptic feedback be available if you use a DS5 controller?

Good question... does the DS5 function the same way when you just plug and play it to PC versions of the game?  I just assumed it wouldn't, but who knows.  Besides Astrobot, not sure what other games really use the haptics that truly play as part of the gameplay, as Returnal does.

Also will take higher resolution options and better/higher framerates over that any day.

Well, that any day will have to wait a year or two, sure.  And even then, one will have to pay full price for a year or two old game. Something which Nintender folk should be use to though.   

[Polident Hive]

spent the day playing Returnal. finally truly clicked. I liked it immediately but it was hard and enigmatic, still pushed through phrike and then died promptly in biome 2. played a little more but not much. watched the fextralife tips vid and did a more methodical run after a break and ended up pushing through the next few biomes. this game is something else. really cool stuff

I wound up “beating” it the other day. Insofar as it’s a roguelike and I only managed to finish a full run. The game keeps throwing you for a loop and lends to that alien feeling. Somebody who puts several dozens of hours across dozens of runs in could acclimate. For me, it never lost that vibe of being in a hostile unknown world. Any time I felt comfortable, it’d knock me off balance. Boy is it unforgiving in the late game.

[bork]

And even then, one will have to pay full price for a year or two old game.

You've got too much Sony on the brain, my friend.  If it doesn't release at a lower price, it will be discounted from other sellers and/or the price will be slashed soon enough.

[Svejk]

And even then, one will have to pay full price for a year or two old game.

You've got too much Sony on the brain, my friend.  If it doesn't release at a lower price, it will be discounted from other sellers and/or the price will be slashed soon enough.

Why is that statement Sony specific, other than Sony having limited exclusivity?  This is everything gaming, other than Nintendo on the brain, brother... This was a deliberate jab at Nintendo's shit tier price gouging.
 

[bork]

But you're talking about Returnal!

[Svejk]

But you're talking about Returnal!

Returnal looks eye popping and runs like butter on PS5, not sure you'd see much difference with an even higher framerate and resolution...

Now, some Metroid mods?  Now we talkin' PC ftw. 

[bork]

Returnal looks eye popping and runs like butter on PS5, not sure you'd see much difference with an even higher framerate and resolution...

I pray one day that this poor, lost soul will experience superior input at 120hz or greater at 4K or higher.
 

[Svejk]

Returnal looks eye popping and runs like butter on PS5, not sure you'd see much difference with an even higher framerate and resolution...

I pray one day that this poor, lost soul will experience superior input at 120hz or greater at 4K or higher.
 

If only my eye sight got better with age... 

I definitely won't see that in my lifetime if I stick with Nintendo. 

[demi]

Holy shit did not expect to see this email today

[MMaRsu]

Holy shit did not expect to see this email today

(Image removed from quote.)

Always thought your more of an Xbox man, but good for you, have fun man!

[demi]

Gotta play FF16 and Remake 2

[Bebpo]

Kinda surprised GoW Ragnorak is 4k/30fps and something less/60fps on PS5. The tiny amount of in-game footage in the first reveal trailer just looked like the last game graphically. Not like a Horizon 1 -> FW graphical jump.

Hopefully this means Ragnorak will actually be visually impressive. They really need another gameplay trailer showing off some cool visuals.