Topic: The PlayStation Fan Thread

Ah, well, I'm hoping mine will last a few years at least, @Ralizah .... Hopefully, things will improve by then

@BruceCM I've been running the same GTX 970 since 2015, lol. I really hope mine lasts until this crunch is over.

GTX 980 Ti over here... I feel the same, since I'm waiting until the next elder scrolls game drops (you know that isn't skyrim).

On topic, went to Best Buy today and was surprised at how they seem to have gutted their PS4 section. Lots of PS5 games, very few PS4. Which would make sense if the PS5 kept good stock but right now...why not keep both sections?

@Ryu_Niiyama You're another one who updates to cards based on new Bethesda games, eh? My 2011 rig was built to run Skyrim smoothly, and, in 2015, my rig was built to run Fallout 4 well. If the supply crunch lets up soon, I'll probably grab whatever card plays well with Starfield, since I upgraded the rest of my components last year (modest upgrades, but my rig now has 16GB of Ram, a Ryzen 5 3600, and a 1TB SSD; more than good enough for next-gen games at 1080p if paired with a decent GPU).

At this point, I might be waiting to grab a cheaper RTX 40XX card at launch, whenever those come out.

@Ralizah looks around Other people do that too? Cool! I just figured it was a practical but still personality quirk of mine. I mod my TES games to death so after I got sick of blowing up GPUs that run the base game fine but not the base game and 80-100 texture mods, I started getting the top of the line that was out at the time that I bought the game (this card was a mid life upgrade though because I blew up the last one. So it handles FO4 just fine). Has served me well so far as otherwise my GPU smokes everything else. I'm not getting starfield (absolutely no interest in it) but just using it as a count down to when Bethesda will start releasing TES info. I will likely do a significant overhaul to this machine (or essentially build a new one) as I want a machine dedicated to RTS games and I find them hard to play on a TV.

Heh, I couldn't say just what graphics card I have, @Ralizah .... But as I have a 21" monitor, which obviously outputs in full HD, rather than 4k or anything like that, it isn't anywhere near the TOP end, lol
But I have the same Ryzen processor, so that should be good for years, especially since I therefore play the demanding games on low/medium settings They still look great on the monitor to me & I'm not playing the sorts of things that need 120 FPS & suchlike

So, I've been waiting for a NEW TWEWY sale, and here it is. Not an amazing sale, but better than Returnal Souls, at any rate.... BUT, I still haven't figure out if I want it on PS or Switch. Any of you try both of them and think it's worth it, visually on PS? I like the series on handheld largely, however I regretted buying TCS3 and Ys9 on Switch, it's just not a satisfactory performance (Ys9) or text (TCS3 docked) on Switch and ended up rebuying on PS.

@Ralizah Technically I've never had a console die on me other than 2 3DSXLs (those things were hot garbage) and a Sega Game Gear that ended up with a dead screen, just a line across the center. BUT, I still worry about them. Well, actually I had several PS3's fail, but it was the disc drive that failed in all of them, not the console.

@NEStalgia

Image quality seems broadly similar. Framerate is unlocked, and seems to vary between 30 - 45fps on Switch when docked, whereas you should get locked 60fps on your PS5.

As always, if you're mostly going to play on the TV, the PS4 version will be smoother. If you're going to be playing a significant chunk of it away from the TV, Switch is a serviceable (and your only) option.

@Ralizah Might go Switch on this one, then. It feels like a handheld series.....because.....it's a handheld series....

I think I'm dubious of anything Switch vs PS after the Falcom ports. Ys9 is terrible on Switch. TCS3 is very good on Switch and actually looks amazing for what it is docked, but they stupidly picked a 720p font and scaled it and it looks terrible for a game that is mostly text.

@NEStalgia Sorry, 'TCS3' has me beat. Qué?

@gcunit Trails of Cold Steel III

I just curious, why does PS4 games have larger GB for installation before playing than PS3 games even both of them using Blu Ray disc ? 🤔
I remembered almost every PS3 games can be played straightly without waiting the prompt of installation process, something similar happened with Wii U games too.

To correct you. SOME games require a portion of them to be installed on the internal HDD on the PS3. The simple games do not require it. The Blu Ray is only for capacity. The PS4 games could not be streamed from the disc because they have larger texture sizes.

@NEStalgia I blame you for omitting the 'o' in that case 😜

@NEStalgia btw, there's a Switch demo for Neo. There's probably a demo for the PS4 version as well. Might be worth trying both to get a feel for how the game handles on either console.

@Ralizah Good, obvious point I somehow missed. I played the switch demo, albeit, handheld only, but somehow didn't even think of comparing docked to PS. I guess I think of switch as Vita 2 THAT much!

There are a few games in my PS3 download list that I fancy going back to, but I've no idea if they were part of PS+ and thus no longer available to me. Is there any way to check if something on the download list was part of PS+ or is it a case of just a case of downloading and hoping they work?
The PS3 download list is horrible - no filters or search function or anything like that.

My PS5 controllers are already having drift issues (>.<) one moreso than the other. I'm thinking it has to be a blutooth connection problem but no matter how I reset the connection (via the settings menu or the controller itself) it only seems to fix it temporarily. Luckily it's not so bad that I can't ignore it, but it is really discouraging that the last two consoles I've purchased (PS5 and Switch) have had hardware issues shortly after buying them.

Haven't had any issues with mine so far. I have two, bought them at launch, not sure if that makes a difference.

Also got Miles Morales and Guardians of the Galaxy during a BF deal. Both were €35. So 70 total, seemed like a good deal. Miles Morales is fun so far, but it feels more of the same, so I'm glad I didn't purchase the upgraded Spider-Man bundle.

I've tossed around the idea of contacting Sony regarding the drift issue (it's only a few months old so the warranty should still be good), but it's not that bad so for now I'm gonna live with it.

Anybody willing to recommend Returnal? I really like the way it looks kinda like Prometheus. But I'm not entirely sold on procedural generation.