● The PlayStation 5 Thread - Astro's Playroom sells 10m copies

jiggles wrote:

kazanova_Frankenstein wrote:I wonder how many of the people who dismissed Astrobot on PSVR as gimmicky and perfectly achievable on a flat screen with no impact on playability (it would simply reveal what an "average game" it was) are now the same people who are going wild over the PS5 Dual Sense?

I mean, were there a lot of people saying that?

I bemoaned Astro Bot Rescue Mission being PSVR exclusive, but only because it looked brilliant and I really, really don’t want a PSVR.

I’d rather be able to play that on a screen, and I’m sure many others are on the same boat, but I don’t think anyone would rather play Astro’s Playroom without the cool controller stuff

Mafro wrote:

Wedgie wrote:

Saint of Killers wrote:Just remembered something and saved myself £30 I was all set to pay full price for Miles Morales and Demon's Souls if it'd mean I could just pop down to Asda, buy 'em and play 'em asap, as opposed to waiting in for them to be delivered. And then I remembered they're releasing the games before the consoles So yeah, just bought 'em off thegamecollectionoutlet on eBay, with the POPUPOCT20 code :phew: :idiot:

They’re releasing the PS5 games early?

Games and accessories are coming out here a week earlier than the console.

Songwriter wrote:Why aren’t we talking about BUGSNAX BEING FREE AT LAUNCH!!?

Songwriter wrote:Why aren’t we talking about BUGSNAX BEING FREE AT LAUNCH!!?

jiggles wrote:

Abacus wrote:

jiggles wrote:

kazanova_Frankenstein wrote:I wonder how many of the people who dismissed Astrobot on PSVR as gimmicky and perfectly achievable on a flat screen with no impact on playability (it would simply reveal what an "average game" it was) are now the same people who are going wild over the PS5 Dual Sense?

I mean, were there a lot of people saying that?

I bemoaned Astro Bot Rescue Mission being PSVR exclusive, but only because it looked brilliant and I really, really don’t want a PSVR.

I’d rather be able to play that on a screen, and I’m sure many others are on the same boat, but I don’t think anyone would rather play Astro’s Playroom without the cool controller stuff

My take on this is that you could do it, but it would be so far from the real experience that there would be no point.

It would be like trying to play Super Mario Galaxy with a NES pad.

If you don't mind me asking, how come you don't want PSVR so much?

I did worry it would be a gimmick, but there are now certain games I just would not want to play in any other way. Not trying to convince you by the way, fine it's not your thing, was just curious as to why.

I’ve owned 2 Oculus Rifts (Dev Mk II and CV1, which I still have) and VR has never been more than a short-lived novelty for me, and I’d rather just play on a screen 100% of the time. The idea of connecting so much gooseberry fool up around my TV, for an experience that tracks worse, looks worse and runs worse than something I already dislike is about as appealing to me as a kick in the dick.

Venom wrote:I watched that Digital Foundry vid last night and was surprised to see even Richard Leadbetter gushing over the DualSense and how it is next-generational. I want to feel raindrops on the controller too! But more intriguing is at the end when he said "Without giving anything away and not talking about platform comparisons I think people are going to be surprised... there are surprises here." What could this possibly mean, that the PS5 grossly underperforms and people should stay away?

Saint of Killers wrote:No. They started teasing that line after they were done talking about the pads. If it's not console comparison related then what else is there?

ITSMILNER wrote:

Saint of Killers wrote:No. They started teasing that line after they were done talking about the pads. If it's not console comparison related then what else is there?

Ahh right, I think you guys might be spot on then. Assassins Creed Valhalla appears to not be running native 4k on PS5, maybe this is related?

Though immersion appears to be the focal point of Sony’s PS5 push, Ryan says there won’t be any immediate leaps forward from Sony in the most immersive gaming experience, virtual reality (VR). PlayStation was at the forefront of the virtual reality market for consoles, having launched a PSVR headset in 2016. While 5 million headsets were sold by January this year, sales were slowing in 2020. There are currently no public plans for a PS5-specific headset. Instead, Sony is offering adapters to use the PS4′s PSVR headset with the new console.

“I think we’re more than a few minutes from the future of VR,” Ryan said. “PlayStation believes in VR. Sony believes in VR, and we definitely believe at some point in the future, VR will represent a meaningful component of interactive entertainment. Will it be this year? No. Will it be next year? No. But will it come at some stage? We believe that. And we’re very pleased with all the experience that we’ve gained with PlayStation VR, and we look forwarding to seeing where that takes us in the future.”