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monkeyspank · 25 Oct 2020 at 13:27

Platestation5 dot com
Bit wary myself tbh

TallPaul_S · 25 Oct 2020 at 13:31

It's literally the first result in google, if you enter 'platestation'.

Anyway, I'd suggest waiting until people have received the actual product, they also say they're at the prototype stage so haven't actually made the final product.

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They're £32 btw.

t@xman · 25 Oct 2020 at 13:36

TallPaul_S said:
It's literally the first result in google, if you enter 'platestation'.

Anyway, I'd suggest waiting until people have received the actual product, they also say they're at the prototype stage so haven't actually made the final product.

They're £32 btw.

That's an outrageous price for a couple of bits of plastic! Thankfully they'll soon be priced out of the market when Ali etc get on the case.

BuffetSlayer · 25 Oct 2020 at 13:41

TallPaul_S said:
It's literally the first result in google, if you enter 'platestation'.

Anyway, I'd suggest waiting until people have received the actual product, they also say they're at the prototype stage so haven't actually made the final product.

They're £32 btw.

Hmm really weird. When I Googled it - all I got were companies house and other business checking links.

TheLegendOfMart · 25 Oct 2020 at 14:04

I only buy games I know I will love. For everything else I use Boomerang. The day consoles go digital only is the day I give up gaming.

Chris1712 · 25 Oct 2020 at 15:32

Plainsong said:
No I agree with you totally. Value is a huge part of why I won't go all digital yet. AAA stuff I buy physical and sell/trade. Digital sales I use but would never pay £70 digital even if I knew I would play it for ages. The 25% allocation to digital is because Sony know most people are still for physical but that attitude is changing fast. In another gen we may not see optical then we're kind of screwed and so is the second hand market. Not necessarily a bad thing. If they could match Steam prices we'd probably all jump on board.

Actually digital accounts for more sales than physical now, as of Q1 this year. COVID has obviously had a big impact though, so be interesting what the Q2 results are (Wednesday if you’re interested). Regardless its no where near 25/75, I think the launch disparity is to appease retail until they come up with some kind of licensing model to include them. Maybe a cut of digital sales for each console sold, better margins on psn credit, some kind of clever trade in system etc.

V F · 25 Oct 2020 at 16:06

SDK^ said:
These days even brand new just released games need a heavy download when you insert the disc for the first time. Having the disc is simply a pass on the internal security check, the rest is all digital.

If your Internet goes down, you're screwed. At least with physical, you can still play. Even though it's not the latest patch.

Andybtsn · 25 Oct 2020 at 16:08

V F said:
If your Internet goes down, you're screwed. At least with physical, you can still play. Even though it's not the latest patch.

I can count on one hand how many times my internet has gone down in the last decade. Think we’re clutching at straws here!

V F · 25 Oct 2020 at 16:14

Andybtsn said:
I can count on one hand how many times my internet has gone down in the last decade. Think we’re clutching at straws here!

For you. Other people has had long outages with their ISP's.

Mobius 1 · 25 Oct 2020 at 16:30

You can still play if the internet goes down if the game is on you hdd though.

Plainsong · 25 Oct 2020 at 16:49

Chris1712 said:
Actually digital accounts for more sales than physical now, as of Q1 this year. COVID has obviously had a big impact though, so be interesting what the Q2 results are (Wednesday if you’re interested). Regardless its no where near 25/75, I think the launch disparity is to appease retail until they come up with some kind of licensing model to include them. Maybe a cut of digital sales for each console sold, better margins on psn credit, some kind of clever trade in system etc.

The 25/75 I was referring to was Sony allocation of hardware digital/optical. I've also read the digital has surpassed physical in certain titles (FIFA is one). So yeah it's definitely on the up.

Andybtsn · 25 Oct 2020 at 16:58

V F said:
For you. Other people has had long outages with their ISP's.

I’d be surprised in this day and age.

Mobius 1 · 25 Oct 2020 at 17:22

Mark1989 · 25 Oct 2020 at 17:50

Mobius 1 said:

Good watch, Im very hyped for more spider man too so bonus it's shaping up well

mmj_uk · 25 Oct 2020 at 18:14

SDK^ said:
These days even brand new just released games need a heavy download when you insert the disc for the first time. Having the disc is simply a pass on the internal security check, the rest is all digital.

Yeah but physical games are actually your own private property, Sony can't come into your house and take them away for any reason. Whereas with digital if you fall foul of increasingly draconian T&C's they can take your account away along with all of your games, or if they go bankrupt or throw in the towel in the console market or whatever. Why would people want to be dependent on another party in order to play their games? if they were half price I could understand it but physical are generally cheaper as well.

jjgreenwood · 25 Oct 2020 at 18:27

mmj_uk said:
Yeah but physical games are actually your own private property, Sony can't come into your house and take them away for any reason. Whereas with digital if you fall foul of increasingly draconian T&C's they can take your account away along with all of your games, or if they go bankrupt or throw in the towel in the console market or whatever. Why would people want to be dependent on another party in order to play their games? if they were half price I could understand it but physical are generally cheaper as well.

Doesn't matter if its digital or physical the TOS are the same I'm afraid. Ever since you had to install the game onto a hard disc the delivery method to the disc is largely irrelevant - the only difference is with the disc the disc has to be in the drive to play it because that is the authentication method. This isn't required with digital because it authenticated when you downloaded it.

crazy8s · 25 Oct 2020 at 18:47

BenQ supposedly confirmed 1440p support?

https://www.reddit.com/r/PS5/comments/jhvo1x/benq_confirming_1440p_support/?sort=new

Mobius 1 · 25 Oct 2020 at 18:58

SDK^ said:
These days even brand new just released games need a heavy download when you insert the disc for the first time. Having the disc is simply a pass on the internal security check, the rest is all digital.

You can play in offline mode. So you can play the game without downloading anything. Straight from the disc.

Noxia · 25 Oct 2020 at 19:02

I don't get why (fps aside) anyone would want to gimp their new console on a monitor. Even the expensive ones I've had are nowhere near the IQ of my TV.

CaptainRAVE · 25 Oct 2020 at 19:05

Noxia said:
I don't get why (fps aside) anyone would want to gimp their new console on a monitor. Even the expensive ones I've had are nowhere near the IQ of my TV.

Agreed. Are reasonably large 4K TVs even that expensive anymore?

Poll: *The Official PlayStation 5 (PS5) Thread*

Which PS5 Version will you likely buy?

Digital Only Version

UHD Optical Version

Unlikely to buy either

Poll: The Official PlayStation 5 (PS5) Thread