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[swendro]

Yeah GeforceNow is kinda dope, makes me want to buy most of my games on PC now. Wanna try project xcloud too. Gamechanger if Sony does one.

PlayStation now?

 

[Mark Antony]

Dunno why I forgot about that. Something where I can play the games I already own on the road would be cool though. Like with GeforceNow I can start a game on steam on pc, then pick up on mobile from the same place.

 

[swendro]

Remote play

 

[Mark Antony]

That sucked last time I used it. Gigabit connection.

 

[lamekilla]

Yuck, get this first person **** out of here. Still have yet to touch RE7

 

[Ricky D]

Yuck, get this first person **** out of here. Still have yet to touch RE7

So you just already know you don’t like it? I’d at least try it. I enjoyed it.

 

[Ricky D]

Okay, Phil.

I suppose you could read into that a few different ways, but if that's the case, why would I be plunking cash down on a new MS console when it's obviously not their focus?

This rubbed me the wrong way too but Phil doesn’t seem like he was trying to bash Sony and Nintendo in any way at all. Next gen can’t come fast enough, this gen is going to be interesting for sure

 

[tdogg2k]

If you're talking about Firewall: Zero Hour, yes, it's a ton of fun. However, it's exclusive for PSVR. It's pretty much virtual reality Counter Strike.

damn i dont have a VR guess i gotta delete it

 

[_relinquo]

damn i dont have a VR guess i gotta delete it

I'm sure the PSVRs will go on sale. Totally worth it for that game if the price drops.

 

[shotimesheff]

I’ll buy a Series X day one, if there is a Blue Dragon 2 or Lost Odyssey 2 available at launch. Otherwise, it’ll just be the PS5 for a while.

No Hellblade 2 for you!?

 

[Ricky D]

No Hellblade 2 for you!?

I still need to finish the first one but it’s not enough to make me purchase a new console.

 

[tdogg2k]

I'm sure the PSVRs will go on sale. Totally worth it for that game if the price drops.

as much as i'd like to get one, i dont have the time anymore to immerse in games. i just wanted to shoot a couple of faces off and call it a match after about 20 mins.

 

[Bad Religion]

Just pre-ordered FF7 Remake and TLOU2 digital deluxe editions. A sort of prize for getting through as much of my backlog before their releases as I can.

 

[Master Zik]

Okay, Phil.

I suppose you could read into that a few different ways, but if that's the case, why would I be plunking cash down on a new MS console when it's obviously not their focus?

Wild pompous. They can't even keep up with Apple talking about seeing Google and Amazon as competitors when you chose to get in the console game.

 

[stay lurkin]

So you just already know you don’t like it? I’d at least try it. I enjoyed it.

hold up what is the zombies return thing. You telling me that there are no zombies in RE7?

 

[swendro]

Wild pompous. They can't even keep up with Apple talking about seeing Google and Amazon as competitors when you chose to get in the console game.

He was talking about cloud servers or something.

 

[mr j 858]

Microsoft's endgame by the end of next gen is to be a service like Netflix but clearly for games.

They've been investing and planting the seeds this gen already.

 

[_relinquo]

as much as i'd like to get one, i dont have the time anymore to immerse in games. i just wanted to shoot a couple of faces off and call it a match after about 20 mins.

Believe it or not, you honestly can do that with that game and PSVR. Headset slides right on and comes right off. I work in the VR industry; I was skeptical at first, but going in for a little bit and going back to your life is more of a thing than you think.

 

[Ricky D]

Just pre-ordered FF7 Remake and TLOU2 digital deluxe editions. A sort of prize for getting through as much of my backlog before their releases as I can.

I pre-ordered both steelbook editions but I want to play FF7 soon as it unlocks since I’ll already be off

 

[datboi81]

Microsoft's endgame by the end of next gen is to be a service like Netflix but clearly for games.

They've been investing and planting the seeds this gen already.

Absolutely. They’ll do what Google failed to do properly. Microsoft can definitely come back strong with that and most likely get games that were never even on Xbox consoles or PC.

 

[tdogg2k]

Believe it or not, you honestly can do that with that game and PSVR. Headset slides right on and comes right off. I work in the VR industry; I was skeptical at first, but going in for a little bit and going back to your life is more of a thing than you think.

hold me down with the price of.....on the house

 

[stay lurkin]

I may try and join the Final Fantasy Platinum Party with you guys

 

[kungfu koala]

There's literally just one game I can think of off-top that seals my choice of console. Assuming it's exclusive, of course. And that's Def Jam: Fight for New York. I'm still pretty obsessed with it, though I haven't touched it in years.
Fond memories of college gaming/lan parties, with the original Halo:Combat Evolved in there too. Man! Nostalgia lol.
But yea, Def Jam being by EA would be multiple platform likely.

 

[jetpacunlimited]

Microsoft's endgame by the end of next gen is to be a service like Netflix but clearly for games.

They've been investing and planting the seeds this gen already.

Yes and no. On the console side NO.

 

[iheartboost]

Via @playstationlifestyle.net

The PlayStation 5 SSD Could be the Samsung NVMe SSD 980 QVO

Sony may not be ready to unveil the PlayStation 5 just yet, but that hasn’t stopped keen observers from analyzing industry trends to find out exactly what components will fill the belly of the beast. Let’s Go Digital has narrowed down the possibilities, determining that the Samsung NVMe SSD 980 QVO drive is most likely to be used. While that particular SSD won’t be the top of the line one made available this year, it will still strike a balance between affordability and the kind of performance that Sony is looking to get on the PlayStation 5.
Sony’s talked about the PS5 SSD before, a “specialized” solid state drive that will all but eliminate load times and allow game file sizes to be a lot smaller. In April 2019, system architect Mark Cerny said that the PS5 SSD would have a “raw bandwidth higher than any SSD available for PCs.” That suggested that this specialized drive was not as of yet commercially available. Sony has avoided giving any specifics or naming a manufacturer, but some recent SSD reveals lend some clues as to what might be inside the console.
At CES 2020, Samsung revealed the 980 PRO NVMe, an SSD that adopts the new PCIe 4.0 standard. This drive can reach 7 GB/s sequential read speeds, an insanely high benchmark that blows every current console and even most high-end PCs out of the water. But those speeds come with a cost, and unless Sony wants to repeat its PS3 pricing mistakes—or take a massive loss on every console sold—don’t expect the PRO to be what’s onboard the PS5.
What’s curious is that Samsung apparently has two other SSDs in the 980 line—the EVO and QVO—but didn’t reveal them at CES alongside the PRO. The company has filed a trademark for NVMe SSD 980 EVO and 980 QVO at the EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office) however, which suggests these SSDs will also be coming this year. Samsung also trademarked the phrase “Unstoppable Speed,” which is presumed to accompany the new 980 series of SSDs and sounds curiously like a marketing term for gaming in particular.
The PRO, EVO, and QVO names have accompanied each generation of Samsung hard drive recently, and Let’s Go Digital estimated the differences between the 980 models based on the 970 generation. EVO is the mid-grade model, and is expected to land at 5.5 or 6GB/s “easily.” Sure, it’s not the insane 7 GB/s of the PRO, but it also makes this particular drive much more affordable and still still twice as fast as older PCIe 3.0 drives.
While Let’s Go Digital doesn’t know how the quad-level-cell technology will scale with the PCIe 4.0 standard, it expects the QVO to benchmark lower than the EVO. QVO technology allegedly “suffers more from speed drops and degradation over time,” but it’s also the most affordable. It will still be far faster and more reliable than anything we’re used to with current-gen HDDs.

So how does that tell us what the PS5 SSD will be? Tech insiders have apparently been saying that the PS5 will use an NVMe SSD from Samsung. While Samsung revealed its PRO model at CES 2020, it suspiciously kept the other two models from this generation of SSDs under wraps, suggesting that Sony may want to be the one to reveal its specs when the PS5 itself is unveiled. Between the EVO and QVO, Let’s Go Digital projects that Sony is going with the Samsung NVMe SSD 980 QVO for the simple reason of cost. Sony made the same move in 2013 with the PS4, with the goal of lowering the front-end price of the console while retaining power and performance. Let’s Go Digital estimates that the Samsung NVMe SSD 980 QVO won’t run any cheaper than $149.99 for a 1 TB drive, while the PRO model will be somewhere in the range of $349.99. Where the EVO falls (and if Sony is willing to take a loss on it) would be somewhere in between these two. Don’t expect Sony to load the console up with anything bigger than a terabyte unless it releases a larger premium-priced option.
The PS5 SSD is just one piece of the next-gen console puzzle, with plenty of additional components and specs to be detailed in the future. Sony still hasn’t committed to a final PlayStation 5 price yet, further suggesting that going with the cheapest SSD model gives them a bit of wiggle room to undercut Microsoft. The company has yet to even name the controller, though leaks from its own official site in France indicate that it will be the DualShock 5. Many expected a February PS5 reveal event to mirror the PS4’s 2013 reveal, but as we get into the month, it’s starting to look more and more unlikely.