b0r1s wrote:

I haven’t done day one for ages so really looking forward to it.

I’m day one, but I can’t quite muster the excitement yet because...well...we don’t know what games we can pick up on launch day. Price doesn’t bother me, I know it’s gonna be steep, I just wanna know what the day one game lineup is.

Absolutely, but its just setting up, seeing the UI, getting something like Spider-Man going (which I’d be amazed doesn’t launch with it). At worst I play the Astro Bot game. There is no killer app for the next gen like we used to have, but I don’t recall one last gen.

Ah, the UI. I still have such fond memories of the 360. I loved the blades and all the sound effects. Setting up everything. Gamertag etc. And the sound of an achievement popping. Was such a great console.

hylian_elf wrote:

Ah, the UI. I still have such fond memories of the 360. I loved the blades and all the sound effects. Setting up everything. Gamertag etc. And the sound of an achievement popping. Was such a great console.

I still load up Hexic HD every now and then. Loved how no matter how bored you'd get with the 360 in the early days, you'd still have a sublime puzzler (I think that Alexi Russian dude that was involved with Tetris had a hand in it)

Aye, that's it! Memory is a bit hazy. What a game. What a man tbh.

I disagree with this idea that a day one console represents value.

I paid a ton less than launch for my Bone and it came with a game. Maybe a 18 months on from launch.
Switch I got from CEX a year on saving me about 70 quid. Even with bullying them into making the best version of all their stock.

My 360 I bought second hand off a bloke that had been bought it by his ex with all the launch games. I got that for about £50 less than the console would have cost without games.
He couldn't stand to look at it because it reminded him of her.


The Gamecube tumbled in price. PS2 and Xbox also had cuts.

N64 and PS1 had several cuts. The N64 quite early iirc.

I learnt this from papa Div from when his story's of building the best HIFi on his RAF camp in the late 70s.
At the end of the month there will always be someone who over extended and is willing to flog their shit on.

Some cunt on here will be telling us the PS5 is the best thing ever, defending spending £700 + a 4k TV to coop Ratchet and Clank.

LivDiv wrote:

Some cunt on here will be telling us the PS5 is the best thing ever, defending spending £700 + a 4k TV to coop Ratchet and Clank.

Ratchet and clank has coop? Fucking sold, day 1

You can do what you want but day 1 consoles is a mugs game.

If you have spent top dollar on 3 laptops in 5 years I think you might need to reassess what the fuck you are doing.

I spent 2k on a laptop about 3 years ago. It will match and beat Xbox One x. Cant do Rtx because that wasn't a thing then. I would sooner upgrade that or my tower if raw specs was the focus.

Is it just me, or is there a lot more bitterness around lately? Not just here but in a lot of places.
Watching some of that Jim video above made me think of it too. Obviously the Marvel game has issues that should be discussed but I don't see how having it presented so bitterly does any good. I think it just helps perpetuate the negative culture that is growing around modern media.
Break everything down, judge and belittle other people for what they like, look at the negatives of something before even considering the positives, calling someone a cunt or a mug for spending within their means to get something they want and are excited about.

There's discussion to be had about this kind of thing but what good does it do to judge someone for doing what they want to do?
You have your reasons for your choices and I have mine. Does that make me a mug? Someone who is being conned or an idiot?

Why not say: hey, it's not my choice but I'm excited to hear what you think about it.

When people are struggling to survive dont be suprised when there is a backlash against people willfully pissing money up the wall because they have fallen for marketing hype.

If you think £500 is throw away you are the other.

You but it in day 1 to fill the empty void in your soul

It is exactly that "why wouldn't i?" Attitude across multiple threads.
Its not me I could rustle up £500 if I wanted to. It is that "buy it day 1 because you will only pay the same later" thing that rubs.

Many people won't be able to afford it now. Even if the price stayed the same they may be in a different place in 2 or 3 years time.

There seems to be an assumption that in the middle of the worst economic global state since 1920s America people can say fuck it, it wont drop in price.

I dont care if anyone buys a console but I dislike this idea that we all "may as well buy now".

Have a bit of thought for the situation most will be in and if you can't maybe consider how secure your situation is.

LivDiv wrote:

If you have spent top dollar on 3 laptops in 5 years I think you might need to reassess what the fuck you are doing.

I spent 2k on a laptop about 3 years ago. It will match and beat Xbox One x. Cant do Rtx because that wasn't a thing then. I would sooner upgrade that or my tower if raw specs .

Maybe you should not judge people on a small line in a post liv? I bought 3 laptops but I also sold 2 out of the 3. All three were bought through work which saved me a bit as well, and the up shot is, I probably spent the same net as you.

LivDiv wrote:

seriously if you think you havent been affected financially by covid you are wrong.

Sorry but for me this has come out of left field a bit. I thought we were discussing the merits of buying a console day one and not spending money in the middle of covid 19.

I get your point on that but I didn't think that's really what was being discussed and to be fair spending any money on videogames or consoles in a crisis looks a bit silly so I'm not really sure where you are going with it. If the console was 200 quid on launch would that be OK, even if some of the economy is tanking? What's the sweet spot to make it OK to get a console at all, launch day or not.