Any interest in a pre-owned (by two badgers) PS4, Liv? Would do a niceprice to avoid Ebay.

Thanks for the offer.
Perhaps in a couple of months once I can get a proper idea of outgoings (wary of not turning this into another politics thread). Will drop you a DM if I find myself with the free money.

Might wanna get a ps5 sometime this year, just the digital or disc version is the one thing B and I can't decide on. Yesterday we decided digital would be best for us (pretty much because we buy a lot digital already on PC / switch, no discs to move if we have to do big moves again, and it's prettier) but now a colleague sells a disc version for retail, so we're unsure again. Got a handful of ps4 games on disc, but pretty much all of those titles will be on that playstation program thing anyway.

How often do the big titles go on sale digitally? Returnal seems to be $70ish on the store, and Walmart has it at $35 with price drop so it might stay that price for disc. Most interesting titles for us right now would be Returnal (but B claims that I will get sick of that after a few hours), Horizon (but it's not that high on the list, it just seems to be the bundle to get here), Gran Turismo and FFXVI next year.

Will the bigger digital titles have actual decent sales or is it all similar to Nintendo and they'll just drop 10%-25%?

Sony have great sales, I rarely ever pay full price as I'm generally happy to wait in most cases. I would however still go Disc despite rarely buying physical. I just don't see the point in losing the option to borrow or buy discs.

The digital version is a crime against common sense.

The digital sales aren't too bad if you're willing to wait, I guess. Some games drop more than others (Sackboy, for example). Demon's Souls has been as cheap as £20 on disc though. Plus if you spend £48 on a physical version of [Returnal] but hate it, you could probably shift it on Ebay for £40.

You are a complete spoon (or rich) if you choose digital.

I’ve not bought a game on disc for the best part of ten years. The idea of getting up to change games feels roughly on a par to me with getting up to change the channel on the TV. As long as you have a bit of patience, you can usually get things for a decent price.

Had to buy the the monstrosity that is the disc version for GT7, as the digital version (cool persons choice) wasn't readily available.

It came bundled with one of those disc things, Horizon something or other, I've still not opened it. People exchanging discs is largely responsible for the spread of Coronavirus. Disgusting things.

If you’re new to PS5, digital plus PS Plus Extra is the best bang for buck. That plus the PS Plus Collection gives you a load of great games.

Thinking about it, I’m not sure many of the games I want to play that I’m yet to buy are even on the service, they’re mostly recent titles. Pretty much all the PS4 stuff is cheap enough.

The Last Guardian doesn't run at 60fps on PS5 unless you refuse all patches and play from disc (I think - basing this on the fact that I'm not sure if you can refuse patches on a digital title?). Not sure about God of War.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Any interest in a pre-owned (by two badgers) PS4, Liv? Would do a niceprice to avoid Ebay.

10% markup, is it?

I’m also dreading the day the sky’s darken, the oceans open and the land erupts into fire and lava. Yoss has turned on a Sony machine.

Was the reference to cdkeys a generic response for buying digital on other platforms?

Ultimately, if you have the disc version you have more choices.