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March 2024 games (available on March 5th):

PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium | Game Catalog

March 2024 games (available on March 19th):

PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium | Game Catalog
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Essential Picks sale is live (ends 3/28 at 3 AM ET/12 AM PT):

Essential Picks | Official PlayStation™Store US

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Hades 50% off Deal of the Week (ends 3/21 at 3 AM ET/12 AM PT):

Hades

Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre. BATTLE OUT OF HELL As the immortal Prince of the Underworld, youll wield the powers and mythic weapons of Olympus to break free from the...
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Deku Deals

New Lows

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is $29.99
 
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FriskyTanuki said:
Essential Picks sale is live (ends 3/28 at 3 AM ET/12 AM PT):

Essential Picks | Official PlayStation™Store US

store.playstation.com

Hades 50% off Deal of the Week (ends 3/21 at 3 AM ET/12 AM PT):

Hades

Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre. BATTLE OUT OF HELL As the immortal Prince of the Underworld, youll wield the powers and mythic weapons of Olympus to break free from the...
store.playstation.com

Deku Deals

New Lows
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Thanks for the updates, Frisky!
 
TheLegendofTyler said:
It makes me feel like Sony will release a handheld that plays all PS4 games
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RedvsBlue said:
Given the success of the Portal, I don’t think it’s too crazy to think they might be planning, or at the very least considering, a second/pro version with storage and processing power to handle downloads of PS4 games. I’m not counting on it at this point, but I wouldn’t be shocked if it happened either.
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I don't care what they'd do when the focus would obviously have to center around digital libraries. That's not how I roll.

Anyone is going to fail if you try to copy what Switch is doing, but do a worse job. Or try to emulate an inferior version of Gamepass. Gaming ecosystems are already fragmented and their populations more splintered than ever. There is not additional opportunity somewhere, as all three systems and the Steam Deck are doing a good job with their audiences.

If you want to launch a new handheld that's going to force customers to re-buy everything then you're going to have a bad time. it's the same issue that's going to force the Switch 2 to play Switch 1 carts. Or else Nintendo would be starting all over again at zero.
 
I actually started Midnight Suns before we got it for free! I also got the edition with the DLC, so not a complete waste of money at least. I like the game quite a bit, love the gameplay, lukewarm on the social/school aspects, and there seem to be way too many resources, but don't want to miss anything so I'm not skipping them. Only have Deadpool from the DLC so far, but he's great.
 
gravel said:
I actually started Midnight Suns before we got it for free! I also got the edition with the DLC, so not a complete waste of money at least. I like the game quite a bit, love the gameplay, lukewarm on the social/school aspects, and there seem to be way too many resources, but don't want to miss anything so I'm not skipping them. Only have Deadpool from the DLC so far, but he's great.
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I’m playing through it now too thanks to it being in a humble choice bundle, and yeah the deckbuilding and battle system are divine, but the social stuff is so strange. Maybe it’s because I’m not that into superheroes (I’m one of the last people left on this planet who have never seen a Marvel movie), but these characters are kind of annoying. So much quipping and quirky banter, it never stops. Even when I’m trying to forge stuff or reading research details, characters are still yapping in the background. And they’re all so needy for constant compliments and hangouts, on top of the in-game social network that is always sending notifications about some meaningless nonsense they keep posting. I feel like if it actually did take place in a school like Xavier Academy or whatever then this social stuff would make sense, but a lot of these characters are middle aged and still acting like teenagers. Just a very bizarre tone overall.

But I’ll keep playing because the actual card-based gameplay is fun as hell.
 
RedvsBlue said:
Given the success of the Portal, I don’t think it’s too crazy to think they might be planning, or at the very least considering, a second/pro version with storage and processing power to handle downloads of PS4 games. I’m not counting on it at this point, but I wouldn’t be shocked if it happened either.
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I don't have faith in them after the way they handled the Vita. Even the VR stuff they support it for a little and then it stops relying on 3rd parties to continue to make games for it. Strong first party games are what makes or breaks it. Look at xbox and the issues they're having not having strong first party games. PSP era was great and then the Vita came and they gave up on it too soon. If they do decide to make a new handheld they better not have proprietary storage.
 
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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1767637938387734751
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rpgaymer said:
I’m playing through it now too thanks to it being in a humble choice bundle, and yeah the deckbuilding and battle system are divine, but the social stuff is so strange. Maybe it’s because I’m not that into superheroes (I’m one of the last people left on this planet who have never seen a Marvel movie), but these characters are kind of annoying. So much quipping and quirky banter, it never stops. Even when I’m trying to forge stuff or reading research details, characters are still yapping in the background. And they’re all so needy for constant compliments and hangouts, on top of the in-game social network that is always sending notifications about some meaningless nonsense they keep posting. I feel like if it actually did take place in a school like Xavier Academy or whatever then this social stuff would make sense, but a lot of these characters are middle aged and still acting like teenagers. Just a very bizarre tone overall.

But I’ll keep playing because the actual card-based gameplay is fun as hell.
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Well given how most of the characters in marvel are severely mentally unstable (justifiably given their background usually) that doesn't surprise me.
 
I'm streaming some of the Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story if you want to see the new Digital Eclipse Gold Master Series title following the great Making of Karateka collection.

Edit: Here's the archive. It's a great collection like The Making of Karateka, though instead of featuring mainly two games from a developer, you get a few dozen of Jeff Minter's early works that he made on various micro PCs in the 80s and early 90's. It even includes Tempest 2000 on the Atari Jaguar and a game from the Konix multisystem that he was working on before the system was canceled.
 
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I'm going to do what I always do for most Pro/Enhanced consoles which is wait on the sidelines, maybe trade in to get one eventually, but likely just save the money, be jelly of the owners for a while, and just put that money eventually towards the next console. Sometimes I'm so late to a console generation that the pro model is my first model, but I was ahead of the game for PS5 for once.
 
I got the PS4 Pro two years after the initial release. It was the special 500 million Pro version and I was glad I waited, but I want to get the PS5 Pro day one. I have been saving my Bings Rewards point for it so that should help.
 
Redoing my basement this year, so I'll definitely pick up the Pro when it's released and then move my original PS5 to the family room (or the bedroom.)
 
I've been waiting for a Pro, since I've had little other reason to get a PS5 already having a PS4 Pro and Series X, so I'll see what they release and how much it is.
 
Any info on hdd size? Didn’t see it mentioned in the articles I’ve looked through. That’s the selling point for me.
 
beenaround said:
Until Sony releases info I assume it's all bullcrap.
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I hear that. It's safe to assume a "Pro" model is coming, but I'd rather just wait for the official word... with that said, please just go back to a more normal, rectangular console shape. I don't need my console to make some kind of art statement...
 
There is some weight to the information because the site and that reporter were the first one to report the PS Portal along with the exact specs months ahead of any news or rumors of Sony making another handheld device.

But I can understand if people want to wait for a official announcement and specs. I won't be surprised if they delay it and launch it near GTA VI.
 
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blueweltall said:
There is some weight to the information because the site and that reporter were the first one to report the PS Portal along with the exact specs months ahead of any news or rumors of Sony making another handheld device.

But I can understand if people want to wait for a official announcement and specs. I won't be surprised if they delay it and launch it near GTA VI.
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We understand that and we know there's a pro model is coming its just the specs of what was said makes it hard to believe. The specs of the OG ps5 was wrong until Sony came out with the factual. Also understand a lot of rumors been true this gen. It seems more like a ps6 TBH but at the end of the day I rather not put much into the specs part until official word.

Edit: got this from Twitter

"MLID said 67 tflops dual issue FP16, or 33tflops fp32. PS5 is 10tflops fp32, but RDNA3 and up is dual issue fp32, meaning this would have the gaming performance of 16 RDNA2 tflops, which lines up with the 45-50% more gaming performance number here."
 
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Miketheking said:
"MLID said 67 tflops dual issue FP16, or 33tflops fp32. PS5 is 10tflops fp32, but RDNA3 and up is dual issue fp32, meaning this would have the gaming performance of 16 RDNA2 tflops, which lines up with the 45-50% more gaming performance number here."
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This jargon may as well be another language lol. I guess I’m officially an old fart now because I don’t care about any of this.
 
rpgaymer said:
This jargon may as well be another language lol. I guess I’m officially an old fart now because I don’t care about any of this.
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IDK much myself but what I gather. Its not as big of a leap as people hyping it up to be. Its only like 6 tflops more then what the OG ps5 is which takes it to 16 tflops. It also mean it can be real specs.
 
Whatever the specs are I'd be interested to see how this affects games. Especially those games that give you the option of performance/graphics. Were these options systems built with this pro version eventually coming in mind or are these games going to need to be patched in order to take advantage of it? I want to know the scope of how this effects already existing games when you have developers like Konami releasing PS1 games running worse than they did on PS1 on a PS5.
 
MaximusDM said:
Whatever the specs are I'd be interested to see how this affects games. Especially those games that give you the option of performance/graphics. Were these options systems built with this pro version eventually coming in mind or are these games going to need to be patched in order to take advantage of it? I want to know the scope of how this effects already existing games when you have developers like Konami releasing PS1 games running worse than they did on PS1 on a PS5.
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I don't think power matters when developers are just rushing out ports, remakes, etc. in the laziest way possible.
 
I don't care about 60FPS in games so no Pro for me. It doesn't look like it will have the leap that PS4 to PS4 Pro had. I'm good with what current PS5 can do. My next console will be the new Nintendo system.
 
Nothing- said:
Yeah, waiting for the last three years hasn't had any benefits. In regards to a newer model, reliability, hardware upgrades, or any significant discount.

There is also no new "Pro" model on the horizon. It's fine; saying that just means a person isn't serious about buying a Playstation right now. But there is no Pro model in the works anytime soon.

Sony hasn't been looking at upgrading the hardware, and there's no need to. The issue for the entire 2.5 previous years has been just getting SSD expansion down to reasonable prices. It's not like they're going to look into fabricating more expensive APUs right now. Most of these customers still don't even have HDR displays.

I expect there to be some real good sales on consoles for the holidays. Like $400 disc version and a first party game. What the console manufacturers are concerned with now is ramping up their install base.
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good job completely missing the spirit of that post, and the continued discussion. Which is the fact that the majority of consumers cannot make use the added benefits of a Pro, and should be upgrading their displays instead. It's the same way in 2024 as it was back in 2020. That has been hands down the biggest performance bottleneck for most gamers among their gaming setups for several years. Well past time to upgrade their displays, first.

The vast majority of people who didn't already buy a PS5 almost certainly have no need for a mid-gen refresh Pro.
 
Streaming some MLB The Show 24, mainly some of the Storylines mode in the Negro Leagues and Derek Jeter stuff along with Road to the Show's addition of women players.

Edit: Here's the archive. The story for Road to the Show when you're playing as a woman is like an NBA 2K story mode where you have a friendly rival who you text and talk to on occasion and the MLB Network people talk about the both of you from time to time, but it's not the overbearing style that NBA 2K focuses on. They make the outfitting of your RTTS player with equipement from Diamond Dynasty a bit easier by highlighting the specific categories you have new items in, which is nice.

The Storylines mode this year has four of the Negro Leagues players that have been announced with two more waves of three coming in the next couple of months, but it's as good as it was last year while adding subtitles for the spoken lines that it didn't have last year. The Derek Jeter Storyline similarly has the stories and challenges for the first handful of years that will be added later, though Derek seems to be the one doing the storytelling in this versus somebody else. The Jeter challenges are much tougher than the Negro Leagues challenges I've seen so far.
 
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Some release date announcements from the past few days:

Grandia HD Collection is coming to PS4 on March 26, which is the same version that's on Switch and PC:

www.gematsu.com

GRANDIA HD Collection coming to PS4, Xbox One on March 26

GungHo Online Entertainment will release GRANDIA HD Collection for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on March 26, the company announced. Physical edition pre-orders will open via Limited Run Games (PlaySt…
www.gematsu.com www.gematsu.com

The Last Case of Benedict Fox: Definitive Edition is coming to PS5 on March 26, which had a rough launch on Xbox that is supposed to have a big update to fix some stuff:

www.gematsu.com

The Last Case of Benedict Fox: Definitive Edition launches March 26

Side-scrolling action adventure platformer The Last Case of Benedict Fox: Definitive Edition will launch for PlayStation 5 on March 26 for $24.99 alongside a free update for the existing Xbox Serie…
www.gematsu.com www.gematsu.com

Terra Memoria is coming to PS5 on March 27, which is a turn-based RPG:

www.gematsu.com

Terra Memoria launches March 27

Turn-based RPG Terra Memoria will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC via Steam on March 27, publisher Dear Villagers and developer La Moutarde announced.
www.gematsu.com www.gematsu.com

Saviorless is coming to PS5 on April 2, which is an action-platformer:

www.gematsu.com

Dark fantasy action platformer Saviorless launches April 2 for PS5, Switch, and PC

Dark fantasy action platformer Saviorless will launch for PlayStation 5, Switch, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store on April 2, publisher Dear Villagers and developer Empty Head Games announced.
www.gematsu.com www.gematsu.com

Moonglow Bay is coming to PS5/PS4 on April 11, which is a good fishing-focused life sim:

www.gematsu.com

Moonglow Bay coming to PS5, PS4, and Switch on April 11

Publisher Coatsink and developer Bunnyhug will release slice-of-life fishing RPG Moonglow Bay for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch on April 11, the companies announced.
www.gematsu.com www.gematsu.com

Planet of Lana is coming to PS5/PS4 April 16, which is a good cinematic puzzle platformer:

www.gematsu.com

Planet of Lana for PS5, PS4, and Switch launches April 16

The PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch versions of Planet of Lana will launch on April 16, publisher Thunderful Games and developer Wishfully announced.
www.gematsu.com www.gematsu.com

Crow County is coming to PS5 May 9, which is a PS1-style survival horror game:

www.gematsu.com

Crow Country launches May 9

PlayStation era throwback survival horror game Crow Country will launch for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam on May 9, developer SFB Games announced. A demo is currently available.
www.gematsu.com www.gematsu.com

Animal Well is coming to PS5 on May 9, which is a side-scrolling puzzle platformer by a solo dev:

www.gematsu.com

Animal Well launches May 9

Side-scrolling puzzle platformer / Metroidvania game Animal Well will launch for PlayStation 5, Switch, and PC via Steam on May 9 for $24.99 / £20.99 / €24.50, publisher BIGMODE and developer Share…
www.gematsu.com www.gematsu.com

Read Only Memories: Neurodiver is coming to PS5 on May 16, which is an adventure game like the first game:

www.gematsu.com

Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER launches May 16

Retro cyberpunk mystery adventure game Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store Store on May 16 for $14.99 / £12.79 /…
www.gematsu.com www.gematsu.com

System Shock's remake is coming to PS5/PS4 on May 21, which is a predecessor to the BioShock games:

www.gematsu.com

System Shock remake for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, and Xbox One launches May 21

The System Shock remake will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on May 21, publisher Prime Matter and developer Nightdive Studios announced.
www.gematsu.com www.gematsu.com

Until Then is coming to PS5 May 23, which is a narrative adventure game:

www.gematsu.com

Until Then launches May 23

Philippines-set narrative adventure game Until Then will launch for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam on May 23, publisher Modus Games and developer Polychroma announced. A demo is available now for P…
www.gematsu.com www.gematsu.com
 
kingwormer said:
But seriously.. why? They have not even began to reach the capabilities of the ps5 base model
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TLOU Collection Ultimate Re-remastered Edition confirmed for holiday 2024. But seriously, a mid-cycle refresh isn't warranted this generation. Fairly certain MS isn't even planning one and even if they were, I wouldn't.
 
Jodou said:
TLOU Collection Ultimate Re-remastered Edition confirmed for holiday 2024. But seriously, a mid-cycle refresh isn't warranted this generation. Fairly certain MS isn't even planning one and even if they were, I wouldn't.
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I agree. Last gen, it was at a spot where a "Pro" console enabled people to upgrade to 4k (usually checkerboard, but still) and many times enabled going to more or less 60fps over 30fps. I just don't see a lot of games that could take that somewhat minor spec benefit and turn it into a noticeable difference. Sure it might iron out some dropped frames but it isn't a big enough step to turn Quality mode into Performance mode for most games. It just feels like a "we did it last time and people liked it" scenario Sony seems to be fond of here. That and being able to claim the specs crown from the X (which honestly hasn't translated into making games on the X better at all).

I'm wondering if Sony's marketing department actually talk to humans when they plan these things. They invested heavily into the VR2 without backwards compat and a high price, now they are halting production because they aren't moving. They make Collectors editions with Steelbooks and don't include a disc. They make covers and controllers people want, then severely limit production. Then they created the Remote Play thingy almost as an after-thought and can't seem to keep them in stock anywhere months later. And now a Pro model I don't know anyone is really asking for here beyond the "gotta have the latest and greatest specs to show off" crowd.
 
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