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#6841 BobbyTastic   CAGiversary! CAGiversary!   10342 Posts   Joined 12.4 Years Ago  

BobbyTastic

Posted 31 May 2022 - 06:42 PM

Waiting until the service launches to judge it? Irresponsible!

Tbf, there are plenty of issues with the emulation that are unrelated to using PAL versions that I don't expect to be fixed with the NA launch.

#6842 psunami   0118999881999119725.....3 CAGiversary!   4545 Posts   Joined 19.5 Years Ago  

Posted 31 May 2022 - 06:48 PM

Tbf, there are plenty of issues with the emulation that are unrelated to using PAL versions that I don't expect to be fixed with the NA launch.

After watching that Digital Foundry video, it seems like there are a good deal of easy fixes for a lot of the things people see as issues.  

 

I'm willing to see what the release in our region is like before I have any big reactions about it... and honestly, it'll be the PS4/5 library that I'll be playing most games on anyway.  

 

Worst case scenario, I get my PS3 online and get my PS One library on there, not ideal... but not the end of the world either. 



#6843 FriskyTanuki   LGBT Rights & Women's Rights are Human Rights CAGiversary!   73033 Posts   Joined 19.8 Years Ago  

FriskyTanuki

Posted 31 May 2022 - 07:41 PM



#6844 Das_Regal   oh god CAGiversary!   1359 Posts   Joined 13.4 Years Ago  

Posted 31 May 2022 - 08:39 PM

I'm gonna wait and see how I feel about the emulators by using them before I pass judgement. DF has a habit of obsessing about particular things and saying it ruins the experience for them. RE: Elden Ring's performance--I honestly didn't notice any problems and they spent weeks to months talking about it.



#6845 NeedleInTheHay   CAG in Training CAGiversary!   1323 Posts   Joined 10.5 Years Ago  

NeedleInTheHay

Posted 31 May 2022 - 09:15 PM

Is the full list of games out for the new sub yet? Wanted to buy gta for ps5 before price goes up, but I’m a little hesitant thinking it might go to the service since RDR2 is.



#6846 awp   CAGiversary! CAGiversary!   12594 Posts   Joined 19.4 Years Ago  

Posted 31 May 2022 - 09:18 PM

Is the full list of games out for the new sub yet? Wanted to buy gta for ps5 before price goes up, but I’m a little hesitant thinking it might go to the service since RDR2 is.


The thing is that I don’t think any Rockstar game has been on a service (PS Now or GamePass) for more than like three months. I’m guessing RDR2 will be the same. Just something to keep in mind.

#6847 bigbadboaz   CAG Veteran CAGiversary!   470 Posts   Joined 19.5 Years Ago  

bigbadboaz

Posted 31 May 2022 - 09:36 PM

DF has a habit of obsessing about particular things   RE: Elden Ring's performance--I honestly didn't notice any problems

Well.. it's what they do. They're a hardware/performance subsite. So you're one of these people who doesn't notice such things. That's fine, but why even highlight that they actually pay attention to their raison d'etre?



#6848 SpraykwoN   the Chef CAGiversary!   4643 Posts   Joined 9.4 Years Ago  

Posted 31 May 2022 - 09:39 PM

In reference to Elden Ring, pre patch the FPS was pretty shit.  Post patch, it was much better.  I am referring to the PS5 version.  Then again I haven't played in a bit but this was a couple months back.



#6849 Das_Regal   oh god CAGiversary!   1359 Posts   Joined 13.4 Years Ago  

Posted 01 June 2022 - 04:31 AM

Well.. it's what they do. They're a hardware/performance subsite. So you're one of these people who doesn't notice such things. That's fine, but why even highlight that they actually pay attention to their raison d'etre?

Honest answer, how I feel: I love probably 70% of their content but then sometimes they just go off on a 10 minute tangent about black frame insertion. Or I have to listen to John evangelize about some other ultra-specific thing I don't give a crap about.

 

TBH, I'm probably too poor to be caring about that kinda stuff. I can't afford an OLED TV, don't have VRR, never had PC capable of running anything higher than 60 FPS, etc.



#6850 rpgaymer  

Posted 01 June 2022 - 06:18 AM

So both my ps plus and ps now expired this week. I set my ps now to auto renew, and it did so I got another year for the standard price. I had auto renew turned off for my ps plus sub though, but I'm about to buy just one month right now.

So, help me understand, once the new service launches I will be simply converted to a year's worth of PS Plus Premium? Everything I'm reading seems to indicate this, but I find it hard to believe Sony is about the let me save almost 50% on a year of their fancy new service just because I lucked out on the timing of my subs expiring. Is this really what's going to happen in a couple weeks?

#6851 simmias   Likely to be eaten by a grue CAGiversary!   4950 Posts   Joined 14.5 Years Ago  

Posted 01 June 2022 - 10:36 AM

You don't need to buy the PS+ code actually. It's Now that gets grandfathered to premium. The reason so many people are talking about both subs is that you get premium for the length of the longer of the two subs if you have both.

 

So if you have four years of plus stacked and one month of Now, you get four years of premium. If you have four years of Now stacked and no plus, you also get four years of premium. If you have four years of plus stacked and no Now, you get four years of essential. It's why everyone was scrambling for one-month Now codes for the last few weeks.

 

Here's where Sony talked about Now converting straight to Premium: https://blog.playsta...alue-than-ever/

 

Here's where Sony has their FAQ up that explains that you get the longer of the two subs: https://www.playstat.../en-us/ps-plus/



#6852 gravel   Meh CAGiversary!   1939 Posts   Joined 14.2 Years Ago  

Posted 01 June 2022 - 12:20 PM

They would need the month of PS+ if they want to play online or use any of their PS+ titles between now and the new service launch.  This does seem like a better way to do it though, mine expires tomorrow, maybe I'll go for a year of Now and a month of PS+ instead of just renewing PS+.  (I'm in the middle of Control from PS+ right now.)



#6853 SIX min WHISTLE   CAGiversary! CAGiversary!   6263 Posts   Joined 11.5 Years Ago  

SIX min WHISTLE

Posted 01 June 2022 - 12:59 PM



I'm gonna wait and see how I feel about the emulators by using them before I pass judgement. DF has a habit of obsessing about particular things and saying it ruins the experience for them. RE: Elden Ring's performance--I honestly didn't notice any problems and they spent weeks to months talking about it.


I do agree on DF being too dialed in on some things, but I think the analysis for PS1 is not nitpick level complaints. The filters are a mess with stuff being misaligned to what would make sense, or the incorrect and useless 1:1 ratio scaling. Those things should be easy to fix so hopefully they are.

The Americas market could use the NTSC version instead of the PAL version when it goes live. PAL version was supposedly used in the other markets because of the multi-language option.


I feel like this is copium. If it was the case, surely all the games would be the PAL version. Really the solution should have been to offer both the NTSC and PAL versions, like most collections offer the US and Japanese versions. I would guess this would mean more work due to the trophy support and that's why it wasn't done.

#6854 FriskyTanuki   LGBT Rights & Women's Rights are Human Rights CAGiversary!   73033 Posts   Joined 19.8 Years Ago  

FriskyTanuki

Posted 01 June 2022 - 02:17 PM



#6855 FriskyTanuki   LGBT Rights & Women's Rights are Human Rights CAGiversary!   73033 Posts   Joined 19.8 Years Ago  

FriskyTanuki

Posted 01 June 2022 - 04:36 PM



#6856 FriskyTanuki   LGBT Rights & Women's Rights are Human Rights CAGiversary!   73033 Posts   Joined 19.8 Years Ago  

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Posted 01 June 2022 - 05:05 PM



#6857 Freeze Time  

Freeze Time

Posted 01 June 2022 - 05:11 PM



#6858 rpgaymer  

Posted 01 June 2022 - 08:36 PM

You don't need to buy the PS+ code actually. It's Now that gets grandfathered to premium. The reason so many people are talking about both subs is that you get premium for the length of the longer of the two subs if you have both.

So if you have four years of plus stacked and one month of Now, you get four years of premium. If you have four years of Now stacked and no plus, you also get four years of premium. If you have four years of plus stacked and no Now, you get four years of essential. It's why everyone was scrambling for one-month Now codes for the last few weeks.

Here's where Sony talked about Now converting straight to Premium: https://blog.playsta...alue-than-ever/

Here's where Sony has their FAQ up that explains that you get the longer of the two subs: https://www.playstat.../en-us/ps-plus/


Thanks, yeah, that's what I've been reading. I guess I'm just shocked with how generous the conversion is. Although on the flipside, there are probably people with multiple years of both Plus & Now stacked, and the conversion will not be that great at all in that case.

I guess I don't really need the month of ps plus right now either. I just wanted to play some fall guys this weekend, but I can wait and save an extra 10 bucks.

What's funny is I wasn't really that interested in Premium anyway because PSNow streaming sucks for me and I mostly find old ps1 games unbearably slow to play, but if Sony wants to give it to me for half off who am I to complain.

#6859 samnite   CAG Veteran CAGiversary!   458 Posts   Joined 12.5 Years Ago  

Posted 02 June 2022 - 12:36 AM

I have old ps plus codes from years ago. Can I redeem them now or is sony still not allowing it?

#6860 Freeze Time  

Freeze Time

Posted 02 June 2022 - 12:51 AM

I have old ps plus codes from years ago. Can I redeem them now or is sony still not allowing it?

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#6861 Hypebeast69  

Hypebeast69

Posted 02 June 2022 - 01:02 AM

Are you telling me that if my current ps plus doesn’t expire until 2024, then I buy a month of ps plus now, I’d get premium ps now until 2024?

#6862 FriskyTanuki   LGBT Rights & Women's Rights are Human Rights CAGiversary!   73033 Posts   Joined 19.8 Years Ago  

FriskyTanuki

Posted 02 June 2022 - 01:19 AM



#6863 Freeze Time  

Freeze Time

Posted 02 June 2022 - 02:19 AM

Are you telling me that if my current ps plus doesn’t expire until 2024, then I buy a month of ps plus now, I’d get premium ps now until 2024?

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#6864 soonerdoc   CAGiversary! CAGiversary!   1031 Posts   Joined 19.5 Years Ago  

Posted 02 June 2022 - 06:35 AM

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Not a rumor. It’s right there on the Sony faq. 



#6865 soonerdoc   CAGiversary! CAGiversary!   1031 Posts   Joined 19.5 Years Ago  

Posted 02 June 2022 - 06:35 AM

Are you telling me that if my current ps plus doesn’t expire until 2024, then I buy a month of ps plus now, I’d get premium ps now until 2024?

Yes, but it’s not that simple. No real easy way to get PSNow currently. 



#6866 Kromis   Für das Vaterland! CAGiversary!   1261 Posts   Joined 17.3 Years Ago  

Posted 02 June 2022 - 07:09 AM

I have old ps plus codes from years ago. Can I redeem them now or is sony still not allowing it?

If you are an existing PS+ user, you cannot redeem them until after the new tiers take effect. Otherwise, you can only redeem one code.



#6867 FriskyTanuki   LGBT Rights & Women's Rights are Human Rights CAGiversary!   73033 Posts   Joined 19.8 Years Ago  

FriskyTanuki

Posted 02 June 2022 - 12:15 PM



#6868 simmias   Likely to be eaten by a grue CAGiversary!   4950 Posts   Joined 14.5 Years Ago  

Posted 02 June 2022 - 12:52 PM

Not a rumor. It’s right there on the Sony faq. 

And it's already happened as expected in Japan.



#6869 FriskyTanuki   LGBT Rights & Women's Rights are Human Rights CAGiversary!   73033 Posts   Joined 19.8 Years Ago  

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Posted 02 June 2022 - 02:57 PM

PS5/PS4 beta for Rumbleverse is returning next weekend:

 



#6870 Sonic9jct   Wubba lubba dub dub CAGiversary!   443 Posts   Joined 15.0 Years Ago  

Sonic9jct

Posted 02 June 2022 - 04:11 PM

Are you telling me that if my current ps plus doesn’t expire until 2024, then I buy a month of ps plus now, I’d get premium ps now until 2024?


It wouldn't let me redeem PS Now on top of PS+ right now. It sounds like it's going thru for some users but also many are getting the same error I am. YMMV