[Vinny]

Some PS2 games support 480p via component cables. Sometimes it's enabled on the options screen, sometimes you had to hold a button while the game was loading. Games should look much better at 480p on a modern TV.

https://en.everybody...e_display_modes

I had no idea so many PS2 games supported 16:9... I honestly thought it was just a handful. 

[jlazenby1]

Has anyone ordered from PlayStation Direct lately? Have they been including the $5 off your next order coupons?

Just got a digital ps5 (opened an hour ago) and I got a coupon for Gamestop 25% more trade in for a ps4 coupon and my Horizon code, nothing else

[FriskyTanuki]

Recent free DLC for PS+ people:

 

PSVR Mortal Blitz: Combat Arena - PlayStation Plus VIP Booster Aug 22

PUBG Battlegrounds - 2022 PlayStation Plus Exclusive Bundle #3

World of Tanks - Supply Drop

 

Recent regular free DLC:

 

Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium - Invincibility

Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium - Special Display Frames Set

PS4 Hot Wheels Unleashed - Aston Martin DBS 2010 - Has a bunch of free DLC

PS5 Hot Wheels Unleashed - Aston Martin DBS 2010 - Has a bunch of free DLC

PS4 Kao the Kangaroo - Summer Drip

PS5 Kao the Kangaroo - Summer Drip

Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town - Buffalo Costume

Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town - Fox Costume

Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town - Neil's Jacket

PS4 World of Warships - PS4 Night Symphony

PS5 World of Warships - PS5 Night Symphony

[FriskyTanuki]

August PS+ Essential lineup is live:

 

PS4 Little Nightmares

PS5/PS4 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 Cross-Gen Deluxe Bundle

PS5/PS4 Yakuza: Like a Dragon

[FriskyTanuki]

[FriskyTanuki]

Nearly 1,000 new deals have been added to the Summer Sale:

 

https://psprices.com...ring=asc&page=1

[nitrosmob]

Also just a note but how did the PlayStation web site get worse for getting to the PS+ games. I'm on the basic and I remember like 2 or so clicks to get to the games before. I had a hard time finding them this time (I know Frisky does the links, but I was already signed in and looking). Just bad website design.

[samnite]

I have long given up navigating the PS Store. Dekudeals and PSPrices wishlisting for future discounts is the only sane way to go about buying games for good prices these days.

[BobbyTastic]

I have long given up navigating the PS Store. Dekudeals and PSPrices wishlisting for future discounts is the only sane way to go about buying games for good prices these days.

TrueTrophies will occasionally have decent sales breakdowns but they post inconsistently. The tracking on PSDeals and PlatPrices is also hit or miss.

[Ex~]

Also just a note but how did the PlayStation web site get worse for getting to the PS+ games. I'm on the basic and I remember like 2 or so clicks to get to the games before. I had a hard time finding them this time (I know Frisky does the links, but I was already signed in and looking). Just bad website design.

Bad website design according to what metric, exactly? I doubt giving away free games is making them a lot of money. 

 

Companies AB test website designs to achieve business value metrics, which means ultimately dollars spent. Taking up valuable screen real-estate to make it more convenient for people to get to the free games doesn't serve that purpose.

 

Etsy once AB tested deliberately adding latency to their website to see if it negatively impacted sales. It didn't, so they threw away a bunch of work they were going to do to make the site faster and more responsive.

[Vinny]

Also just a note but how did the PlayStation web site get worse for getting to the PS+ games. I'm on the basic and I remember like 2 or so clicks to get to the games before. I had a hard time finding them this time (I know Frisky does the links, but I was already signed in and looking). Just bad website design.

Shit, I thought I was the only one thinking this... definitely hate how much harder they made it to find the games, I usually wait for someone on SD to post the links directly to the game pages and redeem them there. 

[SpraykwoN]

This summer sale is garbage

[Kain]

I will use PSPrices and PlatPrices to browse games that are on sale to see what's out there that I may not know about, but I feel like the wishlist feature on the PS5 console itself is the best way to keep track of games that I already know I want.  It displays them in a straight up list you can scroll down and see all the current prices and I get notifications whenever anything on my list goes on sale.  The only gripe I have is that for some reason, there are some pieces of DLC that just can't be added to your wishlist; which is why I use PSPrices as a backup.

[Onyxmeth]

Edit: Nevermind. Found answer

[flooderdooden]

Lots of things that have previously been on sale for similar prices in this second half of this Summer Sale, but I did pick up two games on the ultra-cheap. Figment and Beautiful Desolation were/are each $1.99 (90% off; $19.99 normally). They aren’t AAA games or top-tier indies, but they looked interesting for the price. 

[FriskyTanuki]

[SpraykwoN]

FYI

[FriskyTanuki]

https://store.playst...IGAPOCALYPSE5US

 

We already have a perfectly good Gigabash at home.

[Josh1billion]

Horse Racing 2016 for $1.49 everybody

[Nothing-]

Sony (Crunchyroll) now owns Rightstuf and Nozomi Entertainment.

 

[FriskyTanuki]

If you're into shmups, there's been quite a few older shmups getting released lately:

 

Dragon Blaze - $9.99

Gunbarich - $9.99

Gunbird - $9.99

Gunbird 2 - $9.99

Samurai Aces - $9.99

Samurai Aces III: Sengoku Cannon - $9.99

Sol Divide: Sword of Darkness - $9.99

Strikers 1945 - $9.99

Strikers 1945 II - $9.99

Strikers 1945 III - $9.99

Tengai - $9.99

Thunderbolt Collection - $7.99

Zero Gunner 2 - $9.99

[Donken]

I finally got a PS5 from Amazon, it arrives on Sunday. This is my first Playstation console ever. I never had a PS3 or PS4, but I’ve had Switch, PC and Xbox. What are my must plays? I have Gamepass on Xbox so I probably won’t get the PS+ equivalent one, I’m mostly looking to play first party stuff like Spider Man and Horizon.

[Freeze Time]

I finally got a PS5 from Amazon, it arrives on Sunday. This is my first Playstation console ever. I never had a PS3 or PS4, but I’ve had Switch, PC and Xbox. What are my must plays? I have Gamepass on Xbox so I probably won’t get the PS+ equivalent one, I’m mostly looking to play first party stuff like Spider Man and Horizon.

Play Astros playroom first. It's included with the console. PS+ premium has first party games like Horizon, Spiderman and Miles morales and more. It's awesome and even more awesome since you've never owned any Playstation consoles so likely have missed many of the best games ever made.

https://www.playstat.../ps-plus/games/

[elessar123]

Not Returnal?

[Sonic9jct]

I finally got a PS5 from Amazon, it arrives on Sunday. This is my first Playstation console ever. I never had a PS3 or PS4, but I’ve had Switch, PC and Xbox. What are my must plays? I have Gamepass on Xbox so I probably won’t get the PS+ equivalent one, I’m mostly looking to play first party stuff like Spider Man and Horizon.

Depending on the speed at which you play games, at least PS+ Extra might be worth your time tbh. If you are actually someone who skipped PS3 and PS4, pretty much all the notable exclusives are available through that for the price of a single game or two. I've always said PS Now wasn't worth it unless you completely skipped PS3, so honestly you stand to gain the most by using it, unless you're someone who refuses to "not actually own a game"

[nitrosmob]

Returnal, Ratchet & Clank the newer one, and GoW Ragnarock when it releases in November should be there too. Last of us coming in September is perfect too, if you've never touched the old one or the remastered.

[Moofboy]

Buy the Miles Morales Ultimate Edition, grab Horizon FW, then just play through the instant game collection and this month’s plus games. That should keep you busy for quite a while.

[BobbyTastic]

Miles Morales is in the Catalog though, as is Returnal. The only PS5 first-party holdouts are Sackboy, Ratchet, Spidey Remastered (which you can buy through the Miles Morales game for $20 iirc), Horizon 2 and GT7.

[Donken]

The PS5 I got was the bundle with Horizon 2 Forbidden West, so I will have that, I also have been claiming the free games they were giving away in the past, so I have the Uncharted Nathan Drake Collection, Ratchet and Clank, and Horizon Zero Dawn.

[shadowysea07]

Hell persona 5 alone could keep them busy for months.

Let alone the yakuza series. 7 like a dragon is this months plus title. And iirc the other ones are coming to plus and essential or whatever.

Besides those Ys celceta, tales of vesperia would be recs rpg wise.