Playstation The Official Playstation 5 Thread

[Iceman]

Excuse my ignorance as I'm an xbox guy and so I don't keep up much with PS but are there plans for PS Now on PS5 to be better and bigger? I always hear and read buzz about Xbox Gamepass but not much about PS Now. Gamepass is a major plus for Series X and so i hope Now gets attention and love as either service will be a major factor for me

I think one of the problems is that Sony has so many big exclusives that they would lose a ton of revenue they would make from regular sales across all those titles by switching them all to PS Now. It might be better long term but would be painful short term to make zero directly from the likes of God of War/Uncharted etc. Also as Sony's game division is a much larger part of the overall company than Microsoft's Xbox division is a proportion of Microsoft, the revenue (and timing of revenue) from those exclusives is probably more important. If they did put all their exclusives on PS Now then it would probably overtake gamepass.

 

[Zorro]

I think one of the problems is that Sony has so many big exclusives that they would lose a ton of revenue they would make from regular sales across all those titles by switching them all to PS Now. It might be better long term but would be painful short term to make zero directly from the likes of God of War/Uncharted etc. Also as Sony's game division is a much larger part of the overall company than Microsoft's Xbox division is a proportion of Microsoft, the revenue (and timing of revenue) from those exclusives is probably more important. If they did put all their exclusives on PS Now then it would probably overtake gamepass.

How are the current title offering though? What are the biggest games and is it all still just streaming?

 

[psylockolussus]

Spider-Man 2018, Horizon Zero Dawn and Uncharted The Lost Legacy, if I'm not mistaken, are now available through PSNow.

 

[OutOfBoose]

 

[Zorro]

Lots of great potential for special editions. Kinda want to wait for one or for a PS 5 Pro/Slim, which I'm sure will probably be black. Don't know if I have the will to wait that long though

 

[OutOfBoose]

 

[Zorro]

Magnífico!

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

omg it looks so much better when it's all black everything

 

[psylockolussus]

Game consoles just look better in black.

I think the Dreamcast would have sold have better if it was black.

 

[Gee]

Game consoles just look better in black.

I think the Dreamcast would have sold have better if it was black.

Sega Saturn says hi.

 

[OutOfBoose]

I think Dreamcast looks the best as non-black. White Dreamcast is lovely.

 

[Brother Jack]

Sega Saturn says hi.

Game consoles just look better in black.

I think the Dreamcast would have sold have better if it was black.

Tell that to the Gamecube.

But the PS5 definitely looks better in black. It's kind of odd actually how Sony is going for a white aesthetic this time since all their consoles have been black since the PS2.

 

[Zorro]

Black does look better but the white and black with blue lights looks cool! I get into this console the more I see it

 

[psylockolussus]

The white is probably a throwback to the ps1 though ps1 wasn't really white as it was gray.

 

[Marvolo]

PS5 and XsX size comparison:

 

[Art Vandelay]

I think Dreamcast looks the best as non-black. White Dreamcast is lovely.

It's not white, though. It's off white, or very light grey.

 

[Zorro]

When do you all think we'll see the U.I.? I assume there will be a trailer or something showing off the U.I., apps and console features

 

[Silvermoth]

PS5 and XsX size comparison:

it’s the moby dick of consoles

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

I like that Pikachu

edit: call it Pikastation! har har har...

 

[Calvin Ellis]

PS5 and XsX size comparison:

Why was I thinking it would be small.

 

[WereCoyote]

I like that Spiderman holding it together mock up.

 

[Zorro]

I wonder if the discless version was build first or designed with that in mind . It looks nicer and seems how it's suppose to be.

I'm a digital person and so I don't mind but just saying it's interesting if that's the case. Best looking version and probably cheaper

 

[MrSpyder]

I'll take it in black.

 

[Iceman]

I always prefer black for consoles so they match with all my home cinema equipment.

 

[Gothamsknight]

PS5 and XsX size comparison:

It's an absolute chonk and I love it haha.