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Muadib

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Ford has a factory backlot filled with F150s waiting on chips for the ECU. Literally thousands of vehicles ready to go. You still can’t find a RTX 3080 or RX6900 in good supply. Memory is expensive, it will hit phone manufacturers soon too. It’s lasted far too long and doesn’t seem it will end.
Ford isn't Sony though. Sony has sold over 10 million PS5 units since launch. We will see if Sony has chip issues for this month.
 

Muadib

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And 4 million of them sit on scalper listings lol.

Seriously though don’t act like a shortage of semiconductors doesn’t exist. It really does because of it didn’t, you could go to the store and get one and certain PC hardware too. Plus vehicle manufacturers basically can’t build some cars while they wait for supply.
Hey, I never said there wasn't a shortage. You have to admit that Sony was ready for it. 10 million sold in the middle of Covid. That's huge!
 

Aikouka

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Ended up getting one on Wednesday at Walmart for a friend of mine. It took until the third wave (each wave coming out every 10 minutes) where I was finally able to get past the Press & Hold. (I started F5 mashing at about 5 seconds til the next drop time.) Although, I kept having issues with Press & Hold when I got to my cart, so I swapped to my phone, which I also had to do Press & Hold on it too. However, the phone only required me to do it once, and I was able to check out.
 
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blckgrffn

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Ended up getting one on Wednesday at Walmart for a friend of mine. It took until the third wave (each wave coming out every 10 minutes) where I was finally able to get past the Press & Hold. (I started F5 mashing at about 5 seconds til the next drop time.) Although, I kept having issues with Press & Hold when I got to my cart, so I swapped to my phone, which I also had to do Press & Hold on it too. However, the phone only required me to do it once, and I was able to check out.

You're a console sourcing legend and I am one to know

My Series X has my children laughing hysterically right now with a distant relative. It gets used *a lot*.

I trust your friend will get good mileage out of the PS5.
 

Aikouka

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You're a console sourcing legend and I am one to know

My Series X has my children laughing hysterically right now with a distant relative. It gets used *a lot*.

I trust your friend will get good mileage out of the PS5.

He said he mostly plays Rocket League and Fortnite, but wants the better loading times. I suggested perhaps adding a bit more to that list that may help take advantage of the new console. He'll probably just end up trying to borrow some of my games since I have far too many for how much time I have to play them!
 
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SteveGrabowski

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DQ XI was a great throwback to a bygone era of JRPGS from my childhood, but with a sleek coat of modern graphics. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Ugh that final final final final bossfight though. Now I gotta farm pep pops and elfin elixirs to have any chance of beating it and getting the platinum. Loved the game until now but not sure I want to grind for hours just to get one last trophy.
 

jpiniero

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OK this is dumb. So I am stuck at the end of Doom Eternal. Boss I am stuck on doesn't include enough fodder for me to heal from. Probably will just drop to easy in the end but I thought I would try the Mission Select, see if there's anything I could get to help. Turns out you don't get Fast Travel unless you get to the end of the level even in Mission Select. These levels are really long. And it looks like you can't continue said mission either although I didn't look at it too deeply. Continue sends you back to where you are in the Campaign which at least means I won't have to replay the final mission from scratch but it still sucks you can't just Fast Travel.
 

quikah

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In what ways is it worse? We know it’s lighter but it sure what that means otherwise.

It has a MUCH smaller heatsink. Whether that causes it to perform worse is unknown at this time. Will it downclock more? Will it perform the same? Maybe the original heatsink was overkill and this will work fine.
 

sze5003

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I'm sure at some point there will be a review of the revised unit. I don't know if gamers Nexus would do it but Steve does like to take stuff apart often.
 

SteveGrabowski

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It has a MUCH smaller heatsink. Whether that causes it to perform worse is unknown at this time. Will it downclock more? Will it perform the same? Maybe the original heatsink was overkill and this will work fine.

Pretty disappointing to see Sony cheaping out on cooling when PS5 is a pretty power hungry system. I wonder if it was just a case of silicon lottery though in that video as the new one seems like maybe it performs better if it can draw more power without throttling (I'm assuming he put them both on the same firmware in this test).
 

sze5003

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Apparently it does run close to 3-5C hotter than the previous design. But they are measuring exhaust temperature and I don't think that's very accurate.

Also the initial design had different fans in each unit. Some people were complaining that theirs was loud. Mine is only loud when the disc spins but while gaming I barely hear the system when I am playing for extended periods of time. I wonder if these revised models all have the same fans now.


 
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muz456

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Getting closer to finishing Ghost of Tsushima. Really do enjoy the story now that I stopped doing any side stuff and continued doing the main story missions.

I was getting burned out on the game because of the filler side content that didn't vary much. Now I'm already at Act 3 and I've gotten more into the story than I was previously.
Hi,
Ive recently started playing Ghost of Tsushima and having difficulty attacking when i change to any of the stances?
Pressing R2 + the correspoding button to change my stance but this doesnt seem to lock in the stance and then pressing triangle and nothing happens.
The stance shows at the bottom right of the screen but all i can do is keep changing to a different stance
The stance shows at the bottom right of screen but how do i attack?
Im obviously doing something wrong.
Any advice is welcome?
 

sze5003

Lifer
Aug 18, 2012
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Hi,
Ive recently started playing Ghost of Tsushima and having difficulty attacking when i change to any of the stances?
Pressing R2 + the correspoding button to change my stance but this doesnt seem to lock in the stance and then pressing triangle and nothing happens.
The stance shows at the bottom right of the screen but all i can do is keep changing to a different stance
The stance shows at the bottom right of screen but how do i attack?
Im obviously doing something wrong.
Any advice is welcome?
You may not have all the stances unlocked yet? Here's all the controls. Triangle is heavy attack and square is light attack.

 

SteveGrabowski

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So if you can't get a hold of a PS5 yet and want to buy a version of Horizon Forbidden West for PS4 that can be upgraded to the PS5 version you have to buy the $80 digital deluxe edition of the game or one of the ridiculous collector's editions. Gross.

https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/games/horizon-forbidden-west-support/

Can I upgrade my Horizon Forbidden West PS4 version to the PS5 version?

To access both the PS4 and PS5 versions of Horizon Forbidden West, you need to purchase the Digital Deluxe, Collector’s, or Regalla Editions. Dual entitlement does not apply to the Standard and Special Editions.
 

sze5003

Lifer
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So if you can't get a hold of a PS5 yet and want to buy a version of Horizon Forbidden West for PS4 that can be upgraded to the PS5 version you have to buy the $80 digital deluxe edition of the game or one of the ridiculous collector's editions. Gross.
Also not to mention that any of the special editions of the game don't come with a physical disk, just a piece of paper with a code so you can download the game. But I don't really preorder any game at all anymore. I only used to if I could get a discount on the price.
 

quikah

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So if you can't get a hold of a PS5 yet and want to buy a version of Horizon Forbidden West for PS4 that can be upgraded to the PS5 version you have to buy the $80 digital deluxe edition of the game or one of the ridiculous collector's editions. Gross.

Don't worry, this is an error...

PlayStation 5 launches in November, starting at $399 for PS5 Digital Edition and $499 for PS5 with Ultra HD Blu-Ray Disc Drive – PlayStation.Blog
"Additionally, we know that the PS4 community will transition to PS5 at different times, and we’re happy to announce PS4 versions of some of our exclusives. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Sackboy A Big Adventure, and Horizon Forbidden West will also launch on PS4. While these three games were designed to take advantage of PS5 and its unique next-gen features like the ultra-high-speed SSD and DualSense controller, PS4 owners will also be able to enjoy these experiences when they launch. The PS4 digital versions of launch games include a free upgrade on both PS5 consoles, while the PS4 disc versions of these games include a free upgrade on the PS5 with Ultra HD Blu-Ray disc drive."

Oh wait, it was delayed to 2022, sorry, not a launch game anymore. Pay up!
 
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