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Was that Manhunt? I don't remember that at all.

Yeah. I never had a PS2 mic and I don't imagine many people did, but it was definitely a thing.

This is from Wikipedia. I didn't know this was a thing either.

Weird. I had an Xbox and a headset, never made use of this though.

Yup. Do you want your copy back?

Do you still have that?

Hmm. I'm not sure. Maybe.

Have we talked about Trackmania Turbo yet? Seems like we're missing a really good arcade racer this generation so far.

I was watching some reviews on YouTube about this. It looked quite decent like Burnout 3 meets Super Meat Boy. Sorta. I don't know how much it'd be on your own racing ghosts without some decent leaderboards filled with people's names you know.

Four player split-screen will be nice.

This looks fun.. trying the demo tonight...

I've been playing that Titan Souls on PS4 since it was in the Easter sale for a penny under a fiver.

It's got a really nice atmosphere, some lovely pixel art and has some decent and varied boss fights (if you remember it's that game that just all boss fights). You get one (retrievable) arrow and you need to hit each bosses weak spot once to kill them. Fights can mere seconds in successful boss fights but the window of opportunity to hit the illusive weak spot is quite small that fights are just die, die, repeat until you nail it.

It got a bad wrap for being hard on review but I'm 2 1/2 hours in and I've killed 12 bosses out of about 18 so it can't be that bad. You only need to kill 8 to access the final 2 bosses so if you get stuck you can always mill around for another fight.

The music is particularly good for an indie game. Lots of flute tunes as you wander around the over world looking for a fight do a brilliant job of setting the scene.

It's not a big game and it feels like a sequel could really flesh out the ideas and the world on a better budget. It deserves to be played and I hope whoever made it has made some good money.

I'd my psplus expires and I renew it with a gap, do I get back the previously obtained games?

Yep.

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/201 ... y-ps-4-5/1

Could explain the VR mystery.

I can't see why anyone would want to play Super Stardust HD when they have Geo Wars in their collection. It's just a bit boring and has an offensive font that's too big to read with my eyes.

Edit: Whoops, should have stuck this in the PSN Thread as its PS3 related. Sozzy.

Well the PlayStation didn't have Geo Wars until the most recent one.

I didn't realise it had XBLA exclusivity but apparently you're right.

EDIT: Anyway,point still stands, if you've got Geo Wars, you ain't going to get 5 minutes enjoyment out of this.

I like Super Stardust a lot better, actually. Geo Wars gets way too technical for my taste, I prefer twitch shooters.

Geometry Wars 3 is fucking awful.

Edit: and it's not even the third Geometry Wars game.

Retro Evolved is on PC, but Retro Evolved 2 (the best one) is only on 360.

There is a ps4 version 2. and it was indeed a bit boring

Nah, it's not that bad besides, it's got all of number 2 in there too so you could just always play that if you want.

*A worse version of Retro Evolved 2.

I bought Geo Wars 3 in a sale then never played it, then it was offered on PS+. I still haven't played it.

You should do. Despite what Lewie says, it's good.

Yeah, I like it too. Fighting around a big toilet roll is cool beans. The game isn't as tightly focuses as previous entries but it's still a reet decent blast.

I actually quite like number 3 of geo wars... it has a lot of different challenges , music my daughter likes, and the whole of two included

GW3 is awesome, and the only time I've ever got top spot on a global leaderboard.

So, I missed it at the time, but it seems that several months ago Rez Infinite was revealed for PlayStation VR.

Holy crap.

"The Jackbox Party Pack" is You Don't Know Jack, but on a PS4.

It's really, really good.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2016/04/ ... -tomorrow/

Remote play comes to PC!

Honestly, I'm more interested in the gaming calendar and the online notifications.

They're like buses!

In 720p if your connection is fast enough. Might as well game on the PS3.

Because having access to a PC means you've also magically got access to a PS3?

It wouldn't work on an HP Envy because the wireless drops.

That's...good to know? I suppose?

It is. I have decided to be grumpy about tbis for a while.

Can you play CDs on it whilst it reconnects?

He spends the time winding up his gramophone.

Wait? When did he upgrade from the wax cylinder player?

This remote play thing works really nicely, not sure I'll ever really use it but still, it's nice to have.

will it work only on wifi, or can i e.g. access my ps4 from my parents house over internet?
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Yeah it works over the Internet although I think they recommend at least a 12Mb/s connection.

I trie dit and it is quite easy... went well for half a robot league game..

i just wonder now if it also can turn my ps4 on from another place..


this looks like our kind of thing too..
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016- ... eon-review

It can turn it on, you just need to enable that on the PS4 first.

Lots of details on the PS4K. Might be a terrible idea, it's a bit of a weird one, but I think I could see me buying this.

http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/sourc ... 1100-5437/

1.3x more CPU power, 2.3x more GPU power, 1.2x more RAM bandwidth. No mention of PSVR in the leaked docs the article is based on but that's a clear use case -- this PS4K would probably be able to deliver better-than-2d-PS4-standard graphics in VR mode.

Yeah I really don't know about this at all.

All possible outcomes involve some kind of compromise or limitation.

I think part of the reason such regular hardware iterations on phones and tablets are so widely accepted is because people expect it. I don't think many people buy and iPhone or and iPad expecting them not to release a new one in the next year or so. There's no precedent of a "Ten Year Life Cycle"

Remember when they sold the PS4 as being the most powerful console, and now we might need upgrade to a better one if we want to get good framerates on games. I understand why they didn't, but telling people upfront that they planned to take a more iterative approach with future revisions would probably make me more accepting of it. It doesn't feel like this was part of the plan (I wonder how many older games will get an upgrade), and it feels like a move that is less because the PS4 needs it (it's dominating the market and it has great momentum), but because Sony need it (they want to ship 4k TVs, produce 4k movies and shows, sell 4k cameras and lenses, and cement themselves in VR).

Maybe they looked at how putting Blu Ray in the PS3 at launch worked out, and thought that this time around it might be better to do the equivalent of releasing a PS3 without Blu Ray, and two years later thinking about putting out a revision with a Blu Ray drive. A PS4 with these kind of specs, but $599 back at launch would have been a tougher sell. Even $499.

Dunno if I get one, but I'll be irritated if/when games feel significantly compromised on PS4 og. And then probably think about buying one.

I wonder how the hardware roadmap for Xbox and Nintendo will go. Surely MS have to respond, they're getting somewhat painted into a corner with the Xbox One, and surely they'll want to at the very least match the PS4k performance for the majority of games with an Xbox 1.5. Nintendo will probably benefit here, since the likelihood is that their new console will surpass the performance of the PS4 and Xbox One, so the technical barriers they've had for widespread support from the industry for their past two consoles should be gone, although they will still have work to on the barriers not of a technical nature. Their handheld could be interesting too, since I can certainly see them putting out a handheld that could manage to share the library of their next home console assuming they keep the resolution low (ie 540p) and use a modern CPU architecture (ARM)and have broad engine/middleware support.

I'm not sure how likely I am to upgrade assuming this is true.
I expect it will depend on whether I buy a VR headset or not, and I won't know that till I've tried one.