PS5

As others have said. Unless we see the Americans get a price increase fully inline with tariffs and inflation.

I will never buy PS again.
 
Looks like Hogwarts Legacy is available for download. Will give it a go. Always wanted to play it but never got a chance.
 
ye nerds, I need help as I never had access to such video games while growing up.

Is PS5 (or equivalent) advisable as a gift to a 8 year old boy ? Any drawbacks* ? Did you regret giving it to your kids/playing yourself too early ?

*Time restriction is not an issue. He generally abides by limits on TV time, which is just 30 minutes a day (or 1-2 hours if we watch science/sports videos together on weekends) but my worry is that games would be more addictive than standard TV.
 
Sideshow Bob said:
ye nerds, I need help as I never had access to such video games while growing up.

Is PS5 (or equivalent) advisable as a gift to a 8 year old boy ? Any drawbacks* ? Did you regret giving it to your kids/playing yourself too early ?

*Time restriction is not an issue. He generally abides by limits on TV time, which is just 30 minutes a day (or 1-2 hours if we watch science/sports videos together on weekends) but my worry is that games would be more addictive than standard TV.
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I do not think there is a catch-all blanket rule. For me this is something that needs to be taken case by case. Only you as a parent can make that choice.

What I can answer is: Are games addictive? Yes. Developers spend millions to tap into said addiction to monetize it.
 
cavedog said:
Looks like Hogwarts Legacy is available for download. Will give it a go. Always wanted to play it but never got a chance.
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I got my plat for it - thoroughly enjoyable as you hunt for those trophies, but I would never touch it again, got boring, and I was one of those that paid 1.3k for it, demmit 😂
 
Sideshow Bob said:
ye nerds, I need help as I never had access to such video games while growing up.

Is PS5 (or equivalent) advisable as a gift to a 8 year old boy ? Any drawbacks* ? Did you regret giving it to your kids/playing yourself too early ?

*Time restriction is not an issue. He generally abides by limits on TV time, which is just 30 minutes a day (or 1-2 hours if we watch science/sports videos together on weekends) but my worry is that games would be more addictive than standard TV.
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Get that for him and watch how he will scream for longer than 30 minutes, because that amount of time goes by in an absolute flash..
My 7-year-old girlypants will sit for hours on Minecraft, and I let her as she is partaking in both architectural skills, and her hand eye coordination has improved exponentially, helping with her piano and Taekwondo activities.
 
Priapus said:
I’m really enjoying GoW. The mechanics around the axe are epic. Storyline is decent too.
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I personally don't like Kratos' move to Norse mythology, he really didn't need to expand his religious horizons - Kratos is Greek and that's where it should have ended.
That said, I did finish both so that I was able to give the benefit of the doubt and not post this answer like a blank, uninformed statement.
 
Voldemort said:
Get that for him and watch how he will scream for longer than 30 minutes, because that amount of time goes by in an absolute flash..
My 7-year-old girlypants will sit for hours on Minecraft, and I let her as she is partaking in both architectural skills, and her hand eye coordination has improved exponentially, helping with her piano and Taekwondo activities.
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Yoh - hours ? I suppose everything comes with its pros & cons if it is also helping your girl with other activities.
 
Sideshow Bob said:
Yoh - hours ? I suppose everything comes with its pros & cons if it is also helping your girl with other activities.
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For the most part, gaming is a break from the mundane, from the troubles of real life- well, for me at least, and I'm sure many others share the same sentiment. We don't live in a world where it is safe to let your child play in the streets anymore, which is sad, because they're missing out on the fun we used to have -life skills were honed outside of one's yard, now there's human trafficking and robberies by the unwanted "foot traffic" that wander our streets, looking for their next score..
Anyway, I digress - gaming is a fantastic tool to teach problem-solving skills and tap into their imagination, and that leads to a sense of accomplishment for the most part. I personally don't just delve into every single game, I play one out until it's finished, then move onto the next one, because each game (unless it's part of a series) requires you to adapt to what the developers had in mind when they created it.
In line with this sentiment, I am an avid Darksouls fan, the only one I don't have my plat for is 3, but I've spent so many hundreds of hours on the series that I'm taking a huge break from it in lieu of other fantastic genres and titles - I've just finished arcade paradise ( thoroughly addictive..), and I'm a couple hours into Robocop now, a change in scenery was welcome.
 
Now, a question from my side - who is playing that Digimon that is free this month? I love the whole "Pokemon" kind of character building up, but the last Digimon game I played on PS1, and my mundane liddle creature just pooped all over the place, evolved into a really cool lion, then proceeded to die within 2 hours...
 
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