# 🕹 🎮 Xbox or PlayStation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Computer and video games\ **Created:** [11 November 2015 20:53 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/xbox-or-playstation/2418 "2015-11-11T20:53:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/barry-sanchez/32/76_2.png) [@Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Barry-Sanchez)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2020 17:53 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/xbox-or-playstation/2418/161 "2020-09-17T17:53:26Z")
Disc defo. ---
**Author:** ![gavstar](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/gavstar/32/86128_2.png) [@gavstar](https://www.sotonians.com/u/gavstar)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2020 17:53 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/xbox-or-playstation/2418/162 "2020-09-17T17:53:57Z")
Good lad :lou_smiley: ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2020 18:04 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/xbox-or-playstation/2418/163 "2020-09-17T18:04:00Z")
£70 quid a pop for games? Fucking hell. ---
**Author:** ![gavstar](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/gavstar/32/86128_2.png) [@gavstar](https://www.sotonians.com/u/gavstar)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2020 18:05 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/xbox-or-playstation/2418/164 "2020-09-17T18:05:05Z")
Hence my desire to keep the second hand market alive. ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2020 18:06 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/xbox-or-playstation/2418/165 "2020-09-17T18:06:28Z")
> [@pap](#): > > £70 quid a pop for games? > > Fucking hell. I remember the days when people used to complain about paying £10 for a top end game!! ---
**Author:** ![gavstar](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/gavstar/32/86128_2.png) [@gavstar](https://www.sotonians.com/u/gavstar)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2020 18:12 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/xbox-or-playstation/2418/166 "2020-09-17T18:12:55Z")
![image](https://discourse-sotonians-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/d/8/d8e9f4575bbc69c96c72aef8d142ac26bb672322.jpeg) Plenty of top end games under a tenner. ---
**Author:** ![JxgrSaint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/jxgrsaint/32/109_2.png) [@JxgrSaint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/JxgrSaint)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2020 18:25 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/xbox-or-playstation/2418/167 "2020-09-17T18:25:29Z")
I think most are £52 on Amazon right now? I’ve gone for the disc version as that allows for a) sharing games and b) taking advantage of discounts/the always ~£10 less RRP on Amazon vs. PlayStation Store. It should pay for the £90 extra cost within a year or so I think ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2020 18:34 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/xbox-or-playstation/2418/168 "2020-09-17T18:34:07Z")
The digital stores are a rip-off for new games, well over normal retail games. I’d also much rather not buy from Amazon (easier than it sounds, I know). Personally, I’m probably going to wait six months and get a bundle of something and a later production run. I’ve got a decent PC so can get by without a Series X, so PS5 will be the first thing I buy. That price point is going to drive at best case, delayed purchases from many people and at worse case, a desire to exploit and pirate stuff. Amazon will pick up the rest and will probably put everyone else out of business. ---
**Author:** ![Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cobham-saint/32/99252_2.png) [@Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Cobham-Saint)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2020 18:45 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/xbox-or-playstation/2418/169 "2020-09-17T18:45:42Z")
> [@gavstar](#): > > ![image](https://discourse-sotonians-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/d/8/d8e9f4575bbc69c96c72aef8d142ac26bb672322.jpeg) > > Plenty of top end games under a tenner. Cor, I’m not a gamer but boy don’t these games look realistic these days?! ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2020 21:50 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/xbox-or-playstation/2418/170 "2020-09-17T21:50:52Z")
More colours these days. That game on the ZX Spectrum. ![image](https://discourse-sotonians-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/7/a/7a08803519118d13ee316f4df0c0469ad389e1c8.png) ---
**Author:** ![Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cobham-saint/32/99252_2.png) [@Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Cobham-Saint)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2020 22:09 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/xbox-or-playstation/2418/171 "2020-09-17T22:09:23Z")
Wow! The life you gamers lead!! I’m almost tempted to buy the ZXSpectrum my bro’ in law keeps trying to offload on me, cheap like… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2020 22:14 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/xbox-or-playstation/2418/172 "2020-09-17T22:14:41Z")
Back in the day, us Commodore 64 owners just used to laugh at Daley Thompson’s Decathlon on the Spectrum because the main character, Daley Thompson, a hugely popular and famous black Olympic Champion, was rendered on the Spectrum, a limited machine, as a totally white sprite. Here’s the C64 version. ![image](https://discourse-sotonians-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/0/d/0dce7cbb33df76bfbdd13dfc8cb95cd74d06f033.png) ---
**Author:** ![Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cobham-saint/32/99252_2.png) [@Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Cobham-Saint)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2020 22:22 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/xbox-or-playstation/2418/173 "2020-09-17T22:22:39Z")
I know, but I love how sophisticated games have come along since then. Tbf #TeenageMutant dabbled in retro games but doesn’t get how freaked out we all were when we first saw Pog/tennis - whatever you want to call it. ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2020 22:28 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/xbox-or-playstation/2418/174 "2020-09-17T22:28:05Z")
Here’s a depressing truth about today’s video games. Most are very similar. They look gorgeous, but the things oyu end up doing within them are very repetitive. The only real differences between Tomb Raider, Far Cry, The Witcher, Call of Duty, Spider-Man and lots of other games are perspective, settting and emphasis. Everything effectively runs on RPG mechanics these days. ---
**Author:** ![Bucks](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/bucks/32/87_2.png) [@Bucks](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Bucks)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2020 22:29 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/xbox-or-playstation/2418/175 "2020-09-17T22:29:16Z")
I am still playing Halo Reach endlessly. ---
**Author:** ![Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/barry-sanchez/32/76_2.png) [@Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Barry-Sanchez)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2020 22:33 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/xbox-or-playstation/2418/176 "2020-09-17T22:33:08Z")
The games then seemed so much more exciting, they came out quickly and they were relevant. ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2020 22:36 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/xbox-or-playstation/2418/177 "2020-09-17T22:36:22Z")
I’ve been swimming in retro shit lately. I think we forget how good some of that stuff is. THPS1+2, and loads of stuff on the MiSTeR, which anyone interested in retro gaming should buy. ---
**Author:** ![SaintJay](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintjay/32/59259_2.png) [@SaintJay](https://www.sotonians.com/u/SaintJay)\ **Post date:** [19 September 2020 17:15 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/xbox-or-playstation/2418/178 "2020-09-19T17:15:45Z")
Defo PS5. I worked on two of the launch titles so need to see some units shifted to ride this storm out 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bucks](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/bucks/32/87_2.png) [@Bucks](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Bucks)\ **Post date:** [19 September 2020 17:22 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/xbox-or-playstation/2418/179 "2020-09-19T17:22:43Z")
Welcome SJ! (even if I do favour the Xbox 😉) ---
**Author:** ![Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cobham-saint/32/99252_2.png) [@Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Cobham-Saint)\ **Post date:** [19 September 2020 17:39 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/xbox-or-playstation/2418/180 "2020-09-19T17:39:08Z")
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