A swift fall from grace (pic: Sony)
The Friday Inbox has some selection concepts for what to do about eBay scalpers, as one reader has hassle with the Xbox Collection X controller on PC.
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Early retirement
So what precisely is happening with the PS4 Professional and Xbox One X principally not current anymore? I had no concept you couldn’t purchase them anymore till GC’s GAME Black Friday round-up. I do know they’re not a precedence in the mean time, by way of manufacturing, however to not have a single one accessible from the nation’s greatest video games retailer? That’s fairly bizarre.
I assume they’ll come again in inventory ultimately, or in any other case Microsoft and Sony would’ve mentioned they’ve been discontinued, however it appears to me they successfully have. You’ll be able to’t purchase them within the run up at Christmas, they’re not a part of Black Friday, they usually’re definitely not being marketed or something anymore.
It’s all pushing us into shopping for into the following gen besides… there’s none of these both. What a multitude. Nintendo should be laughing their heads off as the one choice left is the Change.
Kendal
Grand Theft Spaceship
EA has bought to be engaged on a Mandalorian recreation proper now, absolutely? They lastly appear to have bought the grasp of Star Wars video games now and the present is actually scorching proper now, with at the least yet one more season to come back and I might think about many extra after that.
It’s all so good as effectively, as a result of not solely are there a bunch of Mandalorians, all with their totally different gear and factions, however the wise factor can be to make it a large scale bounty hunter simulator, so you may be an IG droid or anything from the Star Wars universe.
I actually hope this appears as apparent to EA because it does to me, however there may be the query of who to make it. The reply? Rockstar after all! Think about GTA however with droids and blasters and also you’ve principally bought what I’m imagining. I realise that’s not going to occur however I hope the final concept is feasible.
Faust
Nintendo smash
I completely agree with Panda’s letter and GC’s response. The explanation Nintendo’s high tier franchise video games normally overview effectively is as a result of they’re finely crafted and unbelievable enjoyable to play. If somebody doesn’t like the fundamental idea of enjoying a Tremendous Mario platform recreation (or whichever of their franchises) then they most likely gained’t be massively swayed by the following iteration however there isn’t a method you may accuse Nintendo of re-skinning the final model with a number of minor enhancements to make a little bit of fast money.
Undoubtedly, they’re joyful to make use of their historical past and other people like me will purchase the Recreation & Watch purely for nostalgia however I actually don’t suppose it’s truthful to counsel that their new video games are widespread on the identical foundation.
Ought to Disney/Marvel pension off Hulk, Iron Man, and so on. as they’ve been round for many years and nonetheless principally do similar the issues they’ve at all times completed?
John
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Xbox sequence of errors
So after getting an absolute battering over the primary lockdown it turned time to retire my previous Xbox 360 wired controller (I’m a PC gamer). I’ve really worn away the grips on the analogue sticks and in any case this time thought a brand new wi-fi controller can be good.
I just like the Xbox format, and the truth that most video games on PC are designed round Microsoft’s controller meant that for me getting maintain of the brand new Xbox controller can be the perfect factor to do proper?
Nicely, perhaps not.
How laborious would it not be for Microsoft, the maker of each the controller and the working system, to get it figuring out of the field? The reply my mates could be very, very laborious. It hooks up superb by Bluetooth, nice. Hearth up Forza, sure, one other Microsoft product… nothing. Not recognised. Delve into Steam library, once more, no pleasure besides Ori And The Blind Forest works! One recreation in my complete library.
It’s solely recognised in any other case if I plug it in (or spend an additional £30 on their wi-fi adaptor it appears). Logging on it seems this isn’t unusual.
Now for the precise controller, if I hold it, it simply feels a bit light-weight in comparison with the Xbox 360. The triggers don’t seem to have as a lot journey, and whereas the D-pad is best, it is rather clicky! All in all, to this point not impressed. Possibly I simply must get used to it however it truthfully seems like a backward step. I’m going to offer it per week to see if I can get it working by Bluetooth, in any other case it’s going again and I’ll see if I can get a good third social gathering controller.
The Dude Abides
A deserved rant
I’ve simply seen the information report within the Metro over scalpers and promoting the brand new consoles on eBay.
I’ve had sleepless nights attempting to get the Xbox on-line in a single day, not getting what I would like for my 13-year-old for Xmas, then discovering the following day these are being bought for double the value on different websites.
I wouldn’t have the funds to pay double the value and if I did I wouldn’t pay this out of precept.
One thing ought to be completed about this. Dad and mom will beg and borrow to ensure their youngster has what they need for Christmas and these scalpers are getting away with this. One particular person on eBay has bought over 138 items it’s disgusting.
Thanks for letting me have a rant.
Rachel
Benefiting from mates
The one folks that may cease resales on eBay are the outlets and eBay however as a result of the outlets are promoting them and eBay is making a slice of the PlayStation pie nothing will ever be completed to cease it. If outlets did a correct job, and did have issues in place the place if a second order to an deal with that had already had one delivered flagged up and the order was cancelled routinely there wouldn’t be this downside.
And as for eBay, they actually aren’t bothered with PayPal charges vendor charges and all the opposite charges they get they don’t care, as a result of they’re earning profits. I’ll be trustworthy, I pre-ordered two, one from GAME, one from Amazon. I used to be going to promote one on, then my mate rang me saying he couldn’t get one.
I mentioned he might have my spare one. I did make a 2p revenue. I’m fortunate I did get my orders.
David
Smart precautions
The way to cease scalpers scooping up consoles?
I’m a BT web buyer, final week they made some PlayStation 5 consoles accessible.
To get one you needed to log into your BT account and click on on an onscreen hyperlink.
This prompted a novel code to seem, you may then click on by to the BT store and quote your code; one code per buyer, first come first served.
Sony and Microsoft might do one thing comparable, reward the loyalists with PSN and Xbox accounts, click on the hyperlink in your PlayStation 4 or Xbox, take your likelihood to get a console, one per particular person.
Even the likes of Amazon might do the identical, register curiosity, and get a code or distinctive URL that doesn’t go dwell till pre-order day. Then they’ll cross reference to ensure the identical deal with doesn’t seem a number of instances, bob’s your uncle or am I being naive?
dsb
GC: Not from our perspective.
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Analogue tax
I don’t know if you happen to and your readers are conscious of the American firm Analogue? Primarily, they make excessive finish, HDMI pleasant reproductions of retro consoles utilizing programmable {hardware} to emulate them with (they declare) 100% accuracy as a substitute of taking place the software-based route that may result in numerous points.
Anyway, they make great things, which I do know as I personal their Mega Drive – the Mega Sg. A couple of months in the past I beat the pre-order odds (they at all times have very restricted inventory of their merchandise) and purchased their rerelease of their NES – the (take a breath) Nt Mini Noir V2 at a what-are-you-thinking-Rob value of $499. I relied on nostalgia to justify this to myself, because the NES was my first console and these items have a tendency to carry their value attributable to their rarity.
Now to the purpose of my letter, I bought a message from FedEx right this moment saying they had been dealing with the supply of my Nt however that there was the small matter of the customs responsibility to pay. Sigh, I assumed, truthful sufficient. Then I noticed the quantity – £201! 2020, you swine! I bought in contact with Analogue to see if there had been a mistake with the worth of the products they’d declared to customs. Sadly not.
They despatched me a hyperlink that exposed our authorities has imposed a further import responsibility of 25% on online game consoles and machines coming from America. This began on the tenth of November this yr and is along with the usual 20%. A forty five% tax. For me this has turned an already frankly ridiculous extravagance into one thing solely a Russian oligarch ought to think about. I’m now my Analogue Pocket pre-order like Previous Yeller on the finish of the movie.
RedRobN
Inbox also-rans
RE: eBay sellers promoting pics of Xbox. I noticed one among these advertisements which seemed like an actual Xbox and within the tiny print it mentioned it was only a image of it. I did report this to eBay however I don’t suppose something was completed about it.
Anon
Love your work, however is there any likelihood you’ll overview Oculus Quest video games going ahead? A few massive releases (Star Wars: Tales From Galaxies Edge and Inhabitants: One) have come and gone and some are on the horizon (Climb 2, Jurassic Park, and so on.) are attributable to arrive quickly… and your opinions are usually spot on.
Birdmanrob
GC: We might have missed the boat with Inhabitants: One however we’re attempting to not with Star Wars, so search for that subsequent week. However sure, generally we hope to maintain up with the larger releases – which is simpler to do at different instances of the yr than now.
This week’s Scorching Subject
The subject for this weekend’s Inbox asks what’s the most impressed you’ve been by one thing from the following era of consoles?
It may be the consoles themselves, the video games, the controllers, or a service or function that wasn’t current within the earlier era. What offers you probably the most encouragement for the way forward for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection X/S and why?
Do you’re feeling that the brand new consoles are making a greater impression at this stage of their life than earlier codecs or do you suppose they’ve been a disappointment to this point? What are you hopes for the fast future (the following six months or so) and the long term?
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