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    My launch day PS5 from Gamestop got lost in the mail sending it to my brother in Japan. I got to play it for one day.

     

    Against all odds I managed to get another PS5 from Walmart this morning to replace the one still lost in the mail. I happened to refresh brickseek right when a new store was listed a bit off the beaten path. Managed to get there on time to be number 10 out of 12. Pure luck. I never again want to be part of a brick and mortar new console rush! Especially not during a pandemic. I preorder online for a reason. This time I'm sending it by Global Express Guaranteed.

     

    The old one is still last updated 11/23. Last known location was New Jersey. I've never seen packages sent to Asia go anywhere but Chicago from here. I have no idea what it's doing in New Jersey.

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    On 11/27/2020 at 1:06 PM, Zeptari1 said:

    I wish microsoft did what sony did and made one without a drive and the other with drive and both models with the same specs. 

    Yet at the same time the Series S with that $300 price point feels like a smart move. I'm really conflicted about this decision.  

    I wish the Series S didn't exist. Another platform for devs to optimize for, and padding for the Digital Foundry head to heads. All we care about is XSX vs PS5. Get that Series S out of there.

     

    Also Series S isn't living up to MS's promise of having the same experience as XSX but at lower resolution.

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  7. Posted · Edited by DJ Clae

    These small details in the shots posted don't make a huge difference in the here and now. However, all these separate small incremental changes add up over time in creating a more convincingly realistic image.

     

    I think that's the true generational difference. Who knows what kinds of graphics these next gen consoles will be producing when they reach end of life?

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    I can't find the post you refer to about the PS5 freezing, but yeah, I played the PS5 for one night, and managed to crash Spiderman Miles Morales twice. The second time the whole console locked up, I had to hard power off, and the console went through the hard drive repair sequence. Crashes where you have to hard power off the whole console are rare on Xbox platforms, supposedly because games run inside a virtual container. On the plus side, the hard drive repair sequence was lightning fast on PS5.

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    The drive on my Series X doesn't click like that, but it whirred loudly, but only while installing Yakuza for some reason. The disc looks fine. I think my drive is okay. It was normal for every other game.

     

    The new Xbox discs are basically just Xbox One discs that act as a key to download the Series X version. The amount of data that gets installed off the discs is very small. And the installs take forever because each is near or exceeding 100 gigs from the Network. Hopefully this will change with time. And they make this sound like a benefit calling it the "Smart Delivery" system.

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    10 hours ago, adamchevy said:

     

    Fucked up is a nice way to say it. What launch? I had many of my friends and family members try and purchase a PS5 from multiple different sources over the past 3 days with no luck. I see others on the internet on many sites with a console. I’m not sure how they magically pulled it off.

    That's kinda naive if you expect to get one on launch day. These days you have to preorder consoles if you want them at launch. The problem with PS5 is that they didn't announce when preorders would open until a matter of hours before it happened, so a lot of people who wanted one missed the chance.

     

    My understanding is that just about everyone who wanted a PS5 who was preordering that day was able to secure one. Unfortunately for me that window came and went without me knowing. I was able to secure one in the additional Gamestop bundles preorder a week or so later, but it took some effort.

     

    The Series X preorder is an example of the normal way to do it. I had no issues securing a console, with a little patience on the pre-announced preorder day. I had my choice of multiple retailers with it in stock, and it just took some browser refreshing and being online at the right time to make it happen. It helped that my wife was also online and helping me.

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    On 7/1/2020 at 1:42 PM, Austin said:

    I don't know how valid the "CDrs will damage your consoles" thing is. Has anyone ever tested this to confirm if it's simply a long running myth? Some people swear by it, but others have been running CDrs for as long as they can remember and their lasers are still kicking just fine.

     

    I do agree though that the type of disc matters. I've had plenty of consoles that simply will not take cheap ones you've been able to buy at big-box retailers, such as Verbatim, Memorex or Philips. My Dreamcast and CD-i in particular do not like them at all. I recently switched to Taiyo Yudens and now both of those systems are reading them without issue.

    That's a valid point because it would be hard to prove or disprove that CDRs damage the console. For all we know, the Taiyo Yuden ones are just as bad.

     

    However, what I do know is that some consoles have more difficulty reading the cheap ones. My Turbo Duo in particular skips and has loading errors, especially when playing tracks in the latter portion of the disc.

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    On 6/28/2020 at 10:07 AM, BassGuitari said:

    I think that's how collectors generally start out. 😛

     

    At least, I did. It sure was a slippery slope! 😆

     

    I get what you're saying though. Completing a collection for the sake of having a complete collection doesn't make the games themselves any better.

    I get that. My brother and I have a complete Neo Geo MVS collection because we love that system. It started out as just buying what we wanted and could get. Years later we were close enough, and there weren't that many games for the system, so we just finished it out.

     

    The same brother has a complete PC-FX collection. I know he likes that system, but not sure how that came about otherwise.

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  19. Posted · Edited by DJ Clae

    Your mileage may vary, but those store brand CDRs are highly suspect for use in consoles. They tend to wear down the lens faster, and can cause read errors. You want Taiyo Yuden lacquer CDRs burnt at the slowest speed possible (to insure there's no variance in the burn speed).

     

    Although you could argue damaging the lens is a moot point if the eventual alternative is removing the drive assembly for an ODE anyway.

     

    Edit: I'm replying to an old post from the bottom of the first page apparently.

  21. Posted · Edited by DJ Clae

    On 6/21/2020 at 4:18 AM, Magmavision2000 said:

    This thread is about giving recommendations for beginner collectors (mainly the one's who aim to get as much as possible), it can help answer some questions about obtaining a full set in general. Plus it's kind of fun to challenge yourself with a small collection, if you're going for a bigger collection like the NES or Dreamcast, the rarer games usually come up on eBay and other sites often, but with smaller libraries, usually, the rare games don't show up often (usually because the system's rather obscure), so you actually have to seek a copy out instead of camping on eBay. 

    What an odd concept. Why does one become a "beginner collector?"

     

    Here's my advice: Buy the Xbox One and PS4 games you want now, maybe a few more you want every few years or so, then in 30 years if you still have them, you'll be a "collector." That's how I did it.

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  22. Posted

    On 5/29/2020 at 9:38 PM, Tanooki said:

    I'm not going to harm myself, totally took that a bit farther than I wanted.  Point was I wish more and more I had gone overseas.  Sure it could have ended up badly but you never know, and now short of divorce I won't as I can't just re-learn what I forgot and get into that program with JET and think I'd get away with it not being single.

    I wasn't talking about hurting oneself. Just the butterfly effect. If I hadn't gone to Korea in 2009 there's no telling what chain of events that would have set off instead. For all I know, I wouldn't be alive anymore. I'm just saying look on the bright side -- you are where you are and you're still kicking. Appreciate what you have now.

  23. Posted · Edited by DJ Clae

    11 hours ago, juansolo said:

    I genuinely don't mean to sound harsh here, but you're doing it wrong if it's in any way destructive. In those circumstances, if you've got suspect electronics, send them to someone who can repair it for you.

    No offense taken. I've already been through this discussion on the Arcade Projects forum. Most people there seem to agree recapping is often more difficult than it's worth. The people who find it easy like yourself are few and far between. You really have to have the right equipment and skill I think.

     

    I've got my brother's Duo here that I've only replaced the faulty audio caps on, and currently seems to be working 100%. However, it's giving off the telltale fishy smell when powered on, so it needs a better cleaning with IPA than what I gave it and/or the rest of the caps replaced. I am currently using this Duo but both my brother and I don't want to pay to send it to someone. He has an RX as well, but I don't use it because he's keeping it stock so it doesn't have RGB.

  24. Posted · Edited by DJ Clae

    9 hours ago, Tanooki said:

    My state of mind, budget and existence these days (notice I didn't say 'life') I've little left to be thankful for other than not being homeless, ill or dead. :D  Trust me the way things have been, it has been crossing my mind more than once lately wishing I took the red pill instead of the blue one.

    Sorry to hear that. Well, you never know what could've happened the other way. You could be dead. And we don't want that.

     

    I wanted to get into JET too, like my brother did. When I didn't, I gave up and stayed in the US. When my career went south and the economy was bad in 2009 I was already tired of the idea of living in Japan, and instead embraced someplace else I had studied somewhat in college, Korea, as a new adventure. It was the right decision, but I was at the end of my rope at the time though.

     

    It's never too late.

  25. Posted

    Tanooki, my wife wants nothing to do with Japan too -- she's Korean. Glad I lived overseas though when I was young enough. I still have a brother living in Japan for nearly two decades now.

     

    That's crazy how you basically had to choose between working in gaming or in Japan as a young person. I think it's best to focus on all the things we're thankful we have, rather than the road not taken.

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