Octopus Overlords

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 10:19 am I keep hearing that the Xbox outshines the PS5 this go round.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 10:19 am I keep hearing that the Xbox outshines the PS5 this go round.

Scraper wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 11:13 am

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 10:19 am I keep hearing that the Xbox outshines the PS5 this go round.

What Ralph said. They are extremely close in specs. Xbox x has more cuda cores, but the PS5s HD is faster.

Ralph-Wiggum wrote:There definitely aren’t a bunch of games at or near launch that I’m interested in (maybe the Demon Souls remake) but for me I think it’s worth it right now just for the improved load times on PS4 games. For instance, I’ve wanted to get Pillars of Eternity 2 on the PS4 but the load times are supposed interminable. If the PS5 can cut those down to say, 20 seconds, rather than a minute, that’s a probably enough to warrant a purchase of the game. And since I know I would get one within the first year anyway, why not get it right away?

Scraper wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 11:13 am Having to develope 2 different specs for the Xbox system could cause headaches for devs.

Pyperkub wrote:Did you ever put an ssd in your ps4?

$iljanus wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 1:33 pm I like the option to buy a NVMe SSD to expand storage in the future.

Blackhawk wrote:The PS4 didn't win the last generation on technical specs or graphics. They won because the XBone team made a bunch of terrible decisions (they whole 'borrowing a game' debacle, for instance), launched it at a higher priced, and couldn't compete with what Playstation was offering online at the time.

naednek wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:57 pm I was able to preorder the PS5 from Sony today with a breeze. Other than a delayed start on their end, I got placed in the queue, and waited about 5 minutes and placed my order.

I wasn't planning on buying but I signed up on a whim thinking I wouldn't get selected. Sure enough I got an email yesterday stating I was selected. Somehow convinced the wife and the rest is history.

I told her I'd sell my PS4 slim and the PS4 Pro to help pay for the PS5. So if anyone is interested, let me know. I'm keeping the PS4 Pro until the PS5 arrives since my son would go through serious fortnite withdraws if I sell it now

Ralph-Wiggum wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 1:42 pm

Blackhawk wrote:The PS4 didn't win the last generation on technical specs or graphics. They won because the XBone team made a bunch of terrible decisions (they whole 'borrowing a game' debacle, for instance), launched it at a higher priced, and couldn't compete with what Playstation was offering online at the time.

And, in my opinion of course, the exclusives were much better on the PS4 than the Xbox.

// ==UserScript==
// @name TargetPS5AutoSnag
// @namespace http://example.tld
// @version 0.1
// @description TargetPS5AutoSnag
// @author You
// @match https://www.target.com/co*
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==

var triedToBuy = false;

setInterval(function(){
var ps5saved = document.querySelectorAll("[data-test='moveSFLToCartBtn']");
var ps5inCart = document.querySelectorAll("[data-test='checkout-button']");
var ps5readyToOrder = document.querySelectorAll("[data-test='placeOrderButton']");

if(ps5inCart.length){
ps5inCart[0].click(); // Attempt to checkout
} else if (ps5readyToOrder.length && !triedToBuy) {
triedToBuy = true;
ps5readyToOrder[0].click(); // Attempt to place order
} else if (ps5saved.length) {
ps5saved[0].click(); // Attempt to add to cart
}
}, 250);

setInterval(function(){
var content = document.body.textContent || document.body.innerText;
var hasText = content.indexOf("Item(s) currently unavailable")!==-1;
var needRefresh = content.indexOf("Due to a temporary issue")!==-1;
var need2 = content.indexOf("Something went wrong")!==-1;
if(hasText || needRefresh || need2){
window.location = "https://www.target.com/co-cart";
}
}, 1400);

Alefroth wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 2:10 am It has mimetic polyalloy as thermal compound!

wonderpug wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 9:16 am

Alefroth wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 2:10 am It has mimetic polyalloy as thermal compound!

What the hell is that?!

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 10:06 am

wonderpug wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 9:16 am

Alefroth wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 2:10 am It has mimetic polyalloy as thermal compound!

What the hell is that?!

Keeps the EPS plasma conuduits from ionizing the tritanium in the hull.

msduncan wrote: ↑Thu Oct 01, 2020 8:54 pm For those still wishing they could find a preorder:

I've been following a reddit megathread. Target has been allowing TINY numbers of people to still preorder -- presumably through cancelled orders and payment bounces. The trick is that you need to have it saved in your cart for this to work. "Saved for later".

Anyway.. someone on there wrote a script for tampermonkey. So you download tampermonkey for Chrome and create the following script:

// ==UserScript==
// @name TargetPS5AutoSnag
// @namespace http://example.tld
// @version 0.1
// @description TargetPS5AutoSnag
// @author You
// @match https://www.target.com/co*
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==

var triedToBuy = false;

setInterval(function(){
var ps5saved = document.querySelectorAll("[data-test='moveSFLToCartBtn']");
var ps5inCart = document.querySelectorAll("[data-test='checkout-button']");
var ps5readyToOrder = document.querySelectorAll("[data-test='placeOrderButton']");

if(ps5inCart.length){
ps5inCart[0].click(); // Attempt to checkout
} else if (ps5readyToOrder.length && !triedToBuy) {
triedToBuy = true;
ps5readyToOrder[0].click(); // Attempt to place order
} else if (ps5saved.length) {
ps5saved[0].click(); // Attempt to add to cart
}
}, 250);

setInterval(function(){
var content = document.body.textContent || document.body.innerText;
var hasText = content.indexOf("Item(s) currently unavailable")!==-1;
var needRefresh = content.indexOf("Due to a temporary issue")!==-1;
var need2 = content.indexOf("Something went wrong")!==-1;
if(hasText || needRefresh || need2){
window.location = "https://www.target.com/co-cart";
}
}, 1400);

You then get to your cart screen with your PS5 'saved for later' and then you execute this script.

I just ran this thing since mid-morning until now. I was on the couch watching netflix with my wife and suddenly a confirmation email from Target popped in. I now have a PS5 preorder.

Ralph-Wiggum wrote: ↑Wed Nov 04, 2020 5:57 pm I got my shipping estimate from Amazon: expected to arrive on Nov. 12. A trick I saw that worked for me if you don't have a shipping estimate (also works for Xbox): click on your order then click update payment. You don't have to change anything but once it was refreshed I had my ship date.

Octavious wrote: ↑Tue Nov 10, 2020 12:22 pm Did a quick look on Ebay and my 1,000 was pretty much on the mark. That's par for the course this year. Buy everything and everything and flip it for double on Ebay. I really hate people.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 10:19 am I keep hearing that the Xbox outshines the PS5 this go round.

Octavious wrote: ↑Tue Nov 10, 2020 12:49 pm I've always favored the PS exclusives compared to XBox. And it's WAY more likely that an Xbox exclusive game shows up on the PC as well.

Paradroid wrote:

Octavious wrote: ↑Tue Nov 10, 2020 12:49 pm I've always favored the PS exclusives compared to XBox. And it's WAY more likely that an Xbox exclusive game shows up on the PC as well.

Yep, my thoughts exactly. I spent precisely zero seconds considering this one - it will be PS5 this gen for me.