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That's rough mate. I lost my dad 21st of last month, most part of why I'm looking forward to this Friday now is mainly to have that something extra to take my mind elsewhere for a little while. Also lost my youngest sister in 2011, gaming helped then too, I actually got back in to games around that time after a couple of years out of the loop.

Yeah so true m8, sorry to hear about your Dad and sister. Gaming can be such a welcome distraction, opening that box on Friday will bring smiles to so many folk, bring it on we are all ready.
 
So I ordered the charging station direct to my local GAME for when I go pick up FIFA and BF4, I assume I need some sort of ID to prove that it's me?
 
So I ordered the charging station direct to my local GAME for when I go pick up FIFA and BF4, I assume I need some sort of ID to prove that it's me?

how did you do that? I didn't think the game website had an in-store pickup option? Otherwise I'd do that to get the web prices
 
Honestly, they should dispatch them on Wednesday instead of Thursday. I mean it's not like its global launch, over 1 million people have it already and even thousands in the EU.

They are cutting it a bit fine for the amount of pre-orders they surely have. Not like Sony will punish them for it.
 
PS4 in the UK comes with a 14 Day PlayStation Plus Trial. I have a PSN account but have let my Plus subscription lapse for the last 6 months or so. Will I still be able to use the 14 Day trail that comes with PS4 or is this for new PSN accounts only?
 
PS+ question :

- Can, take the 14 days trial, get the freebies for Vita/PS4, loose the license for couples of month, retake a yearly subscription and get back the licence from the freebies I took month ago ? (or maybe the 14 days trial doesn't let you get the freebies ?)
 
Yeah so true m8, sorry to hear about your Dad and sister. Gaming can be such a welcome distraction, opening that box on Friday will bring smiles to so many folk, bring it on we are all ready.

Thanks :) And indeed. Looking forward to Resogun because I'm a bit of a high score freak! I think I'll be spending a lot of time on that one haha.
 
PS4 in the UK comes with a 14 Day PlayStation Plus Trial. I have a PSN account but have let my Plus subscription lapse for the last 6 months or so. Will I still be able to use the 14 Day trail that comes with PS4 or is this for new PSN accounts only?

If its like the 3 month one I just redeemed then yes it will work with ex-PS plus accounts. BTW, if you sign up to Nowtv on their 30 day trial (don't forget to uncheck auto renew) they will send you 3 months playstation plus for free. Im currently rocking that! it took around a week to get to my house.
 
This is truly next-gen for me.

Not only will I finally get my PS4, I've also been accepted to work at a company where I applied for a job last month. I really wanted to work there so I couldn't be more happy. And all of this is happening in the same week the PS4 is launching.

Greatness awaits indeed.
 
PS+ question :

- Can, take the 14 days trial, get the freebies for Vita/PS4, loose the license for couples of month, retake a yearly subscription and get back the licence from the freebies I took month ago ? (or maybe the 14 days trial doesn't let you get the freebies ?)

That's what I've done and it should work.
 
If its like the 3 month one I just redeemed then yes it will work with ex-PS plus accounts. BTW, if you sign up to Nowtv on their 30 day trial (don't forget to uncheck auto renew) they will send you 3 months playstation plus for free. Im currently rocking that! it took around a week to get to my house.

Thanks for this, that's good news. I checked on the NowTV website and it looks like 3 months PS Plus offer ended at the end of August. Good find though.
 
After the tweet last night saying you can pay it off a day earlier, I popped into GAME and laid my money down.

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I'm first in the fast-track queue! No waiting, just pop in just before midnight and wait for my number to be called out :)
 
I guess the all digital dream is dead. Owell...i'd rather have the £750 over the life time of the console (£15+ savings x 50 games).
 
Popped into GAME to prepay & pick up my XBone starter pack, got my 1st real hands on with the DS4, what everyone's being saying about the improvements is true, felt really nice & comfortable, good weight, sexy triggers etc.

2 more fucking days people!!

Greatness is nearly here #HYPE
 
This is truly next-gen for me.

Not only will I finally get my PS4, I've also been accepted to work at a company where I applied for a job last month. I really wanted to work there so I couldn't be more happy. And all of this is happening in the same week the PS4 is launching.

Greatness awaits indeed.

Congrats!!!
 
I guess the all digital dream is dead. Owell...i'd rather have the £750 over the life time of the console (£15+ savings x 50 games).

Absolutely, some of the pricing on the store is horrendous. I wasn't planning to go all digital but seeing your example of the potential money to be saved, that's a fair chunk. That's a Playstation 5 mega bundle with 5-6 extra games.
 
Popped into GAME to prepay & pick up my XBone starter pack, got my 1st real hands on with the DS4, what everyone's being saying about the improvements is true, felt really nice & comfortable, good weight, sexy triggers etc.

2 more fucking days people!!

Greatness is nearly here #HYPE

I've been purposely averting my gaze and hands from the demo unit in my GAME as it doesn't exist physically until it's in my hands!
 
After the tweet last night saying you can pay it off a day earlier, I popped into GAME and laid my money down.

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I'm first in the fast-track queue! No waiting, just pop in just before midnight and wait for my number to be called out :)

Bad news...

Also, I don't recall getting that tweet. I think I'll pop into GAME after work and see if they are taking pre payments today.
 
game just called me - taking pre-payments from tomorrow...tempted to go in first thing and hope payment order means served order on the night!
 
Just lost my girlfriend, blah now that took all the excitement out of the week. =;(

I really hope getting the PS4 on Friday can cheer me up.

Are you kidding - the PS4 could not have come at a better time. You will not even have time to think and feel down about your ex, playing on the PS4 will have all your thoughts.
 
I've been purposely averting my gaze and hands from the demo unit in my GAME as it doesn't exist physically until it's in my hands!

I've tried so hard to do this. I still don't know what the startup screen looks like.

But I was in game and the controller was free...so I tried it.

Originally I hadn't wanted to touch it till it came out of the box so it was more special but the temptation was too strong. The end result is, I like it. Very much actually. My only problems are that I know I'll be instinctively reaching for start/select in the first week or so. Also, the analog sticks, the actual head of the stick is smaller than I'd like and the texture seemed too soft: easy to wear out or damage in other words.
 
Lol, I'm the one BUYING it. It's a Christmas gift for the whole familly which i dont want to spoil. Anyways i'm problaby gonna play it once or twice while no one's home ;P

I would be the same, no way I would be able to not play it if it was in the house. Plus better check it works, nothing will spoil a family Christmas more than a bricked PS4 (well maybe no more room at the inn)
 
Yeah when my girlfriend died in 2002 it was gaming that kept me going in the end. It was my escape from the sadness but damn when I got into WoW in 2007, I never looked much at my consoles, now I'm well hyped for my ps4 can't wait I'm so excited.
That's rough mate. I lost my dad 21st of last month, most part of why I'm looking forward to this Friday now is mainly to have that something extra to take my mind elsewhere for a little while. Also lost my youngest sister in 2011, gaming helped then too, I actually got back in to games around that time after a couple of years out of the loop.

I'm sorry to hear that guys, but glad you managed to find some escape with games. Reminds me of Polygon's McElroy brothers who talked recently on a podcast about how them, their other brother and dad got a 360 and played a lot of Oblivion together the month their mum died, and it's arguably the experience that pushed them into getting into the industry.

My sadness is trivial in comparison but I can relate to this guy:
Just lost my girlfriend, blah now that took all the excitement out of the week. =;(

I really hope getting the PS4 on Friday can cheer me up.

My ex-gf broke off contact a few years ago (she didn't break up with me, she just disappeared) so I took a break from gaming (except Vita launch) and found solace in Persian literature and poetry. Managed to find myself a whole new hobby out of the heartbreak! Then many months later, still quite hurt from it all, I dove back into gaming like never before and that wave is still going strong a year later, which includes joining GAF of course.

I was passionate about games before but I admit that in the last year I've invested a lot more extra passion into my hobbies because I find it comforting to devote my energy towards something that I know will return me happiness and also improve me as well (especially the literature, but also the critical thinking about games).

And this experience has given me so much inspiration and creative energy to write my own ideas for stories and characters that I will either turn into a game or book.
 
At our stores midnight opening everyone who showed up had already prepaid. So had someone rolled up at 00:05 and not prepaid they would have been out quicker than someone who had.
 
I couldn't see it on their stream either, but here it is:

https://twitter.com/GAMEdigital/status/405075870521765888?screen_name=GAMEdigital

Popped in this morning to my local branch and they confirmed they were taking payments, so if you're able, do it today. There were 4 people behind me prepaying too.

Hmm.

The only dubious thing here is the "Phase One pre-order" thing. I put mine down in July...

I'll go anyway. Worst case scenario I come back tommorow.

When I first got the tweet from GAME that announced they would take pre payments I'm sure it said something like "if you put a pre-payment down in the days before launch you have the chance to win a place in an exclusive fast-track queue."

Unless that's just something I've misinterpreted, which i suspect, because I asked a guy in GAME about it briefly early in November and he sadi everyone who does it gets put in the short queue.
 
Thanks for this, that's good news. I checked on the NowTV website and it looks like 3 months PS Plus offer ended at the end of August. Good find though.

That must be a different offer. I signed up on the 7th of this month. Might be worth downloading the app on the PS3 and see if the offer is still there. Thats where I originally saw it.

Edit: its Nowtv Movies, not the sport or tv section.
 
Oh yes got the new app on my iPhone. Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

Anyway I can get the American PS Store to show up? (make an American iTunes account and get their version of the app? lol).
 
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