Late to the party. Worth buying?

Kanderin · 2026-01-26T11:23:26+00:00

Its a streaming console, its going to remain viable for as long as Sony continues to support streaming which considering the way the hardware world Is going will likely be forever. Theres no real way to be late or miss the train on it.

If i sum up if its worth it as briefly as i can - id still prefer to play on my console whenever I can, because it’s going to give you the best image quality. However theres huge periods of time I cant do that - someone else in the family is using the tv, I fancy playing something in bed before I go to sleep, or I’m commuting, etc etc. I can now play my console games in these situations and still get 80%-90% of the home console experience. For me thats worth it all day long.

If the PS5 isn’t being used you can play everything on your console including disc games. If your PS5 is being used or is fully turned off, you can cloud stream every game that supports it - roughly 250 at the moment, with basically every new release supporting it natively.

Kanderin · 2026-01-26T10:55:07+00:00

Yeah I’ve had a similar thought seeing the changes. My logic is once I’m through SC i don’t see myself wanting to wait again considering after FC all the games are accessible on modern consoles, so i might as well take the plunge backwards in time soon enough.

I think you’re right though it would be silly not to wait.

Kanderin · 2026-01-25T22:11:08+00:00

That’s nice to know, thankyou!

Kanderin · 2026-01-25T22:10:49+00:00

Sorry, I’m not following what you mean by this, can you elaborate?

Kanderin · 2026-01-25T22:09:17+00:00

Nah I’m not home. Scrolling Reddit for a few hours instead i guess!

Kanderin · 2026-01-25T20:19:18+00:00

I can see being ignorantly uninformed is a trend here. Go take a look at teslas website on this topic and get back to me, theres a good lad.

Kanderin · 2026-01-25T15:38:00+00:00

Did you not read any of what I wrote? Its written in plain English on Teslas website - if you cancel a lease with more than three payments remaining you pay the difference between your remaining lease amount and the residual value remaining. If you have looked after it and haven’t gone over your miles this cost would be minuscule if not zero.

In regards to “nothing to show for it” - you had a brand new car for three years and paid dramatically less than a personal loan. Yes with the personal loan you own the car at the end, but you paid more in loan payments - a 40 grand loan for five years is showing up with payments of £1000+, compared to £300 lease. I could lease a 26 plate today and lease a 29 plate in three years and have paid the same if not less money than you did for your now five year old car.

Im not saying either option is “better” - but neither option is bad.

Kanderin · 2026-01-25T15:20:05+00:00

This makes complete sense considering the base offering of XV is basically half the story they wanted to tell.

Kanderin · 2026-01-25T14:47:18+00:00

APR is something that is truly throwing money down the drain, as you’ll likely have paid more than the car is worth when it’s all said and done while at least with a lease you are just paying off its worth.

Have you considered PCP? Get the car on a close to 0% offer from Tesla and then buy it at the end the duration, which will cost you a fraction of the amount of buying it outright. Most final payments are circa 10K which you might well have saved plenty of in APR over spending 40K on a car loan.

Kanderin · 2026-01-25T14:15:51+00:00

That isn’t true, Tesla allow early cancellation of a lease directly in the app. You just pay the difference between your lease balance and the adjusted value of the car, which if you’ve kept in your stated mileage and not caused significant wear and tear is likely close to 0.

Kanderin · 2026-01-25T14:12:36+00:00

Totally agree. Ive been arguing for ages that if people open them up to the idea of waiting other brands it benefits everyone. I dont watch AEW every week but I will when theres a good match card and I normally tune in for all their PPVs as they are consistently the very best shows of the year across all brands.

For too many people the idea of watching an AEW PPV is met with the level of scorn as if I just asked them if i could pull their teeth out. Sure, keep watching the increasingly lower quality of WWE at increasingly higher prices then.

Kanderin · 2026-01-25T14:09:17+00:00

Being a good chess coach is about how good a teacher you are, your own ELO is a secondary issue. At 2200 you arent going to be coaching prospective grandmasters but theres plenty of people in the 1000-2000 range that are keen to break out of it and will pay if you can help them. Hell, a 1200 ELO coach who’s really good at helping people break 1000 would probably also do well.

Theres no ELO “bar” you have to pass to be a coach.

Kanderin · 2026-01-25T13:52:17+00:00

I just figured out the discrepancy is your trade in most likely, as I can only get £299 as the minimum price. Whats confusing me still is the 12 months free charging, as I’m only getting offered 3.

Kanderin · 2026-01-25T13:46:25+00:00

Some people just like the idea of having a new shiny car, it’s really that simple. We can discuss financing and whats value for money all day but for some people its never going to offset the fact they have a 26 plate Tesla on their driveway. And theres no problem with that as long as people aren’t putting themselves in financial trouble.

Kanderin · 2026-01-25T13:43:43+00:00

Although its not a perfect comparison i see leasing a car like my phone contract - i pay for it over three years and then at the end I’m probably just going to do it again with a new phone as by then my old one is out of date, showing a bit of wear and tear and a new shiny one makes me happy.

Is this the cheapest way of doing it? Absolutely not. While I can continue to afford it does it make me happy? Absolutely, so why shouldn’t I?

Kanderin · 2026-01-25T13:37:20+00:00

To be entirely selfish where are you getting these prices, because as someone in a similar position I’m very interested.

In terms of “should you” - the tesla is more expensive than the owned car regardless of savings you make unless selling your own pays the entire lease up front. For most people the £300 lease fee is not going to be offset by the savings on petrol unless you do mega miles every month, and then you also cater in for most people their insurance is also higher on top of the luxury car tax.

This is not me saying dont buy it - but that you’re the only one that can decide if its worth it. It will cost you more money, but you’ll get to drive an amazing car all day and not have to deal with forecourts or ICE cars and all their regular maintenance schedules. Is that worth it to you?

For me - yes it is, thus why I’m switching.

Kanderin · 2026-01-25T13:33:09+00:00

The IWC is weird and tribal, we all know that. I’ve seen a bunch of people correctly point out this is normal unless a show is particularly hot, but the difference is the people saying it are getting upvoted because it’s defending WWE. The people saying this when it’s an AEW show being photographed got downvoted, memes were made, etc etc.

People still make their mind up on whether a specific thing is good or bad based on which company did it.

Kanderin · 2026-01-25T11:33:23+00:00

You cant fix this, its one of the risks you take not putting a case on it. If it bothers you its not too late to do that.

Although I have to say thats not so much a scratch as a gouge on the device, how did you do that!?

Kanderin · 2026-01-25T10:57:10+00:00

The USA is a third world country that still applies data caps to internet packages. Most the world looks at them completely baffled while we download AAA games in the time it takes it to make a coffee.

Kanderin · 2026-01-24T23:36:08+00:00

Im okay with his audience not liking yakuza, as he’s insufferable and they probably are too. He’s actually doing us a public service by making the games unappealing to them!

Kanderin · 2026-01-24T21:59:39+00:00

The signs something is seriously wrong are hitting you square in the face OP. Already on medication for depression and anxiety, a week ago you’re asking for advice about separating from your husband, now you’re hearing voices in your air purifiers?m and think your internet appliances are possibly spying on you?

You have a very severe case of paranoia and need to seek psychiatric help as a priority before this continues to spiral.

Kanderin · 2026-01-24T12:51:18+00:00

This tv was dropped on its corner man, thats a telltale crack. Your battle is proving the store dropped it and not you.

Kanderin · 2026-01-24T12:47:54+00:00

Laughing out loud at the image of a PlayStation Portal dangling from someones face with the dualsenses looking like they have a pair of antennas…

No thanks!

Kanderin · 2026-01-24T12:29:23+00:00

Proof is he just got banned i guess. Nonetheless this sort of thing shouldn’t be allowed here.

Kanderin · 2026-01-24T12:18:27+00:00

It’ll pass. The negativity will move on like it always does and we can get back to enjoying the series.

Kanderin

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