Ep. 400: We Have a GTA 6 Winner & Trevor Finally Buys a PS5

Four hundred episodes. Trevor started this show with one infant and now has an 11 and a 9 year old; Jeff is staring down two teenagers. We open with a poem for everyone who got us here, look back at the consoles that came and went along the way (RIP PSVR, no regrets), and announce the winner of our 400th-episode giveaway: congratulations to gaming dad Shaun, who takes home GTA 6 Ultimate Edition. Thank you to everyone who entered, subscribed, rated and reached out. We wish we could give away more. Then, on episode 400, Trevor finally enters the PS5 race. His 9-year-old spent a year saving chore money and gift cash, dad offered to go halfsies on a $450 used console, and then the $400 PS5 simply stopped existing. Two price hikes and a GTA 6 hype cycle later, he got in at $650 with three controllers and two games, which raises the real question: when the price jumps after the deal, do you teach your kid about the economy or keep dad's word? Plus the one controller nobody in the house is allowed to touch, why you should open and install a console before you gift it (32 GB of Fortnite and an Epic login stood between a kid and his first play session), the disc that still needed a 60 GB download, and Jeff's family-setup tips: mount it horizontal, beware rest mode, and what PS Plus does and doesn't unlock. And Jeff has found his Tenchu fix. Instead of emulating the old ninja game, he went into Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and after hundreds of deaths he makes the case that it is the most sessionable FromSoft game for a dad: two lives, forgiving checkpoints, hop in, get kicked around, go to bed. Trevor, fresh off his Elden Ring summer, is tempted. Pumpkin beer season is coming in October, and cheers to 400 more.   Subscribe to the Podcast! Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-dad-gaming/id1107330772 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/434cj9ksKBnX6aY2aBZ6Uw Others on Our Website: https://newdadgaming.com/