For future proofing it can be worthwhile to get a pcie4 drive for a pcie3 machine.

That said, even if you have a pcie4 machine it may not be worth it to bother with pcie4 storage. I was annoyed about loading times with baldurs gate 3 and decided to try installing it to a RAM disk (yes, using 130GB of RAM)... Barely loaded any faster. Turns out the main bottleneck is elsewhere and my storage was not the issue

Well known brand like Sandisk?

I completely agree, Microsoft shouldn’t have been greedy and used proprietary storage. Sony did it the right way by allowing you to add your own which lets you find a good deal.

Setting down the reasonable take: it does look realllllllly good. Meant what I said I'm rooting for it. I've just been hurt before lol.

They've been saying all the right words, it'll come down to feel. Bugs don't, well, bug me, when there's soul. And I shouldn't be overly negative on FO4, there's some excellent characters there. Nick Valentine in particular will always be a favorite, and while the main plot could be a bit better there's a lot of heartfelt content along the way and in the side missions.

I do think this is the lesson a lot of AAAs are learning the hard way though. When you do what blizz did to overwatch, what bethesda did with 76, the damage is lasting. I would have been a day 0 person for starfield if not for that. Hell, I still haven't gotten around to cyber punk, even though it seems pretty OK now.

Don't let me down Todd.