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Why is the 9th gen of consoles so.... barren... (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Literally barely any games that can't be played on ps4 or Xbox one.

This ps5 almost feels like a waste of 500 bucks

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I don't think you're going to get the kind of power out of a 500 dollar pc that you would a PS5 though.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

Used to be you could, but graphics cards are so fucking expensive now that in kkkanada a decent 16GB card starts at $400.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A ps5 here is $650, another controller, plus online and a handful of games to play with my wife would easily bring it up to where a pc is the better option

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You need to back off

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I don't follow, I was giving you an example and adding to the discussion vivian-shrug

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm joking dw lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh okay, I thought I'd triggered a fanboy comrade-doggo I have had that happen and been attacked for less before

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Nah I'm in a playful mood. At the end of the day it's all just consumer slop. Even if the pixel dopamine is fun

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

True that, I'm that used to just saying mundane shit to have someone lose their cool at me so I'm glad it didn't happen again here friend-visitor-1 You got me good lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

But on PC the games are free programming-communism

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

True, but over time it just about pays off. I made the switch years and years ago. A PS5 probably outperforms my PC on new games on Ultra settings, but I can still play all of them just with the graphics turned a notch down. When I want to upgrade I can just switch the GPU out for a better one. Annoyingly though, GPUs have become very expensive.

Anyway, I get mods, a PC for video editing and such, general work stuff, movies, an infinite amount of customisability of hard/software, and so on. I've got a ridiculous amount of value for money out of it. And I could push it further still hypothetically if I used it as a host. My partner could probably do everything they do on their laptop (watching stuff, working), through a second monitor, while I played the latest PS5 game on 'High' settings on the primary monitor.

I loved my consoles when I had them, but I don't think I'll ever go back.