• heavy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      71·
      6 days ago

      *exclusives Thankfully Sony saw the writing on the wall and began porting a lot of first party to PC.

      Platforms like the Deck are the future IMO

      • callouscomic@lemm.eeEnglish
        8·
        5 days ago

        I’ve had PS5 since release. I have played a handful of PS5 games and honestly most of them have felt like slightly enhanced PS4 games. Very few have truly felt “next gen.” Even fewer make decent use of unique DualSense features.

        I’ve mostly continued playing tons of PS4 games. PS5 seems kinda meh to me. Also as usual Sony has made a system software design and layout that feels needlessly restrictive and idiotic.

        This thing is basically a PS4 Pro Pro. And now the PS5 Pro will be a PS4 Pro Pro Pro.

        • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          5 days ago

          The ps5’s ui is enough if all you care about is getting the game you’re currently playing. Just like how the switch is. Plus astro’s playroom and astro bot could’ve been the only games for the ps5 and I’d still say that the price was well worth it, in fact, playroom is what made me really want a ps5 there and then instead of waiting around.

  • JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world
    29·
    6 days ago

    They’re right tho for $700 I better be able to fuck the PS5 pro

    For $700 the PS5 Pro better make my father tell me he’s proud of me.

    • ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.world
      4·
      5 days ago

      Fun fact, the PS3, whose top model was $599 at launch, would have cost over $900 in 2024 dollars.

      So this is actually not the worst it’s ever been, even for this company, lol

      • Krauerking@lemy.lol
        2·
        5 days ago

        OK but I think it actually might be interesting to see the difference.

        That top tier model got you:

        • WiFi
        • a hard drive 3x bigger than the standard
        • every type of card reader
        • full backwards compatibility with previous console games
        • bluray and CD player for home entertainment console use

        Now granted that last part is true for the cheaper model PS3 too.

        For the PS5 pro upgrade you get

        • the same amount of RAM
        • slightly better performing GPU under theoretical max use cases using updated hardware but not new
        • a removed disk drive for less functionality
        • 2x times hard drive space when storage costs are at a historical low.

        The extra money used to get you more functionality. This refresh seems like more for number fetishists to scrape more dopamine from the bottom of the barrel and get ripped off apple style to dish out more for basic features.

        Yes they have charged a lot but this is not exactly a great sign of “see how they have always done this?”

        Edit: also wages haven’t dramatically shifted since the PS3 launch so while inflation has ruined purchasing power to make it cost equivalent of $950, work hours needed to work to afford $600 is still the same thus making this new console still quite more costly. Its just you could buy more with same hours of work in the past.

  • Valmond@lemmy.world
    15·
    5 days ago

    I just ordered an rx 6400 for 198€ to make a franken-optiplex windows game machine.

    Sure, I had the old PC laying around for photoshop and 3dsmax (linux-complicatted softs) but man 800€ for a console I’m getting old.

  • srestegosaurio@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    15·
    6 days ago

    Here, after taxes and if you brought it with everything it costs ~1000€. That (and less) already gets you a decent machine nowadays.

    • WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.world
      6·
      6 days ago

      With upgrade potential even. Maybe you save a bit of cash to get a weaker used Gpu and later on maybe a year or so you upgrade.

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
    5·
    5 days ago

    If the Play station was a fully open device that could play games and run software from anywhere it might be more reasonable. However, not only do you need to pay for the console you also are stuck in the ecosystem.