Playstation 5

yeah there really isn't any reason to own a console anymore, PCs are infinitely better especially when combined with a steam deck. Hardly any games come out on consoles only anymore either. The only ones I can think of this year are Astro bot, Stellar Blade, FF7 Rebirth, and Rise of Ronin and the latter 2 or 3 should be hitting PC next year.

Xbox is even more DEI than Sony sadly, at least Sony lets you play as a white man in their games still, all Microsoft games are literally "put a black woman in it and make her gay" dialed up to 11. All their studio heads and chiefs are basically black woman pushing for more women and gays in hiring, which is why its no surprise they literally haven't put out a decent game in years. I enjoy gamepass for the variety but its all mostly mid-tier slightly-above-crap, outside of Forza Horizon I can't think of any 10/10 gamepass games. Starfield was their "big" game of the past 5 years and it was DEI garbage.

i just like playing on my ps5 because i can turn it on and play a game on my OLED TV without fiddling and it lets me play coop/mp with my brother and other relatives easy.

PC-to-tv is still garbage, and that goes double if you actually use the PC connected to a normal monitor as well as the tv, and imo will probably always be garbage. If MS wanted to make stuff like HDR and 7.1 or higher audio better they would have done so years ago, since basically all they need is to port code over from Xbox to Windows to do it. So I'll always have at least two consoles (Xbox and, grudgingly, Nintendo). Sony can fuck right off though. I'll hang onto my PS5 and try to clean up my backlog on it, but until they completely shut down their CA offices and move everything back to Japan there's zero chance that their first party games won't be DEI slop so that rules out almost all reason to own a playstation. Only real problem is the third party games that decide to release either as an exclusive or PS/PC (usually with Denuvo) only.

And there's no way Xbox is remotely as bad as Sony when it comes to DEI. They talk about it a lot and they hire a few tokens here and there, but outside of a few glaringly obvious fuck-ups (Fable immediately comes to mind) you don't really see much come of it. Starfield being utter shit was just a result of Bethesda being a talentless husk that's been coasting in Skyrim re-re-re-re-re-releases for a decade. You could remove anything remotely DEI-associated, which wasn't really much to begin with, and it would still be a shit game. Out of all the other companies they've bought, Obsidian is the only one worth mentioning and I can't even remember what their last good game was. Outer Worlds sucked, and Avowed looks interesting but in the end will probably suck too. Personally I don't buy Xbox consoles for the first party games, I buy them to play the third party stuff that belong on a TV and would be played with a gamepad regardless of platform. Stuff like SEGA/Atlus games, From Soft, and pretty much anything else that doesn't massively benefit from precise mouse clicking or having an ultrawide screen.

Sony, on the other hand, has been filling every one of their IPs with slop since at least Last of Us 2, and there's absolutely no sign of that trend letting up. Just go take a look at the Wolverine game in development to see what 2025 has in store.

I’ve still played my ps5 the most lately. That said I’m about to start dropping coin on a new build. Won’t be tippy top of the line but my goal is try for something that plays on my TV well.

right now I have my retro stuff and consoles in a theater man cave downstairs. My PC is in our office.

Vorph said:

And there's no way Xbox is remotely as bad as Sony when it comes to DEI. They talk about it a lot and they hire a few tokens here and there, but outside of a few glaringly obvious fuck-ups (Fable immediately comes to mind) you don't really see much come of it.

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i'm just happy to have a huge backlog of games I never played due to MMOs and kids and stuff, I'm enjoying those now because fewer and fewer new games look good in the slightest. Only new game I bought this year was Astro bot.

Worse than I thought I guess, but still not remotely in the same league as what Sony has been doing.

Admittedly though, a big part of that is because I actually want to play Sony's IPs had they not taken a giant steaming shit on all of them. I would never play either of those MS games even if 100% based, despite them being on Game Pass.

I caved and pre-ordered a pro and a drive - fuck them for not even including that. I use my PS5 almost every day and I really love sofa gaming now. That being said, the PC still gets used quite a bit. Games like Baldur's Gate 3 are just a better experience on the PC.

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Sony's retardation is head scratching.

Flipmode said:

Sony's retardation is head scratching.

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Retardation? You mean business move to make more money.

PC gaming has long been held back by the limitations of Windows as its primary operating system. If PCs could break free from the need to run Windows, it would open the door to more innovative gaming experiences, such as dedicated Steam-based PCs and customizable, streamlined operating systems specifically tailored for gaming. This shift could lead to greater performance optimization, reduced system bloat, and creating new possibilities for custom gaming setups and competitive alternatives to traditional consoles.

dont think its a tech analysis yet but DF unboxing pro and confirming its specs. PS5 is 10.28 tflops by comparison. 61% GPU boost in theory, although i'm sure in reality it'll be way less

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dont think its a tech analysis yet but DF unboxing pro and confirming its specs. PS5 is 10.28 tflops by comparison. 61% GPU boost in theory, although i'm sure in reality it'll be way less

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It could be that they are not allowed to post performance measurements prior to release, so prolly later this week.

I don't see a market for this PS5 Pro at all. I don't see any games now, or on the horizon that would warrant it.

As a matter of fact, the PS5 is probably my least played console since I got a NES in 86 or 87.

I bought it at the high of the covid hysteria when you couldn't find one except from a scalper. Paid $700 for it, and probably have less than 50 hours on it.

PS4 Pro as a percentage of all PS4s sold is around 12-13%. They are hoping to match that number for PS5s as a launch day prediction and in all likelihood the market penetration may not hit 10% in reality.

Invest in a PC, wait to see if PS6 even matters.