• dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.de
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    11 months ago

    New consoles used to be a big deal. Generational leaps still are, but we’ve fallen into a malaise in recent years as new models and more powerful advancements come along and we all shrug our shoulders before getting on with our day.

    That’s a distinctly “game journalists have nothing to write about” problem.

    Anyway, this was a chance for Sony to finally ship functional Bluetooth with their damn Console. Guess not.

  • Big P@feddit.uk
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    11 months ago

    Why would it have fanfare? It’s the same thing they’ve done for every generation

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      11 months ago

      Hasn’t every other generation come with a price decrease and a bigger size reduction? This seems like it’s really just a new model.

      The biggest upgrade is the SSD size. But digital is getting more expensive (but also has the disc drive option). Seems like it’s just not enough upside for anyone to get excited over compared to previous generations.

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        I don’t understand why anyone would buy the $450 digital version plus a $70 Bluray disc drive add-on rather than just paying $500 for a disc model capable of playing blurays and games. Very strange on Sony’s part.

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          Having a digital only version of a console is very concerning from an e-waste point of view. It’ll be an odd-shaped brick years later when the digital store front is long gone and the old SSD gets corrupted.

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    11 months ago

    ??? PS5 Slim is a smaller version of an already existing console. Its a QOL improvement. Why do we need to be excited about it?

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    I’ve never understood the “slim” thing console makers have been doing.

    “Behold! Our latest game system!”

    six months later

    “Behold! The system we should have made in the first place!”

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    11 months ago

    I’ve just built a PC last month and it’s where I’m going to be from now on. I’m so sick of console’s going the extra mile to squeeze every last penny out of us with their PS+ bullshit. I’ll just use steam for the new games I like playing and emulate all the old games. It’s been so much fun figuring things out. Better picture. Better FPS and the mouse and keyboard are much better than a controller. I can’t believe I’ve missed out on PC all these years.

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      I switched the opposite direction a year or two ago.

      Being stuck sat a desk at work all day makes me want to game on the sofa in the evenings and I find a console a much handier way of doing that.

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        11 months ago

        What’s a console except a small computer with an HDMI port for your tv and a Bluetooth adapter for your controllers?