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I thought the big thing with these ninth gen consoles was that they were powerful enough upon release that's there's no need for a mid gen refresh this time.

sigh literally just got my PS5 like 8 months ago.

Why do gamerstm get excited about being exploited like this instead of getting mad about being ripped off?

Lol some slightly better frame rates and visuals at best.

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[–] Dr_Gabriel_Aby@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I’ve genuinely seen 0 improvement in video games from the PS3 to the PS5. Just a waste of 2 generations of systems because you dumb ass gamers eat this shit up.

All they did was made you pay for online services to play digital downloads and the gamers licked the bathroom floor with glee.

They aren’t even making sequels, it’s just the game I played on PS3 with better graphics.

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I’ve genuinely seen 0 improvement in video games from the PS3 to the PS5

doubt

This is not me standing up for the peepeepoopoo 5, just saying that's a wide enough time span where there's been a pretty noticeable amount of turnover in design tends, etc. Plenty of games from the seventh gen absolutely feel dated

[–] Dr_Gabriel_Aby@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Bethesda: 2002>2012: Morrowind to Skyrim, huge changes in gaming

Ubisoft: 2003>2013: Prince of Persia to AC: Black Flag, huge changes

Rockstar: 2004>2014: GTA: SA to GTA5 , huge changes

Naughty Dog: 2004>2014: Jak 3 to Last of Us, huge changes

The biggest game companies are just re releasing their 7th gen games over and over again

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[–] WhyEssEff@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] RION@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

One game. I don't know why. I bought a PS5 with no games to buy

[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago

Keep that in mind, they designed this drive to improve loading times. That's all I know!

[–] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

it’s for professional g*mers it says it in the name

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dr. Disrespect needs his pro ps5 because he's busy sexting underage girls.

[–] FearsomeJoeandmac@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Disrespect plays on PC for easier access. Unfortunately for us all.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago

Here I would have thought he was a sony fanboy.

[–] OrionsMask@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Who is this even for?

Their bank accounts. There's hoards of "new tech" cucks and Sony fanboys to bankroll it even if it's unnecessary. I don't normally use the word cuck as a pejorative but it's very apt here. Daddy Sony telling them it's time to spend their money, etc. etc.

You're fine, my original PS4 lasted me through the previous whole gen, our original PS5s will last us through this one.

[–] AndJusticeForAll@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Sony fanboys are fucked. At least the PC masterrace freaks have a fairly open platform that allows indie devs and fan mods and stuff to thrive oretty well at different price points.

At least Nintendo has a moderate level of quality in software and changes in hardware design all the time.

Sony fanboys exist and their trawl every comment section to ask people why they'd want to not have a game be always online and make petitions to try to get gyro-aiming removed from a game. Just absolute dregs of gamer-freaks.

[–] OrionsMask@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

Honestly, the whole camp thing is juvenile in general. I'm locked into Sony's ecosystem at this point because it's my comfort zone and I haven't had the need to be elsewhere. I adopted PC gaming very late and so never took to it (I need a controller like a little bitch). That being said, I'd rather break every one of my own toes than behave like a fanboy for any megacorp.

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago

Wait, why would sony fanboys want to make petitions to remove gyro aim? Doesn't the playstation controller have a gyro?

[–] FearsomeJoeandmac@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago

Yeah. They've got me fucked if they think I'm buying any sort of pro console.

[–] Commiejones@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago

well obviously it is for professionals.

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Cmon son. You already know who

[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

"The PS quintuple. The PS quintuple!"

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I refuse to buy any new Playstations that are not black and horizontal and significantly cheaper. A white tower, not only doesn't physically fit with my setup, it will ruin the aesthetics.

Is that superficial? Yes. But I don't see a point in a new Playstation anyway.

[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

PS5 is horizontal and vertical, like PS2, 3, and some 4s. They also make black plates for it, both official and aftermarket.

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh, really? I didn't know either of those things. Thanks!

Still not buying it though.

[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Yeah don’t blame you. It’s a good console, but not a lot to play on it that you can’t play elsewhere.

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[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Making the current generation of consoles not fit in people's entertainment centers was an extremely rare smart move by both sony and m$ actually. Trying to stuff that much exhaust heat into tiny enclosed shelves is dumb and people would absolutely have done it if it were physically possible.

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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The only console worth having for exclusives is nintendo, everything on sony and microshit just ends up on pc anyway.

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And Nintendo hardware is underpowered enough that you can emulate their current gen on basically anything

[–] FearsomeJoeandmac@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

You ain't wrong.

[–] MattsAlt@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago (3 children)
[–] Smeagolicious@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

I just want bloodborne pc sadness

[–] FearsomeJoeandmac@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago

Demon Souls remake and a possible bloodborne 2 are the only reasons I went PS5 over series x tbf

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago

they were powerful enough upon release that's there's no need for a mid gen refresh

Yeah and then devs decided they were gonna give up on optimisation =)

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago
[–] AndJusticeForAll@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

You'd think they'd just release one with a bigger fucking hard drive because that's literally the weak point right now. Every other issue doesn't even come close.

[–] Speaker@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

I'm trying to work out a proper conspiracy theory to explain this course change. Last I saw, PS5 sales were so lackluster they didn't even wanna bother with a "Pro" model. Something something NVIDIA? Is Trump a Playstation guy? Will this improve Japanese birthrates somehow?

[–] Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

What even is the point of PS and Xbox?

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

Don't care. Happy with my PC, Steam Link, and now Steam Deck. Sony has been an idiot company for quite a while now. Done with them.

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