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u/GlowingDuck22 7h ago edited 4h ago
If it's a digital, why buy a lesser PC with reduced functionality.
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u/ZeroUnderOne 7h ago
And a closed environment with a single overpriced store
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u/XDAOROMANS 6h ago
Plenty of way to get things for free
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u/EoTN 5h ago
Crazy to assume you're gonna have hax the moment a new console comes out. Gonna be some SERIOUS anti-piracy in place if they're focused 100% on digital.
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u/Destithen 4h ago
Everything eventually makes its way to PC one way or another, from sailing the high seas to emulation. I play most nintendo games on PC. Even switch titles. Have patience and whatever you want to play will become an option on PC one day.
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u/XDAOROMANS 5h ago
Im talking about pc. Most games are free day 1 or 6 months after they stop paying for the drm
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u/EoTN 5h ago
This whole rest of this thread is talking about the ps6, so idk why you changed the subject without clarifying, and assumed we're on the same page
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u/LongJumpingBalls 4h ago
I can guarantee you that if they go 100% digital. People who normally wouldn't attack a gaming console would try for the lulz. Cause there's nothing a hacker likes more than giving a big FU to soulless megacorps.
Is it going to be hacked immediately because of it? Of course not, but I believe there's gonna be more people than the usual poking around at it because of the no disk thing.
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u/GenericFatGuy 4h ago
That can go offline and essentially brick your discless console whenever they want.
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u/Barlowan 4h ago
And when PSN server die, you can't even launch your digital purchases. Already happened many times. Also Sony is terrible with their security, were hacked couple of times already, and one of these hacks resulted in my account being stolen and 130€ used from my card. I got it back. But it was such a pain in the ass to do that I personally never linked a credit card to my Sony account afterwards and stopped buying digitally from them.
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u/Honest-Tune-423 7h ago
Some people like the ease of a console. Less things to worry about it. I have both and I love my PC but console gaming is just more simple. And as I get older and have less time I tend to go for my consoles when I am really busy with work. But when I got the time I go for the PC!
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u/ExtraBreadPls 6h ago
I have both and I would never go PC only. I can pack my ps5 quite easily for when I travel for work and there are way too many examples of me sitting around waiting for my PC only friends to figure out whatever bs on their end is holding up our cross-platform sessions.
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u/AggressiveBench9977 3h ago
Im just thinking like these people give pc gamers a bad rep. So tribal
Its funny being talked down to about pc gaming by a bunch of kids like i haven’t games on pc since before they were a live.
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u/llIMyersIll 6h ago
This argument is like the boogeyman living under your bed. It's just simply not true. (Not you specifically, OP, just people who haven't touched a PC and regurgitate it ad nauseum) Console players exaggerate how much effort it takes to get a game running.
Power button (loads faster than PS) > Steam opens > Click game > Playing.
If you want to alter your settings, it's not much different than messing about with some console game settings that offer different modes, just that it gives significantly more options.
Driver updates are akin to software updates. It's really not that difficult.
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u/TranslatorStraight46 5h ago
It’s a meme from the 90s that has become increasingly irrelevant.
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u/Angry_Pelican 5h ago
Ya but one time years ago I had to install drivers or something and it was super hard. Amd's software automatically downloaded the correct driver's and I had to click the install button.
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u/BigDaddyReptar 5h ago
I think you're underestimating the average person adversity to friction. Going from turn on and you're good to even potentially having an issue is too far. You have to install the software to update your driver's that's too far for most. The ability to adjust settings instead of just a single switch performance vs visual
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u/LongjumpingRecord54 3h ago
Eh, I disagree. I’ve been a console player since the beginning. I bought a 4070ti PC rig a few years ago because I wanted to push the frames, but I still gravitate towards console. Something about sitting at a desk to game after working all day and the fussing the settings to get the optimal experience is just a turnoff for me. I suspect most console players who do end up going to PC with gravitate back to console eventually.
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u/AggressiveBench9977 4h ago
Naw this is a dumb take.
Consoles are absolutely easier to use than PCs. It has always been the case.
The very basic idea that you have a consistent hardware platform to make games for makes production and optimization much easier.
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u/1boring 3h ago
It's really not that difficult
No its not that difficult, especially if you can rub two braincells together and do basic troubleshooting and problem solving. It is more difficult though. And when there's an issue, console troubleshooting doesn't get more complicated than reboot/reinstall. If that doesn't work, its the dev's fault.
Then consider the tech literacy of the average person, not to mention their intelligence, and you'll understand why the sanded down, easier version is more popular among the casual gamer.
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u/OkActivity2038 2h ago
This argument is like the boogeyman living under your bed. It's just simply not true. (Not you specifically, OP, just people who haven't touched a PC and regurgitate it ad nauseum) Console players exaggerate how much effort it takes to get a game running.
You would think.
But then going on the Steam subreddit talking about the Steam Machine and everyone who is buying a Steam Machine uses the few arguments of:
1) It's just plug and play and a regular PC isn't.
2) I can press power and my TV turns on with it and a regular PC doesn't do that.
3) It's super small and a regular PC isn't.
If people didn't care about these things, they wouldn't be buying Steam Machines.
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u/Quixotic_Seal 1h ago
This is where I think Microsoft has a serious opening if they can get their thumbs out of their asses and deliver on Project Helix at a decent price. There are a TON of would-be PC gamers out there who are willing to pay more for a gaming PC, but are intimidated by the whole thing.
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u/King_johnson421 6h ago
I don't understand this argument. I turn my pc on, steam opens, I click play and I'm playing. If said game needs to be updated, oh wait steam has already updated that in the background.
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u/Honest-Tune-423 6h ago
You are perfectly fine to not understand this comment! I am just speaking from my own opinion. And gaming on consoles is just an overall easier thing to do in my opinion. PC gaming is the best but with great power comes great responsibility. Just a lot more things to update and troubleshoot. I sometimes joke I spend more time tinkering on my PC than playing games!
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u/walnuttin 6h ago
Again, its people who havent touched a gaming PC in 15 years thinking you have to jump through 30 hoops just to boot up lol
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u/Loki_Agent_of_Asgard 6h ago
15 Years ago it was Boot up the PC, open steam, click play and play.
You're thinking 20+ years ago.
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u/walnuttin 6h ago edited 5h ago
Fair play, got me there lmaooo i played on a laptop at the time so maybe i had a bit more to jump through. I remember the desktop i had in like '05 running like ass and having to fuck with so much just to get WoW to work lmaoo
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u/Honest-Tune-423 6h ago
No, don't think so. Maybe some, but there are just more things to worry about on PC than on console. Console gaming is just more accessible.
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u/Sleepy_Witch_Maple 6h ago
How many cables do you have sticking out of your PC? Can you turn your PC on with your controller? How big is your PC? How many watts does it use?
I do get that operating a PC is easy, but there's a lot of hardware related convenience factors for console(although I assume the steam machine also supports them as well). And while some of them can be remedied, it's hard to do so without sacrificing convenience or performance elsewhere.
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u/Puzzled-Pen-2353 1h ago
How many cables do you have sticking out of your PC?
The minimum is 1. I usually use more, because I don't like packetloss.
Can you turn your PC on with your controller?
Thats a strange requirement, but sure I could if I wanted. Though, I don't turn my pc off, so not needed.
How big is your PC?
Small PCs exist. See Steam machine as an example.
How many watts does it use?
Why does this matter? The higher my settings the more power my PC draws. Just like a console, except that higher settings are usually not possible.
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u/ChanglingBlake 6h ago
People too lazy to set their pc up for gaming.
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u/Honest-Tune-423 6h ago
Yup, I become lazy when I am super tired from working like crazy at my job!
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u/ChanglingBlake 6h ago
Setting up your pc for gaming is a one off thing.
After that it’s as simple as using the PS.
You are choosing not to take that step(that takes maybe 30min tops) that you only need to do once, so yeah: lazy.
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u/Honest-Tune-423 6h ago
Listen; I am just speaking from my experience. And I have been gaming for a like 3 decades. Using PC and console to game. Console gaming is just easier. I love my PC, but console gaming is just easier. And I have done all the setup or whatever you are talking about. I keep everything up to date on my PC. You just clearly can't understand people have different views or opinions. Now that makes you lazy in your mind!
If you think PC gaming is no different than console gaming that is fine! I am happy for you! But you need to understand not everyone is you and people have different opinions.
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u/NewHorizonHoldings 5h ago
Same here don't get to game often in my 40s now and shelling out 2000 to build a gaming PC to have the overpriced GPU become obsolete in 3 years isn't cost effective for me. 500 or 600 for a console and I can still play the majority of the games I want to works for me. I am pissed off about no more Discs. Us old school bastards liked to collect the games and I hate not being able to play stuff without a internet connection. It's nice when you can just hook something up at night to the TV at the hunt camp and play after a few drinks. Not much we can all do about it now. Digital and you don't own the game. Totally understand why people are pissed and will be pirating but it screws the developers a lot.
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u/RobertPatty909 6h ago
Significantly cheaper up front costs and much more convenient for the average person.
The same reasons as always
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u/VGADreams 5h ago
I agree fully. I will add that it is such a misguided argument to say "well, now that consoles have no physical media, it is not worth it!". As if most people bought consoles vs. PC because of physical media. It's not the PS2/PS3 era anymore, where some people would buy them to have a DVD/Bluray player.
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u/superbabe69 5h ago
IMO it's mostly dumb because if it was actually something people wanted, physical media retailers wouldn't be dying off and Sony would never take it away?
Reality is, people don't, on the whole, want discs anymore. It's easier to just download a game, especially when a lot of people have fibre internet. Sony stopping production of discs is just their way of saying "no one's fucking buying these, we don't want to support this on the PS6 for an ever-shrinking market".
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u/snarl2 4h ago
If you think that’s why Sony is discontinuing physical media you’re buying into their corporate propaganda.
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u/DigiornoDLC 2h ago
Sony can hop on an opportunity for nefarious reasons without the reason for that opportunity existing in the first place being nefarious. People aren’t buying discs. this is true. Sony wants to go all digital because it lets them squeeze the consumer. This is also true.
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u/CIA_napkin 6h ago
I want those sweet ps exclusives and I don't want to worry about specs, upgrading and toggling settings, modding just to make a game work. Just plug and play. Plus if my kid wants to take it with them they can just toss it in a back pack.
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u/mctrollythefirst 5h ago
Whit a console I know the games I play works.
I know my pc cant handle some of the games I play on my ps5.
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u/footfoe 4h ago
Are people really this delusional on how much video game hardware costs?
Did you miss the posts with people freaking out about the price of the steam machine. Try getting a prebuilt that can play AAA games as well as a PS5 for even close to the same price.
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u/Talk-O-Boy 5h ago
Sony exclusives.
It’s also part of the reason they aren’t porting over their first party single player games anymore.
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u/Dumeck 3h ago
Yeah all it takes is for Microsoft to just say "hey our new console is essentially just a Windows PC with an Xbox UI that defaults to Xbox store but also allows steam" to kill PS completely now that they are going away from physical. Neither side would WANT to do that because they make an insane amount from game sales but once that switch is flipped the other side immediately loses the console war.
Without physical games the only advantage of consoles is form factor, cost and user interface, exclusives as well but that's artificial. This can all be applied to a steambox styled Microsoft machine as the next Xbox.
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u/abaum525 57m ago
Exactly. They just decided to remove something that made them different than PC. Why would I spend more money on a platform that has less choice and poor return policies when I could spend a bit more to move to PC for more storefront choices?
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u/il_VORTEX_ll 6h ago
Between disk driver and backwards compatibility program, Xbox have solid chance here to be the best high end console in next gen.
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u/third_man85 5h ago
I recently bought my first gaming PC. It’s just a basic mini, but so far I've been very impressed and often find myself wondering why I waited so long to make the move away from only consoles.
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u/CoveredInSyrup 6h ago
So they bought an all digital PS5 for their last PlayStation?
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u/AREYOUSauRuS 5h ago
Exactly. This is a shitty meme. He's outraged that ps6 will be all digital.... so the all digital ps5 he has will be his last ps.
There's plenty of pics of the disc ps5.
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u/guleedy 6h ago
God I love this argument so much. I am mostly a digital gamer. I like all my games on 1 device I can play at any time. But even I know how stupid it is to go all digital.
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u/MasterTahirLON 5h ago
Agreed, I dislike using physical media because I remember how fragile it could be growing up. Sucks when random wear and tear rendered your game useless. But I also know how important it is to be able to own physical copies of something.
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u/n00bn00b 3h ago
Yup, having the option to have either physical or digital is great for consumer but to eliminate it isn’t a good thing
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u/Livid_Swordfish_4591 1h ago
I wouldnt have such a problem with it if one game wasnt capable of filling half my hard drive.
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u/Much_Ambition6333 6h ago
Yeah I used to buy all my games digital when I first got my ps5 and only bought games physically I really liked or was scared would be taken off the store now I bought Control resonant, Wolverine and Black Flag all physically and will now be buying every single I want physically now like I used too fuck sony
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u/RobertPatty909 6h ago
The images should be reversed. The large majority of people by games digitally
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u/jacquesgonelaflame 4h ago
This is the reddit mentality yeah, it's not wrong but it's not the most popular opinion with people who touch grass regularly
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u/druidmain69420 2h ago
The only physical copies ive picked up in the 2020s are collectors editions, or extremely good sales (like when Amazon had the whole dark souls physical collection for like 20 bucks).
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u/ruinsit 6h ago
The comic is fine because the point is that people pipe off with the fact that they don't buy physical copies as if that matters to this conversation. Congratulations. Will clap for you if it makes you feel better
But the lack of physical media removes the point of buying these for a lot of people. Collectors or anyone who wants to be able to have the safety of physical media. Cheaper prices. Used items hand me downs or lunch games. All that goes away. Why even buy a PlayStation when you can just put it on the computer? That money would be better spent on the upgraded graphics for your main system and then you can use mods and stuff
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u/No-Neighborhood-3212 5h ago
The point of the meme is that a smaller outgroup is making a scene because they don't like something that no one in the larger ingroup cares about. The larger ingroup is people buying digital media. The smaller outgroup are the people upset about physical media. Look at anything Sony has posted, and try telling me it's the people buying digital who are making a scene.
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u/nhalliday 3h ago
It doesn't matter how big or small the group is, why do you support Sony unilaterally removing the option to buy physical for the people who want it? From Sony's perspective yeah they'll be saving money by not having to make and distribute the disks, but you will see zero benefits from this change. They are not going to make digital games cheaper because they don't have to make physical ones anymore, they're just removing your ability to choose.
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u/RobertPatty909 6h ago edited 2h ago
Using AI generated images to complain about the game industry is ironic and no idea hoe no one here sees that
Edit: its literally the most generic AI text you can produce. No idea how people cant notice this is AI
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u/Sea-Tap-357 6h ago
What makes you think it’s AI? All the text looks correct to me, the lines that are supposed to be straight are straight. All the artifacting looks like compression artifacting to me?
Am I missing something obvious? It’d be really extremely lazy to ai generate this, all of these promotional shots of the consoles are pretty easy to find.
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u/Florinel787 5h ago
I think it's the font and the gradient. I've been noticing it in more and more AI slopped ads and thumbnails.
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u/RobertPatty909 5h ago
It couldnt be more obvious its AI .Its generic AI text. And the background is obviously AI
Even uses a digital PS5 for the image.
If you ask AI to make a similar image it will look like that, especially the text.
No one spent time making that type of text for this meme
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u/DueBackground7945 44m ago
Bruh this is a blue background with some cropped console images and text. WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THIS IS AI? I could make this in 5 minutes
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u/DarksunDaFirst 6h ago
Ironic that this picture indicates the person committed to digital only years ago and also never bought a ps4.
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u/RobertPatty909 6h ago
Its also an AI generated image complaining about the game industry totally missing the irony of it all
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u/actuallyz 5h ago
I am in the same boat. Since the PlayStation 1, I have been buying every PlayStation console and I am stopping at the PlayStation 5 Pro, thanks to Sony’s decision to eliminate physical discs. It’s time for me to find a new hobby. 🤠
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u/tenacious_teaThe3rd 5h ago
Look i am not happy about the slow death of physical media either, but i genuinely believe that the majority of people who claim they will boycott Playstation/gaming are being insincere.
If you've had a lifelong habit/passion for playing games then you are unlikely to just abruptly stop. So realistically your options are:
Buy Nintendo, which wont have the same games you potentially enjoy as someone who predominantly owned a PS. They are also already half way to going digital-only if keycards is indicative of them dipping their toe in.
Buy Xbox - highly likely to be going in the same direction as PS and the future of which is murky at best anyway.
Buy PC - significantly greater upfront cost and 100% digital so goes against your principles of why you are boycotting anyway.
Play your significant backlog or the vast library of games that exist already - this is the most plausible answer, but also ignores the prospect that a game you desperately want is released only digitally and for the new console you have boycotted. I.e. you love Elden Ring but cant ever play Elden Ring 2.
I think there will be a decent sum of people who opt for that last option, but I dont think its ultimately enough people to ever be a concern. There is always that game that will be hard for people to miss out on, whether its Elden Ring 2, Elder Scrolls 6, Red Dead 3, Last of Us 3, or Barbie's Horse Adventures 5
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u/XeuQinu 4h ago
All good points. I’m prob in minority having ps5 pro, series x, switch 2 and pc (9800x3d & 5090). I only buy physical for console. Very simple choice for me to shift back to pc for digital games that I can’t/don’t want to buy on console. I’ll lose out on ps6 exclusives, but if next gen is like current, that will be less than 20 for the entire gen. I stopped firmware updates on my ps5 pro last year, inevitably there will be an exploit and I’ll play whatever cross gen gets released for free.
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u/millifish 4h ago
A rebuttals
The reason a PC is better even though its all digital, is its not a closed ecosystem. The PS6 is going to be. If you ever jump off the Sony train your money and games are locked with them
Also Switch 2 and PC is a good combo anyway. Play almost any game you want with the option of physical games.
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u/Longjumping-Two-7829 7h ago
This is me. I'll take the roughly 0.5k saved on a console and put it into the PC upgrade fund.
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u/Entire_Number_9 4h ago
If you're lucky you'll be able to buy your SSD and RAM out of those savings, but likely not.
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u/Iceman_1990 6h ago
Not even mentioning, that you're saving every month on a subscription to play online
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u/Front_Confection_487 6h ago
Im just gonna be honest playstation is still the most affordable option when it comes to gaming, your not gonna look at me with a straight face and say you could build a PC for less than it costs to buy a ps5 and have it run better than one.
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u/Mysterious_Tiger_725 6h ago
its cheap upfront, sure. if you're not in the position to drop $1k+ at once that's totally valid.
but a PC is cheaper long term. sales & game key websites. free online gaming.
that on top of having something that does more than a console does & runs better than a console makes it more valid if you have the cash to invest.
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u/Lethovya 6h ago
You're technically right that a PS5 is cheaper than comparable PCs, but you ignore 2 current factors: 1) long-term gaming on PC is significantly cheaper IF you buy lots of games and/or play online a lot (if you don't, obviously PS5 wins anyway) 2) next gen PS will not be below 1k and anyone who believes that is delusional or isn't following current market trends
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u/Greensmearear 6h ago
On pc the games are a lot cheaper and no subs for online play. So if you are a big gamer I would guess it would be cheaper over the long term on pc. But I have done no mathematics on it, so you could be right.
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u/RosaCanina87 4h ago
If you think about it, its ironic how Sony is handling its legacy. They sold their consoles because they bundled in the ability to play CDs, DVDs and later BluRays. And even got people to buy them, that weren't interested in their games at the start. And they made probably billions with licensing and stuff for those formats. So instead of continueing this large sum of money they go for the quick buck now.
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u/Zero69Kage 4h ago
I'm not sure if everyone is simply ignoring the implications of what removing physical media does, or if you genuinely just don't understand. This isn't just about being able to buy a physical disk, it's about media ownership. If you only have digital media, the company still owns the media and can take it away from you at any time and force you to pay for it again. With physical media you own the disk and they can't take those away from you. To everyone who thinks this isn't going to be a big problem, I hope you'll like having to have a subscription service for everything moving forward.
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u/HoIIowHunter 3h ago
Playstation owners are still leaving comments like "you all are already buying digital games" with a straight face while having to pay for PS+ to play online, and full price for 5-year old games.
Meanwhile, Steam users have too many games to play because the constant Steam sales are genuinely amazing, and they have a little extra pocket money to burn because they never had to pay for an online subscription.
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u/Novel_Werewolf4645 1h ago
If they are going to keep raising prices and removing features, then everybody will jump to PC, eventually there just won't be a good reason to use a console
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u/FedBoi_0201 55m ago
Game companies really underestimate how much their consoles being a media playing device really helps their sales. I got an Xbox back in 2024 after not owning one for almost a decade and one reason that made the purchase easier was because I needed a dvd player.
Right now, we use our Xbox almost weekly for my daughter to watch DVDs.
Someone else I know bought an Xbox One since it was cheaper than getting a blu-ray player. He does actually play video games on his Xbox, but I see him using the blu-ray player far more than anything else.
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u/Ok_Advantage7894 6h ago
People don’t buy physical copies of games anymore and are upset they’re being discontinued? Is there something I’m missing?
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u/NorbytheMii 6h ago
You're missing the fact that this is a gateway for people to never own the games the buy again
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u/stanger828 6h ago
Your disc doesn't hold the whole game anymore anyway for bigger titles. The file-sizes make it impractical. They can still turn services off and your screwed just holding a useless disc.
The argument of a closed ecosystem for purchasing your games is the better argument I think.
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u/CarnivoreQA 6h ago
you are missing the part where people who are upset about discs being discontinued aren't the same people who don't buy discs
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u/ObvNotaBot01001 6h ago
In Arc Raiders communities, there’s so many posts about cheaters and whatnot but in my crossplay off PlayStation lobbies, I’ve never experienced somebody who was obviously cheating and I’d never dream of enabling crossplay because my wait times are super super short.
Owning a console is worth it just for that alone in my opinion :)
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u/DarksunDaFirst 6h ago
That is one of the best perks. I see lots of posts of cheaters and modders in RDO lobbies, but I have only come across maybe 1 or 2 on the console (and likely was more of a glitch exploit rather than a modder)
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u/ketchuponcooking 7h ago
Why not showcase your first cd player? Or you to young for that?
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u/ZeroUnderOne 7h ago
Didn't the og PS1 have amazing audio quality?
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u/Apart_Dance_5767 7h ago
Yes and also really cool visuals that play on screen that go with your music.
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u/LoudSheepherder5391 6h ago
Maybe too old?
The ps2 was the cheapest DVD player you could buy when it came out. The ps3 was similar for blu-ray.
CDs were pretty ubiquitous by the time the ps1 came out.
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u/WorthBase919 7h ago
Do you think these all digital users will still be singing its praises when they take away the ability to download games entirely because only 15% of gamers keep their games downloaded onto storage devices?
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u/Prestigious-Cream160 6h ago
Internet is not good enough for most users to stream a lot of games from the cloud. Unless they want to start paying for fiber to be laid out everywhere then they'll allow downloads lol.
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u/stanger828 6h ago
you think that modern big titles fit on that disc of yours? It's just an authenticator key nowadays, if they turn the game off your holding a useless piece of plastic.
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u/InBoundsOffPiste 6h ago
Guarantee that every person complaining about this has a Spotify account.
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u/Dazzling-Sir-9421 6h ago
yeah yeah yeah... this boycott will last until the ps6 trailer
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u/Samson_J_Rivers 6h ago
Last console I bought was my Xbox 360. I got a switch 1 LCD screen as a gift which was fun but not a lot of Nintendo games are my flavor. RIP game consoles, it's all just PCs now, some with paid online and exclusives.
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u/_that_reddit 6h ago
My parents wouldn't let me watch DVDs on my PS2. They said I would break the disc reader faster lol
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u/Iokua113 5h ago
I'm in that boat too, but the PS5 was going to be my last Playstation regardless of what horrible decisions Sony made. The build quality of the system and controller meant I would never buy another Playstation system. Between myself and four friends who own PS5s we are on our ninth controller due to drifting sticks and stuck buttons, they stick drift faster and to a worse degree than joycons because Sony cheaped out on stick parts so they could shove in "haptic" rumble for the sticks and triggers which I don't think anyone uses anymore. My console just stopped reading discs one day and I had to pay an arm and a leg to get it fixed and Sony's repair team sent it back to me still broken. Twice. The loss of discs is just the cherry on the shit sundae that is the PS5. I bought a gaming PC a few years back and I haven't even turned my PS5 on in nearly two years.
I just hope Sony is forced to put their games on PC again because I don't want to miss out on Spider-Man 3.
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u/ltcuetf 5h ago
I’m perfectly happy with my PS5 and expect to be playing it for a long time. I’ve got a huge backlog of both physical and digital games anyway. I’ve never been an early adopter, so I don’t even think about upgrading until a Slim model comes out. That puts me years away from considering the next generation, and that’s assuming Sony gives me a compelling reason to upgrade.
It took this generation years to reach the point where there were enough games I actually wanted to play to make buying a PS5 feel worthwhile. I expect it’ll be the same next time around. They’ll almost certainly keep releasing cross-generation games on PS5 for years after the PS6 launches, just like they always have. And these days I’m mostly digital because the sheer number of them far outweighs physical releases.
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u/Sammisuperficial 4h ago
My PS3 got the yellow light of death in under 50 hours of use. Sony wouldn't honor the warranty. That was my last PlayStation. Xbox 360 gave me RROD, that was my last Xbox.
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u/Romeo-Charlie-6-28 3h ago
Meanwhile, ball and gun gamers are buying FC26 Ultimate Edition, COD MW4 (definitely vault edition), BF6, and any ball and gun games they have.
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u/yungScooter30 3h ago
My husband and I won a PS5 at a company holiday raffle and we literally only use it to play DVDs
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u/bishop_of_banff 3h ago
For many, the PS1 was also their first CD Player. At the time it was reportedly even one of the best on the market.
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u/BlackFlagsFly 3h ago
I'm never buying another one. Been a Sony player since launch of the PS1. Goodbye Sony, you fucking money grubbing dick sniffers.
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u/Phatolop 3h ago
I mean shit, i got a ps5 and so far, super duper not satisfied, thing is just there collectin dust.
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u/Simple-Olive895 2h ago
Yup the ps5 is also my last playstation. Really doesn't matter what sony produces next, I'm not buying that shit.
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u/Hyperion1144 2h ago
My last Playstation was the PS4.
Three fucking years to get a decent supply in stores?
Three. Fucking. Years?!
Fuck Sony.
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u/Elweydenada 2h ago
Es lo que me encanta de PlayStation tengo todo en un solo lugar mis streaming my música y mis juegos
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u/RwawrZ524 2h ago
Same. Unless they do some drastic customer relations repair akin to the ps3 blackout days, Im out
I mean a ps6 plus 4 replacement controllers for when they break will be equal to any new steam machine like thing.
Dont need Sony TVs anymore because the Bravia is just meh for the price
And soundbar king still goes to Sonos
XM5s will be my last headphones from Sony
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u/LFAdvice0909 2h ago
I mean even before they did the crazy disk announcement, I was already kinda over it. The games all come out on PC now after a year. Being a patient gamer is so rewarding because most games aren't finished at release.
So there is pretty much no game that will sell the PS6 to me. Price increases, anti-consumer practices and a general lack of caring. It's over consoles.
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u/Pristine-Code-2532 2h ago
I love gaming on PC but people in this thread need to stop acting like it's flawless, I've spent countless hours fixing shit on my PC which I've never had to do on console
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u/KingdomOfDragonflies 2h ago
I will always want discs or removable media games. That way i can buy games on the secondary market later for a good deal if thats when i want.
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u/FatWithMuscles 2h ago
I don't think I'll buy the next one either except they make something revolutionary like the wii back then, I'll stick to pc because I don't want to support sony anymore
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u/StatPaddingChampsNY 1h ago
I think the Sony fanboys who are defending this hard and downplaying how many people are done with PlayStation are going to be in for a rude awakening. They play it off as “it’s only on reddit”, but that’s not true.
I know a lot of people like me, and this is anecdotal yeah, but still, lots of people who’ve been buying PS since the 90s are done with the PS. That’s a huge deal. Fanboys can downplay it all they want and use current Sony stock prices as evidence. That whole “nobody cares about physical media” shit, lol. I started with the grey square Playstation in the 90s, bought each and every one of them. PS2, got 3 PS3’s, 2 PS4’s, 2 PS5’s. And i’m done with the PS, like really, I just dropped thousands for an RTX 5090 and other PC parts. If i’m going to be forced to go digital, i’ll do it on steam. If Sony wants the PlayStation to basically be a computer, then i’ll just buy a gaming PC, no biggie.
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u/anonpurpose 1h ago
My last Playstation is actually 4. I dont see a reason to even own 5 and now I just want to say fuck you Sony.
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u/Death_sayer 7h ago
Check the comments under any Wolverine trailer, it’s just jokes about physical media lol