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[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 63 points 4 days ago

At scalpers:

“YOU MUST BE SO EMBARRASSED!!”

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 52 points 4 days ago

Finally, a piece of good news...

[-] zephorah@lemm.ee 21 points 4 days ago

Honestly? When PS3 happened I said enough regarding consoles and didn’t buy a single one since. I still have a GameCube and PS2 packed in a box somewhere. PC. The device never changes, I can just upgrade it myself.

I’m not sad for scalpers. Reselling has trashed the used market for everyone.

[-] yonder@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

Scalpers make a gamble that the price will go up. This time, they lost that gamble.

[-] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I only ever owned or even used one console the original NES. After that all my gaming was on PC. Consoles are for suckers.

[-] Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

My game boy, sp and nds made my childhood, I disagree

[-] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah whatever. Matter of opinion, quite obviously.

[-] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 17 points 4 days ago
[-] Maultasche@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago
[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

sounds like if you can't scalp it inside the return period, you probably shouldn't have bought it in the first place.

[-] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 4 days ago

I don't get why anyone would want a console when you can play games on a PC with mods and much better graphics. If I can't mod a game, I will lose interest in it pretty quickly. The last console I bought was a PS3 and I really only got it to watch blurays on.

[-] arthur@lemmy.zip 25 points 4 days ago

Because you can just sit and play. No doubts about if it will work nor performance, no adjustments, no stress of any kind, just play. I like PC gaming, but consoles have their appeal.

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 days ago

No doubts about if it will work nor performance, no adjustments

Unreal 5 has not been kind to this argument

[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago

And, from the other direction, any game on the Nintendo Switch

[-] arthur@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

Fair, but that's not a console problem, they shipped the game in a bad state. (Or, at least, that's my experience)

[-] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

That's been less true with the last few console generations. You have confusing mid generation upgrades, day one patches, hefty install sizes and other confusing issues. Consoles are not as pick up and play as they used to be or should be.

[-] Doom@ttrpg.network 5 points 4 days ago
[-] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Oh, 100%. Though with the Steam Deck, I'd argue that consoles advantage is being eroded.

[-] Lexam@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago

That stuff is for the work PC not the Gaming PC.

[-] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 4 points 4 days ago

Many don’t care much about modding. I’m primarily gaming on PC, and it’s rare I use mods.

Consoles are also better on the big screen, which is what many people use when gaming.

[-] dgbbad@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

My computer is hooked up to my 65 inch Samsung TV and it plays perfectly. Yeah. It's only 120hz, but I'm not so much of a graphics snob that I need 200+ FPS. Plus, at 4k I barely break 100 FPS most of the time anyway. Pretty sure it would outperform any console throw at it regardless.

[-] Mihies@programming.dev 0 points 3 days ago

But at what cost, though? Probably just the graphics card is worth like 2 consoles, not to mention the power draw.

[-] dgbbad@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

Price of entry is much higher, but I feel like the amount I've saved on games via steam sales/humble bundles/etc along with no monthly fees for online play more than make up for it in the long run.

The only reason I'm vaguely looking at a PS5 is to play Astro bot. And it can wait like a decade to be available on emulators

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