A okay gaming PC withis not cheap. To some people, console is the only way
Just buy used PS5.
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Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 2 days ago
Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. Reduce comes first for a reason.
You do not need a PS5. You don't need a new console - if you need a console at all.
CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 2 days ago
My PC is not a "gaming" PC. I play games on it. I have access to a nearly 50-year library of games. Just because I don't have the newest and shiniest doesn't mean I don't have tons of fun games available. And I said 'if you need a console at all'. If you are determined to play video games and you don't want them on a PC, phone, or tablet, then fine. There are thrift stores, there's eBay (though that's loaded with scalpers and scum even more than the thrift grifters), there are many ways to buy a used console. But I also stand by the thought that if what you have is working and being fun, keep using it. If the corporations have made it not fun, either go to older hardware they can't do that to, or get homebrew set up.
Don't just keep it on a shelf "in case". Don't store it. And for the love of anything good, don't just discard it.
Reduce. If you think you've reduced "enough", find something else to reduce.
ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
What is wrong with ps4 or ps3? Are the games not good because they are aged?
I do most of my gaming on ps1 and wii, and a bit on PC.
Part4@infosec.pub 2 days ago
As demand increases so does their price too.
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 1 day ago
Then decrease the demand by reducing what you buy and the lifespan you demand of the hardware and software.
Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 2 days ago
“You don’t need a new PS4-game player. Your PS4 is fine enough as-is!”
The_v@lemmy.world 2 days ago
A cheap SSD upgradeand a PS4 plays PS4 games the same way a PS5 does.
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 2 days ago
I mean, there's that too.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 days ago
IN MY DAY WE HAD A STICK AND A HOOP AND WE WERE HAPPY
BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world 2 days ago
“When I joined the Corps, we didn’t have any fancy-shmancy tanks. We had sticks! Two sticks, and a rock for the whole platoon - and we had to share the rock!”
— Sgt Johnson, Halo 2
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’m my day that wasn’t far from the truth. We don’t need quality games machines but they’re a very nice luxury.
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 2 days ago
Quality is exactly what we need in games machines.
Not meaningless iteration and oppressive corporate greed. The 2600 was a quality machine - you can still find working VCS consoles in the wild - and when they fail, it's usually something that can be fixed by the owner of the console. It doesn't die because software tells it to die, or because of a known manufacturing fault where a simple fix was ignored because it wouldn't have been profitable. The same can (mostly) be said of NES, SMS, MD/Genesis, SNES, and even TG16/PC Engine.
Beyond that, I expect that 32-bit machines and forward should still work, even if disk rot is affecting the ones that weren't cartridge based.
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 2 days ago
Getting into that case also gets into pedagogical theory, because giving kids primarily analog entertainment compared to digital seems to be beneficial. I was talking about those of us adults who are already doomed. We have computers. We already have machines. We don't need the new one.