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Re: Sony reveals PlayStation 5 details

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Post by foobarbazetc »

phil248 wrote: post #36

It appears that next year Sony will be releasing a console with similar specs to the PC I purchased last year. One key difference being that while the PS5 will be backwards compatible with PS4 games, any PC is backwards compatible with virtually every PC game ever made. If there's a case to be made for purchasing a next gen console instead of a gaming PC - other than artificial reasons like exclusive titles - I'd lik…

This is a boring argument.

I don’t have time to mess around with PCs and driver updates and what not, and I like sitting on the couch with a controller playing on my TV.

Add the exclusives and that’s enough incentive to spend $300-$400.

Re: Sony reveals PlayStation 5 details

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Post by jplayer01 »

phil248 wrote: post #36

It appears that next year Sony will be releasing a console with similar specs to the PC I purchased last year. One key difference being that while the PS5 will be backwards compatible with PS4 games, any PC is backwards compatible with virtually every PC game ever made. If there's a case to be made for purchasing a next gen console instead of a gaming PC - other than artificial reasons like exclusive titles - I'd lik…

Convenience? Single-minded focus? Price? Local coop? People don't want to fuck around with Windows when they play games. They want to pop in a disc and play (once the damn thing has finished installing the game and updates). 99% of my gaming is on my PC, and I really, really don't get why PC gamers are always like "Omg, but consoles are so much more inferior, why doesn't everybody just buy a PC?????" People like consoles. I'm fine with that. Why aren't you?

Re: Sony reveals PlayStation 5 details

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Post by chaostheory »

phil248 wrote: post #36

It appears that next year Sony will be releasing a console with similar specs to the PC I purchased last year. One key difference being that while the PS5 will be backwards compatible with PS4 games, any PC is backwards compatible with virtually every PC game ever made. If there's a case to be made for purchasing a next gen console instead of a gaming PC - other than artificial reasons like exclusive titles - I'd lik…

I agreed with you until you got to exclusive titles. Despite Sony's past blunders like the PS3, they did good work with exclusive titles, and it's real reason to have a Playstation. Unlike Epic's exclusives, they're not just timed either. Also most if not all of Sony's back library will run on the latest PlayStation because Sony bought Gaikai years ago. Everything said, I still like PCs better than consoles, and Sony has a history of overhyping their hardware. I'd be surprised if it has good performance in 4k let alone 8k.

Re: Sony reveals PlayStation 5 details

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Post by foobarbazetc »

fetus8 wrote: post #42
phil248 wrote: post #36

It appears that next year Sony will be releasing a console with similar specs to the PC I purchased last year. One key difference being that while the PS5 will be backwards compatible with PS4 games, any PC is backwards compatible with virtually every PC game ever made. If there's a case to be made for purchasing a next gen console instead of a gaming PC - other than artificial reasons like exclusive titles - I'd lik…

Not sure that Exclusive Titles is an artificial reason. Some of the best games I've experienced have been released/published by Sony and their first party studios. The quality, story, characters, and graphically fidelity are often unrivaled by their contemporaries. God Of War(2018), Horizon Zero Dawn, the Uncharted series, and Shadow of the Colossus (remake) are some of my favorite releases of this generation. I'll g…

I love Horizon Zero Dawn so much.

Oh, and Last of Us.

Both those games were magic.

Re: Sony reveals PlayStation 5 details

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Post by javagram »

ascagnel_ wrote: post #67
gambiting wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

PlayStation Now is still a thing, you can subscribe to play lots of PS3 and PS4 games on it, they run on Sony's servers and are streamed to your local device.

Not anymore -- while they still offer that feature, it's downplayed in favor of a Netflix-style rotating library of games that are downloaded and run on local hardware.

PS3 games are still only available through streaming though, and PS Now is also available on PC where cloud streaming is the only option supplied.

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Post by beenBoutIT »

phil248 wrote: post #36

It appears that next year Sony will be releasing a console with similar specs to the PC I purchased last year. One key difference being that while the PS5 will be backwards compatible with PS4 games, any PC is backwards compatible with virtually every PC game ever made. If there's a case to be made for purchasing a next gen console instead of a gaming PC - other than artificial reasons like exclusive titles - I'd lik…

The ability to put in a disk and play a game without checking DRM or doing anything other than pressing start. That, and the massive advantage of not having to mess around with tuning graphics settings.

Re: Sony reveals PlayStation 5 details

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Post by EpicEng »

phil248 wrote: post #36

It appears that next year Sony will be releasing a console with similar specs to the PC I purchased last year. One key difference being that while the PS5 will be backwards compatible with PS4 games, any PC is backwards compatible with virtually every PC game ever made. If there's a case to be made for purchasing a next gen console instead of a gaming PC - other than artificial reasons like exclusive titles - I'd lik…

>other than artificial reasons like exclusive titles - I'd like to hear it

That is literally the reason for the tech inclined, and it's not artificial. The politics behind it don't matter; if I want to play X and I can only play it on console Y, guess what I'm going to buy?

Other than that, consoles are still cheaper than building a comparable gaming rig. Not by a huge margin, but still cheaper, and people already ha e nice TVs to play on (so don't ignore the cost of a monitor.) Beyond price, the fact is that building a rig is harder than plugging in a console. I know it's not _hard_, but most people just don't want to deal with it.

Re: Sony reveals PlayStation 5 details

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Post by justinclift »

jdietrich wrote: post #45
justinclift wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Stereo headphones all the way. I've done both, and (for me) it's the opposite. You're probably right for "accuracy of sound", but when gaming having a bunch of powerful speakers making sound effects gives a better "experience". :) eg You can feel decent sized speakers with your whole body, which you're missing when using just headphones

>I've done both, and (for me) it's the opposite. Headphones provide a worse spatial experience than stereo speakers where the source material has been mixed for speakers; the equation becomes significantly different with flexible spatial formats like Dolby Atmos. >You can feel decent sized speakers with your whole body Using headphones with a subwoofer is a workable (albeit highly antisocial) option. You can't feel f…

> ... unmatched price-to-performance ratio.

Agreed. I'm back to using headphones myself at the moment (moved location recently, not yet set up properly), but I'm really missing my proper sound system setup. ;)

Re: Sony reveals PlayStation 5 details

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Post by phonon »

cjf4 wrote: post #51

Interesting that while Microsoft and now Google are building platforms that are de-emphasizing local hardware, Sony recognizes this as an opportunity to differentiate by focusing on how great their box is. Their was a passing reference to a "cloud strategy", but there hasn't been as much evidence as their competitors. This will wind up making for the most interesting console generation since the 32/64 bit era, since…

That's because Sony has already been doing cloud streaming for years. They bought Gaikai in 2012 and offer streaming through PlayStation Now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaikai

https://www.playstation.com/en-us/explore/playstation-now/

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