It did when the ps5 first came out. $500 for it was a steal back then. I wanted to build a PC at the time but due to the crazy GPU prices and low stock for other parts I decided it was best to wait. Got a ps5 instead (was also hard to get as well) and thought it was absolutely worth the price for the experience it offered. Just built the pc I wanted last fall shortly after prices started dropping. First time ever I made a good choice.
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NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 week agoWhich could play MS and Sony games. I don’t think consoles make much sense nowadays.
HeyJoe@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Ashtear@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Yeah, after that time I really didn’t think consoles would be as much as a midrange PC. And yet, here we are. Feels like Sony’s back to late PS2 era levels of hubris now.
burgersc12@mander.xyz 1 week ago
And the best part is you don’t have to pay for online and you won’t need to rebuy your games each new console generation.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 week ago
First one I’ll grant you, but there was no rebuying from last gen to current gen for anything non-Nintendo.
burgersc12@mander.xyz 1 week ago
If you pay for the discs, you can’t use the discs on future generations. Right? Ps4 can’t read ps3 or ps2 discs. Xbox one can read xbox and 360 discs, but they limit it to only a limited selection of games. So in general, you have to buy it once again on their online store, if its availble at all.
sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
Yeah, idk why Ps4 has no backwards compatibility. PS3 (fat) was backwards compatible with PS 1+2, and PS5 is backwards compatible for PS4. I didn’t buy a PS4 for that exact reason, and was lucky enough to get my hands on a PS5 during launch to play all the PS4 games I missed.
With all the niche Japanese games I like slowly coming to PC, I probably won’t buy a new console ever again. (As an aside, if anyone has a spare fat PS3 they’re willing to sell for parts…)
60fpsrefugee@lemm.ee 1 week ago
While pc can play old games, you can sometimes run into compatibility issues. Especially games in the ps1/2/3 era.
Og Xbox and xbox 360 games work without much issues on Xbox one and series XS. Ps4 and Xbox one games are 99% playable on Series XS and Ps5.