We passed the point of diminishing returns for graphics years ago. There’s no point in keeping up with the latest hardware anymore.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Well, everyone say hello to the $1000 PlayStation 6.
What’re you going to do, buy an Xbox? Build a PC with a GPU alone that costs almost the same?
No Xbox means Somy gains a monopoly on the console market. Unless Nintendo decides to actually compete with regular hardware again, which they won’t.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Etterra@discuss.online 3 weeks ago
But consider… Steam Deck.
echodot@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
What are you talking about you can buy the PC for less than the price of a PS5 and it will be better than the PS5. The advantage of gaming consoles has always been that it’s plug and play. You just turn it on and there you go.
Sony aren’t going to create a revolutionary GPU that’s only available in the PS6. They might try and charge $1,000 for it but they will always be other options. Where do you think they get their components from? They don’t have their own fab.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Look, I am still using a GTX 1080 Ti (GOATED GPU btw, best dollar per performance value probably ever) because GPUs are too expensive. $700 USD for a low-mid tier card, or $1000 for a card that should (and usually does) give good lasting value. I don’t see where anyone is buying a PC for less than $500 and it has better performance than a PAY, but I suppose it is possible this is a result of Price Discrimination, since I am in California.
NVidia is showing what PlayStation will look like when it feels there is actually zero competition. Xbox, so long as its hardware exists, is a constant threat to PlayStation keeping a lot of things in check. Once Xbox completely disappears, PlayStation will have no competition. Then Sony can set the prices however they want and nobody can do anything about it.
wraithcoop@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
I 100% agree with prices having bloated over the last decade. The first card I bought was a 380 for $80, but $700 for a mid-low tier card is an extreme exaggeration
duchess@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
$700 USD for a low-mid tier card
what no
Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Uhh a 3060ti costs about 250 to 300 usd nowadays. There’s not really anymore scalped pricing on these unlike covid times
innermachine@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I built my SO gaming rig for about 550 bucks. 5600x ryzen and rx580. Idk if it’s “more powerful” than a console or not but it plays games fine. Yes I know the 580 is dated and only pci3.0 vs board supporting 4.0, but she didn’t have money to spend. I have a 6600xt I got used for a hair over 200 when GPU prices were nuts and it plays all I ask it to at 1080p. You CERTAINLY don’t need to shell out 500 on a GPU that’s ridiculous. I will never understand the dick waving in the PC community about needing the best greatest top of the line and latest hardware to be able to game, when u can spend half the money to get 85% of the performance or something. I am confident for the cost of a PS5 u can rival PS5 performance in a PC build, and even if it’s not “better” the difference in cost of games is enough that a couple game purchases puts you into another class of GPU anyways!
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
AMD cards are so much cheaper right now, it makes a big difference. Second hand market cuts prices in half too. Places do certified refurbished as well.
Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Steamdeck probably tbh if they don’t migrate to playstation
Budget and fits the exact needs of xbox users
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
PS XBOX and Nintendo are all in the same market, along with Steam, Epic, GOG, etc. The video gaming market. MS will probably still sell an “XBOX”, it just won’t be locked down to the XBOX game store anymore. This is a win for everyone.
Havoc8154@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Nah, I’ll just keep gaming on a cheap Linux PC and fuck ever buying a console again. Honestly at this point a 5 year old GPU gives you access to 99% of all games ever made, why spend so much to play 4 shitty ‘AAAA’ games a year?
middlemouse@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It sounds like your monitor sucks, if you’re wanting to play at 4k or high refresh you need to upgrade let alone if you want both of those things
Havoc8154@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Yeah I absolutely do not care about that. I also won’t bother to get a 4k TV until I get some banger clearance deal or something because it does not fucking matter. I grew up on tube tvs dude, anything that isn’t fuzzy is golden. Most of what I’m playing is either indie or ancient, and seeing giant pixels in perfect clarity does nothing to improve the experience.
Atropos@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ll get a 4k monitor when my current one breaks.
It probably only has a decade or so left!
middlemouse@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Okay but you are in a tiny minority
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
“Stop being happy and having fun!” -middlemouse
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I am a 4K PC little bitch, but playing games on my 1080p TV reminded me that it isn’t all that important. Fun > Smoothness > Graphics.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
There was an old HP touchsmart that my partner had laying around. It’s terrible. Pentium Processor, standard HDD, with no dedicated graphics so running much of anything on it is out. No wireless AC, so it has to be a 2.4ghz network, and I don’t have a hardwire in the bedroom. So I just threw Mint on it installed RustDesk because I didn’t have a wireless mouse and keyboard or anywhere to put them if I had them. About a week into realizing it had some troubles playing larger movies (even mp4s from the machine no matter the player) I moved to 720. I couldn’t tell the difference between 720p and 1080p from across the room on a 22" screen anyways. Now all the streams work fine. Starting to realize the last time I bought a monitor was 2009. Anyways, 4K on my TV in the living looks great, but it really isn’t needed for standard enjoyment. Especially if I’m only half ass paying attention.