Comment on AI-Induced RAM Crunch Could Push Next PlayStation and Xbox Past 2028

• SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It will definitely boost PS5 sales. Sony loves to boast about PlayStation 2 being the best selling console in history but they conveniently leave out the reason. It’s because there are modchips and even software jailbreaks for the console. It’s why it sold super well during the end of its lifetime in low and middle income regions.

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  • Natanael@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Actually the reason is it was the cheapest DVD player for ages

    PS3 was also the cheapest blueray player at the time, but the weird architecture impacting game availability and lower demand for blueray movies prevented it from gaining the same popularity

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  • ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I used to refuse change at the bakery when I was a kid and would instead pick something out of the stack of pirated PS2 games. Something like two US dollars? Three? Not an egregious sum for my child self to waste every so often. The death of the on the ground piracy culture of the third world really sucks, although those beautifully dodgy TV boxes give me hope for humanity.

    Those were the fucking days eh? You either catch a movie on TV or in the cinema, or you get lucky with whatever they’ve got on random counters in random shops. Remember watching schlock? Was that bad for culture? Was it really that bad?

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  • eleijeep@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I wonder what their margin on console sales was then and now.

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• Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Oh wut? Lol my PS5 just got a lot more interesting.

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• P1nkman@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’ll be converting my PS5 to a Steam Machine once the masters have done their work.

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  • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’d also love to have a normal PS5 partition and a Linux one. This would be the best of both worlds, but I think I’m dreaming too much😇

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  • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Valve’s reaction to this news in relation to Steam Machine: Fuck.

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    • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m guessing that the direct profit from a Steam Machine (i.e. the hardware) is a pittance compared to the profit from game sales that it will generate.

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• MaggiWuerze@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Got a Link about that?

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  • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    tomshardware.com/…/playstation-5-rom-keys-leaked-…

    sorry about the delay, apparently I’m only getting notified of new messages 10 hours later.

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    • MaggiWuerze@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      All fine. Thanks for the link

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