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ezst036 We really are watching the death of gaming consoles unfolding right before our very eyes. Reply
salgado18 ezst036 said: We really are watching the death of gaming consoles unfolding right before our very eyes. Or their ressurgence: a PS5 is technically porwerful for the price, compared to a PC. Reply
usertests ezst036 said: We really are watching the death of gaming consoles unfolding right before our very eyes. You say that, but having it fully jailbroken and at a reasonable price is the only thing that would get me to buy one. That may be what the Xbox Helix is, a lightly locked down gaming PC. We'll believe it when we see it. Although selling games and subscriptions is where the real money is, Sony probably isn't selling PS5s at a loss. Certainly not now, and probably not for most of its lifespan. Reply
TerryLaze Cracked consoles (cloned games for way back) have been a thing since the dawn of time, it never caused the consoles as a whole to die. Sony will tie newer titles to newer firmware that isn't cracked yet still making their money as usual. Also people wildly overestimate how many people ever even find out about their console being hackable and/or how many would do it even if they knew. Reply
Daelith salgado18 said: Or their ressurgence: a PS5 is technically porwerful for the price, compared to a PC. You understand that a 5800x, 16GB DDR4 and a 3060 beat the PS5 on power? They're not exactly overly expensive components. Reply
TerryLaze Daelith said: You understand that a 5800x, 16GB DDR4 and a 3060 beat the PS5 on power? They're not exactly overly expensive components. Sure but people want the ease of the console, very few people know how to put these parts together and they don't want to learn either, they want to buy one completely assembled thing that is guaranteed to play everything that is labeled the same as it (any ps5 game will play on any ps5 console) and be worry free. Ain't nobody gonna sit there installing oses and putting hardware together and trying to figure out settings and driver issues… Reply
atomicWAR TerryLaze said: Ain't nobody gonna sit there installing oses and putting hardware together and trying to figure out settings and driver issues… Most of the post was on point but this bit though…. yeah no. PC gaming is knocking on your door and it nearly matches all of console spending combined. There will always be some folks who want easy. But to go that far when so many are truly pissed at Sony, is a stretching reality itself you're being so dismissive of the truth. Reply
usertests Daelith said: You understand that a 5800x, 16GB DDR4 and a 3060 beat the PS5 on power? They're not exactly overly expensive components. I think there was a moment in time where a fully cracked PS5 turned PC would have made sense, even at $500, definitely when it was something like $300 on the used market. 16 GB GDDR6 is not ideal PC memory, but it's usable, 8-core Zen 2 is not super fast, but good enough, it has a reasonably powerful RX 6700-ish iGPU, and a relatively nice SSD. All in a complete package, ready to go. Some people were able to get the BC-250 (PS5 turned into a cryptocurrency mining product) for sub-$200, turn that into a decent PC, and even unlock CPU and GPU cores if they are lucky and prepared to tinker with it. Similarly, something like an Xbox Series S at $150-200 was interesting, except in that case, you could access a Developer Mode (for $19) and sideload Universal Windows Platform (UWP) applications, such as emulators. I guess the value proposition on all of these has been thoroughly ruined, but maybe we'll have better luck next time. Reply
atomicWAR usertests said: I guess the value proposition on all of these has been thoroughly ruined, but maybe we'll have better luck next time. Hear hear! Reply
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- Investor positioning can change fast
- Volatility remains possible near catalysts
- Macro rates and liquidity can dominate flows
Reference reading
- https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/jailbroken-ps5s-can-now-run-steam-pc-games-you-can-now-sign-in-with-your-steam-account-and-install-games-from-your-library-directly-to-the-console#main
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