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[–] [email protected] 66 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is the new CFB game going to be released on PS4? I still have mine, but I’ve switched to PC gaming the last couple of years. But NCAA 25 isn’t going to be released on PC right away, and I heard GTA6 was going to be the same. Those games are probably what get me to finally upgrade to the PS5

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

My buddy is a big CFB guy and was complaining he’d have to buy a new gen console to play it

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 5 months ago (1 children)

high price, availability issues, no games...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And a disappointing slim model too... (I was waiting for the slim one).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

whats wrong with the slim version?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I think it looks ugly, you need to buy the dock thingy separately?

And it is more expensive than the og model lol (without the dock).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

No real advantage compared to the regular

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

It's not slim. I was waiting for a slim version, like I usually do with PlayStation. Now I'm just writing off the PS5 entirely.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 5 months ago

as other's have said, console makes pretty good all purpose media center unless you are a high end electronic waste snob.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The article states that the PS5 is responsible for significantly more gaming hours, so a large number of PS4 users are likely mainly using their device for streaming or similar. Hell, I still have my PS2 and 3 in my closet since they're my only dvd and blu ray players.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (3 children)

the PS5 also has reletively low game ownership rate, so the hours on PS5 are either games given for free/part of subscription, or free to play.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No wonder either, there are strangely few games meant just for the new system, and it's been out for several years.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

this generation is odd because the effects of covid are still being felt.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

With or without covid, development times still got to be too long, and fewer games are the natural result of that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I have yet to buy a PS5 because there isn’t a game I want yet. Also, Sony tends to release improved consoles with lower price points and smaller footprints after a few years.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

For some reason that doesn't surprise me. When I got a PS4 there were like at least 10 exclusives I wanted. This gen seems it's mostly remasters and remakes. So ignoring that Sony games come to PC now it doesn't even meet my criteria of number of exclusives to justify picking one up.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

If any of you guys have a PS4 lying around gathering dust, consider jailbreaking it. Depending on the firmware, it is pretty easy to do and opens up a lot of possibilities. Surely better than being neglected :)

Edit: Firmwares up to 11.00 are jailbreakable as of recently. 11.00 is from around late 2022, so if you have a console that hasn't been in use since then, there's a good chance you can jailbreak it. Base model, Slim, or Pro - doesn't matter

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What kind of possibilities?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well, obviously piracy if you're into that. Apart from that, using cheats for games, dumping your physical games and having a permanent copy you can use without the CD and an active license (probably possible with a digital game too I assume? not sure), applying patches like a 60fps patch for Bloodborne, emulation of PS1, PS2, PSP and a bunch of other consoles etc etc.

Running Linux if you're that kind of person :P

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Nothing too surprising, but nice nonetheless. Cool

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Best uses of a jailbroken one?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well, obviously piracy if you're into that. Apart from that, using cheats for games, dumping your physical games and having a permanent copy you can use without the CD and an active license (probably possible with a digital game too I assume? not sure), applying patches like a 60fps patch for Bloodborne, emulation of PS1, PS2, PSP and a bunch of other consoles etc etc.

Running Linux if you're that kind of person :P

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Piracy is interesting. Are the HDD replaceable. Could you add a NAS.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The HDD is replacable and afaik, you can insert an SSD too. Not sure about the sizes, but an internet search should point you the right direction.

Not familiar with NAS. Isn't that some kind of server?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Thanks ill Google it.

NAS is Network Attached Storage. Typically a rack of drives connected to the network.

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[–] JackbyDev 18 points 5 months ago

It feels weird to phrase it like this. I didn't buy my PS4 11 years ago. I bought it 5 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

I use mine to stream TV shows 🤣

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I just recently bought a PS4 for $150. So being able to play most modern games (with the exception of any new games 2025 or later) is a pretty good deal :)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

There's only a handful of games who really need the PS5, no surprise.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I'm over here in the corner enjoying the metal gear collection on my PS3

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Why oh why is MGS4 the only one not on any other system? It can't even be streamed on PS4 or 5. 😩

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Something to keep in mind: Official support for the PS2 was only 12 years. The PS4 is now at 11 years.
It will most likely have a longer officially supported life than the PS2.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It's definitely easier to have that degree of support when you've got a common architecture now. There has never been a console generation before this where you had literal years of overlap with games releasing on previous and current gen, because it didn't require much extra work to maintain additional versions. They were already doing that with the "Pro" consoles before anyways.

Hell, PS4 players are even still going to get the highly anticipated Shadow of the Erdtree DLC for Elden Ring in a few weeks.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

I use both. I have the PS5 upstairs, and the PS4 down in the family room. I can remote play the PS5 from downstairs, which is nice. And the PS Portal is nice when I'm taking a sh....

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I really don’t regret buying my ps5, but I could totally still be on ps4 as I’m mostly playing games from the previous generation or available on it.

But at one point, there’ll be quite a few games which wouldn’t be able to run on ps4. The question is when.

I also feel like we don’t need to have more beautiful games than Last of Us 2, so I hope one day we’ll stop focusing so much on better looking games.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I also feel like we don’t need to have more beautiful games than Last of Us 2

Remember when FarCry was released, and people were compairing the ingame screenshots with real photos? We all thought "Man, this is it. It can't get any better than this".

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

I sure do. A lot of it is Beat Saber, but it is quite a lot.

I'll get a PS5 in like, 4 years. Maybe. If I find something I absolutely need on it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't support a company that decided to increase price instead of reducing it. Also PS games are expensive. Then there was also non available and you had to put yourself on a year long waiting list, when at then end I said "nah, I don't need it". It's Sony's own fault I don't have a PS5 yet.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

To be fair on the price increase thing, this is the first time in the history of video games that the cost to produce the hardware went up over time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

And inflation is insane nowadays.

Personally I'm gonna stick with my desktop and Deck

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah and don’t forget that even with the inflated price, a ps5 is cheap compared to a pc as powerful.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

No it's not. PlayStation costs money if you want to go online, PC not. PlayStation games are a lot more expensive than on PC and you lose access to your gamed with every new generation unless you want to store your old console. Also generally PC sales are much deeper then on the controlled PlayStation store. To believe your console is cheaper is really not true.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Been horsing around in rdr2 for the last couple years here. No real need to up it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I have a PC for all my games except one, Bloodborne. I have a PS4 and that's the only thing I've used it for.

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