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The $700 PS5 Pro doesn’t come with a disc drive (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 months ago by realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 27 points 2 months ago (3 children)

The real point is that you can upgrade it incrementally, you don't have to throw it away, and upgrading will allow you to play all your old games from generation to generation without having to rebuy them for the latest Gen.

[–] essell@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Depends how old you get. After 30 years some games just don't work like they used to!

Thankfully we do have modern solutions for old fashioned problems now.

[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

Even if you give a shit about upgrading, binding yourself to sony or whatever company.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Within limits though. E.g. If your mainboard only supports old CPUs that is a huge limiting factor and we saw MS messing with older CPUs just not being supported at all by Win 11.

Now i made the switch to Linux myself too and i am very happy, but for people who want to start somewhere, maybe starting with their own linux gaming PC is a bit much for the start.

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I think that's overkill, but a Steam Deck is on par with a PS5, but portable, and for a cheap dock and a ps5 controller you can play it like a console.

Linux has made such leaps though, have a container with lutris and vulkan and it can handle most basic gaming that doesn't deal with modern AAA titles.

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I got a Steam Deck because it's a little computer. I can put my own OS on it, that's awesome. The marketing page was talking about DIY repairs and offering spare parts, too.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean i am fully in support of PC gaming and in particular Linux gaming. It is just not as easy to keep upgrading PCs component by component. Eventually there is limits, mostly from the mainboards limits.

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Meh, gaming pc of theseus, you replace the mobo less often than a console Gen, more if you want.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

I was using the same board and CPU I started with back in 2016 up until last year. My bottleneck wasnt even the CPU it was the fucken RAM.