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jordanlund, (edited ) do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

“meaning the other 59 million must still be using the PlayStation 4.”

That’s not what that means.

As of last December there were still 2 million active PS3 users.

playstationlifestyle.net/…/ps3-monthly-active-use…

I’d imagine there’s still a limited number of PS Vita and PSTV accounts too.

usualsuspect191,

I stopped at the PS2…

jordanlund,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

I don’t think PSN applied to the PS2, started with the PS3.

XTL,

PS2 didn’t have networking apart from the odd firewire port and a very expensive devkit.

BigFatNips,

Pretty sure all the slims had a built in Ethernet port and I think there was an adapter to add them to the original fat ones too

theneverfox,
@theneverfox@pawb.social avatar

I had the original with the expansion, I used to play Tony hawk online

There was no psn back then though, you just plugged in and were good to go

XTL,

Oh, I forgot the slim existed. Interesting that someone took advantage of that.

JackbyDev,

PS2 definitely had online play. I never played online but my friend did.

DebatableRaccoon,

Still the best console of all time so that’s a pretty solid stopping point

30p87,

The best console is still foot with bash.

DebatableRaccoon,

Forgive me while I groan

MeDuViNoX,
@MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works avatar

Hacked Vita is still great.

alucard,

Hacked Vita with RetroArch is so so so much fun!!

steal_your_face,
@steal_your_face@lemmy.ml avatar

Hacked vita is goated

bighatchester,

I love my vita !

Katana314,

I had a lot of fun with my Vita even without hacking it. It had a longer lifetime than people realize, in part through digital sales and indie games that were planning to do PS3/PS4 releases anyway.

jbloggs777,

One of these years my children will discover the PS3 hidden unused in the entertainment center since they were born, and there’ll be 2mil+1. Muhaha.

jordanlund,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

When a new generation starts, I hook it up in the living room, move the previous gen to the bedroom, and mothball the oldest gen.

So when I kick off, my kid, or grand kids, are going to discover organized boxes of gaming gear. I’m sure it will be all over whatever passes for social media then. :)

Currently:

Living Room - PS5, Xbox Series X, Steam Deck Dock.

Bedroom - PS4, Xbox One X, Switch.

J4g2F,
@J4g2F@lemmy.ml avatar

I still use my PS3, enough great and cheap games and can play my PS1 and 2 games on the big screen with wireless controllers.

Newer games I play on PC anyways.

altima_neo,
@altima_neo@lemmy.zip avatar

Was gonna say, I never bought a PS4. My PS3 is still kicking.

XTL,

I just got a second one because it was peanuts and came with two good controllers while mine are all kind of subtly broken.

I do actually have a PS4 with 5 controllers because once bit. I don’t know if I’ll find the time, but if I feel like playing something stuck on the three like infamous or demons souls, I can.

Maybe I’ll get the 5 one day. And maybe I’ll find that emulation can solve the old title problem.

Powerbomb, do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5

I’ve been holding out for an eventual PS5 Pro version since day 1. The base PS5 having less space than my stock PS4 Pro was the biggest dealbreaker for me.

onlooker, do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5
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golden_zealot,
@golden_zealot@lemmy.ml avatar

Here are the trends with previous consoles:

PS1 : 455 -> PS2 : 512 -> PS3 : 180 -> PS4 : 58 -> PS5 : 15

Xbox : 106 -> Xbox 360 : 214 -> Xbox One : 12

Nintendo 64 : 129 -> Nintendo Wii : 328 -> Nintendo Wii U : 38 -> Nintendo Switch : 174

desktop_user,

where is the GameCube or xbox series?

Kit,

I don’t think Xbox Series has exclusives. All of their stuff is on PC afaik.

golden_zealot,
@golden_zealot@lemmy.ml avatar

There is no listing in the source for Xbox Series, however Gamecube shows 80 exclusive titles.

gravitas_deficiency,

And that’s why the newest console I own is a Switch, and everything else I play is on PC.

Rai,

I’ve even moved all my Switch playing to PC hahaha

TeNppa,

Now do the same for PC

golden_zealot,
@golden_zealot@lemmy.ml avatar

The source notes that for Mac there have been 2 exclusive games across all versions, and for Windows, there have been about 2560 across all versions. There doesn’t appear to be a listing for Linux unfortunately.

adavis,

That’s super interesting. Do you have a source you could link for this data?

CluckN,

They’re a gamer what other credentials do you need?

golden_zealot,
@golden_zealot@lemmy.ml avatar

I just referenced the data in the wikipedia container article here for some select consoles.

en.wikipedia.org/…/Category%3ASingle-platform_vid…

Moonrise2473,

So the Xbox one series (aka Xbox one 2) has zero dedicated games?

golden_zealot,
@golden_zealot@lemmy.ml avatar

It depends on how the source categorized the information and how Microsoft classifies the Xbox One versus the Xbox One Series (whether as being two actual different consoles, or two versions of the same console.)

en.wikipedia.org/…/Category%3ASingle-platform_vid…

There is only one entry for anything related to Xbox One as far as I can see so I expect the 12 it notes are distributed across all versions of the Xbox One, or that there are 0 dedicated games for the Xbox One Series proper.

Carighan,
@Carighan@lemmy.world avatar

That’s a good thing - as the consumer.

The less exclusives, the better. We don’t need lock-ins, we need open platforms and open systems. If I want a plug&play gaming experience I can buy a console, if I want maximum performance and quality in a more maintenance and setup intensive package I can build my own PC.

gravitas_deficiency,

For real - it’s so nice nowadays being able to play nearly any hot new game I want to on my desktop. Never been a huge fan of consoles - keyboard+mouse was always far more natural for me, but then again I was big into C&C and SC when I was a kid. The only console I’ve really loved since the N64 is the switch, and that’s largely because I can bring it on a long flight and fuck around in ZELDA: BOTW or TOTK for hours on end, which is awesome (I tend to avoid putting games on my personal dev laptop, and it also only has an iGPU).

BuboScandiacus,
@BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz avatar
gravitas_deficiency,
BuboScandiacus,
@BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz avatar

Oh

Command & Conquer

psmgx,

One vision! One purpose! Peace through power!

gravitas_deficiency,

RISE UP!

wickedrando,

MKB is more natural because controllers are redesigned constantly to create a false sense of innovation. The fundamentals of controlling a figure on a screen have not changed, nor have hands.

mrfriki,

Jesus, only 4 games in that otherwise short short list ring a bell for me.

srwax,

Its a good time to be a PC player. I mean, it was before. But it is now, too.

TheOakTree,

Shouldn’t FF16 also be on this list? Given that FF7 Rebirth will almost definitely see a PC port, I don’t think the ongoing development of an FF16 PC port should exclude it from the list.

umbrella, (edited ) do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5
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  • UsernameIsTooLon,

    Blind fanboyism?

    Swarfega,

    I said I wish I hadn’t purchased the PS5 due to the poor library of games in comparison to the PS4 era on Reddit. Proceeded to get downvotes.

    Sludgehammer, (edited ) do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5
    @Sludgehammer@lemmy.world avatar

    IMO improving graphics technology is a case of diminishing returns. Sure you can always make a better looking game by throwing more processing power at it, but that has (at best) a minor effect on things like gameplay and story. Like seriously, if Squenix had decided to make FF7: Rebirth in the PS3 era, other then some uglier graphics how much would the game have have been different?

    And (to actually tie this in to the thread) that’s the reason PS5 sales have been so sluggish. What do you really need those PS5 graphics for? I mean my PC is still running hardware from 5-10 years ago, because there isn’t anything I really need to upgrade for. Most of what I’ve been playing is indy titles and for the few graphic intensive games I want to play they’ll usually run if I lower some graphics settings.

    DebatableRaccoon,

    Exactly this. I’ll always maintain a game will be and will remain prettier is an artistic style than an ultra realistic style. It just takes up resources that could be used elsewhere for the sake of looking pretty for the next 3-5 years before the “Uhh muh Guuhhhhd, it looks so realistic” ages like milk. Games like Wind Waker and Okami still look gorgeous today.

    Moonrise2473,

    And Nintendo proved this right by making successful games on underpowered systems. The switch it’s basically an Android tablet from last decade sold with crazy markup but talented game designers make compelling games

    Sure, in the store they have 3rd party do lazy shitty ports like this www.nintendo.com/us/store/…/jello-run-switch/ but I feel it has more interesting games than the photorealistic ones on PS5, except the masterpieces by insomniac studio, but those can also be played on PS4 or PC

    Moonrise2473, do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5

    The PS5 doesn’t even have a browser because they’re scared of exploits

    Why not just have some hardened Firefox with auto updates instead of licensing a browser from a company specialized in exploitable browsers for consoles? Nobody uses netfront, why Sony and Nintendo are so obsessed with it?

    bighatchester, do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5

    My ps5 is basically a really big PS4 lately.

    whotookkarl,
    @whotookkarl@lemmy.world avatar

    It also doesn’t help that a bunch of games have an upgrade charge, I mostly just use it for Blu-ray lately.

    johannesvanderwhales,

    Yeah, but at the same time it makes the PS4 games a much better experience. I dunno if that justifies the spend for a lot of people, but I don’t regret getting one.

    datavoid, do gaming w Xbox’s Shift To ‘High-Impact’ Games Is Misguided At Best, Reckless At Worst

    Why would you choose now of all times to double down on Bethesda??

    Why not do something useful with Starcraft, Warcraft, or an Activision property like Guitar Hero or Tony Hawk? Bethesda has been proving for the last 8 years that they can’t keep up.

    Zron,

    Double down on the studio that takes 10 years to make a game, 1 years after their last game.

    They’re not the brightest

    Corigan,

    10yrs and the same 30yr old shitty engine

    deeves,

    Look, it all looked great on paper years ago when Zenimax Media gave them an evaluation report on the company that was so overvalued it was lawsuit-worthy.

    No take backs!

    Rentlar,

    What I wouldn’t do for an AoE or Halo Wars series game on a StarCraft engine and control scheme…

    butsbutts, do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5

    here comes ps6

    Olhonestjim, do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5

    I still don’t have a 4k TV either. The PS5 is friggin HUGE. My space is at a premium.

    You know what? I barely play the games I already have. I should just go to the gym.

    Unpigged, do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5

    I play, like, fine games. In very irregular binges. Why the fuck would I shill out 500 Euros, to raise my binges’ fps?

    AgentGrimstone, do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5

    I could have waited it out probably another 2-3 years if I wasn’t gifted one. Still have LOTS of PS4 titles I’ve been meaning to play. In fact, most of the games I play on my PS5 are PS4 games.

    CrabAndBroom, do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5

    For me, it was:

    • You couldn’t get one for ages when it came out, so I missed the initial hype period.
    • When it did finally become available, it was prohibitively expensive.
    • There are no real killer exclusives or features so no particular reason to upgrade, aside from games looking nicer.
    • Sony is releasing all the good stuff on PC now, so if I want to play a nicer-looking version of a PS4 game I can just do that.
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    Bluefalcon, do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5

    All the games are in both consoles. If amything, it’s dragging down PS5 ppl.

    onlinepersona, do gaming w Grand Theft Auto VI Now Targeting Fall 2025 Release, Take-Two Confirms

    “most anticipated game ever” - it’s just SIMs with guns. Settle down. It’s not doing anything new.

    Anti Commercial-AI license

    SynopsisTantilize,

    Yea. Gta5 was cool and all…but the main campaigns didn’t feel cohesive at all. Something was lost in gta5

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