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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.

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

PS3 lets me play online for free. Later consoles don’t.

PS3 plays CDs and stores media files on its internal hard drive. Later consoles are limited to external storage solutions for media playback (and no, streaming doesn’t count).

PS3 has a snazzy user interface. Later consoles have… a user interface, I guess.

PS3 plays PS1 disks. Some models even play PS2 disks. None of the later consoles do that, having a strong reliance on digital downloads for PS1 and PS2 compatibility, meaning some games are straight up limited to the earlier consoles.

PS3 even lets me transfer games and media to a PSP or PS Vita through a USB connection. Guess what, the later consoles straight up don’t do that.

Don’t have an HDTV? PS3 works with composite, component, and even S-Video in addition to working with HDMI. It even downscales Blu-ray Disks to fit on your super small screen. Got an HDTV? PS3 upscales your DVDs to fit your super big screen. Later consoles only work with HDMI, and I’m not sure if the upscaling/downscaling thing with DVDs and Blu-ray even works or not.

The choice is yours.

VanHalbgott,

Pretty cool!

Resol,
@Resol@lemmy.world avatar

Someone else mentioned the lack of a browser on the PS5 too. This doesn’t apply to PS4 so I didn’t mention it in my comment.

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?

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.

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

it has no games and was plagued by availability/price issues for a BIG while there.

why should anyone buy it?

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.

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.
  • Steam Deck
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.

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

And it’ll be the last GTA some of us ever see.

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.

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

Hmm, that seems optimistic to me…

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

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

Most people don’t need the newest and expensive tech. From the last 30 days of active games on Playstation brand, here a split PS3/PS4/PS5 (I just show a ratio that is set in relation to the numbers of players for the game), meaning left side is older console:

ps-timetracker.com/statistic/last-30-days

  • - / 42 / 14 Fortnite (3 times)
  • - / 3 / 2 Roblox (1.5 times)
  • 0 / 33 / 9 Minecraft** (3.7 times)
  • - / 14 / 9 Cod:MW2 (1.6 times)
  • - / 38 / 12 GTA V (3.2 times)
  • - / 23 / 8 Rainbow Siege (2.9 times)
  • - / 26 / 8 Apex Legends (3.3 times)
  • - / 17 / 7 Overwatch 2 (2.4 times)
  • - / 1 / 1 EA Sports FC 24 (1 time)

Edit: I have added simple math result in how many times the PS4 player base is big as the PS5 player base. Just out of curiosity and to provide a quicker way of scanning through the list.

(**ps3 players almost at 0 level for this game)

As you can see, all games are available for PS4 and they run decent enough, are multiplayer games and the new consoles do not offer anything substantial for these kind of players.

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