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

I still have a PS2…

SturgiesYrFase,
@SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml avatar

I have a ps1, 2, 3 and 4, a psp, a vita, I also have a NA snes, OG xbox, xbox360 and xbox one. I pretty much don’t play with any of them, I work too much…

stefenauris, do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5
@stefenauris@pawb.social avatar

It’s like all we heard about the PS5 was that it was super hard to get when it came out and then it kind of disappeared from our collective consciousness

jordanlund,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

And it’s still out selling the Xbox…

forbes.com/…/analysts-ps5-outsold-xbox-almost-5-t…

rwhitisissle,

XBox has always been a weird console. It never really competes with Nintendo because NIntendo always does its own general thing and also slides neatly into the kids and family market. So it competes with Playstation by default. Except Playstation actually has contracts with good studios to make exclusive games. What’s a non-Halo exclusive for the XBox? Back in the day, you’d play games like Gears of War, Halo (obviously), Fallout 3, Psychonauts, KOTOR, COD, etc. I can’t think of a single meaningful game on the most recent generation for the XBox.

jordanlund,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

One of my favorites was Project Gotham, but they shuttered that studio in favor of Forza which just isn’t as good.

notfromhere,

Fuck exclusives.

PanArab,
@PanArab@lemmy.ml avatar

It is still super hard to get

MeDuViNoX,
@MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works avatar

I’ve seen them stocked in my local stores for the past year. The Xbox series X/S as well. I kinda thought it was like that everywhere now? Are they really still sold out and being scalped for crazy mark up prices where you live?

PanArab,
@PanArab@lemmy.ml avatar

You are right, I haven’t checked for a while, I thought it was still unavailable. I ordered one yesterday.

TheControlled,

It did? Who’s collective consciousness are you attached to? It’s a huge fucking hit.

ChairmanMeow,
@ChairmanMeow@programming.dev avatar

Well, the numbers show otherwise.

TheControlled,

Oh I see. I recognize your smell. It’s bullshit.

Strider,

Yeah that and it’s still super expensive and does not have system sellers for me. Eg. Uncharted.

Also I don’t need another PC, thank you.

MeDuViNoX, do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5
@MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works avatar

Surely they’re all just waiting for the PS5 pro? That will solve it! /s

redshift,

Or, seriously, a PS5 slim. (Actually slim, not the slight redesign they did.)

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

Well, I can only speak from my own experience.

When the PS5 launched I wanted to upgrade but you literally couldn’t get it because it wasn’t in stock anywhere. You could only find it on eBay of some private seller that started at almost double the price, no, thank you. Then Sony introduced this “Register and on the next event you get a slot to buy one from the official Website” which was great. I got invited the first time and literally couldn’t buy it because the website was broken. Whenever I wanted to select my payment method the checkout got blank and there was nothing you could do. Even worse was that you couldn’t hard refresh the shop because this would have killed the session that the website needed to allow you to buy it. So, even switching browsers with the same “invitation link” didn’t work. I reported this to the support, but they didn’t really care. half a year later, I got my second invitation link and the same happened then as well. I reported it again to the support, but they still didn’t know what to do with that information or wanted to troubleshoot this.

And now, there isn’t really a need for it anyway. The Games that I would have wanted to buy on the PS5 released on the PC.

aStonedSanta,

Rise of the Ronin and demon souls are the only things I’m missing. I tried to find one without botting for awhile before I gave up. Rather thankful I did lol.

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

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

All the greatest recent games run super well on the Steam Deck, so there’s no need for a giant console cosplaying as a router.

thingsiplay,

All the greatest recent games run super well on the Steam Deck

I get what you are telling here, but it’s not 100% accurate, generally speaking. It might be true for you personally. I own a first gen Steam Deck myself and its just a complementary hardware to my PC (and wonderful at that). It does not run all greatest games at all or in some cases limited and problematic. So “super well” is a little bit exaggerated, but that does not take away how fantastic the device is.

The_Che_Banana,

Right? I’ve had the Xbox since the beginning, didn’t get the last upgrade and finally sold the One to get a steam deck.

BigTrout75, do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5

I upgraded to PC running Linux instead

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,
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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.

umbrella,
@umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

its almost like it needed the exclusives to be worth it

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.

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

I only bought a ps4 well after the 5 dropped, and only because my pal had got a new xbox and wasn’t playing with his ps4 anymore. Long story short I got the ps4, 3 controllers, and 5 hardcopy games for £50 and a joint. Until I can get a ps5 for that…I ain’t upgrading

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.

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

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

Hmm, that seems optimistic to me…

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.

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.

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.

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