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Anyone else skipping this console generation?
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Have fun playing Bloodborne while we're playing Bloodborne 2. Why anyone who can afford a PC would ignore a generation is beyond me?
The jump from ps4 to Ps5 seems so weak? You don't actually have any experience of this do you lol? Because all my pc dudes who have bought or played around with a ps5 are seriously impressed. Wait until 1st party titles appear and engines mature.
*Nightwing
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Yes skipping this gen but if history is any indication, I will loose my willpower and succumb to the hype.
Wanted to focus on my backlog. Need to stay strong and not jump on the hypetrain this gen
Wanted to focus on my backlog. Need to stay strong and not jump on the hypetrain this gen
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Ps3 is my current console, got over 300 digital titles, and have only completed 1 to platinum,
Have got 10 to 15% done on a few racers and stealth games but lack of time means cannot justify new console
Spent 3 years playing the free Dust 514 for around 12 hours a day, when that shut down in 2016 it killed my passion for gaming,
Now I just play a random shmup or fighter on PS3 when I got an hour or two
Sold all my other consoles including my SNES and my beloved GameCube as they were collecting dust. Had nearly all the GameCube only games collected, but I knew I would never get round to playing or completing them, and were taking up too much space
The money I've saved from gaming I've put in to restoring and doing up my altezza which is in final stages of turbo conversion, have dropped about 12k on it so far
I still put aside £40 to £50 a month for a big gaming purchase for when I'm tempted by something, I could get my first gaming pc right now and go all out with a 3090, but the successor to Dust 514 is no where near ready, and by the time it comes out I will be able to splurge on a 4090 or whatever it maybe by then
Recently bought a Samsung 85" 4k TV, and it's given new life to my PS3 games, so much less lag, and some games look even better than before
Even sf2 turbo hyper fighting looks good (ps1 version from the Japanese PSN store)
Ridge Racer 7 looks almost current gen
Have got 10 to 15% done on a few racers and stealth games but lack of time means cannot justify new console
Spent 3 years playing the free Dust 514 for around 12 hours a day, when that shut down in 2016 it killed my passion for gaming,
Now I just play a random shmup or fighter on PS3 when I got an hour or two
Sold all my other consoles including my SNES and my beloved GameCube as they were collecting dust. Had nearly all the GameCube only games collected, but I knew I would never get round to playing or completing them, and were taking up too much space
The money I've saved from gaming I've put in to restoring and doing up my altezza which is in final stages of turbo conversion, have dropped about 12k on it so far
I still put aside £40 to £50 a month for a big gaming purchase for when I'm tempted by something, I could get my first gaming pc right now and go all out with a 3090, but the successor to Dust 514 is no where near ready, and by the time it comes out I will be able to splurge on a 4090 or whatever it maybe by then
Recently bought a Samsung 85" 4k TV, and it's given new life to my PS3 games, so much less lag, and some games look even better than before
Even sf2 turbo hyper fighting looks good (ps1 version from the Japanese PSN store)
Ridge Racer 7 looks almost current gen
I Love Rock 'n' Roll
Member
Already have :
- PS5,
- iPad Air 2020,
- MacBook Air M1.
Will get :
- a new iPad Air or Pro in a year or two,
- a new MacBook Air in a two or three years,
- an iMac Pro with M1X if it's coming this year,
- a new LCD screen for GameBoy Pocket for this summer,
- a small PC for my arcade cabinet this summer,
- a new iPhone in a year.
I don't care at all about the rest.
- PS5,
- iPad Air 2020,
- MacBook Air M1.
Will get :
- a new iPad Air or Pro in a year or two,
- a new MacBook Air in a two or three years,
- an iMac Pro with M1X if it's coming this year,
- a new LCD screen for GameBoy Pocket for this summer,
- a small PC for my arcade cabinet this summer,
- a new iPhone in a year.
I don't care at all about the rest.
Zeroing
Banned
I might skip again Xbox again, they are quite different from the Xbox one era but they are still using the “wait for” narrative.
the same could be said for PlayStation but they are already showing games that are close to be released.
still with the lack of console available I am in no rush to jump into this generation
the same could be said for PlayStation but they are already showing games that are close to be released.
still with the lack of console available I am in no rush to jump into this generation
Grechy34
Member
Look whilst I think it's always a good idea to wait a year until the catalogue fills out and anyone on a tight budget will get away with previous gen, the facts are that games are not "marginally" better. The PS4/XBox One will gradually lose support and current gen tech is simply miles ahead of previous generation. Fair enough if you don't see a reason to upgrade and happy with your current lineup of games but calling it marginal is a stretch.
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Animagic
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I’ve been playing games for a long time.
It’s marginal.
They’re going to sell you more add on purchases and more small incremental purchases in games, locking game progress behind rpg experience bars which you can pay to speed up, but hey... at least it might output at 4K and have better reflections.
I’m glad you’re excited about this generation of games. With current development methods and appetites of players, games will take even longer to make and cost exponentially more with not much return on new experiences.
With that risk comes publishers playing it even more safe than they have in the last gen.
not trying to be negative, its just how I see it going forward.
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Grechy34
Member
I agree with you on nearly all those points.
I'm talking in terms of purely performance and resolution which is far from marginal even going from a PS4 Pro.
TaylorSwiftFan
Member
No but I am thinking of skipping PC this year as well.
Ten_Fold
Member
I was since I’m not impressed by anything Sony is doing in the near future, I still got the ps5 and it’s cool but man it’s just meh for me. Personally I think the series X is really cool because of gamepass but nothing worth playing till halo, and starfield.
Now the switch is too amazing imo, I was kinda done with gaming for a bit before the switch was out. Their games just have too much replay value.
Now the switch is too amazing imo, I was kinda done with gaming for a bit before the switch was out. Their games just have too much replay value.
Animagic
Banned
Yeah resolution is better. But if everything else I said is true then what’s the point?
Grechy34
Member
Right now yes but as most generations have progressed current gen becomes the norm (unless you are PC)
Exoil
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You're welcome!
Rhazer Fusion
Member
I don’t know. Maybe. I think they could show up in a few years. I see the writing on the wall.
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Balducci30
Member
I bought both consoles. I don’t necessarily regret it - but I’d wait a couple years until they have more solid next gen titles. Also I think most everything on xbox is coming to PC anyway
Rhazer Fusion
Member
That’s essentially what I’ve been saying with first party games going to PC. If you got a reasonably powerful or even a decent PC and all of Microsoft and possibly some or even most PlayStation games go to PC eventually, imo it makes the consoles look less appealing. I guess the consoles are for convenience and cheaper?
memphistora
Neo Member
ps3 and ps4 backlog. with games pricer for ps5. I will skip.
sunnysideup
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I know one thing. Ill never buy a fucking xbox. That is for sure. Talk about pointless console.
Every xbox game is going to be better on pc. 100% guaranteed.
Every xbox game is going to be better on pc. 100% guaranteed.
German Hops
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief
You're forgetting about Gamepass, though.
MilkLizard
Member
So far I only bought a Series S, so a lot of people here would say I do, yes 
lame gag1990
Member
I don't think I'll be skipping but as it stands, it's quite a boring gen so far. I'm sure it will get better though as soon as there are some games worth playing. But the fact that things are going more and more digital, PC is starting to look a bit more enticing for me. Games are usually cheaper, my games aren't limited to "gens", there's some great mods out there and if a game decides to disappear from my library, there are other means to get the game that I paid for.
This is such a dumb conclusion that I see many people jump to every time emulation is mentioned. Just because someone is using an emulator doesn't mean they didn't buy the game. It's that simple. It's such a simplistic, dumb view of emulation.
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NikuNashi
Member
The thread is about pc only players (skipping the console generation). So naturally if someone only owns pc and is playing emulated Nintendo games it's natural to think they wouldnt buy a game for a console they don't own
lame gag1990
Member
It's an assumption and you took a jab at someone for not supporting devs when you don't have any idea if they did or not. It's dumb.
Krizalidx11
Banned
Nah, ur supporting Nintendo who put coders in cubicles from 9am to 10pm and fire them whenever they have a bad financial year like WiiU days
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eyesabitdull
Banned
Did you get sexually assaulted by a computer as a child or something?
Pretty sure the thread is about whether anyone is thinking about skipping consoles this gen, not if you're a PC purist.
Wtf is this shit you're trying to stir up anyway?
The absolute beauty of PC is being able to play games at its highest possible output, this includes emulating games from consoles.
Who gives a flying duck, except you apparently, about what a person does with his PC and the games that person plays?
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Trimesh
Banned
I'm still planning to get both the PS5 and the Series X. It's just that right now there don't seem to be any titles that justify buying either of them, and doubly so since they are basically not obtainable at list price. It's actually working out quite well - I normally got consoles at launch and then ended up buying titles that were objectively unimpressive because there was nothing else to play. The shortage has saved me from that, at least.
KungFucius
King Snowflake
I wish I could. I bought a damn Ps5 because I could and want to play exclusives but I strongly prefer gaming on my PC. I sold my PS4 before I played some games so I am using it for that as well. It might be a good move to wait for PS6 and pick up exclusives from the PS5 if there are any. If not you can skip the PS6 too.
. PS5 got some great exclusives already and Series X is the ideal place to play 3rd party + BC games.
Damien Crowley
Member
Since PS2 I get in late into the present gen. But almost always months or mere weeks before a better version or something like that is announced. PS4Pro I got as late as 2018. And I will wait again on the 5 for a unavoidable "upgrade"/"revision"
I got my hands on a pretty beefy PC-Setup (upgraded from a 7 year old machine with a 980ti to a 3080, but had to wait a looong time for it to be delivered) and am in 4k/60/ultra-heaven right now... One thing i didn't decide for now is, if I may dip into PCVR.
I got my hands on a pretty beefy PC-Setup (upgraded from a 7 year old machine with a 980ti to a 3080, but had to wait a looong time for it to be delivered) and am in 4k/60/ultra-heaven right now... One thing i didn't decide for now is, if I may dip into PCVR.
PlayStaytion
Member
If it pushes everything forward by all means then hell yeah , otherwise what's the point of supporting stuff that holds itself back ? , we pay for the stuff that we like to support but we don't get the best version of that stuff then what's even the point of using the term next gen for?