I didn't really start also using consoles until the Master System, prior to that it was all micros like the Electron, or PCs like the Tatung Einstein.
In my case glances at her XBox external storage with 450 installed games probably the system most of my friends also use, and my last three console generations' worth of stuff will be backwards compatible on.
In my case glances at her XBox external storage with 450 installed games probably the system most of my friends also use, and my last three console generations' worth of stuff will be backwards compatible on.
I spent a few years on the Xbox before coming back to PC...but there's little reason to go back to it with the PC/Xbox games integration from Microsoft and others, I have MS gamepass ultimate should I wish for an odd Xbox title to play on my Xbox one X, I won't be upgrading it at any point. I bought it solely for RDR2 when that appeared on console a year before the PC release.
Sony has the Playstation exclusives of course, but they come along in ones and twos every year or so. Added to that is the cost of the Playstation online services, can't remember what the service is called but it's similar to Xbox live subs... but of no earthly use to anyone with a PC unlike MS gamepass which covers both Xbox and PC titles...
Recently it seems Sony are opening a few doors with Death Stranding and HZD coming to PC...that being (hopefully) the case, I'll just continue occasionally upgrading my PC whilst waiting for Ghost of Tsushima to appear on Steam
For the projected cost of either next gen console...that's a new MOBO and CPU... plus something else...not worth it. I really wish the console manufacturers and game publishers as a whole would start treating all of us as simply gamers...and not tribal fanbois. I don't care about console wars or PC master race crap, I'm a gamer...nothing else. I really don't give a rats **** what brand of plastic I'm playing them on.
Sony has the Playstation exclusives of course, but they come along in ones and twos every year or so. Added to that is the cost of the Playstation online services, can't remember what the service is called but it's similar to Xbox live subs... but of no earthly use to anyone with a PC unlike MS gamepass which covers both Xbox and PC titles...
Recently it seems Sony are opening a few doors with Death Stranding and HZD coming to PC...that being (hopefully) the case, I'll just continue occasionally upgrading my PC whilst waiting for Ghost of Tsushima to appear on Steam
For the projected cost of either next gen console...that's a new MOBO and CPU... plus something else...not worth it. I really wish the console manufacturers and game publishers as a whole would start treating all of us as simply gamers...and not tribal fanbois. I don't care about console wars or PC master race crap, I'm a gamer...nothing else. I really don't give a rats **** what brand of plastic I'm playing them on.
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PS5 because larger playerbase and more exclusive games.
but im sticking with PC
but im sticking with PC
The first season sucks though.
I use the xbox / pc game pass and love the controllers for appropriate games. So if I get a new console itll be an xbox. I'll probably do up a new comp next year and maybe replace the x with the new one a year after.
Ive read some rumors about the three series cards, talking about 40-50% performance upgrade from this gen with the high end of em. Just rumors but 24 gigs of gddr6 ram on 3080 Super / 3090... Might never use a console again if I can manage to sell a kidney or two and snag one and get 4k gaming on everything.
The big thing for me is games. There's not too many games I am interested in, Cyberpunk and Microsoft Flight Simulator. Unless there's a new wave of ground breaking games to pull me in I might not even bother.
Ive read some rumors about the three series cards, talking about 40-50% performance upgrade from this gen with the high end of em. Just rumors but 24 gigs of gddr6 ram on 3080 Super / 3090... Might never use a console again if I can manage to sell a kidney or two and snag one and get 4k gaming on everything.
The big thing for me is games. There's not too many games I am interested in, Cyberpunk and Microsoft Flight Simulator. Unless there's a new wave of ground breaking games to pull me in I might not even bother.
I used to be a pc gamer but bought an Xbox purely for the convenience of gaming from my recliner and not having to update stuff all the time hardware, drivers, etc.
I now have the One X and in combination with a good large 4k tv I like it a lot, when the Series X comes out I'll definitely get it for playing FS2020, I doubt the One X can handle settings above medium.
I stick with Xbox purely for FS2020 and the gamepass which I think is a brilliant feature.
I now have the One X and in combination with a good large 4k tv I like it a lot, when the Series X comes out I'll definitely get it for playing FS2020, I doubt the One X can handle settings above medium.
I stick with Xbox purely for FS2020 and the gamepass which I think is a brilliant feature.
Whatever comes after the Switch.
Gaming mostly on pc, Nintendo is the only one of the big 3 who comes up with games that have a distinct feeling/identity. There is just nothing coming close to Mario Sunshine, Galaxy, or to the sheer fun and chaos of local Kart and Smash rounds with the kids. Obviously, emulators go a long way and these days, I play some of those (Sunshine, F-Zero GX) on pc with Dolphin, with upscaling and hi-res texture packs, but I keep tagging along with the current Nintendo consoles to play those games when they come out and to not feel like a cheap when emulating them a few years later.
Xbox/PS games don't look/feel much different from their pc counterparts imho. If I didn't have the pc, I guess I'd likely swing towards the Xbox, as the game pass is pretty decent and MS pushing FS2020 to the platform takes it a little bit out of the typical 3rd person openworldactionrpgstealthsurvival games that seems to define the non-Nintendo console scene at the moment. It feels like MS is heavily turning the Xbox into the fixed-specs pc that it effectively is, and broadening the game catalogue. Not to say that I'm not attracted by some of the Sony exclusives like HZD (now on pc, but that's a recent development) or Ghost of Tsushima, but at the end of the day, I don't mind that much missing out on yet another standard 3rd person formula, as pretty as it is, compared to missing out on an entire genre with FS2020.
If you're completely into the current 3rd person trend however, Sony clearly come up with the prettiest ones these days, so the Playstation is likely your best bet.
Gaming mostly on pc, Nintendo is the only one of the big 3 who comes up with games that have a distinct feeling/identity. There is just nothing coming close to Mario Sunshine, Galaxy, or to the sheer fun and chaos of local Kart and Smash rounds with the kids. Obviously, emulators go a long way and these days, I play some of those (Sunshine, F-Zero GX) on pc with Dolphin, with upscaling and hi-res texture packs, but I keep tagging along with the current Nintendo consoles to play those games when they come out and to not feel like a cheap when emulating them a few years later.
Xbox/PS games don't look/feel much different from their pc counterparts imho. If I didn't have the pc, I guess I'd likely swing towards the Xbox, as the game pass is pretty decent and MS pushing FS2020 to the platform takes it a little bit out of the typical 3rd person openworldactionrpgstealthsurvival games that seems to define the non-Nintendo console scene at the moment. It feels like MS is heavily turning the Xbox into the fixed-specs pc that it effectively is, and broadening the game catalogue. Not to say that I'm not attracted by some of the Sony exclusives like HZD (now on pc, but that's a recent development) or Ghost of Tsushima, but at the end of the day, I don't mind that much missing out on yet another standard 3rd person formula, as pretty as it is, compared to missing out on an entire genre with FS2020.
If you're completely into the current 3rd person trend however, Sony clearly come up with the prettiest ones these days, so the Playstation is likely your best bet.
Despite the hilarity of failed PS4's, GF wants a PS5 no matter what happens. It'll give the cats something warm to sleep on I suppose.
My more immediate goal of course is to find a proper* replacement DVD drive belt for my original Xbox
*that doesn't immediately snap or crumble into pieces trying to install the silly thing.
My more immediate goal of course is to find a proper* replacement DVD drive belt for my original Xbox
*that doesn't immediately snap or crumble into pieces trying to install the silly thing.
Yo Sunyavadin....
The upcoming consoles are going to be leaps and bounds beyond the current offerings, but I still have fond memories of those early days of computing/consoles and it's nice to find another fellow Tatung Einstein user (You!).....
A bit of history: One of my best friends; Dr Mike Bayliss was co-creator of the good old Einstein. Both he and I lived in Telford Shropshire UK at the time (early 80's). I spent many a happy hour up in the dev labs of Tatung Towers (Telford... still there (Junction 4 M54) but now deserted and closed down). I had two double disk drive Einsteins and loved them... even played the original Elite at the time....... good reminiscences!!! ... Thanks! o7
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Same boat as you pretty much. Dealing with a back injury some days I can't tolerate sitting for more than a few mins. Being able to game laying down has saved the hobby for me. I also went a step further and incorporated steam link to use the comp directly so I can still get down on my pc games.
The controller links to the pc using bluetooth and games with controller support just work. Plenty of other games with no controller support that have community setups you can instantly hot swap into.
I got Darkest Dungeon working wonderfully so Ive been re enjoying that. Rimworlds next! I tried with Sid Miers Pirates but I can't get that to have a useable scheme.
I spent a few years on the Xbox before coming back to PC...but there's little reason to go back to it with the PC/Xbox games integration from Microsoft and others, I have MS gamepass ultimate should I wish for an odd Xbox title to play on my Xbox one X, I won't be upgrading it at any point. I bought it solely for RDR2 when that appeared on console a year before the PC release.
Sony has the Playstation exclusives of course, but they come along in ones and twos every year or so. Added to that is the cost of the Playstation online services, can't remember what the service is called but it's similar to Xbox live subs... but of no earthly use to anyone with a PC unlike MS gamepass which covers both Xbox and PC titles...
Recently it seems Sony are opening a few doors with Death Stranding and HZD coming to PC...that being (hopefully) the case, I'll just continue occasionally upgrading my PC whilst waiting for Ghost of Tsushima to appear on Steam
For the projected cost of either next gen console...that's a new MOBO and CPU... plus something else...not worth it. I really wish the console manufacturers and game publishers as a whole would start treating all of us as simply gamers...and not tribal fanbois. I don't care about console wars or PC master race crap, I'm a gamer...nothing else. I really don't give a rats **** what brand of plastic I'm playing them on.
^This, really.....*
Yeah, the simplicity is nice, just pick up a pad and play a game or watch something off your NAS on the settee with friends, on a 70" projector screen, and don't need to fiddle about with a mouse and keyboard to navigate everything (Can we talk about that INFURIATING emulation of mouse controls on console games the likes of Ubisoft and Bungie think is "clever"? It's time consuming and impractical for menu navigation, you pricks), which is gonna be even faster and more convenient with the suspend and resume functions of the Series X for games. Also given it's about 20 decibels quieter than my desktop (can you call it a desktop any more when it's a 26" high tower full of racks of enterprise HDs that weighs too much to put on top of a table without breaking it in two?).....
Squeeing uncontrollably in jealous fangirl
I like the look of consoles although I'm really just a pc player. But the reason I like the look of them is, the games seem to work more consistently than many pc titles. Is that true ?
There's still software and game bugs of course, same as on PC...but the hardware is standardised across the board meaning less hardware or generic driver problems than on PC. Very low user maintenance...which is the attraction. You fire it up and it runs...simple as that.
The only downside is lack of peripherals if you play anything outside of the general and popular console gaming genre...Elite was one of the first to break that mould but the limitations enforced via the lack of peripherals like a HOTAS...there's now support for the HOTAS-X plus keyboard and mouse of course... but the lack of all the other bits only prompted me to go back to PC eventually....that and the inability to mod games and being tied to the extremely closeted Xbox live for any online experience in my case. I like fiddling with stuff
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It's definitely a plus to be able to play something at home in your living room on the console, then pick up your save where you left off on your laptop while on a train.
glances at Frontier
So hey.... cross-save when?
There's still software and game bugs of course, same as on PC...but the hardware is standardised across the board meaning less hardware or generic driver problems than on PC. Very low user maintenance...which is the attraction. You fire it up and it runs...simple as that.
The only downside is lack of peripherals if you play anything outside of the general and popular console gaming genre...Elite was one of the first to break that mould but the limitations enforced via the lack of peripherals like a HOTAS...there's now support for the HOTAS-X plus keyboard and mouse of course... but the lack of all the other bits only prompted me to go back to PC eventually....that and the inability to mod games and being tied to the extremely closeted Xbox live for any online experience in my case. I like fiddling with stuff
Yeah the lack of proper peripherals is a real bummer.
I used to have a nice steeringwheel and hotas on my pc and miss those considerably on my Xbox.
The hotas available for the Xbox doesnt even come near the Saitek or Thrustmaster hotas I had for the pc.
Besides that using a hotas while sitting in your recliner is a drag instead of sitting at a large desk, I don't want to build a whole construction on my recliner just to make room for a hotas.
The convenience of a console is nice though and the plusses outweigh the minuses for me right now.
I guess it comes down to what games are going to be available in either system. The XSX looks like the more superior console in terms of specs, but I am looking to pick up the PS5 for the games that will be coming to that console. Demon's Souls, Horizon Forbidden West, Ratchet and Clank, Kena, and Sackboy's Adventure are some games I am looking forward to. Plus, it also helps where you are coming from, like if you built a library of games on the Xbox, or Playstation, it is best to stick with that brand and benefit from backwards compatibility.
I am looking to see what the haptic feedback controllers are like as well, they made a free game to showcase what the controller is like, so it will be something I would try out once I get my hands on one.
On a side note, rumor has it there may be a smaller version of the Xbox. I may get that as my first Xbox if I ever want to try the games exclusive to microsoft, but so far it will be a PS5 on launch day for me.
I am looking to see what the haptic feedback controllers are like as well, they made a free game to showcase what the controller is like, so it will be something I would try out once I get my hands on one.
On a side note, rumor has it there may be a smaller version of the Xbox. I may get that as my first Xbox if I ever want to try the games exclusive to microsoft, but so far it will be a PS5 on launch day for me.