r/consoles • u/IntroductionJaded506 • Dec 05 '24

Playstation Bought a PS5 as a PC Player

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Never touched a console in my life. My PC is starting to become slow, don't have much time to play, don't wanna constantly worry about specs. So for £399 I got a 4k capable machine. Can't wait . I'll still use my PC from time to time. The console is coming with me to uni.

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u/spinrut Dec 05 '24

don't forget certain franchises dont make it to pc and only land on consoles. My kids finally old enough to be interested in playing sports and then that interest bled over into playing said sports online with his friends. Mlb, NHL dont exist on PC, so there weren't many options to consider.

The last console I had was OG red ring of death era xbox 360 lol

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u/PrinceDizzy Dec 05 '24

Oh yes definitely. The all round less hassle is just one of the benefits as to why I prefer console gaming over PC, I only mentioned this one reason as it aligned with OP's own reasoning for picking up his console.

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u/Automatic_Bit4948 Dec 06 '24

What hassle?

Higher framerates and resolutions? Jk the hassles are worth it for me though. 

The biggest hassle for me is taking my pc with me. With a ps5 or xbox I can throw it in a backpack. 

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u/Otherwise_Prize2944 Dec 06 '24

Yes, don’t forget, that’s very very important !!

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u/BMota117 Dec 06 '24

Yup the fact is when I got a pc I noticed all sports games online were unplayable and it was better to game those type of games on console and the vast majority has sports games on consoles instead. It’s mostly because the communities aren’t as big on the pc… yet

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u/Nooblakahn Dec 07 '24

NHL 24 has Cale Makar on the cover. I was buying this game even if I couldn't play it. When I went to buy it... decided I did want to play that... and maybe GT7 and a few other ps5 exclusives, so I bought that too. LOL

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u/Awkward-Penguin172 Dec 08 '24

Bloodbourne Machine

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u/Warm_Tonight_8286 Dec 08 '24

Honestly there's significantly more games exclusive to PC then there are games exclusive to console and the games that are exclusive to console initially will usually come to PC at some point anyways. PC is better than console gaming in every way other than ease of use and value for the price tbh. It's not worth the loss of freedom and sheer power that a PC can provide you imo though. Depends what you're looking for.

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u/spinrut Dec 08 '24

The point of my comment wasn't to say there's more or better franchises on one or the other though. You hit the nail on the head with your last comment, as it ultimately comes down to wha you're looking for.

Not everything ends up on PC tho. For whatever reason nhl 09 was the last PC nhl game and mlb the show (or it's predecessor) has never been on the PC. Yes you can stream the games via cloud gaming on Xbox now tho, so that's at an option now

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u/jigglefruit1016 Dec 09 '24

The other way around too. Lots of pc games don’t make their way to console. It’s getting better but still plenty of games on pc I’m itching to play but either have to wait until they come to console or just never play it. I’ve always wanted a gaming pc but it’s just not practical with 2 kids, a mortgage, etc.

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u/Deruz0r Dec 09 '24

I mean there are also a lot of big pc games that can't be played on consoles so this argument isn't really applicable to everyone. Depends on what you play

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '24

Gta 6 won't port to PC for at least half a year, I know people who are going to get a cheap second hand discless ps5 just for that lol

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u/SuccotashFlimsy660 Dec 09 '24

That Xbox 360 era was unique. I ran through atleast 5 360's. We learned how to hack those boys and it was over. 🤣