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1 minute ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said:

And a lot of people have moved on to not caring at all about physical media. That's why they want the DE model.

For sure. It’s why it’s the first time in the history of video games; that digital only consoles are launching with a new gen of gaming. 

1 minute ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said:

A lot of people have gone digital only. They care about convenience, not price.

I’m digital only on PC. Obviously. But they have amazing deals everywhere. Money obviously doesn’t matter to some. But matters in my world for sure.  

Even this gen I’m 70% digital on PS4, but there’s still been a times I’ll pickup an older title for $10 on Amazon or something. 

I feel ya. Just wish we had a humble bundle, GOG etc type deal. Maybe one day in console world we will. Maybe it’ll be 10 years from now. But eventually when it’s 100% digital, we will have those many store fronts 

First generation in gaming that an all digital console it available day one. So it’s headed there 

1 minute ago, SimpleG said:

Digital only

I dont deal with Craigslist or FB because I dont wanna deal with people, what ever money to be made isnt worth the time. Physical sales are nice but for me by the time you include gas, time spent at the store if they have it in stock, install time, downloading updates VS pick up my phone buy it and its installed before I even get home, no contest its Digital all the way.

I’d agree.... IF there were options digitally. It’s 99% whatever Sony allows. Very few other sites even have digital codes, unlike PC. 

Plus, it’s not a hassle to drive to the store since most people have to drive to get groceries or drive to work anyhow. 

Also, simply ordering games online from deep Amazon sales and Best Buy, EBay etc. 

So, initially I almost pulled the plug on the $399 console. 

I didn’t as I thought how locking myself down to whatever Sony wants to charge is bad news. Heck, even today I’ll see $60 charge on 3-4 year old games on PSN. 

The ability to go back and pick up games at bargain bin prices can’t be overstated. Buying a $60 title at launch, beating it, selling it on Facebook for $45 if you felt inclined. Getting the benefits of price drops and sales at online retailers, physical retailers, and also PSN. 

The extra $100 premium will pay itself back tenfold. 
 

what say you?

8 minutes ago, Spork3245 said:

 

Seriously, wait a couple weeks for AMD's press conference, then you'll know.

Will do for sure in that case 

Just now, Chairslinger said:

 

 

Even the PSP could play PSone games

Like a BOSS too. 

Not to mention the PSP was one hell of an emulation machine 

3 minutes ago, Chairslinger said:

 

 

Not surprising, but disappointing.

 

When the year started and it was still a pretty good looking rumor that PS5 would have universal BC I was not only going to make the PS5 the first console I ever bought at launch, but also pick up my first 4k TV to go along with it.

 

Now, I will probably be waiting 3 or 4 years to pick one up. I mean, Sony isn't responsible for all of it, what with the world ending in a fiery plague and all, but it was nice of them to go out of their way to make the PS5 disappointing enough so that I really don't mind having to wait.

Having 5 generations of games to play is unheard of. It’s impossible. It can’t be done. Seriously. Can’t ever be done. 
 

*looks at PC 

.... 

Well there it is 

7 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

But half the fun is looking for your own components, then you ask later if what you picked was good.

It’ll never be “good” if left up to me. I’m smart enough to put together a pc, but too dumb to figure out what’s worth buying. 

5 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

Pick your own components scrub!

But I never have. I’ve always asked y’all 

15 minutes ago, Spork3245 said:

Check  

Ram be cheap anyhow 😋

11 minutes ago, Spork3245 said:

Got it. Do you know if your current RAM is DDR3 or DDR4? I’m not sure which the 4000 Intel CPUs used, but if it’s DDR3, you’ll also need new RAM.

 

As it stands, you’d 100% want to go AMD if only for PCI-E 4.0. The other option is to wait 3-5 months for Intel’s next chips.

Though, really, with AMD’s press conference in a couple weeks, you should at least wait to see what they say.

It’s Corsair something. I can not confirm. Maybe 3? But maybe 4?

52 minutes ago, Spork3245 said:

I’m confused, do you also want a new CPU?

I assume I’ll be forced unless that new mobo takes old chips 

I’ve got an Asus Maximus Hero VII

she was expensive. $300. 

She’s still good, but it’s older and doesn’t accept anything but LGA1150 chips. 

I have an i5 4670k and it’s no point in spending $200 to get a 4770k or 4790k. 

May as well, get a new mobo. 

Any suggestions? Not trying to break the bank. But it’s getting time for a new mobo 

5 minutes ago, Bacon said:

OK, but my i7 6700K and my GTX 1070 will totally hit 1440p/60fps with high settings. 

I’d say so. My CPU is the bottleneck i5 4670k. But it’ll still put in work when needed. No complaints on my GTX 1070 here. 

I’ll be getting it on the PS5 anyhow (I’ll be playing the “last gen” version until they update it apparently) 

I do think my i5 4670k/GTX 1070 could get medium/high 1080p/60 though 

1 minute ago, Xbob42 said:

This is why it's good when games specify what their recommendations can realistically achieve. "Recommended for 1080p/30FPS" for example. A lot more games are doing it nowadays.

Agreed. We’re at a point where it needs to be said what performance you’ll get with “minimum” and “recommended”. 

wasnt always the case. Didn’t always matter like it does now. But it matters. They do need to specify what settings/frame rate/resolution you can expect 

6 minutes ago, Xbob42 said:

Recommended used to mean you'd get like, high settings at 60ish FPS. At least on most games. Nowadays it just means it won't crash I guess.

Isn’t that minimum? To me minimum means low settings at 30fps.

Recommended means 1080p/30 or 1080p/60 at medium settings in my book. Least that’s how it’s always been. 
 

9 minutes ago, Remarkableriots said:

I remember that being a problem when i preordered the Dreamcast, PS 2 and 360.

All were bad for sure. PS2 was the worst. That blue box of joy (the outer packaging) was sold out everywhere right at Christmas. I found one for my parents to buy me after weeks of calling stores/malls/checking stock etc 

6 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said:

Damn low end graphics cards holding err thing back... Or something something.

Right? 😂

my ass bought a GTX 780 at launch back in what? 2013? Somehow you can play cyberpunk with it?! Sure it’ll be low/med settings at 720p or whatever. Still. 

I bought bought a GTX1070 from a board member here couple years ago. Truly haven’t felt the need to upgrade, mainly because I only use a 1440p 60hz monitor and most games run at near high as is. 

4 minutes ago, thedarkstark said:

I have no allegiance to any company and dgaf who "wins" but from my purely anecdotal evidence everyone I know who has bought an xbox one, and/or plans to buy a series s/x they're super casual players who only buy a couple of sports games and Call of Duty.

 

I don't see how that's a sustainable business model if they're not drawing anyone in with new exclusives, but the lower price of the series S and the possibility of XBL gold going free would be a huge step in the right direction.

My brother in law has an X1

strictly plays sports. Only sports. That’s all. Period. He’s also buying a series X day one. why? Who knows. I’d not spend $500 to play NBA2k and Madden lol

Based on that, my weak GTX 1070 will destroy the needed specs. 

59 minutes ago, crispy4000 said:

Back on topic, I put together the currently released games confirmed to have next-gen lighting (ie: raytracing) updates.

Free

Witcher 3
Marvel's Avengers
Fortnite
Gears 5
 

New retail release

Spider-Man Remastered (part of MM's $70 edition)
Control Ultimate Edition
Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition

Notable MIAs
Metro Exodus
Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Battlefield V

Wolfenstein Youngblood

Minecraft (still just a demo, for now)

Crysis Remastered

Does it in the current gen


Very interested to see how this list grows.  I don't think we should expect nearly of much of it as general resolution/framerate/texture uplifts.  It would make these RT updates more selective ... but that's not a great argument for a full new retail release either.

So $70 gets me MM+spidy upgrade day 1?

16 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

I mean there is a reason there's a game named after him.

No one said Madden is a bad dude lmao. He’s a HOF coach and seems like a cool dude