At scalpers:
“YOU MUST BE SO EMBARRASSED!!”
this post was submitted on 11 Nov 2024
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Finally, a piece of good news...
Honestly? When PS3 happened I said enough regarding consoles and didn’t buy a single one since. I still have a GameCube and PS2 packed in a box somewhere. PC. The device never changes, I can just upgrade it myself.
I’m not sad for scalpers. Reselling has trashed the used market for everyone.
Scalpers make a gamble that the price will go up. This time, they lost that gamble.
I only ever owned or even used one console the original NES. After that all my gaming was on PC. Consoles are for suckers.
My game boy, sp and nds made my childhood, I disagree
Yeah whatever. Matter of opinion, quite obviously.
Oh no!
Anyway
I don't get why anyone would want a console when you can play games on a PC with mods and much better graphics. If I can't mod a game, I will lose interest in it pretty quickly. The last console I bought was a PS3 and I really only got it to watch blurays on.
Because you can just sit and play. No doubts about if it will work nor performance, no adjustments, no stress of any kind, just play. I like PC gaming, but consoles have their appeal.
No doubts about if it will work nor performance, no adjustments
Unreal 5 has not been kind to this argument
And, from the other direction, any game on the Nintendo Switch
Fair, but that's not a console problem, they shipped the game in a bad state. (Or, at least, that's my experience)
That's been less true with the last few console generations. You have confusing mid generation upgrades, day one patches, hefty install sizes and other confusing issues. Consoles are not as pick up and play as they used to be or should be.
Still more than PC tho
Oh, 100%. Though with the Steam Deck, I'd argue that consoles advantage is being eroded.
That stuff is for the work PC not the Gaming PC.
Many don’t care much about modding. I’m primarily gaming on PC, and it’s rare I use mods.
Consoles are also better on the big screen, which is what many people use when gaming.
My computer is hooked up to my 65 inch Samsung TV and it plays perfectly. Yeah. It's only 120hz, but I'm not so much of a graphics snob that I need 200+ FPS. Plus, at 4k I barely break 100 FPS most of the time anyway. Pretty sure it would outperform any console throw at it regardless.
But at what cost, though? Probably just the graphics card is worth like 2 consoles, not to mention the power draw.
Price of entry is much higher, but I feel like the amount I've saved on games via steam sales/humble bundles/etc along with no monthly fees for online play more than make up for it in the long run.
The only reason I'm vaguely looking at a PS5 is to play Astro bot. And it can wait like a decade to be available on emulators
Death to scalpers
sounds like if you can't scalp it inside the return period, you probably shouldn't have bought it in the first place.