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Is the PS5 worth getting or not in 2026-27? (nord.pub)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by NightOps@nord.pub to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Consider that Sony is phasing out discs on January 2028 and beyond, meaning any upcoming game after then is no longer being released as a physical copy (neither will the future PS6 contain a disc drive at all) marking the PS5 as the final iteration within the generational lineup on having a disc. All versions of the PS5 inherit the same performance regarding games but the PS5 slim is compact while the PS5 Pro has a better CPU.

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[–] quack@lemmy.zip 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's nothing that can be done on a PS5 that you couldn't do with a PC, and the PC isn't a walled garden.

[–] helix@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

... Yet. Game, OS and hardware manufacturers are doing their worst.

[–] quack@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Meh, as long as my PC can boot Linux, I'll be fine. If future PCs don't, then I've still got 50 years worth of gaming history to work through on the hardware and software I own, and that's not counting the many, many tabletop systems that exist. I'll die long before I run out of games to play.

[–] Zahtu@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

yeah, and until then, there will for sure be Emulators for the newer games to run in Linux

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

you got some quality parts if they last 50 years

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If only there were some open source alternative….

[–] helix@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

Don't worry, Linux will be taken over by fascists and capitalists before you know it 😇