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US Game Console Sales Crater in Worst November in Two Decades (www.bloomberg.com)
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[-] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

the PS5 has what? maybe 15 exclusives? less? whats’ the point? There’s nothing out on the PS5 that makes me say “I need to own this console” especially when many of their “exclusives” are now available on PC.

Last time I booted up my PS5, I was teaching my son how to play Minecraft on PC. I was going to hop into the world he had made on my PC from the PS5....and that's when I discovered Sony locks out all network multiplayer behind PSN, even just over LAN.

At this point, I might just sell the fucking thing. My PC (5800X3D/7900XTX/32GB) can run PS3 games just fine via RPCS3 with a Dualsense controller, and that's 99% of the reason I paid for PSN. But even then, playing PS3 games on the PS5 is just streaming from rackmounted PS3 hardware based in some Sony datacenter. So I'm not even sure why I still have it. I don't play on it enough these days to justify paying nearly $30/mo for PSN when I can just get PS exclusives on Steam and buy cheap PS3 games on eBay to rip and play on my PC.

The PS5 has incredibly capable hardware, but it's so locked down that it's impossible to enjoy anything about it without paying for PSN.

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