Gaming and Consumerism

[Jawzx2]

Missed the pre-order panic, because I was sleeping, like a sane human. But I'm home all day today, the sheep are in the barn, and it's cold and windy outside; so I'm gonna try my luck:

Gotta get my F5 finger warmed up...

[e90m3]

@jawzx2 No Halo, no care. Then again, I've been on xbox for over 15 years now.

[Jawzx2]

@e90m3 /Puts on X-Box-flame-proof-suit

I always thought Halo was kind of over-rated and not that interesting.

/pre-ordered a launch day PS2 20 years ago

[e90m3]

@jawzx2 More of to each their own, I've always enjoyed it. We played a lot of online multiplayer back in college ~10 years ago.

[DAWRX]

@jawzx2 It's been like this for PC stuff too. The RTX 3080 has been "available" for almost 2 months but every time it comes back "in stock" it sells out in a minute or two. Its a $700+ graphics card. Same story for the AMD stuff that just came out.

[Stapleface]

@jawzx2 said in Gaming and Consumerism:

@e90m3 /Puts on X-Box-flame-proof-suit

I always thought Halo was kind of over-rated and not that interesting.

/pre-ordered a launch day PS2 20 years ago

Yeah, I never got the love for Halo either.
Back when I did game more, my friends played that to no end. My favorite part was just driving around the warthog

I pre-ordered the original Playstation. And bought ESPN Extreme Games, Battle Arena Toshinden, and Ridge Racer when it launched.
I really thought the ESPN game was underrated. I had a lot of fun with that game.

As for the current PS5? Supposedly people are flipping them on Ebay. Anything to make a buck I guess

[krustywantout]

Why not wait? Knowing Sony, there will be hardware and software updates up the wazoo and no GT is a huge deal breaker for me. Also check Costco because they have a decent bundle with a extra controller and Spider-man.

[Jawzx2]

@krustywantout Not a costco member. Closest costco is 80 miles away, not likely to become a member.

GT is not release software, but it's coming, plus GT-Sport runs on it better than on a PS4-pro.

I have a fancy new 4k tv and my only 4k source is streaming content, and my internet isn't fast enough to reliably stream 4k I doubt there will be hardware revisions in the first 6 months, unless something REALLY nasty shows up, and software updates are all automatic anyway.

[CarsOfFortLangley]

I don't ever see myself buying a console again. I just can't justify it

[Jawzx2]

@carsoffortlangley I have added up hours of entertainment vs $$$ spent, and the Playstation (2, 3, 4) is one of, if not outright the most, cost-effective entertainment expenditures in my life.

[CarsOfFortLangley]

@jawzx2 From a cost vs enjoyment perspective, I'd say that my last and my current gaming PC's have really been worth it. A few grand ammortized over literally thousands of hours of work/gaming use really makes a difference.

[Jawzx2]

@carsoffortlangley I was in a Quake clan 25 years ago, and used to spend $$$$$ on my gaming rig, but then I discovered the joy of sitting on my couch in front of a larger screen at a less eye-straining distance. The last two generations of consoles have been so close fidelity-wise to what I would call "attainable" gaming rigs, that I have not felt particularly left behind. Also the big titles are all multi-platform these days, Playstation Store has a very good selection of indi games, and the exclusives are mostly excellent. I also really like the dual-analog controller schema and even had an early Logitech model for pc in the early days of USB. I'm not into competitive shooters, and I DO have a PC that can play games, I just find myself enjoying the Playstation experience more and end up spending less money on it overall too.

[ST80MND]

@krustywantout NO GT. Its the only game worth playing, besides GTA.

[Poor_sh]

Bring back Gamecube! I mean, all my friends still have them but still...

[davesaddiction]

@jawzx2 I had an OG Playstation. "Driver" was awesome!

Precursor to GTA in some ways.

[MybirdIStheword]

@jawzx2 nothing good is coming out between now, and when supplies will normalize. The real question is why anyone is in a hurry to buy this console generation.
Frankly, I would rather save for a vr rig and ignore these entirely. And so I am.

[Jawzx2]

@mybirdistheword Because I want one.

You're right. By the time there are a bunch of interesting titles available the supply chain should be mostly normalized, but If I can get one and start migrating my PS4 library over and utilize the 4K blueray on my 4K TV I will. If I end up waiting until March to get one so be it. I'm bored at home today, and this is a challenge.

[Jawzx2]

UPDATE: I managed to get it in my cart, and got to the checkout page, with stored payment data, but the site kept saying "we are having trouble processing your request, try again in little bit" every time I hit complete order... so sadtrombone.wav Item listed as out of stock again

[f86sabre]

@jawzx2 twice now I’ve gotten an Xbox X into my cart on Walmart.com only to have it show not in stock at the last button click. It’s very frustrating.

My son has saved up to buy one and we are helping him out. It’s not going well.