Nintendo Switch 2 & Ps5 pro

[Hellowpplz]

What are yall's opinion on the announcement of the Nintendo Switch 2? As an original switch owner, i'm excited to see a sizeable performance boost, reported to be up as high as xbox one / ps4 performance levels. 
On another note, what about the ps5 pro? Opinions? Thoughts about the timing? I own a normal ps5 as well and plan on upgrading as well as long as I can sell my ps5 for a good enough price to be able to buy the ps5 pro. It's also been rumored that PlayStation will have it's own upscaling feature to play much more efficiently. Can't wait to play Spider-Man 2 on fidelity at 60 fps!

https://www.techopedia.com/news/nintendo-switch-2-release-date
https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/ps5-pro-what-we-know-about-release-date-specs-and-how-it-might-stack-up/

[Spotty]

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[venomtail]

Stellar Blade's release is tempting to get a PS5 finally but still, knowing the devs it should be a matter of time till the game comes to PC, like all Sony exclusives.

[Hellowpplz]

8 minutes ago, venomtail said:

Stellar Blade's release is tempting to get a PS5 finally but still, knowing the devs it should be a matter of time till the game comes to PC, like all Sony exclusives.

I wanna see linus beat the ps5 pro performance with the same price. At the time he did the same with the Ps5 non-pro it was $500, and it's rumored that the ps5 pro will be $500-550. With Playstation's new upscaling that's gonna be a challenge for sure.

[emosun]

12 minutes ago, Hellowpplz said:

a sizeable performance boost, reported to be up as high as xbox one / ps4 performance levels

i suppose i'd be more excited if my computer wasn't several times better.

 

idk , nintendo people have a whole different scale for what's considered good or current. Basically a sort of "nintendo bubble" where current consoles are only compared to past nintendo consoles rather than any other company or product. mostly due to their IP only being on their own products.

for me , I like the n64 , buts thats about it. didn't care for anything after that

[Hellowpplz]

Just now, emosun said:

i suppose i'd be more excited if my computer wasn't several times better.

 

idk , nintendo people have a whole different scale for what's considered good or current. Basically a sort of "nintendo bubble" where current consoles are only compared to past nintendo consoles rather than any other company or product. mostly due to their IP only being on their own products.

for me , I like the n64 , buts thats about it. didn't care for anything after that

*cough cough* wii *cough*

[emosun]

Just now, Hellowpplz said:

*cough cough* wii *cough*

?

[Hellowpplz]

2 minutes ago, emosun said:

?

Cmon Tell me you liked the wii
yknow what nvm I thought literally everyone loved it

[emosun]

1 minute ago, Hellowpplz said:

Cmon Tell me you liked the wii
yknow what nvm I thought literally everyone loved it

 

6 minutes ago, emosun said:

for me , I like the n64 , buts thats about it. didn't care for anything after that

 

[venomtail]

10 minutes ago, Hellowpplz said:

I wanna see linus beat the ps5 pro performance with the same price. At the time he did the same with the Ps5 non-pro it was $500, and it's rumored that the ps5 pro will be $500-550. With Playstation's new upscaling that's gonna be a challenge for sure.

PC's usually never win, since the comparison's always been rigged from the start cause Sony and other console makers sell consoles at a loss, making back the money thanks to inflated membership fees, extra peripherals costs and way higher game prices.

[Hellowpplz]

Just now, venomtail said:

PC usually never win, since the comparison's always been rigged from the start cause Sony and other console makers sell consoles at a loss, making back the money thanks to inflated membership fees, extra peripherals and game prices.

Tell that to Linus in his Pc vs ps5 vid lol

[Hellowpplz]

2 minutes ago, emosun said:

 

 

Touche

[venomtail]

4 minutes ago, Hellowpplz said:

Tell that to Linus in his Pc vs ps5 vid lol

4 minutes ago, venomtail said:

PC's usually never win

Default is new off the shelve parts. Throw into the mix used or donor parts and then maybe there's a shot.

[DeerDK]

37 minutes ago, Hellowpplz said:

What are yall's opinion on the announcement of the Nintendo Switch 2? As an original switch owner, i'm excited to see a sizeable performance boost, reported to be up as high as xbox one / ps4 performance levels. 
On another note, what about the ps5 pro? Opinions? Thoughts about the timing? I own a normal ps5 as well and plan on upgrading as well as long as I can sell my ps5 for a good enough price to be able to buy the ps5 pro. It's also been rumored that PlayStation will have it's own upscaling feature to play much more efficiently. Can't wait to play Spider-Man 2 on fidelity at 60 fps!

https://www.techopedia.com/news/nintendo-switch-2-release-date
https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/ps5-pro-what-we-know-about-release-date-specs-and-how-it-might-stack-up/

As a parent with kids coming into the gaming age, i think the switch 2 looks interesting. Have never owned a console myself but im an avid pc gamer, so a handheld with kidfriendly titles in a somewhat protected garden seems ideal. And with the age of the Switch 1 im not really inclined to pay full price for that badboy.

Also, we live in an apartment, so spacesaving is a +

 

12 minutes ago, venomtail said:

PC's usually never win, since the comparison's always been rigged from the start cause Sony and other console makers sell consoles at a loss, making back the money thanks to inflated membership fees, extra peripherals costs and way higher game prices.

yeah, my go to argument is usually the utility of the PC - I dont think i can sell it to my employer that im working from home via a PS5, or write emails to the parent group on it. Also the console games just seem expensive. And i dont mind paying full price for BG3 or similar, but its nice to sprinkle some cheap older games or indie titles into the mix.

[thrasher_565]

1 hour ago, emosun said:

i suppose i'd be more excited if my computer wasn't several times better.

 

idk , nintendo people have a whole different scale for what's considered good or current. Basically a sort of "nintendo bubble" where current consoles are only compared to past nintendo consoles rather than any other company or product. mostly due to their IP only being on their own products.

for me , I like the n64 , buts thats about it. didn't care for anything after that

well no there lots of people that hate Nintendo thats why they emulate it. speed is not only the problem they want to fix it and preserving the game too. there just too many modern things to emulators. even on the go they will buy a steam deck and emulate on that...

 

i did learn that alot of nintendo games shutdown when gamespy went bust so it may have not been nintendo...

[venomtail]

1 hour ago, DeerDK said:

yeah, my go to argument is usually the utility of the PC - I dont think i can sell it to my employer that im working from home via a PS5, or write emails to the parent group on it. Also the console games just seem expensive. And i dont mind paying full price for BG3 or similar, but its nice to sprinkle some cheap older games or indie titles into the mix.

Just look at Epic or GOG on PC. I've got several pages on Epic, 200+ games I haven't paid for, expensive titles for free such as the Whole Watch dogs franchise, Several Assassins Creed games, GTA 5. Just a few days ago a dude was complaining he's not finding Plague's Tale: Innocence as fun as he was expecting but the fact that he only had to pay 50% off on the PS5 store softens the disappointment a bit but still was an expensive try out of his comfort zone of typical games. Same game's been on like 3 free runs on Epic this whole time. Deus Ex this week as well.

 

Sure PC has higher buy in prices than consoles, especially new with warranties and having someone build it for you + waiting whilst it's build but the long term significant cost savings are so much more worth it. 

[DeerDK]

8 minutes ago, venomtail said:

Just look at Epic or GOG on PC. I've got several pages on Epic, 200+ games I haven't paid for, expensive titles for free such as the Whole Watch dogs franchise, Several Assassins Creed games, GTA 5. Just a few days ago a dude was complaining he's not finding Plague's Tale: Innocence as fun as he was expecting but the fact that he only had to pay 50% off on the PS5 store softens the disappointment a bit but still was an expensive try out of his comfort zone of typical games. Same game's been on like 3 free runs on Epic this whole time. Deus Ex this week as well.

 

Sure PC has higher buy in prices than consoles, especially new with warranties and having someone build it for you + waiting whilst it's build but the long term significant cost savings are so much more worth it. 

Exactly! As long as we don't dive into the collected value of one's Steam Backlog

Seriously, though, I love that I can probably get my old physical copy of Morrowind to run on my current PC. 

[emosun]

33 minutes ago, thrasher_565 said:

well no

no what

[Blue4130]

On 3/20/2024 at 8:26 PM, Hellowpplz said:

What are yall's opinion on the announcement of the Nintendo Switch 2? As an original switch owner, i'm excited to see a sizeable performance boost, reported to be up as high as xbox one / ps4 performance levels. 
On another note, what about the ps5 pro? Opinions? Thoughts about the timing? I own a normal ps5 as well and plan on upgrading as well as long as I can sell my ps5 for a good enough price to be able to buy the ps5 pro. It's also been rumored that PlayStation will have it's own upscaling feature to play much more efficiently. Can't wait to play Spider-Man 2 on fidelity at 60 fps!

https://www.techopedia.com/news/nintendo-switch-2-release-date
https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/ps5-pro-what-we-know-about-release-date-specs-and-how-it-might-stack-up/

What announcements? It's all rumors.