After 5 years of owning a PS5, mine is off to a new home after gathering dust on a shelf for a year. I have had PlayStation’s since the PS2 era, and this is the first generation where it felt like a dead experience on PlayStation.

Playstation used to have great single player games and I still played those, but those games were all from the PS4 era. Instead Sony tried to do live service garbage and it was a disaster. Honestly if the PS5 did not have backward comparability to PS4, I don’t think I would have played anything notable on it. Add on that I have to pay a subscription for online play and it just feels like a waste of money to have a PS5.

I bought a used PC for under $200 and installed Bazzite on it. This little thing has crushed the PS5 for me. Huge catalogue of games and free multiplayer. Add emulation on top of that and my PlayStation could not compete.

Feels like the end of an era. Consoles are dead and PC’s and Linux gaming is the future.

  • qwestjest78OPEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I did keep one of the dualsense controllers to use on the PC. Do you have to install another program to get the adaptive triggers to work?

    The PC has an RX 580 in it. Nothing crazy, but it can play a fair amount. I’ll probably build a more serious rig over the next few years. Just wanted to get started.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Do you have to install another program to get the adaptive triggers to work?

      It depends on the game.

      If Steam says it “fully supports your controller” with a picture of a PS5 controller and it should work.

      I do Xbox game pass on PC tho, and for 3rd party games the PS5 controller and adaptive triggers usually work. But for Microsoft exclusive games, it’s a hassle to get the PS5 controller working even with standard programs everyone uses. I never messed with it too much, cuz I’ve got Xbox controllers too.

    • PriorityMotif@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      That’s basically ps4 pro specs, so you’re not doing too bad. You can upgrade to the next generation of gpu for around $150 - $200 no problem or save up and replace the guts with something newer and sell off what you have. The power supply and case are worth at least $100 depending on what you have in there, so you can probably come out ahead depending.