Agreed fully. IMO tech one of the worst things to go cheap on. Save up and get something that will last.
Why not just play these games on the 100 other devices they are available on? I see no advantage to playing them on the Series S.
Apparently non-1080p owners as well.
My only real complaint about the game was the load times. I have it on PS4, but I suspect the PS5 will load instantly as well. May be enough to encourage me to load up a new game +.
This does not bode well for the Series S. If it is running dynamic 1080p on a cross gen game, what will performance be a couple years from now when games should be taking advantage of next gen hardware? Even if it is cheap it is not worth the investment. If you are thinking of buying a Series S, it would seem prudent to wait a little while to save a couple hundred more dollars for a true next gen system. Or buy a digital PS5 for only $100 more.
I don’t share the perception of a next gen console being comparable to a last gen console as being a positive. However, you are right that it is small. I guess that’s a positive. To each their own 🤷🏻♂️
Is there anything this console does well or anything that makes it desirable other than being cheap?
@CWheatly Ironically 2007 was my last year in retail management, and when I quit retail altogether. Retail was excellent for my personal growth, but I don't want to ever go back if I do not have too. Absolutely agree that this is an odd prize.
The way it is written, I interpret it as store management will be allotted 10 additional hours to allocate to staffing their store over the holiday. I worked in retail management many moons ago and the thought of being able to properly staff my store for Black Friday would have been enticing, but including the hours as a prize for a company competition would have turned me off quite a bit.
I can't keep up with all the Sony exclusive releases. My backlog is constantly getting larger. It is truly a great time to be a gamer
@Aussieguy because Nintendo does not market power and Microsoft and Sony do. Right now Microsoft is actively trying to differentiate the Xbox by saying it is the “worlds most powerful console.” When seeing such slogans, it shouldn’t be surprising that some gamers will be interested in what the consoles are capable of.
Author really enjoys shooters.
I typically like Whatculture's content but I am not clicking through numerous pages for the answer.
For me it has nothing to do with being a fanboy. I have the Series X and PS5 both on preorder. I fear that the Series S's lack of of RAM and to a much lesser extent considerably weaker GPU will hold back game development for 3rd party games on both next gen consoles and Xbox's 1st party games. There is a reason the Wii, Wii U, and Switch have never had comparable 3rd party support when compared to Microsoft and Sony, and the reason is that the games do not scale down easily and are a ...
@AngelicIceDiamond the GPU is not the major concern because many of the actions provided by the GPU such as resolution should be scalable for the most part. The biggest issue I see between the Series S and the Series X/PS5 is the difference in ram. The difference in ram has a greater potential to hold back next gen when compared to the GPU.
Exactly. The Series S was created to provide a low price entry point for Gamepass. It is a Gamepass machine and nothing else.
Perhaps the median would be a better measure of the data because the average can be skewed so heavily by outliers. Would be great if both the median and average were provided by Metacritic.
The design is nothing special to the eye, but I like that it is functional and pragmatic. I also like how the designs of the PS5 and Series X vary so significantly.
Looting with a billionaire, playboy, philanthropist. I never understood it. Darn you GAAS!!!
I have a feeling that this controller will be a big enough deal that Microsoft will feel the need to build their own version of the DualSense. If the differences in on screen performance are small, DualSense has the potential to provide the most significant difference in experience.