I have a PS5 and it seems like it will the last console I will ever buy. Getting second hand discs for cheap was one of the reasons how I rationalised the purchase. Sadly games don’t release on discs as often now. With that and consoles getting more and more locked down they are becoming more rent extracting than ever.
I don’t even understand the point of a beefier PS5 when games that should run fine on it run like crap. That is not something downloading more RAM is gonna fix. I’m thinking of games like Wo Long, Jedi Survivor etc.
At this point the best thing that could happen to the PS5 is for people to find a reliable jailbreak. With Linux it would probably make a decent PC. In terms of specs the hardware is comparable to a Xeon based workstation from the early-mid 2010s.
Ha, really though, 10 years ago everything was getting jailbroken and custom roms were everywhere. Gaming consoles, IPods… maybe I’m just off the scene but there’s a few things I wish there was alternative firmware for and there’s nothing.
Apparently the PS5 isn’t region-locked. Playstation Network accounts are region-locked, but as long as I create an account in China, games from any other region will remain playable.
This is correct, I use a US PS5 in Japan and there is no issue.
I just have multiple PSN accounts for different regions. Even if you wanted to use the off-region PSN account outside that region you could, you would just have to do some workarounds to fund the digital wallet. Though there are plenty of sites that sell PSN codes that would work, I have used in the past and never been an issue.
They are not. Asia (this comprises most SE asian countries), China, Japan, and SK are each separate regions.
Not quite as uniform as Europe, which is basically just one big region.
For what it’s worth the new GPU is a decent upgrade and it will support that PSSR AI upscaling tech they’ve been working on. I still don’t think it’s worth it, especially if you already have a PS5 or a relatively modern PC. This seems more aimed at people who have an outdated PC and haven’t bought a current gen console yet.
The price is still nuts, though. I would be interested to see how well it sells because with everything being so damn expensive now I would imagine not many people are racing to spend $700 on a console (with only one game included lol).
I have a PS5 and it seems like it will the last console I will ever buy. Getting second hand discs for cheap was one of the reasons how I rationalised the purchase. Sadly games don’t release on discs as often now. With that and consoles getting more and more locked down they are becoming more rent extracting than ever.
I don’t even understand the point of a beefier PS5 when games that should run fine on it run like crap. That is not something downloading more RAM is gonna fix. I’m thinking of games like Wo Long, Jedi Survivor etc.
At this point the best thing that could happen to the PS5 is for people to find a reliable jailbreak. With Linux it would probably make a decent PC. In terms of specs the hardware is comparable to a Xeon based workstation from the early-mid 2010s.
Feels like the homebrew custom rom community fell off a cliff over the past decade.
they all were arrested
Ha, really though, 10 years ago everything was getting jailbroken and custom roms were everywhere. Gaming consoles, IPods… maybe I’m just off the scene but there’s a few things I wish there was alternative firmware for and there’s nothing.
You’re telling me, I remember the days where you could jailbreak the iPhone by visiting a website and clicking a button!
I’m gonna try and get a PS5 Pro. If/when I move to China, I figure it’d be easier to get one here in the states first.
look into region locking first just to make sure it’ll work when you’re in China
Apparently the PS5 isn’t region-locked. Playstation Network accounts are region-locked, but as long as I create an account in China, games from any other region will remain playable.
This is correct, I use a US PS5 in Japan and there is no issue.
I just have multiple PSN accounts for different regions. Even if you wanted to use the off-region PSN account outside that region you could, you would just have to do some workarounds to fund the digital wallet. Though there are plenty of sites that sell PSN codes that would work, I have used in the past and never been an issue.
Sweet. I’m used to buying PSN cards for the digital wallet anyway.
Are China and Japan considered the same region for purposes like this?
They are not. Asia (this comprises most SE asian countries), China, Japan, and SK are each separate regions.
Not quite as uniform as Europe, which is basically just one big region.
For what it’s worth the new GPU is a decent upgrade and it will support that PSSR AI upscaling tech they’ve been working on. I still don’t think it’s worth it, especially if you already have a PS5 or a relatively modern PC. This seems more aimed at people who have an outdated PC and haven’t bought a current gen console yet.
The price is still nuts, though. I would be interested to see how well it sells because with everything being so damn expensive now I would imagine not many people are racing to spend $700 on a console (with only one game included lol).
It could be justified if it wasn’t so locked down. Like you get high end hardware, just so you can be sony’s paypig.