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- games@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- lemmydirectory@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- games@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/41998863
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PS3 was the peak of Sony. Free online multiplayer, reverse compatibility with PS1 and 2 discs (depending on console model), amazing first party titles, and the biggest jump in graphical capabilities between generations.
Each subsequent generation has been both a decline in value, quantity of exclusive titles, and graphical capabilities. It’s time to say goodbye to the PlayStation and move on to Steam/Linux for the foreseeable future.
I was with PlayStation until I got married. Had PS1 and PS2. Got married, wife wanted Xbox. We missed the OG, but we got 360, XB1, and XSX. I liked the 360 but at times it made me wish I had a PS3, because PS3 had Blu-ray and 360 didn’t. XB1 flat-out sucked. I got a great deal on the PS3. I like my PS3 way more than the XB1. By the way, XB1’s contemporary PlayStation was the PS4. I never had a PS4. I liked the PS3 (contemporary to the 360) more than the XB1.
I only own the XSX because of All Access. For $35 a month, I got GamePass Ultimate (at the $15/month price even after it went up) and the other $20 went toward the console. 2 years later it was mine and I owed nothing else. Bonus, I got the $500 console for $480 ($20 times 24 payments). Also, I was getting GPU for $15 when month-to-month payers were paying $30. So there was that, too. Because basically I bought this $900 bundle and made payments on it. Zero interest though, and I saved $20 on the console. Heck of a deal. If Sony matched it, I’d have a PS5 instead.
I still have that PS3. It’s a 60GB “Slim” model. I paid $150 for it and like a dozen games, but most of which I have no interest in. Skyrim and Saints Row: The Third were there, though. I should go for those plats someday, but I never chased trophies.
PS3 was the peak of Sony. Free online multiplayer, reverse compatibility with PS1 and 2 discs (depending on console model), amazing first party titles, and the biggest jump in graphical capabilities between generations.
You forgot “sabotaging their customers’ property by forcibly removing OtherOS.”
Sony has always been a shitty wannabe monopolist, but PS3 is when the gaming division really started disrespecting its customers.
To be honest, PlayStation started a while ago to be a bit of a mess and it just keeps getting worse. Like another Lemmy user pointed out, it’s not just that they removed the movies and TV shows, but also that they removed it from people who have bought it. They never refunded the money. Prices of games have been going up bit by bit and it will continue to do so. Especially if their “digital only” policy rolls out because that’s when they have full control over the prices and their customers.
I have bought the PlayStation 5 and regret it, honestly. It has been collecting dust after the first few months. Been playing games on my PC instead. Won’t be purchasing the PlayStation 6 when it comes out. It’s just not worth it.
Actually undersells the shittiness slightly, they aren’t just removing 500 movies/shows from the PS Store, but people who previously paid for them will no longer have access either
Really can’t tell you who’s worst, Sony, Nintendo, or Xbox. If only Gabecube is less expensive and much more powerful and available worldwide…
So far:
Nintendo = Known for(and often made fun off) sueing anyone who makes fan content(deleting fan content aswell) and 70 usd bare minimum games.
Xbox = parent company supports a certain genocide.
Sony = screwing their Customers and forcing only one place to buy games.
All of them:
Subscription to play multiplayerReally can’t tell you who’s worst, Sony, Nintendo, or Xbox.
They are all pretty much the same. Just a different name. They all want most control over their customers, their wallets, their games, and devices. None of them care about their customers.
The major thing I’m worried about in the future is Gabe dying/retiring and Steam getting a new CEO.
It will very probably be a shitfest that will almost inevotably start an enshitification of Steam, and that will massively suck.
Im glad I jumped ship from playstation after the PS4, before PC prices were as astronomical as they are now =w=
Fun thing about living in a country that doesn’t even have PSN support despite the fact you can buy a playstation here: you can’t even buy games from the PS online store without jumping through a bunch of hoops like buying gift cards for whatever country you set your PSN to
I bought the PS2 and the PS5. These are the only PlayStations I will buy. Sony is run by idiots.
