Comment by anonyfox | Hacker News Reader

Comment by anonyfox | Hacker News Reader

For me, I chose xbox recently because of very specific titles (like, starfield). And not to mention the MS/activision talks that were going on for a while now, and I really do love blizzard games, so there would have been a risk of losing out with sony in the longer run.

What I don't get in return a _some_ JRPG titles that ps5 has access to. On the other hand, I also have a switch (which has some exceptionally great exclusives + some of the missing JRPGs), and quite a lot of the gaming portfolio is covered by having xbox+switch.

The only thing I refuse to do nowadays is playing on PC, at all. I am tied to this unhealthy seating position most of the day already, and with consoles I can move to the couch, not to mention multiplayer there. I get why PC gaming is better in several aspects, but body posture is the single thing I am no longer accepting here.

My deck works fine in the garden, the sofa or the train.

And I was able to get a Lenovo SFF Ryzen 5600 for £300 from ebay, which is cheaper, smaller and faster than the current consoles.

It's a shame that Valve don't distribute the current Steam Deck Linux, but HoloOS does effectively the same and that plugs into the TV just as well.

You don't need to compromise with PC gaming, and when I upgrade I won't be forced to buy all my games again to carry on playing Overcooked and Moving Out with the kids.

>And I was able to get a Lenovo SFF Ryzen 5600 for £300 from ebay, which is cheaper, smaller and faster than the current consoles

Maybe the CPU is faster but I doubt the GPU is.

You are right, it is probably more comparable to PS4/Xbox One because of it being GCN rather than RDNA.

Did you know you can connect your computer to a television? There's a special cable called HMDI or something like that.

I don't understand this common argument. Of course a PC can technically be connected to a TV. The problem is that most people don't have their PC in a living room, much less within the HDMI-range from a TV.

So, unless you want to permanently move your PC (and lose your desk setup with a monitor, a keyboard, a mouse) OR to have another PC dedicated for your TV setup in a living room, then no, you can't play on PC while sitting a couch.

We have all three consoles due to kids. I play pretty much only on the steam deck. It’s been great for getting back into pc gaming. Currently replaying Oblivion on it but also a bit of Yakuza 0.

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