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Sony is releasing a new PS5 console, but it's a downgrade

www.tweaktown.com Sony is releasing a new PS5 console, but it's a downgrade

Sony is releasing a new PlayStation 5 console, but it appears it will be a downgrade compared to the previous model to keep costs down.

Same price, less storage. Shrinkflation at its finest.

Sony plans to release a new PS5 Slim All-Digital console with an 825GB SSD, reducing storage from the previous 1TB to optimize production costs amid rising expenses. The PS5 Slim Standard with a disc drive will retain the 1TB SSD, and the updated model is expected to launch in Europe first.

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Fucking shrinkflation coming to electronics? Damn.
- Just consoles! You can still prowl ebay for computer parts and build something basically just as good for like 200 bucks.
  
  I thought most equivelant gpus to the ps5 start around $200 on their own.
  
  You may be able to get a used 3070 for around $200. That doesn't include the rest of the computer though.
  
  Where we're going we don't need equivalent gpus
  terraria music begins playing
  
  Given that baltoro, monster train, and now silk song have been my most played games recently, you might be on to something.
  
  Fuck yeah, low hardware requirements gaming gang
  
  As good as PS5 for $200? Yeah, no.
  
  To be clear, I'm not saying "as powerful" when I say "as good." A cheap old gaming PC can already play about 90% of games ever released, so why would I care about the AAA games from the last 5 years that demand newer hardware for no real reason? Terraria, Skyrim, Fallout 4, Minecraft, Cuphead, saints row 3, half life 2, portal 2, DOOM (1990s original games with mods), Crysis, Shovel Knight, etc. all have cheap as hell minimum requirements and look great. I won an auction for a laptop for 100 bucks (65 including my bid and shipping, though the charger was another 20, and the setup from scratch would include the price of mouse i used to about 100 bucks altogether) off Ebay that could play all the games listed above (except for skyrim, fo4, and maybe cuphead cause I didn't test that game. It ran Crysis on low settings surprisingly well.)

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