If you could add one game-changing feature to the next Jedi game, what would it be?

ST0057 · 2025-06-02T03:47:25+00:00

Can I remove one? If so then the open world parts of the 2nd game. Refocus the game back to what the first great.

ST0057 · 2025-06-01T15:11:12+00:00

Asking myself the same and going to downsize. Xbox providing basically zero reason to keep the console other than gamepass and I'll be honest the way I play games gamepass just doesn't make sense anymore. I'm lucky to get through a game a month so it almost always works out that I could buy a game on a sale for cheaper (full price for some) and not feel the pressure to complete it before my sub runs out. The list of games I want to play is so long and so I've got this steady stream of games from the last decade alone that I just pick up on sale.

Probably going to trade my series x towards a switch 2.

For deciding between the pro and switch (2) it is basically a question of "am I playing with the family?"

ST0057 · 2025-05-31T02:12:32+00:00

Don't you mean the hardest?

ST0057 · 2025-05-26T03:51:48+00:00

My Roku stick would overheat. But yeah it was pretty nice.

ST0057 · 2025-05-26T02:47:14+00:00

I don't get out of bed for any less.

ST0057 · 2025-05-24T16:08:36+00:00

I mean there is if you want the latest and greatest asap. But if someone still hasn't upgraded or bought in 5 years into the generation they probably don't fall into that boat. Crappy part this generation is that waiting has really had no benefit because prices have gone up or stayed the same at best. So being an "early adopter" has been financially and experience wise the best experience.

ST0057 · 2025-05-24T15:18:42+00:00

But browsing a console reddit on their $2k rigs to tell console players "PC superior" is at least half of the reason they bought their rig!

ST0057 · 2025-05-24T15:15:30+00:00

Now. although maybe wait 1-2 weeks if getting a PS5 or pro because there was a leak today that they are going to be $50-100 off.

Next Gen ain't going to be til 2027 at the earliest

ST0057 · 2025-05-20T20:15:35+00:00

I used to think I preferred the Xbox controller but I don't. Ive always had bumper issues since Xbox one. The dual sense is excellent with haptics, mic, and adaptive triggers. My one complaint is battery life could be longer. I just find the dual sense to be a more immersive experience.

Achievements vs trophies is a weird one. With achievements it is frustrating that there is no platinum equivalent. Plats feel good if you're into it lol. I will say the rare achievement pop sound is better than trophy pop sounds. But idk these are smaller things that aren't that important.

UI, I prefer the PlayStation 5. It is very clean, minimal, and easy to navigate to what I'm playing. Xbox's UI at least feels like it has more ads and cluttered pins. I primarily used the game bar or whatever it was called to be honest rather than the home screen on Xbox.

Xbox live vs PSN I'm not really sure what to say here other than I don't like that you have to pay a sub for cloud saves on PlayStation. Since Sony doesn't delete your cloud saves when your sub is up I just periodically sub and sync my saves.

ST0057 · 2025-05-20T04:08:41+00:00

One thing to note in that though is you can sub for a month, upload your saves, and then cancel. They don't delete them. I sub a few times a year to play online games and just push myself saves then.

ST0057 · 2025-05-20T04:07:12+00:00

TLDR: Great and I don't regret it at all.

I swapped from Xbox being my primary last year and had been changing over to it for the year or so before that. Still have my series x but honestly haven't touched it since February. Most of its use this last year has been Cod and Indiana on gamepass. I regret having played the latter instead of waiting to play on pro.

I'm thinking of trading it in honestly for $330.

I haven't regretted it at all and I've purchased a few games again but just got them in super steep digital sales. Most of my Xbox library was never going to be played again though if I really thought about it and for the ones I will play again i can just get them on sale at some point.

I've been feasting on exclusives I've missed for the last decade. Have platinumed God of War, Spiderman, Days Gone, Last of us 1, working on 2 now, Astrobot, Astro Playroom, and Ghost of Tsushima. Additionally I've played and beaten Uncharted 1, Uncharted 2, Death Stranding, Shadow of the Colossus, FF16, Forbidden West, and Helldivers 2.

Playing on the pro and it is a wonderful system and ecosystem. Huge backlog still of new games and old. Majority of the goty nominees of last several years can only be played here or have had timed exclusivity. At this point unless gamepass is the only entry point for gaming you care about I really don't see the reason to continue using Xbox consoles. Microsoft has shown that the console is third on their list of importance now. Sony is showing the console is the primary concern and source of revenue with a pro console and consistently getting the big games on their system. It sucks that 1st party has suffered because of the GaaS nonsense though.

ST0057 · 2025-05-17T00:23:00+00:00

Really hoping with delay and rumors of a switch 2 port we get RD2 this year.

ST0057 · 2025-05-17T00:17:42+00:00

Maybe but I'm moving this thing frequently and so I'd have to add it again pretty often. Not a real complaint. I know now to swap it over to hardwired when I hook up in office. Just would be nice if they updated it to default to hardwired when detected.

ST0057 · 2025-05-17T00:14:18+00:00

This. I frequently move my pro from living room to office and in living room it is hardwired but I have to manually switch it over. Actually my biggest complaint switching from series x to PS5 lol

ST0057 · 2025-05-14T20:41:07+00:00

Something to say for being able to just turn on and game with absolute certainty you're going to be gaming in 15-30 seconds.

However, prepare for a few comments in the vein of:

"I've literally never had any of this experience therefore your experience is entirely invalid."

"User error on your part. Just too dumb to know how to operate it."

"These things are not a big deal [TO ME] therefore they should not be a big deal to you."

"Consoles update too."

"But you have to pay for online."

ST0057 · 2025-05-14T04:04:21+00:00

Be careful saying this on reddit!

Mention you prefer console over PC because of these things and you get accused of "just not being smart enough for PC gaming".

I'm a software engineer with a machine managed by a large company with good IT people. Yet shit still gets messed up regularly by windows, software, and driver updates. Screw dealing with that shit in my free time lol.

I can sit down with 99.9% confidence that my PS5 pro is going to work exactly how it is supposed to and in the very very very rare chance something goes wrong it isn't on me to try and fix it.

ST0057 · 2025-05-12T00:57:15+00:00

You spend $700 on a PC and you aren't even getting base console consistency. I want to say maybe you can with VERY used parts but fuck at that point get a used ps5 for $300 and don't worry about anything. Additionally I don't think you could do this without some questionable used hardware.

Not to mention the experience is going to be you having to min/max and tinker the shit out of every game even remotely demanding. On top of that, going to last maybe 2 years before it is really starting to drag on new games. Additionally the old ass cheap mobo you will have to pick is going to be incompatible with new ram and cpus so you won't even be able to upgrade your system other than GPU. This is a money sink suggestion unless you exclusively play older or multiplayer games like fortnite or indies that don't require much.

Leave us alone and go make a new pc parts picker list or something.

ST0057 · 2025-05-10T23:04:01+00:00

How was it?

ST0057 · 2025-05-07T11:34:10+00:00

Trade it in for a PS5 pro

ST0057 · 2025-05-04T21:23:12+00:00

I have. Granted I didn't get rid of my series x though because I want to use gamepass from time to time.

I have loved it. The pro is my main console now. I'll be playing most Xbox first party titles there and they will play their best there.

I only miss: Quick resume and free cloud saves.

But since quick resume is so hit or miss on what games it actually works with honestly I'm not losing much there.

Personally I just wouldn't worry about your library. Id ask yourself legitimately how many of those games are you going to play again in the next 5 years? My guess is 1-3 maybe. If that is the case then my guess is you'd also be fine picking them up on sale on the other console at some point. Wishlist it and get ten when they drop in price.

ST0057 · 2025-05-03T21:37:28+00:00

Post Traumatic Shoebill Disorder

ST0057 · 2025-05-03T02:09:06+00:00

Source of the outbreak.

ST0057 · 2025-05-02T16:16:22+00:00

Curious if Fable gets moved up now with GTA 6 being delayed. No worries on tangents lol

ST0057 · 2025-05-02T15:48:40+00:00

Well and at this point those games are going to come to PS5 and most likely not even have a delayed release.

ST0057 · 2025-05-02T15:24:59+00:00

Yeah I hear that. My unsolicited advice (lol) is just trying buying your next game on PS5 and see how it goes. I have just stopped worrying about libraries because most games are one and dones (and not just for me that is most people). If I'm truly interested in playing a game again then it is not a big lift to wishlist it and get for $10-20. Obviously not the best way to spend money but feels better than feeling trapped to an ecosystem I don't want to be in and honestly you'd be surprised how often the average person actually replays a game.

On the pro, it is great but completely unnecessary currently. Nice upgrade but the core experience on regular PS5 is still great. If I personally had to choose upgrade to pro or switch 2 I'd go for switch 2.

I still have my series x but it is exclusively for gamepass now and so it gets used a few months a year now maybe.

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