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The $700 PS5 Pro doesn’t come with a disc drive (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 months ago by realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] polle@feddit.org 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

While this is true, consoles still manage to have a way more convenient experience. Its the only reason why they exist (today)

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think that's mainly a relic from the past. I didn't have compability or driver issues for a long time.

Once the PC is set up, it's as comfortable as a console. Setting the PC up to console standards is reduced to installing steam.

[–] polle@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Looks like you never played on a computer on a TV screen. The experience is plaged by pad connection problems (Bluetooth), windows popups, random no full screen issues, sound suddenly on the wrong channel, microphone not working, mouse cursor in the middle of the screen (often reset to the middle after launching the game, even when you are playing with a pad) and so on. You still need a keyboard and a mouse near your couch and there is always something. For sure iam still not paying the markup for a console, but i get why there is a big market.

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

What are you on about? I use my PC on my TV all the times and I don't have a single issue you describe. I just have it connected with Hdmi. The TV even turns on and off automatic if function activate.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I've definitely had some of those issues. I won't count an old issue where my GPU needed a special connection to attach audio to its DVI output (rare oddity). Some others:

Most computers would need to swap default audio device between whatever you use at a desk, and the TV registered as an HDMI audio device.
Bluetooth connections to arbitrary controllers have gotten better, but they had often needed manual enablement each time through mouse-based menus or a number of firmware updates to work with Windows/SteamOS.
My Steam Deck, even in its current iteration, takes some time to recognize the connected TV and swap resolution.
The mouse cursor issue can come up if you had to do any mouse-based option swapping, like that thing with audio devices.

I've definitely gotten it working and had a blast, but the number of button presses to get to starting the game can sometimes be hard to predict. Even when I had a computer dedicated to the TV (a long time ago when SteamOS was fledgling) it was pretty unreliable about having all the right updates and not needing a mouse.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago

You're doing something wrong. I've been playing PC games on my couch for a decade and haven't had any of those issues.