anyone else bummed that their consoles are dying?

[xX_pringlemccringleberry_Xx]

i switched to pc partly because i found out my laptop has a decent graphics card but mainly because its getting hard to maintain my old consoles, theyre all slowly breaking down.

im liking pc a lot now but anyone else kinda missing their console days?

[Longy999]

I switched to pc several years ago and never looked back. The missus bought me a ps4 pro as an xmas present about 4 years ago and I hated it, so slow and clunky, kept it for about 6 months and sold it off on ebay
The newer gen of consoles actually seem pretty good for the price they are but if you have a decent rig I just don't see the point in getting one, especially as most AAA titles from both consoles make their way over to pc eventually now anyway

[J4MESOX4D]

I've been more of a PC gamer the last decade and haven't really missed playing on console. I will never view the PS4 as a legendary console and I barely use my PS5 these days either. With digital gaming dominating that space now and so many crappy AAA practices from scummy publishers, I don't view console gaming the same as it once was and the last good gen was the PS3/360 era.

[Crazy Tiger]

No, the (old) consoles I still have all run fine.

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

Only a few games I found better on console...

[Haruspex]

I have several old consoles that I keep maintained, but you're right. They're all slowly disintegrating.

This is why emulation is important. Long, long after the last NES gives up the ghost. Long after I'm dead. My great-grandchildren will still be able to fire up those games on their quantum, neuro, whatever kind of computers will be a thing by then.

[Lunar Fang]

I just miss the community it brought. It isn't like PC where you have to add each other on steam or look for players on a discord or reddit, forums.

You were in a lobby, you felt the vibe, you added each other, it was all self contained.

[Crystal Sharrd]

The most any of my consoles have broken down is that my Dreamcast needs a new CMOS battery.

[J4MESOX4D]

Originally posted by Lunar Fang:

I just miss the community it brought. It isn't like PC where you have to add each other on steam or look for players on a discord or reddit, forums.

You were in a lobby, you felt the vibe, you added each other, it was all self contained.

I met a lot of people simply by playing in old Call of Duty lobbies for instance. Nowadays you're in skill-based/monetised lobbies never to see or hear from the players ever again. Just feels so soulless. This can be said for a lot of MP titles.

I used to love the buzz of a big midnight launch too. Now you can pay more to digitally pre-load and play a usually unfinished game early and it just kills the hype of a big release. It's convenient but I also miss physical editions. Thankfully there's barely any games worth picking one up for now and even then, a few games don't even come with a disc and just a code which defeats the purpose.

[nullable]

Things wear out sure, but there's still lots of replacements available secondhand. And more options on top of that. so, no, doesn't bother me really.

[xX_pringlemccringleberry_Xx]

Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:

Originally posted by Lunar Fang:

I just miss the community it brought. It isn't like PC where you have to add each other on steam or look for players on a discord or reddit, forums.

You were in a lobby, you felt the vibe, you added each other, it was all self contained.

I met a lot of people simply by playing in old Call of Duty lobbies for instance. Nowadays you're in skill-based/monetised lobbies never to see or hear from the players ever again. Just feels so soulless. This can be said for a lot of MP titles.

I used to love the buzz of a big midnight launch too. Now you can pay more to digitally pre-load and play a usually unfinished game early and it just kills the hype of a big release. It's convenient but I also miss physical editions. Thankfully there's barely any games worth picking one up for now and even then, a few games don't even come with a disc and just a code which defeats the purpose.

facts, midnight launches used to be so fun, my friends and i used to go wait in launch lines after school, wed all be so hyped for the game. now everyone buys them digitally

and ya, played black ops on ps3 back in the day, maybe i just dont know what games to play yet on pc but, in general, gaming online seems less social than it was

[Hammer Of Evil]

Originally posted by xX_pringlemccringleberry_Xx:

i switched to pc partly because i found out my laptop has a decent graphics card but mainly because its getting hard to maintain my old consoles, theyre all slowly breaking down.

im liking pc a lot now but anyone else kinda missing their console days?

actually i learned how to desolder and maintain / replace the power supply on my ps3, so that thing is working again.

I wish i hung onto my old 8bit nes console, I could have fixed the rom plugpoints so easily with what i know now 😂

[Liquid Inc]

Only console that's ever died on me is my old 80gp PS3 (the old brick one). It turned on, but no picture and nothing i could do would bring it back. (It was almost certainly the graphics card, though power light stayed green, not yellow, so i assumed the ports themselves were the blame)

I think i still have it somewhere, though i simply bought a replacement when it died, which still works so i have no reason to get the big one repaired.

[xX_pringlemccringleberry_Xx]

Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:

I've been more of a PC gamer the last decade and haven't really missed playing on console. I will never view the PS4 as a legendary console and I barely use my PS5 these days either. With digital gaming dominating that space now and so many crappy AAA practices from scummy publishers, I don't view console gaming the same as it once was and the last good gen was the PS3/360 era.

sad but true, the kids today will never know

[76561199502155650]

what console is breaking down on you? there are lots of fixes to be found for every console.

my ps2 still works it was given away

my ps3 still works it has a brand new SSD drive

my ps4 still works, it also has a brand new SSD drive

my orginal nintendo still works, it is over 30 years old

my turbo graphix still works, it just has no games.

friends Xbox 360 broke, after ripping off a diode on the power button chip it worked again, weirdest thing ever cause actually removing the dead diode fixed the not powering on thing.
it seemed to be a intensional power button breaker to force people to send xbox back to manufacture for rerubish, sneaky sneaky.

now days though you don't need a console pc can do everything and more. consoles are great for kids that don't wanna trouble shoot problems all day with software, sadly ps4 and ps5 maybe xbox S has made gaming more difficult because of the download time required for games, kids waiting for 4 hours to play a game thats downloading a update is just a no go.

[xX_pringlemccringleberry_Xx]

Originally posted by Please Stop Stalking my Posts:

what console is breaking down on you? there are lots of fixes to be found for every console.

my ps2 still works it was given away

my ps3 still works it has a brand new SSD drive

my ps4 still works, it also has a brand new SSD drive

my orginal nintendo still works, it is over 30 years old

my turbo graphix still works, it just has no games.

friends Xbox 360 broke, after ripping off a diode on the power button chip it worked again, weirdest thing ever cause actually removing the dead diode fixed the not powering on thing.
it seemed to be a intensional power button breaker to force people to send xbox back to manufacture for rerubish, sneaky sneaky.

now days though you don't need a console pc can do everything and more. consoles are great for kids that don't wanna trouble shoot problems all day with software, sadly ps4 and ps5 maybe xbox S has made gaming more difficult because of the download time required for games, kids waiting for 4 hours to play a game thats downloading a update is just a no go.

ya thats kinda where im at, i miss the console days a bit but im super happy with pc rn, and i dont have time to troubleshoot the old hardware anymore

as for problems, its a long list lol:

i just fixed my old wii (some of the parts inside wore down to the point where it was unusable) by swapping out parts from my grandmas wii that she never used (so i could keep the data, as the sd card slot was corroded)

my ps2 stopped reading disks so i got a replacement but the replacements starting to go too, and the replacement's controller ports disconnect pretty often

the buttons on my nes controller stopped being responsive enough to play, and the screws in the back are rusted in a way where if i try to take it apart i might not be able to get them back together

n64 joysticks being themselves lol, and bad luck i think but ive had two rca cables go out on me, also smash 64 needing a battery change so it could retain memory

my ps3 controllers got super jank so i had to get third party replacements and, after doing that, the ps3 started shutting off randomly half an hour into sessions (didnt wanna bother taking it apart so i found a surprising fix online where i unplug and hold down the power button for 40 seconds before playing and it actually works)

im sure i can fix most of these but the constant upkeep is why i switched to pc, and ive been happy since

if you were gonna try to help me troubleshoot its okay but thanks for reaching out, i appreciate it