Crone
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What Best Buy employee did you get that had the extra time and gave a fuck? Wow! Nice job.
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Playstation 5
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Kolohe
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Can you put a brown paper bag over this and take another pic for the lulz?
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StoiCynic
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While I was never crazy about the design from the start, I was willing to keep an open mind until seeing it up close and on display. Having said that, this is hands down the ugliest and dumbest looking console I have ever owned. I thought the disc less might look a little more symmetrical, but laying flat (only way I can fit it) it looks crooked and off balance. Like who in the fuck actually signed off on this? My first priority will be to find a spot to hide this eye sore.
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Springbok
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Whats crazy is the demand for this is so high, the designer is probably going "fuck man what a masterpiece, people are buying these things like crack!". Half hoping they have a redesign at some point when I actually need one - Selling mine tomorrow for about $1k, which I'm stoked about.
Crone
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Rajaah
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I probably saved thousands of dollars over the years by only buying games when I was ready to play them. Case in point, you buy something new for $60, finally get to playing it eight months later, and at that point it's worth $15 or something. Might as well just get things when you're actually going to do something with them. Had friends who would buy tons of games and play a fraction of them. One friend had a literal bookcase of games, and most of them were still in shrinkwrap when I'd go over there. It was always like "yeah I'll get to all of these". The problem is that he was dirt-poor and barely scraped by, by splitting expenses with his GF. So he'd be complaining about money while talking about going out and buying some new game that he wasn't going to play.
Anyway, yeah, I saved a ton by not engaging in this kind of thing. I have noticed in the past couple of years since I've had a lot more money to play with that all of a sudden it's a lot easier for me to just buy things I'm not actually ready to play yet. It's a new phenomenon for me. Like there are 3 games I'm interested in getting right now that I don't have, and instead of waiting til after the PS5 launch wave dies down, I'm ready to just order them now and put them on the pile despite knowing I won't get to them until at least January. So I get how people do this.
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Springbok
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Local, but eBay seems to have a ton over $1k. I’m happy to meet someone at our Costco parking lot
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Can't see the name Jair and not think Jair Ohmsford from The Wishsong of Shannara. One of my fav books.
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Zaide
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StoiCynic
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One thing that I immediately noticed about the controller that is kind of triggering me is the O button is right on side curve. So if you are using R1, the side of your index finger rubs against it. Maybe a minor gripe, but I immediately noticed it. I like the adaptive triggers. If they actually hold up it is a solid edition to this gen console, but that's a big if.
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If standing the ps5 vertically, how much clearance do you need above it? My shelf is about an inch above the ps5 and I’m guessing that’s not enough airfow.
Ambiturner
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Pretty sure Walmart isn't happening for non-botters. Where are you actual humans going to score these when they're available?
rhinohelix
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The PS5 is huge. Like Piano big. And not visually attractive. Perhaps I have just gotten used to the PS4/PS4 Pro and the XSX but man, it was just jarring to take it out of the box. I love the controller but the console itself is an eyesore. I love looking at the XSX. Perhaps its just the newness/the paradigm shifting nature of the PS5 and perhaps over time I will adjust to it.
The UI, though, is killer, and its so responsive. I much prefer the PS UI to the XB UI.
The UI, though, is killer, and its so responsive. I much prefer the PS UI to the XB UI.
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Rajaah
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When I picked mine up, I asked the store if they had a bag big enough for it, joking "so I can walk to my car without getting mugged".
...they did not have any bags big enough. I didn't get mugged, at least.
So far I've spent most of the day installing and updating things and figuring out which games to actually put on this thing for now. The hard drive space is atrocious, and I'm already out of it after only installing the few games I'm actively working on or plan to play soon.
Anyone know if there's any real difference between HDMI cords? I've got one of those slightly-expensive Rocketfish high-speed HDMI cords with gold/nickel plugs around here somewhere, wondering if using that instead of the nondescript included HDMI cord would result in any improvements.