Recent comments in /f/consoles

amcman15 t1_itfk0ri wrote

Even as a Meta hater, the Facebook account is handy. My side hustle is refurbing retro gaming gear and FB has become so much of a local hub that everything else pales in comparison. I'm not exaggerating, the traffic differences between FB and any other platform are staggering.

I deleted my original "real" FB account years ago but made a new one for my side business with one picture and maxed privacy settings. I mean Meta already has ad profiles for non-users so it's a pretty minimal sacrifice in my book.

Why did I just write two paragraphs about making a FaceBook account? Cause on Monday I'm picking up 2 free sheets of plywood and some 2x4s and on Wednesday someone is buying a GameCube I couldn't sell on eBay.

I have seen many people with PS5's and XSX/S's looking to sell or trade while browsing for deals. Every single person interested outside of r/hardwareswap was on Facebook. I was looking for PC parts so the copious trade posts stood out. That being said, I imagine some of the trade volume has died down now that prices have somewhat normalized.

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raytmn t1_itfdbxj wrote

Well if it's just for games like fifa and you said xbox is cheaper I'd save some money there. But also a playstation would be good if you do ever want to branch out and play their single player exclusives. Personally I'd pick playstation but I do like xbox for gamepass and they have some better features like dolby support. However, ps has a great library that is not available on xbox. So really it's mainly just deciding between the ecosystem or having ps exclusives.

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1northfield t1_itfcgq9 wrote

It’s worth pointing out that the Series X can use retroarch (no hacks, just an app) which means you can play most PS2 games on it, in fact you can play PS1, GameCube, Super Nintendo, arcade, basically almost anything up to about the PS2 but there is starting to be some compatibility with PS3 so perhaps they will have that worked out at some point in the future. This option doesn’t give you games on a shelf though but does let you play more games than any console in history. Look up recent guides on YouTube

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JavFan083 t1_itecmeo wrote

Seems like a waste of money to buy a $500 console to play soccer games. You can get many of the same games on your pc and you could play on your tv.

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