Just picked up a used 64gb version a few weeks ago for just over $300. My expectations were blown away. I've been a PlayStation and Nintendo guy since the mid 2000's, but now my plan is to fully transition to the PC gaming ecosystem this year.
I have a PS5 and Nintendo Switch currently and while I like both, my biggest gripe with them is that if I buy a game on one, I can't continue it on the other. Typically this leads to me having to buy games twice in some instances if I want to play on the TV and in handheld mode. Sure the Switch can dock to the TV, but the power is not enough for the bigger games. I also hate paying for online and backwards compatibility is lacking on both.
The deck shows me the possibilities of a PC future though. Any games I buy on Steam for the deck I will be able to play at higher graphics on a proper PC setup for no extra charge. I also love emulating all my favorite games from the PS2 and GameCube era. The deck shows what true backwards compatibility should be like. PS3 emulation has been limited, but you can buy many of the PS3 games on Steam for cheap anyway, so hasn't been a big issue.
My goal this year is to build a mid PC setup that can replace my PS5 for TV gaming. Very excited about the future of Steam and PC and now I'm looking to upgrade the storage on the deck to 1tb this weekend.
Classic that once wrapped is out to everyone they fire a huge amount of there workforce just a few weeks before Christmas. Shows why the streaming model is a sham.
I found an extension that gets rid of the shorts, thank god
Met my wife on Bumble and we just had a baby in June
I remember getting getting sucked into opening packs years ago in Madden Ultimate team. I stopped when I realized I had spent twice over what the game itself cost. I stopped then, and never played ultimate team again. I am not an addictive person, but even the most strong minded individual can get sucked into their vortex. The fact that lawmakers let this industry be self regulated means these companies can keep abusing players.
Yeah it really is a depressing reality here. I think every day about jumping ship and finding somewhere else in the world to live. Unfortunately the whole planet is really in a bad place.
Thanks for your feedback, I made some changes based on your recommendations . Does this look like it would work better? I wanted to pick a case I could build more in in the future. I would prefer to buy parts that are more future proof and would make it easy to upgrade the system when I have more money again later.
Part List - AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, Deepcool CH370 MicroATX Mid Tower
I've recently started to get into playing more games on my laptop. Currently the laptop I use is limited in terms of specs and really only designed to do basic tasks on, but light gaming is still pretty good. I'm able to play Fallout New Vegas and a few other small games work well too. Lately though I have been getting into emulation and playing old games from my youth. Quite a few games work fine, but when I try to play something more demanding like COD then I find my PC really struggles. I am loving emulation and feel like getting more into PC gaming as a whole.
I have done some research and found some mini PC's people online have used for emulation that work well like the Beelink SER5 Mini PC on Amazon. What I am wondering though is if it will be more worthwhile to spend a bit more and build a similar PC with the same specs that I can upgrade later. I popped into PC picker and put together a build that I believe replicates the specs of the mini PC, but I wanted to get some feedback on if this build would be good for emulation of PS2 and PS3 at 1080p as well as average Steam gaming. I am trying to keep my budget under $600, so the absence of a graphics card is intentional. I am hoping that I can get away without one now and invest in one in the near future.
I have one I would love to do that for now, but the need for money to support a family keeps me from doing it. Luckily should be able to apply for jobs soon when I'm done my degree in a few months
Yet another example of how the streaming model is a scam. Disney also wants to ban password sharing like Netflix did. The sooner you can get away from services like this the better. Instead of forking over a fortune for all these streaming sites, it makes way more sense to invest in owning the media you consume.
Even easier to pair a sensor to Home Assistant so the lights can turn on automatically when you enter the room. Then you don't need to interact with a voice assistant or an app to turn on a light.
I had tried a few paid services. I am a business major though and have alot of experience with Excel. I was able to make a expenses tracker in there and now I just enter transactions a few times a week. Helps alot to have a easier way to view what is coming in and what is going out. As well as where the majority of my money is going to. You can YouTube how to make a spreadsheet. Lots of tutorials
We had a big flood where I live about 10 years ago. Massive amounts of water and whole basements of almost all the homes completely went under water for days. I worked for a clean up crew that summer cleaning up alot of the damage. I was 18 and needed a job and thought it would be a good experience. I was just hired as a temp by a restoration company through a hiring agency though and I found out almost everyone I was working with was the same. The people supervising us, some were not much older than me and had no idea how to run this operation. One day we are in the basement of a large commercial building. Young supervisor tells me and 3 other temps to haul out a heavy washing machine that needs to go to the main level. Only way out was a massive wood staircase that went straight up and contained probably 50 steps. This was an industrial washing machine so it weighed probably a couple hundred pounds. We get it onto a dolly and begin hauling it up the stairs. I am at the top pulling the dolly with another guy while the two others are at the bottom pushing. Thing is so heavy we have to pull it in spurts. So "1..2..3.." then we all move it up one step. We get all the way to the top and only have two more steps. Now remember when I said these basements were fully under water? That was also the case here. The staircase had been under water for days and was now very weak. So we pull the machine up to the step before the landing. As we pull it, me and the guy beside me step onto the landing. The machine goes onto the last step and the connection between the staircase and the landing at the top of the stairs breaks. Whole staircase falls and the two guys below fall with it. Luckily when it all hits the ground, the machine rolls away from the guys and they are hurt, but not seriously. Everyone comes rushing over because the sound is deafening, and me and the other guy are still standing at the top of the landing looking down at everyone. Had we not stepped onto the landing at the moment we did, we would have fallen with the stairs and the machine would have rolled ontop of us. Likely killing or permanently injuring us. It's amazing how close I was to likely death. We were pulled aside by the safety guy for the crew. I saw him later reaming out the young guy that was supervising us and told us to take the machine up the stairs. I'm pretty sure he was fired that day and he looked so distraught. In hindsight I don't blame him as he should never have been in that position and it was more a reflection on the bad business practices of the restoration company hiring temps and unqualified supervisors.
Yeah for sure. Somedays no, but once you make it part of your routine it gets alot easier to enjoy. I usually listen to podcasts or music to keep my mind more active though and that helps alot, because then you are not thinking solely of the physical exertion on my body.
This is why I would not want to pay a subscription to YouTube. I don't trust that they would ever truely work out all the ads