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Sony patent could let players tap a credit card on their PlayStation controller to buy games
www.dexerto.com/gaming/sony-patent-could-let-players-tap-a-credit-card-on-their-controller-to-buy-games-3411921/🤣4
Replying to @Some_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world
Somebody explain the appeal of consoles in 2026 to me. I can easily connect any controller to my PC, and get games at half the price for it?
Replying to @Muffi@programming.dev
As someone who contemplates getting either a PC or PS5 for playing FF7 Remake trilogy: a used ps5 goes for around 250€ - 400€
A PC that runs the games at medium settings costs… Well, at least double that. A used RX 6700 XT alone is almost the price of the whole console. And that’s just the GPU, I haven’t even looked the RAM prices… Then add CPU, motherboard, SSD…
So the appeal is price.
Edit: RX 6700 XT is the official recommended GPU for running Rebirth at medium settings