> I've had my gaming machine on a separate box for awhile now.
I do the same, I bought my box from Sony, it's called Playstation 4. Never had to worry about driver updates, incompatible games, sanboxing, anything. 5/5 would recommend.
I do the same, I bought my box from Sony, it's called Playstation 4. Never had to worry about driver updates, incompatible games, sanboxing, anything. 5/5 would recommend.
The same goes for very fine particle effects or extremely high resolution textures. You just won't notice it. That is not to say those things don't have a place, they are amazing and definitely look amazing at the close distances one sits from a PC monitor. Its just not an apples-to-apples comparison.
I also feel that past 60Hz+FPS, the higher numbers bring very diminishing returns, especially for controllers. Although I'd much rather see modern consoles go 1080p120fps than 4k60fps.
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You do realise that not everyone lives in a mansion? 2m is a fairly common distance from eyeballs to the TV here in the UK.
It's not just the resolution, but the actual graphics/rendering capabilities are substantially better: shadows that accurately match the shape of what they're cast from, high detail even on distant objects, faster response to control input, etc. It makes such a difference in how immersive the games feel, which is a big deal for me. Going from Witcher 3 on PS4 to all-maxed-out settings at double the framerate on my PC was like night and day. IMO, you just can't go back. (comparison here for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo5Nh9am3RM )
I spend a huge percentage of my time in games just exploring and looking at stuff, appreciating the immersive nature of the worlds people have crafted. This is even more rewarding now with a nice gaming PC setup :)
No driver issues though, but the frequent and sizeable updates are so bad.
After a 2 year hiatus, my Destiny 2 installation (60ish GB) needed to download updates... amounting to 60ish GB. On my current connection, that was a huge chunk of the weekend.
To use the YouTube app, it asks you to associate a Sony app to your YouTube account, that can track your video history (in or out of the PS4) and reserves the right to share videos to your YouTube channel, publicly.