PS5 I'm thinking of selling my PS5

[Blueskunky Blueskunky]

So I'm sure we all heard the news that Sony is ending all physical game production for the PS5 in 2028.
Which seriously disgusted me and made me regret owning the console in the first place, so now I'm looking in to selling it.
There are a few consoles I am interested in replacing it with, like downgrading to the PS4! It can play most games I want to play on my current gen PS5 with Blu-ray support added atop of that!
Or a PS Vita or 3ds, they are both very easily moddable and customizable!
And probably many more systems I could get when I sell it!
So, now I ask, are there any good systems I should look into buying?
I'm genuinely curious now!

 

[Kovlak]

The 3DS nowadays is ridiculously expensive.

I have all the other consoles you mentioned, including a og PS4 and a Pro model. So if you have any question...

Personally I think the future of affordable gaming is in retro handhelds. You can get an Ayn Thor for less than the price of a New 2DS/3DS.

 

[Lod 10]

lWhich PS4 model are you planning to buy if you want to buy one?

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O 3DS hoje em dia é absurdamente caro.

My dream was a 3DS, but nowadays it's become a museum piece because it's so expensive.

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

How about you keep your PS5 so you can play your PS4 games? I currently do that and games play wayyyy better on it compared to PS4 Pro. Heck even PSVR1 games are stable compared to PS4, plus you have a nice selection of present day games if you do so, since in 3 years theyll kill off the PS4.

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

I'd honestly be very tempted to get a couple of PS3s with the money you are gonna get — one, I'd turn into a high-end emulation box (GB and Virtual Boy all the way up to PS2) and the other, I'd use as intended while stocking up on heavily discounted games.

 

[zombie100379]

i have had a ps5 for 3 or 4 years - boxed and unopened , i can't find many games i actually want - every shop i have tried seem to have quite a poor selection.

 

[Retro Doomer]

Ps4 is a Good Investment honestly but a Ps3 is a great choice if you Mod it to.

But its your choice in the end and you should do what you really want you also could invest this Money to upgrade your Pc.

 

[ArchienineZXAdventArchienineZXAdvent's icon]

Price?

 

[Blueskunky Blueskunky]

But its your choice in the end and you should do what you really want you also could invest this Money to upgrade your Pc.

I don't have a pc lmao!
That's why I'm so reliant on consoles hehe!

 

[random0nonsense]

How about you keep your PS5 so you can play your PS4 games? I currently do that and games play wayyyy better on it compared to PS4 Pro. Heck even PSVR1 games are stable compared to PS4, plus you have a nice selection of present day games if you do so, since in 3 years theyll kill off the PS4.

This. I thought about getting a PS5 to play new games and the previous generation. It never happened though because there was never a game for the 5 I had to play. Astrobot was the closest.

 

[Blueskunky Blueskunky]

Astrobot was the closest.

I have Astrobot and it's pretty good!
I'll wait for it to get a PC release if you want to play it tho, I cannot recommend the PS5 for anyone with the prices being raised multiple times.

 

[Advil Lavs]

I'd say, buy a modded Switch (or mod it yourself if you have soldering experience) or a modded PSVita or a 3DS if you find one at a reasonable price or one of those emulation handhelds if don't care as much about original hardware (or maybe all of the above, I think the PS5 money could be barely enough).

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

I have Astrobot and it's pretty good!
I'll wait for it to get a PC release if you want to play it tho, I cannot recommend the PS5 for anyone with the prices being raised multiple times.

I don't think its possible to run Astrobot on PC since it NEEDS the dualsense right?

 

[iamthemilkman]

I'm keeping mine since it's probably the last PS with a disc drive. I'll probably buy another disc drive or two before they stop making those, too.

 

[Elwiwi]

I don't think its possible to run Astrobot on PC since it NEEDS the dualsense right?

Plus Sony said they were going to stop releasing their single player games ( dunno if the backtrack on that )

 

[Dyne]

I have a PS5 (not pro) with a disc drive, so I'll just keep that for ps4/ps5 games for the foreseeable future.

I bought the disc drive version so I could play my ps4 games, but honestly I only have like 2 physical ps5 games. The rest are digital. So I guess digital only wont affect me too much (although I still think its gross they are doing away with physical completely)

 

[Kovlak]

My dream was a 3DS, but nowadays it's become a museum piece because it's so expensive.

You're better off buying a Ayn Thor right now.

 

[Blueskunky Blueskunky]

Plus Sony said they were going to stop releasing their single player games ( dunno if the backtrack on that )

Oh, I had no clue they did that actually.

I don't think its possible to run Astrobot on PC since it NEEDS the dualsense right?

I have no clue actually lmao!

 

[Blamhammer]

I had a PS5 with the PSVR2 headset. GT7 was pretty good with it, but with hardly any games that interested me I just ended up selling it all. Couldn't justify keeping it all for one game.

The Old 3DS & XL seems to go for around £80-150 in the UK but the New models...I have no idea why they are at those prices.

 

[TruxtonTatsujin]

It's still fun to collect for the PS4, if you don't have one I'd keep it just for that. No sense in downgrading if you already have a disc PS5.

 

[HikaruKitsune]

I'm only keeping mine because something happened to make my PS4 stop working (that's actually why I finally got a PS5 in the first place). It's mostly working as a replacement PS4, for me (though I do have around 20 physical PS5 games)

 

[Blueskunky Blueskunky]

Okay so after reading all of the replies I've come to a conclusion.
I'll try to sell my PS5 at my local Game X Change, if they don't have anything I want, I'll keep my PS5 and collect PS4, any PS5 that interest me, and Blu-ray's untill I can sell it for something I'd want instead.
I think that's a good plan!

 

[gtPacheko]

I sold mine and bought a PC in 2024... Then a power surge happened and that PC got fried. Now I have a craptop and a PS2.

I kinda miss that PS5, but the prices for games were too exorbitant. I'm thinking of getting a Series S since I own lots of digital Xbox games and they're really cheap here in Brazil.