Is the PS4 still a viable console?

One of my close friends decided that she's no longer enjoying games so she offered to sell it to me for really cheap (100$). I love gaming but since I switched to Mac a few years ago my choices have been very limited. I've been mostly playing indie games that are available on Mac. So I've been thinking about her offer.

The price sounds amazing but I'm not sure if it's still worth it considering the PS5 has been out for a good few years now. What do you guys think? Should I take it off her hands or should I save for a PS5 or an Xbox instead?

My main monitor is 1080p 75Hz by the way (Acer KG221Q). So buying a new generation console would mean that I might have to upgrade my monitor as well.

Edit to add: A new PS5 would cost 7 times as much in my country. That's also another thing to consider.

Gabadabs,
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Any console that lets you experience games that you will enjoy is worth it. Who cares about being caught up, the PS4 has a ton of fantastic games, and $100 is a great deal.

ArugulaZ,
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The old gray mare ain't what she used to be, but I think the PS4 is in better shape than the Xbox One at this point. It got KOF 15, the Xbox One didn't.

I say enjoy what you can afford. The PS5 will be there a month, a year, a decade down the line. There's still plenty of good software for the PS4, and the games still look magnificent, as games HAVE looked for fifteen years. Look, I grew up in the age of Atari and Nintendo. Even the super-old Xbox 360 looks like a work of science-fiction next to those.

Dee_Imaginarium,
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I'm still rocking my PS4 Pro and haven't felt the need to upgrade to the PS5 yet. Plenty of good games on there and a lot of the new ones still release to PS4 too. There's cool exclusives on PS5 but not $500 cool exclusives imo. Well, closer to $600 after purchasing the game. So I'll continue to wait to upgrade. I'd say go for it because you can have a lot of fun on the PS4 still.

Steinsprut,
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Who says you need to upgrade monitor for PS5? It supports 1080p 60 Hz perfectly fine, in fact most games run around 1080p when in Performance mode, and those that render higher res will give you free supersampling on that monitor.

PS4 and Xbox One were outdated and underpowered already on release, I wouldn't bother with them when you can play the same games on PS5 usually with better performance and/or graphics

c0mplexx,

I'd say it'd be worth it; imo PS5 is rather "useless" unless you care so much about FPS now, might be a good idea to buy it in 2-3 years where it'll actually have more than half an exclusive (+the price will drop further by then)

bbbhltz,
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I still buy games for my PS4 and I am a very casual gamer who never plays online.

Picked up SF6 this month and it is awesome.

verycoolusername,

I am happily gaming with my refurbished PS4 I got for about 130 usd 2 years ago. I find the graphics still pretty decent and the gaming experience is top notch.

knowncarbage,

Yes, consider popping in an ssd in place of the hdd if you have a few more pennies to spare.

zhenbo_endle,

As you stated, there are countless of great games you haven’t played. I think it is worth $100 unless you plan to buy a PS5/Xbox very soon.

You can try to find cheap pre-owned PS4 discs. Besides, you’d better have a look at PS Plus Extra Game list. Spending the price of 1.5 games, and you can enjoy 15+ games within one year.

For me I would not upgrade the monitor now. Only PS4 Pro support 4K gaming (for some games), I’d save the bucks for monitor upgrade in future.

Andyzoot,

If you've never owned a PS4 before then you have nearly a decade's worth of games to catch up on. That'll keep you busy for a while until the PS5 comes down in price. I've had a PS4 since 2017 and I feel I don't have enough reasons to upgrade yet. I'm playing all sorts of PS4 games still. Today I just finished Yakuza Kiwami which is my first Yakuza game. Now I have a whole series to work on plus it's spin offs. By the time I get a PS5, the PS5 Pro or whatever will be out 😂

exohuman,
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The backlog of the PS4 is one of the single best backlogs of any system. It will take you years to work through that backlog and the games will be cheaper too since they aren’t new releases anymore. If I were you, I would take her up on the offer and buy the PS4. The PS five will be where the new games go, but those same new games will have a large price tag.

phi1997,

Go for it. If money's a major concern, there are many PS4 demos you can't play on PS5 and there are still only so many PS5 games that aren't on PS4

WonkoTheSane,

There’s obviously a huge backlog of games. So if you’re a patient gamer then you could absolutely be happy with it for awhile. But the age of crossover games seems to be over as publishers are fully embracing PS5/SeriesX

PelicanPersuader,
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Oh yeah, all the time. I've never finished Skyrim because it feels so overwhelming. No Man's Sky presents a similar kind of challenge for me, though that one also pings my danger sense really hard - I have this weird fear of deep water and space. Places where I can't see what's on the other side and might come after me. That's why I'll never play Subnautica.

Leafeytea,

I don't know that looking at games as a release is necessarily a great vantage point, but they can certainly be seen as a haven for fun if you approach them with an open mind.

For me it was more of a switch from how I played vs what I played. I got into online MMOs some years ago and (like a lot of things I do in my life...) I threw myself into them for a while like a loony. I found I was investing far too much time and energy organizing events, raids, builds, spreadsheets, people, personalities, drama, ugh. It was like going to work for heaven's sake! 😂

Eventually I got burned out and stopped completely. When COVID hit, of course going out wasn't an option so I got back into playing more again but realized that I could still have fun without the whole hardcore approach. I became, for lack of a better description, part of the "filthy casuals" lol - something I have never for a minute regretted. My time is my own, I chase what I like, meet others in game, and just plain have fun now.

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