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Ok, It is fake, and even that in first glance it do not makes too much sense (as the AMD stuff inside current gen consoles are available -kinda- as standalone, unlocked products) it may happen in the future due to the alleged practice from Sony of selling hardware bellow costs.

I still think it will not happen anyway, but it is not impossible
 

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You can't run a mining software on any device that you can't run any homebrew. The only way this would be possible would be if a there was an exploit on the PS5, which we would all be aware already.
 

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Cryptominers can all f*ck themselves for making GPUs, consoles, etc hard to get. I know it's fake, but my opinion still stands
Why do you blame the miners and not the device suppliers?
What difference are they to this than you waiting a day or two before buying a new graphics card and all those others hungry to play the latest shiny shiny in shiny shiny graphics settings buying it out before you get there?
 

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@FAST6191 This. I also don't like them since they buy in bulk and all, but at least they aren't like scalpers.
I have no problem with scalpers either. It is still a failing of the company making the device that they have not yet made supply increase to meet demand. If they were not failing at their job then scalpers would not have theirs.
 

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Why do you blame the miners and not the device suppliers?
What difference are they to this than you waiting a day or two before buying a new graphics card and all those others hungry to play the latest shiny shiny in shiny shiny graphics settings buying it out before you get there?


and people scoff when I tell them just spend a good $1500 upfront and you'll have pc that'll run pretty much everything, for at least 10 years, maybe you upgrade the cpu, add ram, or swap the gpu, it's still cheaper over all, if you account time

You'll spend more buying the newest console like you buy smartphones, every 3-5 years

I'm curious what nintendo has planned after the switch...

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I have no problem with scalpers either. It is still a failing of the company making the device that they have not yet made supply increase to meet demand. If they were not failing at their job then scalpers would not have theirs.


They profit from impatience and ignorance, if you're neither you aren't making them profit
 
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