A hardware upgrade for hardware that wasn't designed to be upgradable?
this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2026
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yeah, my bad. I didn't think this through.
Yup, it's called a PC, and for a brief time it also could run PS games.
You mean its called a PS and for a brief time it could run PC games? Because if you install Linux on it, it can run Steam games. Otherwise I'm not sure how to understand your comment.
I think they're referring to the few years when PlayStation Studios was releasing games on PC as well.
It's funny because PCs have been able to run PS1/PS2/PS3 games for a while now. My Macs can even run PS3 games via emulation.
Legally speaking, PCs have never been able to run games released on PlayStation. That was never a thing. However, many games published on PlayStation have been published on PC.
Legally speaking, PCs have never been able to run games released on PlayStation.
Not exactly true (if we forget direct ports for a moment). There are lot of Playstation games sold as emulation, such as Metal Gear Solid in example.
It would be a great idea if the PS5 was designed to be upgradeable, but given how everything is already tightly packed, it unfortunately wouldn't be possible.
Oh I didn't thought of this. Yeah I guess there is no hardware connection that could be used for this kind of extension. USB is for sure not the right connection for CPU and GPU. Would be cool though, if they had this planned from the beginning, like in early 90s. Especially even more so with these PC architecture under the hood. Well there goes my idea into the bin. Thanks for bringing back from orbit down to earth. :D
I don't think this would be feasible because of how the ps5 is designed with a specific board, that isn't really upgradeable. Even if it could be done then i think the cost would be pretty high to get it done, to the point where you may as well get a ps6. I think the best solution is for people to just stay on ps5 if they think it's too expensive. In fact that's what i was already planning on doing anyway even before the price increases. If the ps4 lifecycle is anything to go by ps5 will still get releases years into the ps6 cycle, plus on top of that, i feel like ps5 > ps6 will be less of an upgrade compared to ps4 > ps5. Even if it's usually not full resolution, the upscaled base ps5 image looks good enough on my 4k screen. Worst case scenario maybe games will stop offering 60fps modes to compensate. That might be the only reason for me to consider upgrading, but even then, if it costs a fortune i'd probably still just ride it out.
Hmm maybe instead we go back to releasing games with no better than ps3 era graphics for, oh 3 years, then when we go back to contemporary everyone will be like wow! what a leap! New games with such crispness!
I think they should prioritize Fleshlight vr.
The RAM, GPU and CPU will account for most of that 1K though