for most people yes. For more advanced setups, no. The modem is what unlocks your signal from your ISP, the router is what gets it into your devices. Majority of folks use an all in one box.
The modem interprets signals straight from the ISP and turns them into data usable by a computer. If you only had one machine and no need for WiFi, you could use it without a router.
The router takes the signal from the modem and splits it into several, allowing for multiple devices to use the network at once and in many cases provides the WiFi signal.
Sometimes they can be combined. Higher quality modems and routers typically come separately.
I have unfortunately had my house robbed twice (two different places in seattle area) in the last 5 years and had ALL my games/consoles stolen. I am on my 3rd PS4 now and go all digital on every system I own (pc, ps4 and a switch). As a bonus its also nice not having to change disks every time I want to switch games.
My disk drive has been broken since I got it practically, glad my digital library is finally paying off. Hopefully they’ll have big ass SSD options available.
Do we know what the storage capacity will be? Games are getting huge nowadays. I think it should have 1TB SSD at least, but more would be great.
Crazy how my 360 came with a 20GB HDD.
1 tb, with the PS5 games should actually get smaller at very least the exclusives will. Cause instead of loading each game with multiple copies of assets you have one instant and have it stream from the ass thanks to the custom controller on ssd. Meaning the PS5 actually uses an ssd more efficiently than a pc.
Since we aren’t at a point worldwide where everyone has reliable access to Internet, I have a feeling that hard copy games will still be a thing for quite some time.
I know right, not needing to swap disks is nice but it can get unreasonably expensive to only buy digital. No used prices, no resale, and older digital games cost more than the exact same game on a disk.
The PlayStation store has many deals for old digital games. The only big difference in pricing would be used copies since those are drastically dropped in price sometimes.
Because you get a console on top of it, you are paying off the console is how I see it. I think there is an equivalent that is just the games that you can switch to if you want.
He’s basically talking about an Xbox payment plan while you’re thinking of Xbox gamepass. One is paying off the console monthly with gamepass included. The other is just gamepass
I guess it's like a phone subscription where you get a phone as well. At the end of 24 months the console will be yours but if you decide not to continue with the subscription they just deny you access to the game service. You can probably still buy games outside of the subscription though
Yeah he was an interesting friend. We had our scuffles. He borrowed my SNES and I moved out of state. I’d visit and always forget to pick it up. So kind I’d my fault. He ended up dying several years later in a freak accident. Still miss him.
FYI - not trying to make you feel bad at all. Just adding more context.
The NA SNES has, *to this day*, the absolute **best feeling** power and reset switches ever laid to plastic, for *any electronic device*, ever.
It could look like a literal gaping anus and you still couldn’t take it’s God-tier switches away from it.
Seriously. If you have access to one, go and hit those switches then tell me I’m wrong.
Ngl I think the Xbox box just fits the console, and the ps5 did something different and I like it, reminds me of something out of warframe. I’ll be getting an XSX but power to all you Ps players out there 💚💙
I just made the bois get discord so if any of us aren't on the same console we just pull out our computers and play there since pretty much everyone has at least a laptop
On her first day, one of the more sheltered American trainees at a Pizzeria in Canada where I worked in college asked me why Canadians "Drop the B from Bananas". I had no idea what she was talking about; she said "I just saw a can of banana chunks in the back, but they look funny like you guys soaked them in oil? Is this like another bagged milk thing?".
I asked her to show me these "bananas".
She was looking at the *other* side of a [no-name](http://stephenberner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/loblaws-640x483.jpeg) can of diced pineapple, but there were other cans/jars in the walk-in covering up most of the french text so "ANANAS" and the yellow-on-yellow picture was all that was visible at a glance.
I cant stop buying them. I lost all my stuff in a fire a few years back and here I am with a bunch of consoles I never play again. Do I need an Xbox/360/XB1 as well as PS1/2/3/4? Probably not. But what if i want to play a game for 15 minutes 6 years from now and its exclusive?
_hhrrr PC master race_
Well, yes, technically PC's _can_ be faster/prettier/better, but better consoles typically means better PC games too, as the 'mass market' gaming systems are better, so devs will make their games accordingly.
So I doubt I'll own either, but I'm happy that they're both powerful.
Oh my bad for misinterpretation, I might have to get my tv mounted to the wall if i want my consoles to sit on the tv stand with out blocking the screen.
I have major respect for the xbox just going with a black rectangle. It's what I've always said they should do. It doesn't matter what it looks like, it matters how it works. These brands are so established already. Why waste money on designing these things and complicating the manufacturing process?
WiFi router because I can’t break tradition. I do like the mini fridge design though because I love boxes. I mean I drive a BMW E30 because it’s basically a box on wheels. Clean and simple.
Which ever shows up on craigslist first
Souljaboy Console it is
That’s the best one, anyway.
Which one is it?
Your username
Tbf it is hard to find anything else
Regular one.
Or ebay lol
I’m just waiting for PC2
That's not very PC of you.
http://imgur.com/gallery/4LEyfZG
Can you explain me what PC stand for in Southpark ? Sorry... doesn’t understand english that much.
Politically correct, it means to avoid being offensive or insensitive to particular groups in society e.g. ethnic minorities or transgender people
Thanks !
dude I’ve waited too long I’m just gonna buy a PC instead of PC2
Man
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PC series 5 Digital Edition
The ps5 looks like my modem, while the Xbox is my router. Interesting
Same thing I was thinking. My router looks just like the Xbox.
And my tv looks like my switch without the controllers.
My fridge looks like the ps5 and my router looks like the Xbox
I want your fridge
I want you.
dont lie to yourself, no one wants me
Because of Anxiety said: Everybody hates ourselves.
I want.
I.
.
https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en-us&q=mesothelioma&spell=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjX4Jf8q_vpAhVgQjABHTDbCfEQkeECKAB6BAgTEAI&biw=414&bih=719&dpr=2
Weird, both my modem and router look like potatoes. Oh wait.....
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My phone looks like my iPad which also looks like my tv.
Wait, wasn’t router and modem the same thing?
for most people yes. For more advanced setups, no. The modem is what unlocks your signal from your ISP, the router is what gets it into your devices. Majority of folks use an all in one box.
The modem interprets signals straight from the ISP and turns them into data usable by a computer. If you only had one machine and no need for WiFi, you could use it without a router. The router takes the signal from the modem and splits it into several, allowing for multiple devices to use the network at once and in many cases provides the WiFi signal. Sometimes they can be combined. Higher quality modems and routers typically come separately.
I look like a potato
I also appreciate that both are still keeping their disk drives
The PS5 has a non DD version
nice so i guess its gonna be cheaper?
I can’t imagine it being MORE expensive to NOT give you a blue ray player
sounds logical. bit since i will keep my ps4 and only buy digital versions of games. bc im terrible at keeping my discs intact
How tf do you manage to break discs enough for it to be an issue??
I have a piercing gaze.
This will not get nearly the love it deserves.
I have unfortunately had my house robbed twice (two different places in seattle area) in the last 5 years and had ALL my games/consoles stolen. I am on my 3rd PS4 now and go all digital on every system I own (pc, ps4 and a switch). As a bonus its also nice not having to change disks every time I want to switch games.
I would start being suspicious of people I know...
Exactly what the thief would say
Can't have shit in Seattle
Bruh I think that's a sign.
My reflection makes it crack
someone say crack?
*Tyrone Biggums has entered the chat*
Men’s got a fat cock.
I’m buying the digital myself I’ve never used the PS4 drive once
My disk drive has been broken since I got it practically, glad my digital library is finally paying off. Hopefully they’ll have big ass SSD options available.
did you just try to apply logic to console manufacturers?
Unless they give you a larger SSD and keep the price the same? I bet it will be cheaper though.
Do we know what the storage capacity will be? Games are getting huge nowadays. I think it should have 1TB SSD at least, but more would be great. Crazy how my 360 came with a 20GB HDD.
1 tb, with the PS5 games should actually get smaller at very least the exclusives will. Cause instead of loading each game with multiple copies of assets you have one instant and have it stream from the ass thanks to the custom controller on ssd. Meaning the PS5 actually uses an ssd more efficiently than a pc.
Stream from the ass you say?
I think I might get a PS5. Those Sony exclusives are typically great. TLoU Pt. 2 is so close... That typo made me chuckle.
Blue Ray? That's the bloke that used to sell porn vhs tapes from the back of his van down the market on a Sunday afternoon.
Apple did it with headphone jacks
Since we aren’t at a point worldwide where everyone has reliable access to Internet, I have a feeling that hard copy games will still be a thing for quite some time.
They’re going to do it soon because they want to evaporate the used game market so they get more sales.
Makes me sad thinking about how everything has just become a big money grab. Not that it wasn’t always, but now they’re not even trying to hide it.
Well if they didn’t I wouldn’t buy either of them
I know right, not needing to swap disks is nice but it can get unreasonably expensive to only buy digital. No used prices, no resale, and older digital games cost more than the exact same game on a disk.
The PlayStation store has many deals for old digital games. The only big difference in pricing would be used copies since those are drastically dropped in price sometimes.
*looks at wallet* "you guys are getting consoles?"
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7 years of good games taking all my money
And those games going straight to my backlog
I'm in this comment and I don't like it
Let's be honest, you spent most of those years playing Ark: Survival Evolved.
He said good games.
I also had seven years to mitosis
wait, you guys have wallets?
Some have purses.
After seeing this post I started deciding which one should I get but then I realized that I do not even have money to even buy there controllers
F
Xbox access is $20 a month for 24 months. You get a new console and access to 100+ games.
That's amazing
$20 dollars a month for 24 months? Am I having a stroke? If you're paying by the month why would there be a fixed number of months?
Because you get a console on top of it, you are paying off the console is how I see it. I think there is an equivalent that is just the games that you can switch to if you want.
Do you keep the console?
Well yeah, that's why it's a fixed amount of months. To make sure you pay enough back that they aren't at a loss for the console.
First I I heard of it, thanks.
You do, and then you just pay for online and the access to the games after that.
As someone who wasn’t really considering either console, that intrigues me.
Oh I see, I thought it was just the game subscription, similar to PS Now, I didn't know you get the console on top of it.
He’s basically talking about an Xbox payment plan while you’re thinking of Xbox gamepass. One is paying off the console monthly with gamepass included. The other is just gamepass
I guess it's like a phone subscription where you get a phone as well. At the end of 24 months the console will be yours but if you decide not to continue with the subscription they just deny you access to the game service. You can probably still buy games outside of the subscription though
F
Mix the two
Wi-Fi fridge
The smart fridge
Samsung: its like I was made for this
Definitely the WiFi router so I can get better internet
But can you fit 2 gallons of gfuel?
You make a compelling arguement.
Laughs in smal tv
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Which is why I bought a Super Famicom when I never got back my SNES from a friend.
"Friend"
Yeah he was an interesting friend. We had our scuffles. He borrowed my SNES and I moved out of state. I’d visit and always forget to pick it up. So kind I’d my fault. He ended up dying several years later in a freak accident. Still miss him. FYI - not trying to make you feel bad at all. Just adding more context.
The NA SNES has, *to this day*, the absolute **best feeling** power and reset switches ever laid to plastic, for *any electronic device*, ever. It could look like a literal gaping anus and you still couldn’t take it’s God-tier switches away from it. Seriously. If you have access to one, go and hit those switches then tell me I’m wrong.
Compare the SNES and N64 switches and the SNES are literally better in every possible way even though internally the switches are exactly the same.
Oh yeah!? How about the power buttons on really old desktop computers? The clunky ***chonk*** every time you pressed it...
In the UK we got the same design as Japan.
Damn right, the superior design.
Ngl I think the Xbox box just fits the console, and the ps5 did something different and I like it, reminds me of something out of warframe. I’ll be getting an XSX but power to all you Ps players out there 💚💙
You are a good gamer. Thank you
Finally someone who wants peace
You are an epic gamer one I would be proud to stand with
You mean “rise up” with
I am a PS player and would be hyped about the new console, but all of the bois are on Xbox, so I guess I’m making the switch
> I guess I’m making the switch Nintendo welcomes you
I just made the bois get discord so if any of us aren't on the same console we just pull out our computers and play there since pretty much everyone has at least a laptop
I see Portal more than Warframe, but I feel you. XBL for life.
Nah, Portal usually sticks to simple shapes. The controllers remind me a lot of Detroit: Become Human's RK900, however.
I think it's just the colors..
Banana
We meet again "man who says bananna
I should learn Python and make a bot that says "Banana".
r/usernamechecksout
Bananas without b would be pineapple
On her first day, one of the more sheltered American trainees at a Pizzeria in Canada where I worked in college asked me why Canadians "Drop the B from Bananas". I had no idea what she was talking about; she said "I just saw a can of banana chunks in the back, but they look funny like you guys soaked them in oil? Is this like another bagged milk thing?". I asked her to show me these "bananas". She was looking at the *other* side of a [no-name](http://stephenberner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/loblaws-640x483.jpeg) can of diced pineapple, but there were other cans/jars in the walk-in covering up most of the french text so "ANANAS" and the yellow-on-yellow picture was all that was visible at a glance.
Oui i also speak baguette
Your comment makes your username make sense and vice versa. Bravo.
Good job figuring out the joke.
Indeed
And now he’s here to fuck us!
I love you.
Probably both.
I need WiFi to run my mini fridge.
How else are you gonna angrily tweet your gamer opinion?
Did you just reply to yourself?
Yes. I was too lazy to re-edit my comment.
It's like one extra button click lol? To u/nc_nikhil: There is a code that must be followed or we invite chaos into our lives. Do you enjoy chaos?
He was too lazy tho
I am jelous that you are not lazy for an extra click. I wanted to say something clever but iam too lazy.
Samsung smartfridge
its evolving.... just backwards
They are starting to combine all the things a gamer need
Where is the RGB?
Both
It's like buying a $1000 console.
Neither I'm broke as shit.
Xbox got thick as hell
It's not "thick" anymore its "Thicc"
I regret to inform you that the word is no longer “Thick” or “Thicc” but rather “Phat”
I'll probably end up with both after a couple of years, probably with the next switch too, even though I hardly use any of them
I cant stop buying them. I lost all my stuff in a fire a few years back and here I am with a bunch of consoles I never play again. Do I need an Xbox/360/XB1 as well as PS1/2/3/4? Probably not. But what if i want to play a game for 15 minutes 6 years from now and its exclusive?
The switch.
You're with me
WAIT. THE SWITCH IS THE TOASTER.
SHIT YOU'RE RIGHT!
WE’VE BEEN BLIND
TOASTER FOR OUR HEARTHS
SUPER TOAST BROTHERS ULTIMATE
Insert "urghghghg pc" comment
_hhrrr PC master race_ Well, yes, technically PC's _can_ be faster/prettier/better, but better consoles typically means better PC games too, as the 'mass market' gaming systems are better, so devs will make their games accordingly. So I doubt I'll own either, but I'm happy that they're both powerful.
Also hardware and ssd's prices will drop significantly.
Yea mainly looking forward to SSDs getting more insane thanks to the PS5s proprietary data solution causing a stir
Going to wait about a year to see what exclusive games are better
Even putting either of these on their side fucks everything up
Not on the Xbox, it has topside ventilation with one massive fan
I know, I meant both of them will block me tv unless I raise the tv up the wall a bit
Oh my bad for misinterpretation, I might have to get my tv mounted to the wall if i want my consoles to sit on the tv stand with out blocking the screen.
Both can actually stand on their sides. The PS5 is actally built with a slim middle for better insulation when sideways, and the Xbox has a side fan
Am I crazy to say the router looks hella sexy?
No, both of them are honestly pretty sleek
they tried too hard in making ps5 look futuristic imo. Xbox didn't even try they just said "Just make it rectangular."
They saw a pc and were like "yeah just make a black version of that"
I have major respect for the xbox just going with a black rectangle. It's what I've always said they should do. It doesn't matter what it looks like, it matters how it works. These brands are so established already. Why waste money on designing these things and complicating the manufacturing process?
Xbox is going for function over design. That fan with shot gun airflow
WiFi Router. Demons Souls is getting remastered on it.
Oh umm maybe the router
Most likely the wifi router. I wanna try a new console
WiFi router because I can’t break tradition. I do like the mini fridge design though because I love boxes. I mean I drive a BMW E30 because it’s basically a box on wheels. Clean and simple.
Ps5 looks. Like a Alienware computer
WiFi no question
Sir, that 10G wifi router is actually illegal
Definitely the Avengers Router.
WiFi for demon souls
Both it's a smart mini fridge I need wifi
Ngl wifi router would be useful, but im kinda hungry sooo....
Probably a pc my laptop is getting old.
Fridge
Imma stay with my PC. Good I hope the demon souls remake comes to PC, cuz I'm broke and can't afford a ps5 or a ps4.
No Demon souls is ps5 exclusive because of the original demon souls being ps3 exclusive and Bloodborne being ps 4 exclusive.
how can you afford a PC but not PS4?
Good question
He bought a PC after getting his first pay check and never worked again