PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for September: Saints Row, Black Desert โ€“ Traveler Edition, Generation Zero 

New pricing changes to PlayStation Plus 12-Month plans.

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That's a big fucking increase, I was only paying 99 for Extra. I won't continue to do so, it's just not worth it anymore. Xbox and PSN increases are pushing me back out of gaming, and no, a PC is not the answer because if I had the 2k for a gaming PC, that would almost last a console generation, I wouldn't be complaining about PSN/XBL increases.

if I had the 2k for a gaming PC, that would almost last a console generation

I paid ~$850 total for my rig, in 2018, and itโ€™s still going strong. Might not have RTX, but from what Iโ€™ve seen on my PS5, not only do games barely use RTX, very few of those that do use it in a way that makes a visual difference. The dudes constantly talking about being on the bleeding edge and upgrading with every new release post a lot, but itโ€™s like 12 fuckers circle jerking each other. Donโ€™t listen to those fools.

What would you say is the minimum GPU to get if you wanted it to last say 4-5 years, obviously knowing over time you'll need to use a lower setting?
You could get literally any current generation card, or even a previous gen card, and not only will it last 4-5 years, you probably wonโ€™t even have to lower settings over time. Big leaps in graphics arenโ€™t happening like they used to. The only new tech that came out between getting my GPU and now is raytracing. Pretty much every brand new game still defaults to Ultra settings, and I get pretty and high fps in everything I can throw at it, save for a few games that perform horribly on everything (like ARMA 3).
Gotta agree at least to a degree, in the current market 4-5 years feels less ambitious than in the past, at least in terms of staying within minimum requirements. Elden Ring released in 2022 with a minimum requirement of an NVidia 1060... That card released around 2016.