Poll of the Day > Kotaku semi-shaming people for being excited about video games.

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https://kotaku.com/playstation-5-the-kotaku-review-1845588904

But Id be remiss to ignore all the reasons not to be excited for the PlayStation 5.

The world is still reeling under the weight of the covid-19 pandemic. There are more Americans out of work right now than at any point in the countrys history, with no relief in sight. Our health care system is an inherently evil institution that forces people to ration life-saving medications like insulin and choose suicide over suffering with untreated mental illness.

As Im writing this, it looks very likely that Joe Biden will be our next president. But its clear that the worst people arent going away just because a new old white man is sitting behind the Resolute deskwell, at least not this old white man. Our government is fundamentally broken in a way that necessitates radical change rather than incremental electorialism.

The harsh truth is that, for the reasons listed above and more, a lot of people simply wont be able to buy a PlayStation 5, regardless of supply. Or if they can, concerns over increasing austerity in the United States and the growing threat of widespread political violence supersede any enthusiasm about the consoles SSD or how ray tracing makes reflections more realistic. Thats not to say you cant be excited for those thingsI certainly am, on some levelbut theres an irrefutable level of privilege attached to the ability to simply tune out the world as it burns around you.

what an idiot

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Might as well include a paragraph about the Chinese labourers that work for next to zero pay to make our electronics. Maybe it would have been tough for him to write that review had he been thinking about the nets on the outside of Foxconn factories installed to prevent the workers from killing themselves by jumping out of the window.

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who even reads kotaku anymore

ignore them theyre irrelevant

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It sounds like this guy wishes he was writing for a different publication instead of a video game website.