The PS4 has served a Reddit user loyally for many years. After it breaks, he unexpectedly receives a replacement from his friends in the form of a gaming PC as a gift.
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Games can be a welcome distraction from everyday life, especially in difficult times and with others.
It's exactly this form of distraction that a Reddit user has been missing since his PlayStation 4 broke.
But luckily he has very good friends.
What is the core of this story? How people can move us to tears by showing us in their own way that they are there for us.
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That's exactly how it is for the creator of the Reddit post gone, as his following words make clear:
I literally cried on my porch and I'm about to turn 30.
We could feel this emotion while reading his story and that's why we share it with you.
The following video shows that games themselves can trigger great emotions in us:
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What stressful times does the player go through?
As is sometimes the case in life, several points come together for the Reddit user that don't make things easy for him.
- His mother died in January. Since then, he and his fiancée have been looking after his younger brother, who is 17 years old.
- His wife is five months pregnant and the pregnancy is not going smoothly. She therefore had to stop working early.
- They also already have a daughter who is five years old and still goes to preschool.
Many challenges at once, which ensure that there is neither much time nor much money left at the end of the day.
How have games helped him? To distract himself and clear his head, the Reddit user regularly played the long-running hit Rocket League with his friends on the PlayStation 4.
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But then his console broke, with clearly noticeable consequences for him:
Not being able to play with them anymore was very frustrating. Apparently a PC hasn't been in the budget for a while, so lately I've just been going on Discord to chat.
His friends apparently also noticed this frustration, and they quickly pooled together to buy him a new gaming PC.
Important to know: Rocket League is available on both PlayStation and PC and supports crossplay.
Discord can now also be used across platforms on these systems:
A new computer as a pleasant surprise
His friends didn't just hand over the new PC.
Instead, one of them pretended that he himself needed someone to talk to after a bad day. The Reddit user then invited him to his home.
A supposed phone call later, he was suddenly called outside to help bring in a package.
In addition to the PC with the hardware listed below, there was also a monitor and the necessary peripherals.
This is what is in the gaming PC that you see in the picture below:
- Graphic card: Geforce RTX 4060
- Processor: Core i7 14700F
- R.A.M: DDR5 (no quantity specified)
- Storage: 1,000 GB
The new PC doesn't have much space yet, as four people (and soon five) have to share a 74m² apartment with two bedrooms. But at least the move into a house is coming up very soon. (Image: reddit.com – fingeritoutdude)
The processor and graphics card alone are worth around 700 euros.
In this case, however, the monetary value is only marginally important, as the final words of the Reddit user show:
I just wanted to publicly thank them and shine a spotlight on some really great friends. You have no idea what this means to me.
Since the PC uses very up-to-date components, it should help him and his friends switch off from everyday life for a long time to come.