Previously, the reason to not be on PC was a lower upfront cost, being able to sell and trade games, and not having to mess around to get games working. The first one still applies, but much less than in the past, and the second one is being killed outright. Consoles really don’t make much sense over PC any more. If price and not being tech-savvy are big enough issues, just game on a phone.
There are a surprising amount of DRM free games on steam, is valve perfect? Fuck no, at the end of the day they are a company that only want money, and as much as they made my favorite games from my childhood, they did have a gigantic hand in normalizing loot crates. But with that list in combination with my GOG library, if I back up the install files I’m golden.
Sony fanboy? 🤣 I think Sony are a terrible company, and PlayStation is anti-consumer with terrible hardware and games. I’m a pc and Xbox player. Haven’t owned a PS since the PS3, and stopped using it a few years after release.
Both PlayStation and Xbox allow you to download games that have been delisted if you own them. Have since forever. You should do a bit more research before you speak.
They can’t really improve it though, because publishers and devs don’t want to make their game available for free, which is essentially what putting it on gog does.
PCs are (or at least, were) a bit more expensive, they seem more single player focused (in terms of local players) and, let’s face it, owning a gaming PC is a much bigger commitment of time and effort than a console.
Consoles really shined when you could go over to a friend’s house, plug in one box, a few controllers, and have a 4 person couch gaming experience going in less than 5 minutes.
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Previously, the reason to not be on PC was a lower upfront cost, being able to sell and trade games, and not having to mess around to get games working. The first one still applies, but much less than in the past, and the second one is being killed outright. Consoles really don’t make much sense over PC any more. If price and not being tech-savvy are big enough issues, just game on a phone.
There’s also a number of outlets reporting that the PlayStation 6 will likely be over $1000
Considering the current price of the Pro and RAM and storage prices predicted to continue rising for years to come, that’s a given.
How much you bet that it will be some cloud computing genAI slop?
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The current PS5 is more powerful and half the price of a Steam machine.
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You think you own your steam games? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’m assuming you’ll go buy some more TF2 hats or loot crates in CS eh?
There are a surprising amount of DRM free games on steam, is valve perfect? Fuck no, at the end of the day they are a company that only want money, and as much as they made my favorite games from my childhood, they did have a gigantic hand in normalizing loot crates. But with that list in combination with my GOG library, if I back up the install files I’m golden.
You can back up your Xbox game files too. PlayStation as well I’m pretty sure.
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Sony fanboy? 🤣 I think Sony are a terrible company, and PlayStation is anti-consumer with terrible hardware and games. I’m a pc and Xbox player. Haven’t owned a PS since the PS3, and stopped using it a few years after release.
Both PlayStation and Xbox allow you to download games that have been delisted if you own them. Have since forever. You should do a bit more research before you speak.
Also on pc we have DRM Free games on gog that include goodies like soundtracks, manuals , wallpapers and more. Gog is now my favorite store…
Gog is great and all, but it has virtually zero recent major games.
Yeah i hope they improve that, i still buy games on steam if they are newer.
They can’t really improve it though, because publishers and devs don’t want to make their game available for free, which is essentially what putting it on gog does.
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PCs are (or at least, were) a bit more expensive, they seem more single player focused (in terms of local players) and, let’s face it, owning a gaming PC is a much bigger commitment of time and effort than a console.
Consoles really shined when you could go over to a friend’s house, plug in one box, a few controllers, and have a 4 person couch gaming experience going in less than 5 minutes.
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