dragontology@retrofed.com 3 weeks ago
Maybe the PS6 (and next Xbox) will be a $100 streaming box, and the games will be run on their servers, and you’ll pay a monthly fee to access the games, which gives you a break on the cost of the game, which you won’t own, you’ll just borrow a license to it.
And you’ll like it. /s
But really, on one hand it kinda sidesteps the issue of RAM/storage cost, but it’s also kinda shitty. It also begs the question of, why do I need their box at all? I should be able to pay for their streaming service and run that on my MacBook Air. I mean if they’re doing the heavy lifting, why do I need to buy their branded box at all? And PlayStation does not like to play well with others.
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It also rules out all the customers who have shitty internet.
dragontology@retrofed.com 3 weeks ago
Which is fewer and fewer all the time. Internet to the last mile has been a thing for like, I dunno, 20-30 years or something. A lot of rural areas in the US have gigabit fiber and many have two or three options for 100Mbit or better.
And outside the US it’s usually better
As long as they can get enough, they’ll make money. I mean Netflix and other streaming services rule out people with slow Internet and they’re not struggling. It’s been a moot point for years.
I think the greater concern is if you can be kicked off the Net or excluded from it.
adarza@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
in my ‘rural’ part of the u.s., sub-1mbit dsl is common outside of town, and expensive–if you even have that option at all. cellular service sucks and there are no fixed wireless services, so satellite is the only other game available…if you don’t have bluffs, hills, or trees obstructing your view.