Comment on Dutch gamers file €220 million claim against Valve, operator of game platform Steam

• auzy1@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Consoles are PC’s. They’re just locked down. They even use the same processors.

  I dated a few women who played games regularly. It was always on consoles and I had to explain what steam was.

  You can’t narrow a definition to a limited subsection of what a PC is, simply because (ironically), some of them are locked down to block competiton

  If you ask gamers unprompted what the biggest gaming stores are, I guarantee that Xbox, Playstation and Nintendo’s stores will be mentioned

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  • Dyskolos@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Consoles are PCs, but that is totally irrelevant as they’re walled gardens with just a super-tiny fraction of all games there are.

    You can’t narrow a definition to a limited subsection of what a PC is, simply because (ironically), some of them are locked down to block competiton

    Of course one could. If you say “I’m PC-gamer” everyone knows you’re not on PlayStation or a smartphone. Despite them all, including wearables and my toaster, are kinda PCs.

    If you ask gamers unprompted what the biggest gaming stores are, I guarantee that Xbox, Playstation and Nintendo’s stores will be mentioned

    Mentioned of course. On top? I doubt it, but also lack data to prove it. Or the opposite. I know those stores too, despite only having had a console in the 80s (the Atari 2600) and a gameboy for a week.

    Xbox might be a bit different, as to my knowledge, as you can also game their stuff on PC too with the same license.

    Forced at gunpoint to get a console, it surely be steam deck. And I don’t even like steam. But it’s A) more than just a store. It’s a gargantuan gaming a community around a store. B) it made gaming on Linux totally viable

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