Comment on "You'll own nothing and you'll be happy"
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 day agoNice. But still. This will end in the next 1-2yrs I assume, as one is urged to upgrade to the ps5?
Comment on "You'll own nothing and you'll be happy"
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 day agoNice. But still. This will end in the next 1-2yrs I assume, as one is urged to upgrade to the ps5?
tyler@programming.dev 1 day ago
Then why ask if all games will run offline forever? You clearly don’t care if your games will run offline forever if you think that the next console has any bearing on the matter.
You must be young. I still have my PlayStation 2 from when I was a kid. Works with every game I ever got for it. Same for n64, game boy, etc.
Carnelian@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Ps2 is truly a beast. I have a ton of ps1 and ps2 games I still play from time to time
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Ooo, you just reminded me I’m in the middle of xenogears on my phone (duckstation ftw also whew caught that typo) Love that game. Might as well start over.
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
My first and only console was an Atari 2600 with pong being the first ever played game. Guess the youngster is you 😉 Since then I was PC only. I like the option to own everything forever (pirated if no other means available) and archive it forever. Legally this option died 2 decades ago thanks to steam. So I just wondered why the big consoles still allow this.
Run forever is nice, but it also ends with the end of your ps4 then. So “forever” is kinda bound to that life. My Atari cartridges are still here and might even still work, but no consoles left and why would I even after 4 decades.
Hawke@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Huh? I don’t think Steam wrote any laws about this, or even lobbied for them.
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
No they didn’t, they just relied on people prefering the “easy” way. Buy+download+play. But you can’t trade your games. Your license is tied to you. Physical media died due to steam. Hence trading and ownership. There is just GOG left where you buy stuff which is DRM-free and yours forever. BUT only old titles and SOME newer.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Dude I have a working 2600. I think. It worked 5 years ago but I don’t have a good two bolt connector to hdmi convertor
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 19 hours ago
Awesome… Are there even adaptors? It was an analog antenna-signal. If there is one, it’s probably not cheap. I dunno. If the cartridges still work after 40yrs is doubtful, isn’t it? Got pacman, qbert, space invaders, star wars and whatnot lying in my old-stuff-shrine 😁