Comment on End of an era?
MystValkyrie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
I don’t think this is a world-ending catastrophe per se, but I don’t understand why anyone would choose to buy a console after this. The only draws of consoles was the turnkey hardware, which you can generally get with Proton now, and access to physical games, which won’t be a thing soon. Now it’s just a locked-down PC with a DRM storefront that makes you pay a subscription to pay online games.
Maybe that’s just the PC gamer in me talking. Are there any advantages to console anymore? Like, a single benefit?
kevinsky@feddit.nl 4 days ago
I don’t think people buy consoles for the physical games… I mostly stopped doing that a generation ago.
Sony has has a pretty strong list of exclusives still. In my mind at least. And I just don’t always feel like sitting at a desk.
So unless you build another pc for next to the TV, your other options are a mile long HDMI cabele or remote play. Neither of these options are as smooth of an experience as just grabbing a controller and turning the Playstation on.
MystValkyrie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
Are all good points. The exclusive thing is unfortunate because Sony used to port most of its exclusives to PC for a few years there. It makes me wonder if they only stopped in anticipation of discontinuing disc sales.