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Comment on PlayStation Reportedly Sending Game Developers Massive Survey With Question Asking About Physical Discs

cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

They do that. They still sell PCs, as far as I know. Consoles are subsidized because you have to buy from them.

Those PCs just don’t run PlayStation games (unless they have a PC version).

I always felt like if you bought a PC, you should be able to buy a license to play Xbox and/or PlayStation games on it. Just have to pay the piper. Sadly it didn’t work like that. They all make money if you buy multiple machines, so they will push you in that direction if you want more diversity in your gaming.

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missingno@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
That would require every console game to be compatible with PC. In theory it's at least possible for any game that has a PC port to just give you the port, but not every game does. And for those that do, well, why pay for this service over just buying the ports?

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neatchee@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
There are so many other factors and motivations that a) keep console games from being PC compatible and b) incentivize closed console ecosystems

It’s one of my pet peeves around the the online discourse regarding discs. So many people are looking at the issue one-dimensionally, and don’t have a full picture of motivations and implications.

I’m not gonna pretend it’s not about profit. Of course it’s all about money. But it is decisively not “we’re gonna make more money by taking people’s stuff away when we feel like it”

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