This is a much more nuanced take I could agree with. The previous comment wasn’t like that. I decided to go full PC gaming around the end of XBOX 360 generation, because I saw it coming and consoles were more PC like ever, and PCs (thanks to Steam) more console like ever. It’s been what, 2 decades almost and I can say confidently that consoles are not exactly the same like PCs.
But in an other comment the user I replied to said he didn’t even talk about all of the stuff, but was talking about the price. If we talk about the price, yeah sure, the gap has almost vanished. One of the biggest advantages of buying a console was also its initial price of hardware.
As for the PC more and more like console, it’s even more true with something like Steam Machine and Steam Deck, but without the downside of locked down console. That’s the closest we get to a console like experience and usability. Meanwhile current gen consoles have a PC architecture, getting digital only, supports keyboard (and mouse?) for selected games, updates are similar to PC, but without the issues of a PC. The user does not need to type in password on boot, doesn’t need to update several parts of the system, no need to install drivers.
They are closer than ever in history of computing, PC and gaming. But there are lot of differences that I cannot say exactly the same (which you personally agree with me, based on the reply).
AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 19 hours ago
That’s how it works on a steam machine/deck. You get an update from steam that updates your whole system. That’s it. If you install other stuff from outside steam then things change, but you can’t do that in a console anyway.
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 17 hours ago
I know (own first gen Steam Deck myself), but most people don’t have SteamOS. In Windows this is still necessary, because it’s not just for gaming and unlike SteamOS it isn’t read only mode.
AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 16 hours ago
That’s an user problem. SteamOS is already compatible with many pc’s, and there are other linux distros that work similar to steamos when it comes to updating. Users still want windows when for the majority of them, it’s a non-issue to switch to linux.
People want windows but then complain that windows is awful. I mean, stop hitting yourself?
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 15 hours ago
The problem is that not all hardware and software functions under Linux.