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Failing Manufacturers Are Pushing the Narrative That Consoles Are Dying, Says Ex-Xbox Exec (www.pushsquare.com)

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[-] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 40 points 3 months ago

The improvements of steam and proton, steamlink and big picture mode make it possible to run great games on your TV. Its not „just turn on“ yet but we‘re getting there. I wanted a PS5 when they were unavailable but I since managed to play my favorite games on my tv with a ps4 controller and dont see the point to buy back into a locked up computer with a fancy case for games that have microstransactions gallore.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 3 months ago

Not to mention that if you're already playing PS4 games, a PS5 isn't opening up a lot more games for you and many PS4 ports to PS5 run worse than their PS4 counterparts.

[-] Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 3 months ago

And 99 times out if 100 will get a PC release anyways...

[-] AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago

And 100 out of 100 times, we build emulators that run on PC. They can take years to make with the complexity of newer systems, but they'll get there.

[-] xavier666@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Its not „just turn on“ yet but we‘re getting there

I think we are 99% there. If you make a decent AMD based machine, install Bazzite on it, you can set it to "Open in Big Picture mode on startup". After the initial configuration in desktop mode (you need to do this only once during installation), you can just start the PC and sit in your couch. No need to download drivers or any desktop shenanigans. You control it using any standard game controller. No need for a mouse/kb; just start and play.

[-] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 2 points 3 months ago

Thats pretty awesome! :) thanks for sharing. Do you know by any chance if kodi has a steam app somewhere? I‘m going with a raspberry pi and it works well as a client for media but not yet for steam.