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End of an era? (discuss.online)
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[–] MystValkyrie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

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 and which may or may not have backwards compatibility from system to system.

Maybe that's just the PC gamer in me talking. Are there any advantages to console anymore? Like, a single benefit?

[–] kevinsky@feddit.nl 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I don’t understand why anyone would choose to buy a console after this.

I don't think people buy consoles for the physical games... I mostly stopped doing that a generation ago.

In terms of hardware I have basicly everything under the sun you play games on.

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 cable from wherever your pc is to your TV or remote play. Neither of these options are as smooth of an experience as just grabbing a controller and turning the Playstation on. You could somewhat do this on PC with Steam OS or Bazzite, but Linux/Proton is still problematic for a lot of multiplayer games.