Technology

From what im seeing people are looking at steam/linux as an alternative not windows. With the RAM shortage, windows is probably the worst solution out of the available options.

Either way it sucks to get rid of the only way to get used games anymore. Im hoping this kicks back more and we see more partnerships with companies like limited run games and others who do physical releases. https://megacatstudios.com/products/zpf for example.

People... Windows and Xbox is not an improvement (it can be even worse). Build a Linux Gaming PC, that's true freedom.

Anything but Linux…

I don’t see why they don’t at least try it, it’s free.

Windows 11 sucks. Find a linux distro that you like and is easy to use.

dont do it. dont do the windows. do the linux. be nicer to yourself. youll thank yourself later.

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I mean it's a no brainer. if you are forced digital anyway, PC has both steam and gamepass (for pc or ultimate if you also have an xbox). Why lock yourself into an ecosystem that provides no value, when you can go into an ecosystem that not only provides you with most of the Xbox catalog if you want to pay a sub, but also all of the other PC storefronts.

The only reason people ever went console was for the low price, exclusives, the convienence and the physical market. The exclusives have sucked, the price is no longer low, and the physical market has been nuked by an atom bomb.

The question Sony should really be asking here is "why do people buy into our market" because they are actively destroying it.

It is now the moment for Valve to announce that they have come up with a way to let you sell/exchange games between users on Steam. They do this and they eat the whole market.

Nothing wrong with steam os. Linux is the future. Fuck consoles, fuck Microslop.

Hey! If you're used to not being able to play some games, use Linux. It is much more efficient which you can use to avoid upgrades, more powerful cards, etc.

The fediverse is very linux oriented I see again and again.

Sadly most Linux users are so deep into it that they don't understand the pain of transition from something known to something that you have to invest significant time into to get running as you want it to.

And whenever people say this, several people post Linux versions that are supposedly super easy to set up and very similar to windows.... Which shows that they are no longer able to see the relevant differences.

I find it annoying. Essentially as someone who has tried to switch to linux on my own terms(!) and that's not possible without investing more time than a family dad with job is prepared to invest.

I mean just look at the posts in here. It like reading posts from religious people who would love to go from door to door to "spread the word."

The disc at this stage is somewhat symbolic, its the line that sand against the anti consumer practices being pushed by the platforms.

We have trusted them and during that they have:

• They have sleptwalked users into accepting digital over physical.
• They have infiltrated many areas of game production and monopolized
• They have normalised subscriptions for many areas of gameplay....

And now they are getting pretty bold of what they want.

• You will have to verify your identity
• The products you 'bought' can be taken away from you at the platforms discretion
• You will have to be online to play the products you purchased...and you will need to pay for that service.
• They can charge what they want for the games and there is no competition to weaken prices
• You will pay more for your device with less features

They are testing the tolerance with this. This is not about the physical disc. Its about saying enough!

Which will lead then straight to Linux because Linux is free, fast, and awesome and doesn't spy in you or serve you ads while windows 11...

Fuck big tech

Just get a Linux distro and throw some PC parts together and you'll be better off with that then W11 or shitbox.

DDR3 should still be fairly ok for a starter PC.

Plenty of good old games run very well on Linux and older hardware.

Linux PC

I think it’s like most things, 1% are loud and the rest will accept it

Fck windows 11 and Micro$lop.

Abandon Xbox for Windows 11?

So leaving one toxic boyfriend just to get with another?

And what does it help to turn to microslop? They will just bury you in subscriptions and data steal?

Save about $100 and your sanity by using Linux over Windows

Oh they are so close yet so far away

Like jumping from a trash bin to another trash bin.

Windows 11 PCs... No... No don't. That's equally wrong.

Okay… hear me out. I am not trying to play devils advocate here but I would like to point out some things regarding the backlash and ask some questions since I may be out of the loop.

From all that I have read it’s about no more discs.

People are talking about moving to Xbox or PC. Full disclosure I do Xbox because my big group does but I also play PC games. I did get a PS3 when Xbox did their dumb shit.

Xbox still has a disc drive but most of the time it’s all online. Including all updates.

PC still/can have a disc drive but most people including myself use Steam. Or ya know EA, Unreal, GOG. These are still digital downloads. With the exception of GOG (based on the last purchase I made) there is still a drm requirement and checking in. How is this any different?