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DriftinGrifter, do gaming w Hello, PC gaming here: Are the consoles OK?

the real problem for me was paying toplay online games and having no way to install games but the ps store

Sam_Bass, do gaming w Hello, PC gaming here: Are the consoles OK?

Can count on one hand the number of times the xbox was even powered on. The ps4 gets more time but my pc is my main platform.

jaschen, do gaming w Hello, PC gaming here: Are the consoles OK?

I own a PS5 and only play Don’t Starve together because they only enable couch coop on console. Bullshit lazy PC devs.

NOOBMASTER,

If I’m ever getting a PS, then it’s only because of Don’t Starve split screen gaming.

Katana314, do gaming w Hello, PC gaming here: Are the consoles OK?

Some things to say back to this:

Most people now have the console they prefer, and it’s lasting them. They don’t necessarily need new consoles. This is true EVEN if that console is a PS4, Xbox One, or Switch. They don’t get everything, but a surprising number of major releases still come to all those destinations.

It’s still nicely convenient to have consoles for less setup and configuration. Some people manage really complex problems for their work and home projects already - a desktop computer may be beyond their tolerance.

helenslunch, do gaming w Hello, PC gaming here: Are the consoles OK?
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

Consoles have just been proprietary PCs since the Xbox 360. It’s a wonder they’ve lasted this long.

Still crossing my fingers and waiting for Steam Machines 😔

Sam_Bass,

If you have Steam on your pc, you have a steam machine. Plug it into your tv if you want a bigger screen experience

helenslunch,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

If you have Steam on your pc, you have a steam machine

You obviously don’t understand what those words mean.

I have a Steam Machine. But many many more would have them if Valve sold them directly.

penquin,

What is the difference? You can buy a smaller PC, install Bazzite OS on it and plug it into your tv. Voila, you now have a steam console. Quite literally. lol

helenslunch,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar
  1. A Steam Machine runs SteamOS
  2. SteamOS does not, at any time, require a mouse or keyboard
  3. Gamescope
penquin,

All of that can be done on what I suggested.

helenslunch,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

No, what you suggested was:

If you have Steam on your pc, you have a steam machine.

penquin,

That’s what a “steam machine” is, though. lol

helenslunch,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

That’s not what it is though LOL

I’ve already explained to you what it is LOL

yokonzo, do gaming w Indie dev baffled after acquaintance clones his game, puts it on Steam, and acts like it's no big deal: 'Happens every day homie'

Dude just destroyed his indie rep in one fell move. Regardless of what you feel of the situation, noone wants to “talk shop” with the guy known for stealing ideas

lath, do gaming w Indie dev baffled after acquaintance clones his game, puts it on Steam, and acts like it's no big deal: 'Happens every day homie'

If it doesn’t have Blackjack and Hookers, then it’s a shitty clone.

PanArab, do gaming w Hello, PC gaming here: Are the consoles OK?
@PanArab@lemmy.ml avatar

Some of us are not PC gamers and have no desire to be. I prefer consoles and will always do, though I miss the simple -no-install required- consoles of yesteryear.

orbitz,

Going back awhile now too for that no install right? Like didn’t PS3 have some installs? My memory is fuzzy on when it exactly started, but yeah it was nice to just pop in the media (cart, disc) and play. That was a great perk of console games, especially rentals,though there was a small time I could rent PC games when I moved to a city in the late 90s. These days I mostly play on PC anyways so always install but it was nice for the first few decades of my gaming to not require it.

Aceticon, do gaming w GOG will let you bequeath your game library to someone else as long as you can prove you're actually dead

The fishy part is the “taking in account the EULA” since EULAs are not legally valid documents in most of the World.

Licenses explicitly accepted by the buyer before the purchase, sure, EULAs, no, since they’re treated as an attempt to, after the implied contract which is the sale, unilaterally change the contract.

The court order makes some sense because that’s basically to do with inheritance and who gets to inherit what, but the EULA “consideration” is complete total bollocks.

kogasa, do gaming w Indie dev baffled after acquaintance clones his game, puts it on Steam, and acts like it's no big deal: 'Happens every day homie'
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Reminds me of 2048 making a slightly worse clone of Threes and then releasing it for free.

doggle,

And enormously outperforming the original, too. A shame, I like threes.

butsbutts, do gaming w GOG will let you bequeath your game library to someone else as long as you can prove you're actually dead

yay great

Aria, do gaming w GOG will let you bequeath your game library to someone else as long as you can prove you're actually dead

Alright hold on setting up my GOG dead man trigger. I wonder what info I need to include. So far I have an email going to support with the text “I AM DEAD”. I hope they don’t change address between now and when I die.

shasta,

My guess is death certificate

nothx, do gaming w GOG will let you bequeath your game library to someone else as long as you can prove you're actually dead
@nothx@hexbear.net avatar

Updating my Will so that my wife inherits all the games that I don’t actually own.

juice702, do gaming w Hello, PC gaming here: Are the consoles OK?

I’ve never been into this pc vs console cringe fest of an argument. I’ve always been a pc gamer, but guess what, some exclusives only come to consoles. If I want to play that exclusive enough and I have expendable cash, I’ll buy it. I still prefer to play on pc over any of the consoles, but a ps5 is a solid system.

lilja,
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I haven’t had a gaming-capable PC for about a decade and I’m very happy with my PS5 (and the PS4 before it). Sony bringing exclusives to PC don’t feel like the end times as it’s just a way for them to make more money.

I’m genuinely glad that PC players will get to experience some of the great games that have been on the PS5 in the last few years.

Empricorn, (edited )

It’s literally brave of you to come to this community and this thread and say that you love your console. And then to express positivity for PC users! You are exactly what we need more of in gaming.

Zerush, do gaming w GOG will let you bequeath your game library to someone else as long as you can prove you're actually dead
@Zerush@lemmy.ml avatar

In my testament I’ll share my GOG account data and password in all social networks and Wikipedia with a hand with extended middle finger out of the grave.

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