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ampersandrew, do games w Failing Manufacturers Are Pushing the Narrative That Consoles Are Dying, Says Ex-Xbox Exec
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

The new-gen console is actually trending 7 per cent ahead of the PS4 in the United States launch aligned.

And how much do you think the drop in Xbox is? It’s way more than 7 percent. The problem for Sony isn’t that its console is dying; it’s that they’re approaching market saturation. They’ve got their market cornered in a way that they never have, and they’ve only got a 7 percent lead off of the last generation. Peak dollars spent on consoles was back in 2009, when all three consoles were in very healthy competition. Many PS4 users are happy to stay on PS4, because the games they play are over 10 years old, like Grand Theft Auto V and Minecraft, so there’s no need to upgrade.

Meanwhile, a console that launched with some idea of every game running at 60 FPS is now compromising on that (it was inevitable, but people believed otherwise). Games that used to be console exclusive are now coming out on PC, where you don’t need to pay a subscription fee to play online and your library always comes with the assumption that every game you have will be forward compatible. Even if you buy the new PlayStation, there’s no promise that your old games will run at better resolutions and frame rates. The controller you bought 10 years ago still works on PC, but Sony says you need to buy the new one, even if the game you’re playing uses none of its new features. The VR system you bought before doesn’t play the new VR games. For all sorts of economic realities, not the least of which are certification processes and licensing fees, there’s a good chance that game you really want to play is on PC long before it’s on console, in early access or otherwise. There are no competing storefronts for digital releases, so you can only pay what Sony says you have to pay. Consoles also aren’t even significantly cheaper than an equivalent PC anymore, and they run basically the same hardware under the hood, so the reasons for a console as we know them today to exist are fewer and fewer as time goes on.

RxBrad,
@RxBrad@infosec.pub avatar

60fps PS5 games were only ever 60fps because they were really just PS4 games running on faster hardware.

Now that we’re finally getting games that aren’t cross-gen with the 10-year-old PS4, we’re back to 30fps-ville.

Badeendje,
@Badeendje@lemmy.world avatar

Sont forget that pc games have faster, more frequent and longer updates, cross storefront multiplayer and quickly cost a lot less than at launch.

sir_pronoun, do games w Failing Manufacturers Are Pushing the Narrative That Consoles Are Dying, Says Ex-Xbox Exec

Oh, the Ex-Xbox Exec? I hear is now a Court Reporter with a unique sense of fashion, the jet-setting jort-sporting Court Reporter.

HipsterTenZero, do games w Failing Manufacturers Are Pushing the Narrative That Consoles Are Dying, Says Ex-Xbox Exec
@HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone avatar

Well, maybe there’s some truth to that. my phone is basically a Switch when I slide it into a controller. The biggest problem it’s facing is the limited library of non-shitty games and storage space. Once I can store a terabyte on my phone and can link it up to my steam library, I don’t think I’d even consider buying a console again. To me, the only thing a playstation has over a steam deck is its exclusives.

makingStuffForFun,
@makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml avatar

And exclusive titles is an asshole move to force users to buy a whole platform for a single game. It’s anti competitive. It’s anti consumer. It should be illegal.

RangerJosie, do games w Failing Manufacturers Are Pushing the Narrative That Consoles Are Dying, Says Ex-Xbox Exec
@RangerJosie@lemmy.world avatar

Consoles will be around until the tech is sufficiently advanced as to negate their usefulness. There will come a day when a phone does everything a modern high end PC can. Bluetooth to a TV and play whatever you want.

Graphic fidelity is almost to a point where there isn’t much more needed in the way of processing power. Another decade. Maybe 2. Consoles will still exist for decades yet. But they’re going to become increasingly unnecessary.

Steam is futureproof. But nothing else.

nickhammes,

Dedicated hardware still has benefits, having your phone notifications separate from gaming, if your phone breaks having your console break would suck, and imo a touchscreen will never surpass physical buttons on controllers so you’d still want those.

I personally hope the future looks more like a steam deck than a gaming phone.

Badeendje,
@Badeendje@lemmy.world avatar

In terms of touch screen control. The phone will just be the processing unit. It will wirelessly Stream the video to your tv while accepting controllers and other ik devices via bluetooth. Maybe with a switch like cradle. And I can’t play a lot of games with a controller… but my kids play fine with one… also on the touch screen. It’s what you are used to I guess.

acosmichippo,
@acosmichippo@lemmy.world avatar

I think it’s a bit shortsighted to assume gaming will have no use for significantly more powerful hardware in the future. even if not for graphics or VR, it could be greater use of AI, or something else we could never foresee.

Nibodhika,

I disagree. Your phone can happily do that today as long as you’re willing to play old games. This will always be the case, even when phones are able to play things today are now considered AAA, Desktop computers will be leaps ahead in what they can do.

Aloomineum, do gaming w 10 Years Ago, Hideo Kojima's P.T. Scared the Hell Out of Us on PS4

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  • chloyster,

    Same boat here 😔. I can still remember when I first heard it was officially cancelled. I’ve never been more devastated by any media being cancelled than this

    Iapar, do gaming w 10 Years Ago, Hideo Kojima's P.T. Scared the Hell Out of Us on PS4

    10 years? Oo

    TransplantedSconie, do gaming w 10 Years Ago, Hideo Kojima's P.T. Scared the Hell Out of Us on PS4

    I have the demo on my old PS4 shame they screwed him like that

    LukeZaz, do gaming w 10 Years Ago, Hideo Kojima's P.T. Scared the Hell Out of Us on PS4

    Honestly, it still amazes me that this never got successfully ripped and emulated. I’ve heard that it’s because there isn’t a reliable PS4 emulator, but frankly that surprises me as well. I’d think that the sheer popularity of this game alone would encourage one to be made pretty heavily, especially since this game looks to be on track to becoming lost media otherwise.

    Zeremer,

    I have this running on pc. It’s out there. Just need to find it. It’s been a few years, so I don’t remember where I got it. Sorry…

    ReallyActuallyFrankenstein,

    It’s called Unreal PT. The last version I believe is 1.0.7, and it’s still hosted on the Internet Archive.

    mox,

    Maybe shadPS4 will (eventually) manage it?

    shadps4.net

    github.com/shadps4-emu/…/2

    viking, do gaming w OlliOlli, Kerbal Space Program Teams Shut Down by GTA Publisher

    I guess KSP 2 won’t ever be better than KSP 1. That sucks.

    Onihikage, do gaming w OlliOlli, Kerbal Space Program Teams Shut Down by GTA Publisher
    @Onihikage@beehaw.org avatar

    Why are you all so upset? These stock buybacks don’t pay for themselves, you know!

    God I hate the stock market.

    liquidparasyte, do gaming w OlliOlli, Kerbal Space Program Teams Shut Down by GTA Publisher

    God I hate Take Two.

    averyminya, do gaming w OlliOlli, Kerbal Space Program Teams Shut Down by GTA Publisher

    2017-2024

    Telorand, do gaming w OlliOlli, Kerbal Space Program Teams Shut Down by GTA Publisher

    The news follows confirmation from Take-Two it plans to let go of 600 full-time workers to save $165 million annually, which was shared a few weeks ago. That is despite making billions upon billions of dollars as a result of the GTA series.

    Why make billions of dollars when you could make billions and one? /s

    Shirasho,

    You know they aren’t paying their employees $275,000/year average. There is way more to that number than just letting go 600 employees.

    MossyFeathers, do gaming w OlliOlli, Kerbal Space Program Teams Shut Down by GTA Publisher
    @MossyFeathers@pawb.social avatar

    Just Take-Two being Take-Two.

    Take-Two? More like, Take-Two-Massive-Shits-On-Your-Favorite-Games.

    Kir, do gaming w The Last of Us 2 PS5 Remaster Announced, Has a Brand New Survival Mode, $10 Upgrade Path
    @Kir@feddit.it avatar

    And what about the PC version?

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