The way I see it, there are two compelling reasons to own a console:
1) Physical games
2) Exclusives
Sony is intentionally destroying the first, and their exclusives are utter garbage.
There is zero reason to own a Playstation.
Long post--sorry.
The fixation around physical media is a red herring.
People who obtained physical copies of Crimson Desert early weren't able to play it because the PS5 locked them out of playing it. You can look this up, multiple articles about the topic. Clearly physical media didn't save you then, and it won't save you when a licensing agreement expires and a game will no longer run on your software until you download an update that might remove features/content.
A good example of this is ironically Mixtape. Because the game has a large amount of licensed music, it's plausible that one of those contracts will expire and a patch will be pushed that removes a song from the game. If you don't download that patch, you will no longer be able to access or play the game.
Physical media isn't the holy grail, consumer rights and protections is. Why aren't we using Apple lighting cables and we are using USB-C instead? It's not because of Apple, it's because of the EU.
While PC players have more work-arounds for this issue, console players are at the mercy of updates they have no choice but to accept. Physical media won't save you from that.
The convenience of digital downloads should not be viewed as a forfeiture of consumer protections.
The reason why record labels still sell vinyls is because people still buy vinyls. While there are I'm sure some people who still purchase video games physically, I would guess that number is decreasing every year. If physical copies were popular, Gamestop would still have video games in it instead of Funko pops and tshirts.
I know this is the unpopular take to have. but you can't expect companies to keep making physical editions of games if not enough people are buying them.
My point with all of this is that a lot of peoples' concern and frustration comes from the lack of control they have over the media they "own". Physical media does not solve this problem when it's at the mercy of the software running the consoles/game launchers.
If you want to solve the problem, you should be supporting initiatives like Stop Killing Games @StopKilingGames.
you’ll get mad at me for saying this…but cloud gaming is so obviously more economically efficient than physical hardware I think it’s going to be the default soon.
your home console / pc is idle 90%+ of the day. meanwhile, data centers targets what, 5%, maybe at worst 10% idle.
every second a cloud gamer isn’t gaming, that hardware is being used for someone else, training, etc.
I think there should be a new measurement, something like cost-per effective FLOP hour that takes into account the TCO + effective utilization.
If a gamer spends $500 on a GPU, uses it for 3 years, but it’s only fully active ~5% of that period…the cost-per relative FLOP hour is crazy high! Meanwhile, a $50,000 datacenter GPU might have a *LOWER* cost-per FLOP hour just because the effective utilization is 90+%.
Liked a single post from one of those videogame nostalgia accounts and now my entire feed is retro bait 😭
Imagine a timeline where Angry Joe stuck to making funny, high-effort reviews of VIDEO GAMES instead of turning into the bloated, alcoholic, slop factory sellout that he is today.
It's so dumb to build a big ass PC and go "look how much better it is!" Yeah, now shrink it down and see how that goes.
Second, people acting like Valve wanted to sell the Steam Machine at the current price, lol. You guys are aware we're in a hardware shortage right now, right?
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More evidence that the many of the problems at Bungie were caused by the devs themselves, not just leadership.
Layoffs can't come soon enough.
🚨Former Bungie dev says a Destiny dating sim was actually made internally and was "very Dream Daddy inspired," but leadership was a "hard no" because they thought nobody wanted "romance or silliness" - thegamepost.com/former-bungi…
Yeah, I think it's time to get this engagement farmer out of my feed.
Guaranteed the game is going to be heavily girl-focused. Soap opera drama.
There'll be a stealth mission where Lucia has to spy on her boyfriend because she thinks he's cheating.
Gaming subscription services like Game Pass and PS Plus have artificially kept poorly performing studios afloat for far too long.
Good riddance.
Why are people lamenting Double Fine being closed down? Why are they going back to nostalgia like Grim Fandango & Enslaved? They don't make game like that any more.
They're a San Francisco studio who works with people like Anita Sarkeesian while adding gay marriage and "queer representation" into their games while their founder gets on his knees in the name of white privilege.
Blame Microsoft all you want, but that company was already infected, and their products got worse and it was thanks to inside leadership.
Psychonauts 2 sold well... but it wasn't a banger. The last number we had was "more than 1.7 million units." That game even sanded the edges of its comedy and had Anita directly involved to "make it better." Thanks, Tim, for that quote.
They couldn't ship games people wanted. Kiln? Keeper? How are these supposed to sell to keep a company running while they're spending likely around $10M or more a year on salary, alone?
The fact is, they became listless and were leeching off guaranteed Game Pass money. We had yet to hear of even a title for their next "big" game. I don't blame XBOX one bit for noticing.
European governments continue trying to loot successful American companies instead of creating an environment where Euro companies can thrive and innovate.
Valve has been hit by yet another class action lawsuit in the Netherlands, this time from Consumer Competition Claims (CCC).
The CCC claims that Valve holds a dominant position in the market, estimated at around 85%, and is breaching competition law through so-called "Most Favoured Nation" clauses. They argue that Valve’s 30 percent cut on all game sales is too high and reflects monopolistic behaviour. Dutch consumers have suffered total damages of more than €220 million. Source: GameClaim
I dunno about toxic but Smash Bros is definitely the smelliest.
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Everyone is fighting over the ridiculous pedo nonsense from the woketards right now, but Blood Rain does have an actual problem:
It will alienate a large number of OG fans due to the change in character design.
You'll see more disappointment on the TL as the hype dies down.
wait, so now everyone is begging for *small* boobs?
CEO of Japanese sexy game company says depicting adult women with small chests has become “risky,” which is why all their characters are extremely well-endowed
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CD Projekt Red wants you to remember they used to make good games before they drop some absolute 𝖽οɡѕһі𝚝 later.
Medallion's humming... that can only mean one thing! It's time to announce The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past! ⚔️
This brand new expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will take you to the Path with Geralt of Rivia once more. It’s being co-developed with @Fools_Theory and is coming to PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5 in 2027. Stay tuned for more information in late summer. ⏰
ALT Geralt of Rivia stands ready for combat. He looks over his left shoulder and unsheathes his sword. Behind him is a monster made of twisted branches and twigs with hollow eyes and an open mouth. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt logo is printed in the center, with an additional logo for Expansion Pack: Songs of the Past on a purple banner underneath.
I think these mofos are actually drinking their own kool-aid. Like they forgot they paid for these scores lol.
I have zero problems with rich kids spending their fortunes on the arts.
But why's it always gotta be ԁоɡsһіt?
