Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoModder releases PS5-Linux that turns the console into a fully functional Linux gaming PCwww.notebookcheck.netexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1841arrow-down15
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minus-squarePearOfJudes@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·5 days agoTo access most of the internet you must pay a subscription. Plus the games you buy on the ps5 can’t be put on any other device. I know this because I bought baldurs gate and Helldiver’s, and had to purchase them again on steam. A ps5 and most consoles are a sunk-cost-fallacy machine.
minus-squareTheBlackLounge@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoThe fact that steam games are cross platform is because you buy a license. Very rarely a cd-rom would have Mac and Windows in one, but in that regard desktops were mostly like consoles not so long ago.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoYou always only buy a license. Get a crack, then you own the game.
minus-squareTheBlackLounge@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoTrue but you can do that for consoles too (PS5 not yet), and this issue isn’t what makes them not a full PC.
To access most of the internet you must pay a subscription. Plus the games you buy on the ps5 can’t be put on any other device.
I know this because I bought baldurs gate and Helldiver’s, and had to purchase them again on steam.
A ps5 and most consoles are a sunk-cost-fallacy machine.
The fact that steam games are cross platform is because you buy a license. Very rarely a cd-rom would have Mac and Windows in one, but in that regard desktops were mostly like consoles not so long ago.
You always only buy a license. Get a crack, then you own the game.
True but you can do that for consoles too (PS5 not yet), and this issue isn’t what makes them not a full PC.