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by kuerbel6 hours ago |
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upvoteby Cthulhu_6 hours ago|
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But those are still digital-only platforms, with a chance of them disappearing. Epic is the biggest risk there, I think.

GoG is an interesting case though, it has loads of games that by and large were available on physical media, but because said physical media is either gone, broken, or in the hands of collectors, getting a physical copy of those games is difficult now. Them being a digital platform re-enables people to play these games.

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upvoteby mghackerlady5 hours ago|
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GoG is also DRM free, so if GoG dies it's not like you'll lose access to your games. Even if you lose the files, archives will exist. Plus, if you're really that morally opposed to file sharing, you can always put it on a NAS or flash drive. Heck, put it on a bluray if you want to
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upvoteby Jigsy2 hours ago|
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Plus GOG allow people to download games and store them on a hard drive.

UT99 can't be bought anymore (though I think Epic now allow people to share it freely), but I can still download it (for now), and access my archived copy.

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upvoteby bigfishrunning6 hours ago|
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It's important to note that that vendor specific computer is 1) cheaper then a PC that can play equivalent games, and 2) much more reliable (i never have to mess with drivers, updates just work, etc...)
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upvoteby fluoridation6 hours ago|
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>cheaper then a PC that can play equivalent games

There are no savings to be had. What you don't pay one way you pay another.

>much more reliable (i never have to mess with drivers, updates just work, etc...)

So do you not own a computer? How do you avoid dealing with those issues, otherwise?

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upvoteby bigfishrunning5 hours ago|
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I own several computers, and I use them for work. Running games on them means either running windows or running an emulation layer, and both solutions are unreliable messes. High end graphics cards are generally very expensive and have required binary-blobs that are really hard to troubleshoot, and (in my experience) always have problems.

If I want to play a video game, I turn on my PlayStation and it just works and I don't have to think about it or troubleshoot anything. This has not been my experience with PC gaming.

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upvoteby kuerbel5 hours ago|
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I exclusively play on Fedora if on pc and the only problem I had up to now was with the ps5 controller and some weird rumble input. That was easily fixed with some googling.
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upvoteby mghackerlady5 hours ago|
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Sidenote but why do you use a PS5 controller? I can understand if someone already has a console they'd prefer to use the controllers they already have, but I see so many PC gamers go out and buy a playstation or xbox controller when they want a controller when 8bitdo is right there and much better for the price
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upvoteby fluoridation5 hours ago|
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Not everyone wants to do research for every little purchase. XBox and PS controllers are likely to be at least good enough, if not the baseline of quality. A few weeks ago I got an XBox-compatible third party controller with Hall effect sticks, and while it's mostly alright, I found a weird issue where when I enter a specific mode in one game by holding the right trigger I have to have the stick centered or it doesn't register for about a second. This doesn't happen with MS's controller, and I have no idea how the input device can be causing something so specific.
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upvoteby mghackerlady4 hours ago|
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Do people genuinely not know about 8bitdo though? It doesn't take a lot of research if you're in a store or recommended it by amazon
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upvoteby Narishma2 hours ago|
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No, they don't. They're a niche manufacturer, of course they're not as well known as Xbox or Playstation.
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upvoteby kuerbel3 hours ago|
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Because I also own a ps5
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upvoteby mghackerlady52 minutes ago|
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> I can understand if someone already has a console they'd prefer to use the controllers they already have
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upvoteby bigfishrunning5 hours ago|
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See that's a great example. By the time I sit down to play a game, I don't want to be googling issues.
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