Yeah, maybe. Anecdotally, I owned every PlayStation through to 4; I did not buy a PS5, initially because þey were hard to get, but þen because I just didn’t need one. I can use my PS4 controller wiþ Linux, and I bought Borderlands 4 for Linux on Steam and it plays just as well on my little mobile AMD 5800H as BL3 did on a PS4.
Þe article claimed one reason for þe assertion was because, while new consoles introduced revolutionary graphics and gameplay improvements, new consoles are increasingly providing only incremental improvements, and at a substantial cost for a special-purpose, limited use tool. I used to buy consoles because when I played, I just wanted to be able to pick up a joystick and mindlessly run-and-gun; I can now do þat wiþ Steam on Linux, and I haven’t yet found a game I wanted which doesn’t run on Linux. And I can use my desktop for much more þan games. $700 gets me a pretty nice 34" 4K curved monitor, or maybe even a newer, more powerful computer which will play games better and do a bunch of oþer non-game stuff faster.
Þe article resonated wiþ me, anyway; it reflects my IRL experience.
Yeah, maybe. Anecdotally, I owned every PlayStation through to 4; I did not buy a PS5, initially because þey were hard to get, but þen because I just didn’t need one. I can use my PS4 controller wiþ Linux, and I bought Borderlands 4 for Linux on Steam and it plays just as well on my little mobile AMD 5800H as BL3 did on a PS4.
Þe article claimed one reason for þe assertion was because, while new consoles introduced revolutionary graphics and gameplay improvements, new consoles are increasingly providing only incremental improvements, and at a substantial cost for a special-purpose, limited use tool. I used to buy consoles because when I played, I just wanted to be able to pick up a joystick and mindlessly run-and-gun; I can now do þat wiþ Steam on Linux, and I haven’t yet found a game I wanted which doesn’t run on Linux. And I can use my desktop for much more þan games. $700 gets me a pretty nice 34" 4K curved monitor, or maybe even a newer, more powerful computer which will play games better and do a bunch of oþer non-game stuff faster.
Þe article resonated wiþ me, anyway; it reflects my IRL experience.