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PlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership sucks
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Not sure why anyone at this point is stoked to own a Playstation. Literally all of their games are going to be on PC, GTA6 will eventually be on PC, not to mention all of the cross platform games on PS5 that are, you guessed it, also on PC.
Between digital storefronts removing content you paid for and the price tag on all new releases, it just doesn't make sense to engage with this new generation of "you don't actually own your games now".
Because it costs like a quarter of an equivalent gaming PC, and there's actually an option for physical disc ownership unlike PC.
"But consoles suck compared to PCs of the same price!"
~People who built their PCs before bitcoin was popular
Honestly, buying a disc for a new game and selling it a month later is still the cheapest way to play new things without being constrained by a subscription's library. PC is excellent for old/indie stuff going cheap, but discs are awesome.
Lots of reasons to enjoy having a Playstation. Having a full PC setup is expensive when you factor in more than just the case build. It's nice to have something you can boot up and get right into. Everyone acts like their system is superior but the superior system is whatever one best suits your needs. I personally would absolutely love a PS5 varient that didn't require internet and just let me play my single player games in peace.
I think the big cost savings on PC come from a lack of subscription fees. Plus a huge variety of storefronts to choose from so prices tend to be low. Games get cheap fast if you wait a little bit.
It's pretty easy to match console performance with a budget PC, but it definitely isn't as easy. I can't wait until I can pause/resume games on my desktop like I can on the Steam Deck. Huge quality of life feature.
Auto run steam at startup and with big picture mode?
On the Steam Deck, 'game mode' runs in exclusive fullscreen mode without the KDE desktop environment. I'm not an expert, but I think the gamemode desktop environment is specifically tuned to the Steam Deck hardware and isn't something that you can just replicate on your own hardware.
I really want to test this though, I'd love to build a 'Steam Console' running on standard x86 desktop hardware running Linux that launches directly into Steam.