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Literally barely any games that can't be played on ps4 or Xbox one.

This ps5 almost feels like a waste of 500 bucks

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Since console hardware is converging towards PCs (as opposed to specialized hardware stratified by make), as well as the expansion of the PC market (which has a massive range of hardware of varying price points and capabilities) the benefits of making a game against the limits of a specific console is less and less of a good idea versus targeting a wide market. If you aren't stuck to exclusivity for a single console, then it makes sense to target previous generation consoles if possible in order to maximize the size of the potential market.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Isn't an Xbox just a glorified Windows machine these days?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Xbox has always been a glorified windows machine

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Time to install Linux on an Xbox instead of buying a PC

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Microsoft would love to sell PCs as locked down as Xboxes. That's the ultimate goal of the TPM.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They already run a cut down windows lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, so why not fix the bug?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I would be all for it actually only-throw