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Consoles have just been underpowered computers for the longest time.
Patching a console game? Digital only? get the fuck out of town.
Patching a console game? Digital only? get the fuck out of town.
What?
In the past, consoles had the limitation of not being able to easily provide fixes to a game post release, which incentivized publishers to only release games that were thoroughly tested and relatively bug free.
Consoles also for a time had the advantage of physical media that you could share with your friends, and never have to worry about accounts or a game becoming unplayable.
They no longer have those advantages after hard drives and internet access became the norm, effectively putting them on a level playing field with PC's, but now with the inherent disadvantage of being a locked down weak PC that can only play expensive games with a paid subscription to play them online.
They trying to run a console game on pc?
And rightfully so
You don't like re-buying your library every 4 years?
It's exciting to rediscover the same game five times over and have to buy it every time!
Hey at least the numbers change every once in awhile.
No, just Skyrim