Lee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square177fedilinkarrow-up1778arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@kbin.socialgaming@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1778arrow-down1external-linkPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comLee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square177fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@kbin.socialgaming@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-square@Blackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish26•2 years agoBecause it costs like a quarter of an equivalent gaming PC, and there’s actually an option for physical disc ownership unlike PC.
minus-squareRadical DoglinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 years agoHonestly, 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.
minus-square@starman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish7•2 years ago“But consoles suck compared to PCs of the same price!” ~People who built their PCs before bitcoin was popular
Because it costs like a quarter of an equivalent gaming PC, and there’s actually an option for physical disc ownership unlike PC.
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.
“But consoles suck compared to PCs of the same price!”
~People who built their PCs before bitcoin was popular