Lee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up1778cross-posted to: technology@kbin.socialhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foogaming@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1778external-linkPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comLee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square179fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@kbin.socialhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foogaming@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-square@Blackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish26•1 year 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•1 year 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•1 year 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