Why would you wish to be highly sensitive to an increase/decrease in fps.

That’s just a curse and you should be happy you don’t have it.

You can just enjoy more games with a cheaper pc/console.

People are criticizing Playstation, but I’m still really happy to have a Playstation 5 alongside my Steam Deck.

As much as I love playing old games on the deck and it has now become my main console, I’m happy to have my Playstation 5 for demanding games (mostly sim racing) and to watch blurays.

Having a powerful PC would not bring me the versatility my Steam Deck/Playstation 5/Surface Go 1 is giving me for now.

Although that might change if the Playstation 6 comes without blurays.

I don’t understand why some PC people feel the need to say consoles are useless, when it’s only to them that they would be.

Did you mean this? If there is nothing written, does it mean the game is DRM free as if we were on GOG?

Oh I’m gonna have a look at my games out of curiosity then.

How do you know if a Steam game is DRM free or not?

How do you install such games without Steam through Linux? Is it just an .exe and you click on it as I haven’t done it since probably the early 00’s?

I’m trying to buy 50% of my games on Gog because they avoir DRM and 50% on Steam because they’re great Linux supporters.

Still I can understand why Steam is ahead in terms to f sale as GOG has some progress to do.

Yeah but don’t forget that GamePass is also costing them a lot of money.

Yeah but you forgot chip prices and tariffs so I don’t think their margins have improved by so much…

Yeah but allowing players to have steam games would mean not recovering the money invested in subsidizing the console since there is no money made on selling them.

That only works when Xbox is only gonna be a brand and not console makers.

I’m trying to avoid buying from companies on the palestinian boycott list, but I already know a Gears of War remake playable on Steam Deck is gonna be one exception.

Loved the first 2 on Dreamcast, started the 3rd one and couldn’t tell if my taste had evolved so much or if the game was just bad. I never finished it despite funding it on kickstarter…

It’s true that I forgot that you can just uninstall them if you don’t plan on replaying them😅

Steam Deck:

• Steam for most games because of ease of use on the Deck and what they provide to the Linux world
• GOG for old games with no achievments (I’d buy more from them if they were more Linux oriented, but I also understand they can’t do everything)

Playstation 5:

• physical except for a few exceptions as I want to be able to resell games I don’t like. I buy new physical games when I know I’m gonna love a game and used when I ain’t sure

I agree about the fact that having digital games is great for just launching them without leaving your chair, but managing your digital storage space can be a bigger hassle in some cases

I’m not gonna spoil anything bit I didn’t enjoy the story.

Maybe it’s just me and I would play it again if it was a 20 hours game, but it’s too long for me to give it another chance.

I loved the ambiance and gameplay though. I think I enjoyed the first one more because the story wasn’t bad, but it has been ages…

Well it’s crazy that they’re accusing him of giving too much of his own time.

I really hope the Stop Killing Games initiative changes something as I want to own my (single player) games forever on every store (not only GOG as it’s not so Linux friendly despite the heroic games launcher).

I guess for arcade games it’s logical, but it doesn’t apply to games like Heavy Rain, Last Of Us, Uncharted or Final Fantasy.

But I guess every one behaves differently and enjoys different things.

I’m just worried when I see my 8 year old son trying a new game every time he faces a challenge in the previous one.

Well for me it’s like starting 40 books, 40 movies or 40 songs and not finishing them.

If it’s a story driven game, I would never picture myself not finishing it unless I don’t enjoy it.

Also I see the starting something and not finishing it as a result of the short attention spans generation, but I might be getting old at 38😅

Well I’m happy for you if owning so many games makes you happy as it supports a hobby I love.

Personnaly, I think that not finishing so many of your games shows some kind of problem, but I’m not a psychologist. Owning so many too…

I might even have the inverted problem as I feel like it’s an obligation for me to finish a game unless I don’t like it.

Agreed but you can play only offline without missing on much. I currently have the ps plus for a few more months, but I’m dropping it as the only one playing online is my son and hés playing fortnite.

But, if you’re an online player, it’s gonna be cheaper to play on pc.

I totally agree and it’s a pleasure to read someone who’s able to talk about the advantages of each side.

Well I bought my ps5 a while ago, but I think that despite the price increase, it’s still cheaper than a comparable PC.

As for the no fuss experience, my Steam Deck, which I love and have had for a few month, has already given more to tinker and solve than my ps5 in a few years.

I just think that the Playstation experience isn’t as good and cheap as it used to be compared to PC.

To be honest that would just be the end of the consoles system as there is a reason Sony is selling the PS5 for so cheap.

As much as I understand why Apple shouldn’t be allowed to keep everything in the Apple Store, Sony’s situation isn’t the same.

But what would bother me more is if Sony starts to raise the prices of everything without justification.

I got a Steam Deck and I’m slowly migrating my gaming from Playstation only to Linux/Playstation gaming. Still a Playstation 5 is a great product, especially with kids and its ease of use and great graphics for your bucks.

Same for me, no Switzerland option.

So I can only encourage EU citizens to do it.

As much as I don’t enjoy Nintendo games and consoles anymore, I don’t think you can blame them for not creating new experiences.

Even the Switch 2 is creating a new way to play with its controls.

You can’t really say this about the Playstation 5 (which I own) or the Series X.

Well I guess people are mad about some story decisions.

But it’s thanks to those decisions that the second is so great as you can feel the pain and the anger of the characters.

A really incredible game even if I haven’t tried the remake.

The second one is better still, but not everyone agrees.

I loved it but I ain’t buying it a second time at more than 10$!

It’s not fair, but I give a pass to Sony as their games are more my type and I’ve always used Sony consoles a lot.

Sony ain’t probably better than Nintendo as a conpany, that’s also why I’m extendibg my reach with Steam Deck gaming in the future.

I’ve recently decided to complete all the games we’ve bought on our family Switch before allowing myself to get a Steam Deck alongside my Ps5.

While Nintendo has some very good games, I think I’ll never buy again from them.

So true. And what’s sad is that so many people love these two companies😨

Finally I’ll be able to replay the first Gears of War.

If it runs on the Steam Deck, I might even play it there instead of on my ps5.

Finally I’m seeing someone giving proof that games were more expensive back in the days.

Of course the gaming market was smaller, but I remember my parents buying me shitty games for a really high price.

I’m not asking for a price increase, but clearly games were more expensive in the 80-90-00s.

Really interesting article! I love reading about manufacturing processes and the business side of gaming.

I think I enabked it, but it’s clearly not the same as the system from the old games.

I’d have loved turn based combat to remain in FF7 remake.

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the remake bit it doesn’t feel as tactical as the old one in my memory.

From what I’ve seen there is the Broken Road DLC but it doesn’t bring any new story.

I really enjoyed it even if the story was a bit bad in some parts (not sure but I remember the beginning being pretty bad). I’d be happy to play a second one if it happened to be developped.

I’m sure the work isn’t gonna be lost and someone might step up.

I know it’s easy to say as I’m doing nothing to help them, but I’m pretty optimistic work is still gonna get done.

Of course a Steam Deck would be better suited, but it’s great to see people pushing the limits of what can be done.

That’s how Linux is gonna be able to save M Macs once they don’t get MacOs updates.