Just in time for them to take physical discs away! Edit: This is only in EU! For now.

  • plyth@feddit.org
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    11 days ago

    They can only do that because Microsoft dropped the ball and there is no real competition in sight.

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      11 days ago

      Err… What about Steam. Steam Machine, plenty of portable options are available with not only SteamOS now, Steam Frame is inbound, and I’d expect to see a lot of Steam machine clones.

      I’m still playing games I purchased 10+ years ago still (finally trying to finish Broken Age)

      The only thing going for Playstation / Xbox really is the pricing at the moment

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        7 days ago

        Yes but this is kind of like telling someone who’s Nissan broke down “Mercedes exists!”

        Even at $600 with the basic PS plus it would take around 6.6 years to approach the price of a steam machine or steam deck at this point.

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          7 days ago

          Depends how many games you buy. I have hundreds of steam games, many from 10+ years ago

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            7 days ago

            That’s fair I guess that would be true after awhile its really just the high cost that’s the barrier of entry for people stuck with consoles. I wish this could change but looking at the reality of it all at the moment I don’t think its going to change for a long time.

            Also Broken Age is amazing such a gem of a game definitely finish it when you can you won’t be disappointed.