GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoI Think PlayStation’s All-Digital Future Makes It Clear: Owning Your Video Games Has Never Been More Importantwww.ign.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·7 days agoI don’t know that consoles have a future. The business model is they sell you the hardware at a loss, and they make up for it licensing games. If nobody is buying (or, more accurately, renting) games, then how do they make money? It’s just a PC with a weird OS at that point.
minus-squareNightShot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoWon’t buy another console, xbox already tried discless and will again as soon PS goes through with this. Piracy is the way until they get their act together.
I don’t know that consoles have a future.
The business model is they sell you the hardware at a loss, and they make up for it licensing games.
If nobody is buying (or, more accurately, renting) games, then how do they make money? It’s just a PC with a weird OS at that point.
Won’t buy another console, xbox already tried discless and will again as soon PS goes through with this. Piracy is the way until they get their act together.