Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoModder releases PS5-Linux that turns the console into a fully functional Linux gaming PCwww.notebookcheck.netexternal-linkmessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up1835arrow-down15
arrow-up1830arrow-down1external-linkModder releases PS5-Linux that turns the console into a fully functional Linux gaming PCwww.notebookcheck.netSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square109fedilink
minus-squareCanIFishHere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down10·3 days agoIsn’t the PS5 already a fully functional gaming computer?
minus-squarePearOfJudes@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 days agoTo access most of the internet you must pay a subscription. Plus the games you buy on the ps5 can’t be put on any other device. I know this because I bought baldurs gate and Helldiver’s, and had to purchase them again on steam. A ps5 and most consoles are a sunk-cost-fallacy machine.
minus-squareTheBlackLounge@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoThe fact that steam games are cross platform is because you buy a license. Very rarely a cd-rom would have Mac and Windows in one, but in that regard desktops were mostly like consoles not so long ago.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoYou always only buy a license. Get a crack, then you own the game.
minus-squareTheBlackLounge@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoTrue but you can do that for consoles too (PS5 not yet), and this issue isn’t what makes them not a full PC.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 days agoThe hardware is sold under value, by having the games more expensive. And if you’ve got the console, you’re locked in, don’t have a choice. Just like printers, actually.
minus-squareSreudianFlip@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoPSN required to play online games. Ongoing subscription, not cheap. So no, not fully functional, except as a pickpocket.
Isn’t the PS5 already a fully functional gaming computer?
To access most of the internet you must pay a subscription. Plus the games you buy on the ps5 can’t be put on any other device.
I know this because I bought baldurs gate and Helldiver’s, and had to purchase them again on steam.
A ps5 and most consoles are a sunk-cost-fallacy machine.
The fact that steam games are cross platform is because you buy a license. Very rarely a cd-rom would have Mac and Windows in one, but in that regard desktops were mostly like consoles not so long ago.
You always only buy a license. Get a crack, then you own the game.
True but you can do that for consoles too (PS5 not yet), and this issue isn’t what makes them not a full PC.
The hardware is sold under value, by having the games more expensive. And if you’ve got the console, you’re locked in, don’t have a choice.
Just like printers, actually.
PSN required to play online games. Ongoing subscription, not cheap. So no, not fully functional, except as a pickpocket.
Mindblown.