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In a recent 200-page report published by Epyllion, it was explained that PC gaming spend has been trumping console platforms for years.

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[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Consoles have just been underpowered computers for the longest time.

Patching a console game? Digital only? get the fuck out of town.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Patching a console game? Digital only? get the fuck out of town.

What?

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago

In the past, consoles had the limitation of not being able to easily provide fixes to a game post release, which incentivized publishers to only release games that were thoroughly tested and relatively bug free.

Consoles also for a time had the advantage of physical media that you could share with your friends, and never have to worry about accounts or a game becoming unplayable.

They no longer have those advantages after hard drives and internet access became the norm, effectively putting them on a level playing field with PC's, but now with the inherent disadvantage of being a locked down weak PC that can only play expensive games with a paid subscription to play them online.

[–] neatobuilds@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago

They trying to run a console game on pc?