Comment on Chips aren’t improving like they used to, and it’s killing game console price cuts

• Psythik@lemm.ee ⁨24⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  If you’re willing to get a base model, sure. The PS5 Pro is a $700 console, and that’s not including the subscription fee for multiplayer (which doesn’t exist on PC unless you’re into MMOs).

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• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Works on Linux:

  Prince of Persia, the Lost Crown

  Silent Hill 2 (Remake)

  Marvel vs Capcom: Arcade Classics

  Shin Megamei Tensei (V)engeance

  Persona 3 Reload

  HiFi Rush

  Animal Well

  Castlevania Dominus Collection

  Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth

  Tekken 8

  The Last of Us Part II (Remaster)

  Balatro

  Dave the Diver

  Slay the Princess: Pristine Cut

  Metaphor Re Fantazio

  Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (and base game)

  Does not work on Linux:

  Unicorn Overlord (Console Exclusive, No PC Port Allowed by Publisher Vanillaware)

  Destiny 2 (Kernel Level Anti Cheat)

  FF VII Rebirth (PS Exclusive)

  Astro Bot (PS Exclusive)

  …

  Damn, yeah, still consoles gotta hold on via exclusives, I guess?

  And then there’s the mismanaged shitshow that is Destiny 2…

  …who can’t figure out how to do AntiCheat without installing a rootkit on your PC, despite functional, working AntiCheats having worked on linux games for at least half a decade at this point, if not longer…

  …nor can they figure out how to write a storyline that rises above 'everyone is always lore dumping instead of talking, and also they talk to you like a 10 year while doing so.

  Last I heard, a whole bunch of hardcore D2 youtubers and streamers were basically all quitting out of frustration and feeling let down or betrayed by Bungie.

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  • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Highest rated != most played or most popular.

    COD MP.

    Warzone.

    Fortnite.

    GTA Online.

    Not on Linux.

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    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Most Call of Duty games work on linux, you’re gonna have to be more specific as to which particular one of like 25 you mean by ‘COD’.

      The ones that don’t, they don’t work because the devs are too lazy or incompetent to make an AntiCheat that isn’t a rootkit with full access to your entire PC.

      I used to play GTA V Online (and RDR2, and FiveM, and RedM…) on linux all the time, literally for years… untill they just decided to ban all linux players.

      IMO they owe me money for that, but oh well I guess.

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      Again, there are many AntiCheats that work on linux, and have worked on linux for years and years now.

      Easy Anti Cheat and Battleeye even offer linux support to game devs. There are some games with these ACs that actually do support linux.

      But many game devs/studios/publishers just don’t use this support… because then there wouldn’t be any reason to actually use Windows, and MSFT pays these studios a lot of money… or they just literally own them (Activision/Blizzard = MSFT).

      Kernel Anti Cheat that only works on Windows?

      Yep, that’s just a complicated way to enforce Windows exclusivity in PC games.

      Go look up how many hacks and trainers you can find for one of these games you mention.

      You may notice that they are all designed for, and only work on… Windows.

      The idea that all linux gamers are malicious hackers is a laughable, obviously false idea… but game company execs understand the power of rabid irrational fandoms.

      …

      You are right that you can’t run games with rootkit anticheats on linux though, so if those heavily monetized and manipulative games with toxic playerbases are your addiction of choice, yep, sorry, linux ain’t your hookup for those.

      Again, this is another game platform freedom advocacy issue, and also a personal information security advocacy issue, not a ‘something is wrong with linux’ issue.

      Game companies have gotten many working anticheat systems to work with linux. The most pooular third party anticheat systems also support linux.

      But the industry is clever at keeping people locked into their for profit, insecure OSs that spy on their entire system.

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