Bootheal0179@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’ve just bought my very first Xbox. It’s Series X, and although I like it well enough, I’ll probably never buy another Microsoft product. My software & my games need to be on my discs, not the cloud. I’m not interested in renting or leasing games with the game pass. I’ve already started amassing a nice collection of used/older Xbox games from various sources, probably have enough to keep me busy for the next decade. So, this mantra of “You’ll own nothing and you’ll be happy” isn’t going to work in my case.
I feel the same but I buy shit on Steam all the time. Probably because I can still play my old shit on there and I don’t risk having to buy every indie game several times because it isn’t compatible with the latest console.
Also, the pricing on console stores are ridiculous…
At least Steam has repeatedly said that they have “measures” in place to make sure their customers can still access the game they bought if Steam had to shut down. They didn’t go into details though, so finger crossed.
Also Valve supports Linux gaming and creates quite non-standard products like the Steam Controller, Link, Deck (which is awesome!), HTC Vive, …
This is the sole reason I’m not buying consoles anymore. My last console was a PS3.
I was so disappointed with my PS5 purchase. It’s an alright expensive entertainment device, but the nonsense with the exclusive games is another. I bought it because it had a disk drive, now it seems they aren’t really planning on releasing many disk games. Between that and the Bethesda shit I feel like I got played. And Xbox is no better, the only thing available was their shitty series S for like forever, plus my Xbone had its own set of hardware issues for not being that old or overused.
This generation was the one where I intended on buying my first Xbox as well. I wasn’t going to get it at launch but I was interested enough to be willing to put the money down. However seeing how MS have progressed so far, the increasing push to cloud gaming, game rental and more has been increasingly off putting. It’s a shame as well because around launch I was excited by how beautifully engineered the Series X is.
Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Fair enough. You’ll come a cropper though if it requires an authentication check. Regardless of your device works. I think going consoleless and having emulators to play games is the better route. Unfortunately the newer games aren’t the same as retro consoles.
If they require patches and don’t have them they might not work.
Bootheal0179@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I know you’re right, it’s a Sisyphean task to push back against the tides of corporate greed, but I still will push and save my old school games for archival purposes for my grandchildren, and I will hope that they appreciate my death by the big corporate boulder, was for their gaming freedom.
Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I wouldn’t say that. Steam has done a pretty remarkable job. I think having an offline storage for games and an emulator that can play them is the only way to fight back against them.
As time goes on likely we will start to build or port Game’s. Consoles will be obsolete and it will make emulation much easier. Only time will tell though.
Fight that hard fight
Tick_Dracy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I think you misspelled GOG. Steam itself is a DRM (even though some games don’t have the DRM in place), you’re still at the mercy of a company to allow you download your rented games and at the mercy of a developer to not include it.
Sorry, but you can’t be a supporter of game preservation and Steam at the same time. They’re on opposite spectrums