• grue@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    30
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    6 months ago

    Gaming consoles just mean you’ve already bought into their walled garden. They don’t need to use the same tactics the mobile games use; you’re already trapped. Hell, you’re probably already paying a monthly subscription for online play, and then there’s still nothing stopping individual game publishers from further enshittifying on top of that!

    No, what you should really be doing is gaming on PC (Linux), ideally with games bought DRM-free (e.g. from GoG) or even by only playing Free Software games. I personally compromise enough to accept Steam, but that really is at the absolute limits of acceptability (and only then because of factoring goodwill from all their work on Linux compatibility for games).

    • john89@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      edit-2
      6 months ago

      Emulation, baby.

      Use your brains before your wallets.

      Also don’t pay for things you can get for free.

      • jabathekek@sopuli.xyz
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        6 months ago

        Hell yeah. I haven’t been able to play jak x in literally a decade and I was able to start it up today and bask it’s 480p glory. Next is laughing at the first killzone while still enjoying the story and trying out Demon’s Souls for the first time.