CanIFishHere comments on Modder releases PS5-Linux that turns the console into a fully functional Linux gaming PC

[+] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca -8 points 6 months ago (7 children)

Isn't the PS5 already a fully functional gaming computer?

[–] PearOfJudes@lemmy.ml 15 points 6 months ago (3 children)

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.

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[–] TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 months ago (1 child)

You always only buy a license. Get a crack, then you own the game.

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[–] TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago

True but you can do that for consoles too (PS5 not yet), and this issue isn't what makes them not a full PC.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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.

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[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

PSN required to play online games. Ongoing subscription, not cheap. So no, not fully functional, except as a pickpocket.

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[–] Species8472@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 months ago

Mindblown.

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