Stumbled upon this video, which kind of summarizes the issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJxaIP8F3K8

In summary

  • lack of risk taking by the industry
  • lack of creativity
  • industry prioritizes profit by making games compatible with the previous consoles generation
  • removal of split screen
  • outdated voice communication compared to PC Discord
  • disabled voice communication by default

For people here who have a current console, what do you think about this?

Another video on the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61lX2mixdKQ

    • pezhore@lemmy.ml
      1·
      3 months ago

      I wasn’t sure about the Steam Deck, but my god man - it truly is the best of all worlds.

      • [x] Playing games in bed with instant suspend/resume
      • [x] Easy emulation of old (and new) consoles
      • [x] Supports and excels at playing the vast majority of my old Steam games
      • [ ] Makes me snacks when I’m hungry.

      I’ve played Chronotrigger on here, Skies of Arcadia, and Civ3. Lately I’ve been going through the Yakuza series for the first time.

      I will say that I’m always a little tempted to get a console for the exclusive new titles, but I can never justify the price when I have such a big backlog of games already.

  • 9point6@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 months ago

    The biggest one for me is that most of the games come out on PC eventually anyway, and will generally run at higher resolutions and frame rates.

    I’ve also got more than enough in my steam account to play whilst I wait for any exclusives to decide they actually want my money

    Also I like that I’ve got my PC, laptop, steam deck and Nvidia shields with steam link that can all play my games in various different situations. A traditional home console kinda limits the situations in which I can play my games.