Lexi Sneptaur @ Sneptaur @pawb.social

28F, she/her - Seattle - Drive stick, use Linux, do praxis. Don't call me u

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You mean to tell me they couldn't plug in their own USB controllers?!

Very reasonable take. I’d like to toss a little bit of credit Sony’s way for their excellent controller design at least! I’ll keep buying consoles so long as games are still sold on physical media for them

Only tip on stayovers. I used to be a housekeeper and I kind of grew to expect it after a guest had been in the room for multiple days, but never for just an overnight.

If you make a really big mess in the room, and don’t tip on a stay over, I would dip your toothbrush in the toilet 😂

For my money, I think Sony will release a PlayStation store for PC, continue pushing the cloud thing, and start allowing third party app stores on consoles if and when they’re forced to by regulators.

I think a lot of this sentiment is more true for the previous generation (PS4, XBOne) because those consoles could barely keep up with PCs at the time. The current generation of consoles have gotten so good that the average consumer would have a hard time telling a console and PC game apart. This is, of course, because the modern consoles are just gaming PCs themselves, with very tight integration.

Just think about your average dad who buys a TV at best buy. Now think about how he's going to be so impressed by the on-by-default HDR feature on the PS5, and how he can also be sold on the home theater aspect where the device can play 8K Blu-Rays if he wants.

I'm not arguing that consoles are the best thing, or that they're going to be the same forever, I'm just saying they have their place and I don't think they're going away.

Consoles are not intended to turn a profit on their own. Game sales are intended to turn a profit. There will always be a demand for an easy-to-use box you can buy for less than a PC and plug in and play games. The console is a loss leader, the games are the real profits. Why wouldn't they publish on more platforms? They lose money on every console sold.

I'm glad competition is so strong in the PC market.

A non-profit can, in fact, profit, but it has specific rules on what it can do with those profits. Tax law is a rabbit hole and I don't even wanna peer in

It seems like a profit-driven thing to me. Big piles of anonymized data are worth a pretty penny.

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"Sonly sold slightly less than their extremely optimistic projections" ---> "Consoles are done for" is quite a stretch lmao

This isn’t really news. The PS5 is 4 years into its cycle by now.

Because some gamers think windows would be better for this. And maybe a little bit of gamer brand loyalty

Trust me, I know. I criticize Biden because unlike Trump, he actually listens to criticism. It's good advocacy. Of course I will be voting for him, in spite of the genocide he's enabling.

That is a fantastic start, yes, exactly. I still think we can do better than this, like a 75% billionaire tax, but I'm okay with walking, not running, to the desired goal.

I'm listening to the article now.

TL;DR, the author argues that capitalism went wrong starting with the Reagan administration. Laissez-faire capitalism is clearly a mistake, and they argue that we should push back and establish a more progressive form of capitalism.

As a socialist, I would be thrilled if this became the mainstream view. We need to start taking steps toward a more progressive society. Starting by taxing the rich, getting money out of politics, and stricter regulations on business and wealth.

It's just kind of a funny thing to say "progressive capitalism". Capitalism itself is a regressive system... but the ideas presented here are indeed good. I like seeing this in WaPo.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/06/millennials-will-not-age-into-voting-like-boomers.html

Gen X does not vote with Gen Z and millennials. They tend to vote alongside the boomers. Therefore, we get Biden.

That’s the joke

This isn’t news, it’s been ongoing for quite some time.