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PayPalIt is now reportedly confirmed that Sony will no longer bring their PlayStation narrative single-player games to PC. Return of the console wars?
Back in March there was the report that Sony would be moving away from PC ports, and now it seems we have some further confirmation of this. Coming from Jason Schreier of Bloomberg posting on Bluesky to note: "SCOOP: PlayStation studio business CEO Hermen Hulst told staff in a town hall Monday morning that the company's narrative single-player games will now be PlayStation exclusive, confirming Bloomberg's reporting from earlier this year."
They've put quite a few games on PC including The Last of Us, Stellar Blade, Horizon Zero Dawn, Helldivers 2, Spider Man, God of War and plenty more. But, they faced a fair amount of backlash when trying to force the PlayStation Network - and even restricted a bunch of games from purchases in many regions on Steam. So they did make a quite a few missteps there.
With Xbox (or is it XBOX now?), Microsoft are refocusing as well with their new gaming CEO. They've moved away from the everything is an XBOX branding, and will quite likely push some exclusives as well.
And so, with that, I'm making a firm claim that the console wars have returned. What a shame, we had a good run of it on PC for a while, and thanks to Valve's Proton we've been able to play tons of these AAA games on Linux but all good things come to an end as they say.
Now we just need the Linux powered Steam Machine to actually release.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Quoting: Stellathey could stop selling the already released PS games.All that does is encourage piracy. If it exists but I can't buy it, it's abandonware, right? 😄
Quoting: CaldathrasPerhaps unpopular, but I have to agree; laptops are worse in every way, other than portability. And the Steam Deck covers that use case.Quoting: Salvatosgaming on a laptop is just sad as far as I'm concerned.Clearly, you must be just speaking for yourself.
Quoting: PhlebiacPerhaps unpopular, but I have to agree; laptops are worse in every way, other than portability. And the Steam Deck covers that use case.What is important about laptops is that they save space under your desk!
... which you totally need for your 27 feet!
(I do get that laptops have the advantage of carrying around. I do not get the advantage of these mini PCs on the desk - because they take the space where I need it, and leave it free where I don't need it.)
Kimyrielle 4 hours ago
But hey, I am not telling people what device to play on. :)
Caldathras 1 hour ago
Quoting: KimyrielleI need my PC for work anyway, so the gaming part is just an added plus. That being said, some edge cases aside, when people live in such tight places that a desktop really wouldn't fit in anywhere, I can't quite understand the appeal of gaming laptops either. They are much, MUCH pricier than a comparable gaming PC, so heavy that you barely can consider them a mobile device, and have no battery life worth mentioning. On top of being ergonomically inferior.Oh, I get that. I don't think anybody commenting on this article is saying that -- just expressing their personal preferences.
But hey, I am not telling people what device to play on. :)
I never used to prefer laptops for gaming, unlike a number of my friends who do buy those high-priced genuine gaming laptops. Things change, however. My wife and I downsized to a small living space. We don't have the luxury of setting aside a space for a desktop PC, which, in my opinion, takes up far more space than a laptop. We don't even have a television, much less the space for one. It is much easier to simply pack away the laptop after a gaming session or other usage.
Laptops are also much more energy efficient than desktops, especially gaming desktops (built a few in my time). We live off-grid with limited power, so a laptop suits our lifestyle better. I tend to choose a more general purpose business-class laptop with an entry or mid level discrete GPU because they are generally more energy efficient and lighter weight than a gaming-class laptop. (I wish I could afford a Framework-style modular laptop but I have other priorities for my money.)
No, I cannot run the latest AAA games, but they don't interest me anyway.
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