Tbh, it’s not even about affordability, I just don’t want to have to own four different devices in order to play fucking games.
How many CD players did you need to play regular CDs from all the studios? One.
Same with DVD. And Blu-Ray.
Consoles got a pass back in the day because they legitimately used different formats and architectures, but now they’re basically all just single use PCs that don’t even have a physical media drive, they can all piss off. If a game isn’t available on PC, I’ll wait until I have a PC powerful enough to emulate it, then I’ll pirate it and they can shit up a rope.
Nonsense. Consoles were deliberately designed to be mutually incompatible. All the tantrum throwing in this thread is just people crying about Sony going back to the status quo of the 90s and 2000s. It isn’t that big of a deal.
Tbh, it’s not even about affordability, I just don’t want to have to own four different devices in order to play fucking games.
How many CD players did you need to play regular CDs from all the studios? One.
Same with DVD. And Blu-Ray.
Consoles got a pass back in the day because they legitimately used different formats and architectures, but now they’re basically all just single use PCs that don’t even have a physical media drive, they can all piss off. If a game isn’t available on PC, I’ll wait until I have a PC powerful enough to emulate it, then I’ll pirate it and they can shit up a rope.
CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW didnt all play in all players.
BETAMAX vs VHS
HDDVD vs BLU-RAY
Mini-disc vs DCC
DVD vs DIVX
it happens all the time. proprietary is shit
Those are media formats (the first ones having different purposes anyway).
None of them had any significant exclusive content, because it’d have been an extremely dumb decision and no one would have bought it.
You’re comparing apples to oranges.
Nonsense. Consoles were deliberately designed to be mutually incompatible. All the tantrum throwing in this thread is just people crying about Sony going back to the status quo of the 90s and 2000s. It isn’t that big of a deal.