It seems illegal because they attain a monopoly on the store where they alone set the prices. Apple and to less degree Valve (even though its false for Valve because PC is an open platform) have gotten a lot of heat from wallgardening storefronts...
Steam and Gog are simply better for me when there is no physical media market.
Custom maps, mods, community servers, no vendor lock in and drm free options.
I just won't buy Playstation games anymore and move to PC and Nintendo Switch 2.
I also this could mean more interesting things outside of the high end, with options like Steam Deck/Gaming Handhelds, Steam Machine, my Mac with Crossover and Arm...
I just won't buy Playstation games anymore and move to PC and Nintendo Switch 2.
Options like Steam Deck/Gaming Handhelds, Steam Machine, my Mac with Crossover and Arm Windows VM and Switch are more practical for me anyways.
You can hike and increase prices as much as they want but it will eventually reach a breaking point where the entire system collapses because it becomes unsustainable. Just waiting for the AI bros to be the first to get slapped and go bankrupt.
Good way to finally kill Xbox. Great work Microslop (/s)
It saddens me because i've invested in this platform since the beginning and now i see i'm going to loose all the titles i got in digital (yes they were bought with discounts but i...
Yup all they have to say to Sam Altman, we are not going to fund anymore AI buildouts as this is unprofitable and 95% useless and fire Mustafa Suleyman. Now even Apple is cheaper than a lot of Windows gear.
This. The fact is most have versions on Nintendo, means you can just either use Nintendo or a budget PC build as most of these online games aren't resource intensive anyways. For most third party devs, they also have to design the games to run on...