• HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    13 hours ago

    tbh the wonders of the Feral PC Army include several groups writing console emulators. I am successfully running: Wii, Wii U, Switch, OG Xbox and PS3 emulators as we speak. I understand Xbox 360 and PS4 are also out there, but I haven’t got 'round to them yet.

    Interestingly, a lot of media for these emulators is just kind of laying around on the internet for anybody to download.

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      It’s kinda funny to me because the OG Xbox is what I still use for emulation. Mine has a 2 TB HDD and runs XBMC (what eventually became Kodi). I love that thing and it is still my media server as well. Having to use FTP is a little annoying in the modern day, and it has gotten hard to find disc’s to burn to it, but it still runs like a champ.

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        Wow that’s impressive. The thing was built like a brick. I had one back in the day and had several games (all of which I downloaded and am running for the nostalgia hit).

        One game I found I never knew existed is Tron 2.0. I can’t believe I never even heard of this game, I would have been all about it. The nice thing about the emulator is it has an upscaler and games in HD are absolutely dynamite, especially Tron 2.0.

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      12 hours ago

      360 might be the single most buggy emulator I play. Shit runs on thoughts and prayers

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    15 hours ago

    There are also competing digital market spaces. You can only buy through Sony on PlayStation.

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    for everyone on everything

    Every Windows user on every x86-64 PC?

    Not post-Windows users using Linux or macOS, the latter of which are ARM64 machines.

    So, not everyone and not everything.

    Where’s the feral passion in getting off Microsoft’s tit?

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      Wine, Proton, rosetta 2…

      Mac and Linux have pretty decent Windows-only game availability.

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    17 hours ago

    Also, on pc, anyone who wants a physical media are free to create them as they please (assuming no drm or piracy, of course)

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    I dont even have a disk drive on my self build PC and my next Laptop won’t have either. I let other people built physical media storages. And some of em put them on torrent/Usenet/etc.

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    What a weird argument. People preserve all the digital games on consoles, too. The only somewhat fair argument would be that it’s slightly easier to preserve games on PC, but really both have their own challenges. On PC you’re fighting DRM, on consoles you’re fighting the OS security to break in.

    The only real excuse for digital only is DRM free, where you can backup your installers.

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      The only real excuse for digital only is DRM free

      And cheapness. Steam has always gotten away with this because it’s just plain cheap. Their distribution costs are way, way less per game and it’s easier for them to pass on savings, which I think is a big part of how they can push games for so cheap compared to most phyical media sources.

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      13 hours ago

      You need a PC crack to the console so check mate atheist. Edit: also I’m just playing.