I guess that calls into question what a console was. Consoles have been marketed as everything from home arcades, video computer systems, intelligent television, extreme challenges, and kids toys. And later, they only did everything. But I think they've always tried to be the thing that's hooked to your TV and provided your entertainment. I think the goal of a console didn't so much change, but the entertainment did. Home video was integrated, then streaming music and video and web browsing.
Can't you run an old-PC emulator? My last experience of that was DOSBox that, IIRC, worked well. Surely by now there are virtual machines, although I guess the OS is a sticky situation.
Most of the PC games I've tried to run have been from the windows 95 to XP era. Installing the original Far Cry was an exercise in frustration from what I remember, and a few older adventure games I gave up and installed through a virtual machine running windows 98. So none of it was impossible, but for sheer ease of use modern emulators are nearly as plug and play as the consoles they're emulating. And I much prefer that hehe
Do you really need to do this? Almost every piece of media worth preserving is out there somewhere on the piracy web.
Idk, personally I find paying for online multiplayer every month and everything being 100% locked down far more annoying than keeping a wireless keyboard by the coffee table.If the SFF PC is just for gaming ie can be stuffed away as the console and used easily only with a controller* like the console while connected to the tv, sure i would probably buy one vs a console. But that is the experience I am looking for. I do not want another pc at home. I got a rack under the stairs with servers and also a couple of laptops for work. I got no space I want to dedicate for a chair+ desk + pc + screen + keyboard/mouse. I need space for my lego
*Having keyboard/mouse floating around the couch is just annoying.
Thats you, I do not care to thinker with computers outside of work. The monthly fee is worth it for me not to spend time trying to figure out a or b. When I can just relax and play a game instead. I used to have a PC in the living room for gaming, it was more hassle than it was worth and having mouse/keyboard in the couch or on a table or beside the couch or under the table etc. bigger hassle than that monthly fee.
And I do know a thing or to about computers, but seeing you guys talk about latest drivers for this game or that game or that bug..... Not worth it, if Sony/MS has a bug, then I can not do anything but wait for them to fix it. In the meantime I do something else, that is simpler. And if the HW is defective I just pop to the store to get the whole thing repaired, instead of playing accountant and finding the receipt for the cpu or ram or gpu or ssd or or
This is my first time in this thread so I have no idea what you meant when you said I “keep ignoring people”.Thats you, I do not care to thinker with computers outside of work. The monthly fee is worth it for me not to spend time trying to figure out a or b. When I can just relax and play a game instead. I used to have a PC in the living room for gaming, it was more hassle than it was worth and having mouse/keyboard in the couch or on a table or beside the couch or under the table etc. bigger hassle than that monthly fee.
You keep ignoring everybody that tells you that is not their experience.
Again, you disregard what people tell you. My reasons for having a console is it saves me time (I am old dying soon (25+ years left hopefully), so I do not have much of it) , it is that simple. The titles are becoming more and more irrelevant. I used to stick to Playstation because they made the kind of games I liked to play. Big SP adventures, now both companies are doing the same thing in my view, so need to switch either way.
Heck when I reitre in about 15 years time, I get more free time, I might buy me a gaming PC again. Maybe even a stereo system with some gold cables....
Sorry, then I mixed you up with somebody else or maybe it was a topic in another thread I mixed in. Then again you did not "listen" to me when I started on the SFF
Almost never? Sometimes with older titles sure but with modern stuff essentially never.
There’s also entire threads on the internet dedicated to debating Xbox settings. That doesn’t mean it’s difficult, that means people online like to tinker with shit. Most people just set their settings to high (or whatever the Nvidia default is) and call it a day, maybe bump some settings down if they want more frames.
if you are into Nintendo, the Switch 2 looks promising. Other than that, it's just the same old though.
The market is certainly undergoing change and it's a worthwhile discussion to discuss. We have children who have grown up with smartphones and tablets, streaming services etc. And having this gaming console is extremely limiting for an audience of folks who are used to playing on the go. At the same time, when a player gets more serious about gaming, they'll want to settle down into something heavier, and that's when consoles start to find their place. And after consoles, PC would be the next place to go as they continue to become more dedicated towards the hobby.
Is this still true? They only do everything now, right?
sure theres some more functionality there than previous generations. But it's not largely being used for that functionality. A very limited number of people jumps on their console to surf social media, work on a document, surf the web, etc. Maybe netflix, but that's mainly covered by the smart TVs now.
