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Chips aren’t improving like they used to, and it’s killing game console price cuts (arstechnica.com)

submitted 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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"These price increases have multiple intertwining causes, some direct and some less so: inflation, pandemic-era supply crunches, the unpredictable trade policies of the Trump administration, and a gradual shift among console makers away from selling hardware at a loss or breaking even in the hopes that game sales will subsidize the hardware. And you never want to rule out good old shareholder-prioritizing corporate greed.

But one major factor, both in the price increases and in the reduction in drastic “slim”-style redesigns, is technical: the death of Moore’s Law and a noticeable slowdown in the rate at which processors and graphics chips can improve."

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

$850 is way more expensive than a PS5 though lol. Linux also means you can’t play the games that top the most played charts on the PS5 every single month of every single year.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

https://www.metacritic.com/pictures/best-playstation-games-of-2024/

Works on Linux:

Prince of Persia, the Lost Crown

Silent Hill 2 (Remake)

Marvel vs Capcom: Arcade Classics

Shin Megamei Tensei (V)engeance

Persona 3 Reload

HiFi Rush

Animal Well

Castlevania Dominus Collection

Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth

Tekken 8

The Last of Us Part II (Remaster)

Balatro

Dave the Diver

Slay the Princess: Pristine Cut

Metaphor Re Fantazio

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (and base game)

Does not work on Linux:

Unicorn Overlord (Console Exclusive, No PC Port Allowed by Publisher Vanillaware)

Destiny 2 (Kernel Level Anti Cheat)

FF VII Rebirth (PS Exclusive)

Astro Bot (PS Exclusive)

...

Damn, yeah, still consoles gotta hold on via exclusives, I guess?

And then there's the mismanaged shitshow that is Destiny 2...

...who can't figure out how to do AntiCheat without installing a rootkit on your PC, despite functional, working AntiCheats having worked on linux games for at least half a decade at this point, if not longer...

...nor can they figure out how to write a storyline that rises above 'everyone is always lore dumping instead of talking, and also they talk to you like a you're a 10 year while doing so.'

Last I heard, a whole bunch of hardcore D2 youtubers and streamers were basically all quitting out of frustration and feeling let down or betrayed by Bungie.

...

Maybe we should advocate for some freedom of platform porting/publishing for all games, eh FreedomAdvocate?