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ezst036 Valve and the Steam Deck/incoming Steam Machine are giving Microsoft a lot of headaches for reasons that are not relevant here. On the other side, I hope Valve's openness gives future (let's say PS6 and beyond) consoles from any company headaches as well. That these companies go through such trouble to lock the devices down against their own users is just pathetic. And don't even get me started on Nintendo's ridiculously litigious nature. Valve's openness and respect for all of us is proving that there simply is not an either/or. We really can have it all and the world is ours: (1)Ease of use. (2)Lower prices. (3)Faster performance. (4)Unlimited configurability. (5)Total freedom. Reply
tamalero Does this means a path for PS4 emulator designers to start looking at the PS5 too ? Reply
wwenze1 ezst036 said: Valve and the Steam Deck/incoming Steam Machine are giving Microsoft a lot of headaches for reasons that are not relevant here. On the other side, I hope Valve's openness gives future (let's say PS6 and beyond) consoles from any company headaches as well. That these companies go through such trouble to lock the devices down against their own users is just pathetic. And don't even get me started on Nintendo's ridiculously litigious nature. Valve's openness and respect for all of us is proving that there simply is not an either/or. We really can have it all and the world is ours: (1)Ease of use. (2)Lower prices. (3)Faster performance. (4)Unlimited configurability. (5)Total freedom. Console hardware is often sold at a loss. So it's like T-Mobile locking your phone that you bought cheaply from them. Valve is just adopting a different model because of where they came from and what they are currently. Regardless of whether you're on Steam Machine, Windows or Linux, you're using Steam eventually. To them, the Steam Machine is no different from what Pixel 10 phones are to Google. Gaming consoles have a different history. With early consoles, a 3rd party can make a cartridge that runs on Atari 2600. Heck, there are gaming accessories that when plugged to a competitor's console, can play Atari cartridges. The NES had unlicensed cartridges. (And why NES only allowed licensed cartridges to begin with has to do with the 1983 video game crash.) That crash shaped Nintendo's ideology such that even today they have a firm grip on the software. And we cannot blame them since it is earning loads of money from their target audience. Reply
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/playstation-5-rom-keys-leaked-jailbreaking-could-be-made-easier-with-bootrom-codes#main
- https://www.tomshardware.com
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