You can use a PC for other things, I’d need a full desktop PC anyways. Also games are generally cheaper and you don’t have to pay for online play. Once you bought a game, you can very likely still play it in 10 years on a totally different machine.
That being said, there are plenty of situations where a console is the better choice: they’re cheap to buy, easy to use, generally have less software problems, they have cool suspension features etc.
They released tons of free content updates over the years. For me, it got stale pretty quickly because you needed increasingly huge piles of in-game money to participate in any of the new content and that means either grinding for hours or buying fake money with real money.
The single player and the world building were top notch though and it still doesn’t feel like an old game after 10 years. It’s crazy to think GTA 5 is now older than San Andreas was when 5 was released.
Recently deleted Instagram, Reddit and disabled YouTube shorts. I now noticed how much I miss doing something — like when sitting in the train or during breaks at work....
I bought a Steam Deck 1 1/2 years ago and most of my idle time is now spent playing all the games I never had time or energy for. It’s amazing if you’re into video games.
I remember getting a PS3 just to avoid this back then (lemmy.zip)
So sad when it happens (lemmy.ml)
Screw init wars, real OGs discriminate based on DE (lemmy.ml)
I use plasma, BTW
A soul for a soul (lemmy.zip)
How do you spend your idle time?
Recently deleted Instagram, Reddit and disabled YouTube shorts. I now noticed how much I miss doing something — like when sitting in the train or during breaks at work....