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Modder releases PS5-Linux that turns the console into a fully functional Linux gaming PC
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Isn't the PS5 already a fully functional gaming computer?
To access most of the internet you must pay a subscription. Plus the games you buy on the ps5 can't be put on any other device.
I know this because I bought baldurs gate and Helldiver's, and had to purchase them again on steam.
A ps5 and most consoles are a sunk-cost-fallacy machine.
The fact that steam games are cross platform is because you buy a license. Very rarely a cd-rom would have Mac and Windows in one, but in that regard desktops were mostly like consoles not so long ago.
You always only buy a license. Get a crack, then you own the game.
True but you can do that for consoles too (PS5 not yet), and this issue isn't what makes them not a full PC.
The hardware is sold under value, by having the games more expensive. And if you've got the console, you're locked in, don't have a choice.
Just like printers, actually.
Mindblown.