A long time ago, there was a big difference between PC and console gaming. The former often came with headaches. You’d fight with drivers, struggle with crashes, and grow ever more frustrated dealing with CD piracy checks and endless patches and updates. Meanwhile, consoles offered the exact opposite experience—just slam in a cartridge, and go!
That beautiful feature fell away when consoles joined the Internet. Suddenly there were servers to sign in to and updates to download and a whole bunch of hoops to jump through before you even got to play a game. Now, those early generations of Internet-connected consoles are becoming retro, and that’s introduced a whole new set of problems now the infrastructure is dying or dead. Boot up and play? You must be joking!
I have edited this comment to appease the masses. I apologize for any inconvenience that my comment may have made whilst contributing to a social media website. I shall stew in my downvotes that I deserve and continue to degrade myself until I can form an opinion that matches the uber-intelligent that form the opinions of Lemmy. Thank you for your patience as I learn and grow.
Did you read TFA or just react out-of-context to the intro paragraph?
I read it. That line set me off though.
I didn’t even remotely get the assumption it was implying cartridge-based consoles connected to the internet. The next sentence is even “That beautiful feature fell away when consoles joined the Internet”
Cartridges and online updates for PC games literally are from two different time periods. The entire premise is false.
Should I just delete the comment, or will you accept my apology for my comment that’s not to your liking? Jesus Christ.
For future reference, a “My bad, I misunderstood.” goes a lot further than being a dick to others because of your own mistake.
You moderate the Atheism community. LOL
I hear Reddit is looking for users.
You make reddit seem sufferable.
Either delete or edit so you don’t waste anyone else’s time reading it.
You commented on a post complaining about time wasted? Do you see the irony?
The paragraph you quoted refers to the era before consoles connected to the Internet (fifth-gen, except Gamecube and GBA which are sixth-gen). These consoles were split in the use of cartridges (Jaguar, Game Boys, NGP, N64) or CDs (PS, 3DO, Saturn, GameCube).
That’s why I was confused by that line.