You could, but it would be easier to just plug in any computer with Windows already on it to the TV instead.

As I said, if those games matter to them, they can simply use Steam’s Big Picture Mode in Windows. This is a non-issue.

You think that Sony server is going to give you those game patches 15 years from now?

Probably, considering that even with the closing of the PS3 store 20 years later, you will still be able to download and patch games you’ve already purchased. PS4 and PS5 will likely be backwards compatible on PS6 (for digital games only, of course), so will remain up for even longer since they’ll still be usable on current hardware.

But even if they’re went the Nintendo route where you only have a 15 year window or so, a tradeable license during that period is better than none at all. Still sucks ultimately, of course.

I can’t believe that cartridges will end up outlasting discs.

My prediction is that they will make plenty of money, but console gaming will shrink as it prices more and more people out.

If you’re on Linux, for Proton, and Steam Input for compatibility. There have been many games that won’t work with my PS5 controller unless I run them through Steam.

The point is, we don’t know how many people there are who would buy at that price point because it’s as yet untested. Most of the people with PS5s now got them when they were $500 or less. I’m genuinely interested to see how a console with a 4 digit starting price fares. It’s a given that the PS6 will sell out at launch even if it’s $2000; it’s what happens after the demand of the hardcore gamers with excessive disposable income is satiated that will be interesting to see.

Protip, you can run pirated games through Steam as a non-Steam game as well!

Maybe there are plenty of people who will pay $1000+ for an all-digital walled garden console, but it’s kinda jumping the gun for them to assume they’ve got it on lock since it will be untested until next gen starts.

Discs have become more of a tradeable license than anything else, but that’s still far, far better than having no option at all.

The only ones I can think of that don’t work are online ones that use Anti-Cheat. They can use Windows instead, then.

As companies greedily try to control what I have already purchased more and more, that’s exactly where I’m going.

For me, the locked ecosystem of consoles was justified by a lower price for the hardware and the option to sell or trade the software. Now that neither is going to be a thing any more, my 40+ years of console gaming will be ending after this gen. It’s gonna be dedicated PCs plugged into the TV from here on out.

Maybe not the Steam Machine itself, but a dedicated PC plugged into the TV using SteamOS, certainly. That’s going to be my “console” going forward after this gen.