▲ 638 ▼ The current gaming situation right now (lemmy.world) submitted 3 weeks ago by laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 153 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago (2 children) To be fair physical media for PC has always been a bit different than the "insert disc, play game" you get on consoles. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CptOblivius@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) And to be fair, there are so many games on steam or GOG that I want to play, we can wait until they are on sale. Usually for a fraction of the original price. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Napster153@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago And depending on who you ask, most keep an eyepatch and pirate hat always on standby for these kind of things. permalink fedilink source parent [–] silicon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago For modern PCs most don't have optical drives anymore and it'd have to be USB sticks and there's no guarantee if It would outlast an optical disk. Kind of a tough situation for archival purposes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CptOblivius@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) And to be fair, there are so many games on steam or GOG that I want to play, we can wait until they are on sale. Usually for a fraction of the original price. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Napster153@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago And depending on who you ask, most keep an eyepatch and pirate hat always on standby for these kind of things. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Napster153@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago And depending on who you ask, most keep an eyepatch and pirate hat always on standby for these kind of things. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] silicon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago For modern PCs most don't have optical drives anymore and it'd have to be USB sticks and there's no guarantee if It would outlast an optical disk. Kind of a tough situation for archival purposes. permalink fedilink source parent
