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The $700 PS5 Pro doesn’t come with a disc drive (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 months ago (2 children)

One big reason people still play on consoles to this day is because they own a physical copy of their games and can play on their consoles even offline.

Sometimes

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I couldn’t play Baldur’s Gate 3, a single-player game, when my internet went out. That pissed me right off.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

That's weird, I could.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

If you pirated it you could have played it offline though. Paying customers get a worse experience than pirates

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Could you give more details? On which platform did this happen?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Xbox series X. I couldn’t sign in to my profile, so the game wouldn’t load because I bought it electronically and it’s tied to my user. I sent them a little love letter for that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Generally this works just fine if the console you are using is set to your "home console". That's what the home console toggle is for. I could see this being an issue if you have multiple consoles in your house, or you are game sharing with another profile.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I didn’t know this was a thing… I’ll look into that setting, thanks.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that's what I meant by sometimes

Its becoming a trend where game companies are now making single player games require a internet connection just to play. I saw some games on Steam where single player games come with anti-cheat, like wtf.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Becoming a trend? This has been a regular frustration in gaming since the PS3 generation.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Couch co-op is also a big thing that I want but fewer and fewer games offer it.