From the announcement it's clear they're not doing it because it's the right thing to do, but in response to negative publicity. If they really want to do right, they need to provide upfront guarantees that they'll maintain necessary support for products for _x_ years after end-of-sale.
I got off the console treadmill with the PS4, and almost took a pass on that. Never again, not ever. Not any kind of console. The creepy control freakery over what is really an ordinary PC plus lockdown crap just makes it not worth it.
I got off the console treadmill with the PS4, and almost took a pass on that. Never again, not ever. Not any kind of console. The creepy control freakery over what is really an ordinary PC plus lockdown crap just makes it not worth it.
Yeah I can understand that sentiment, but man, it is just so easy to turn on and game, not worry about anything working properly, drivers, etc.
"Just think of a computer as hardware you can program."
-- Nigel de la Tierre
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I got off the console treadmill with the PS4, and almost took a pass on that. Never again, not ever. Not any kind of console. The creepy control freakery over what is really an ordinary PC plus lockdown crap just makes it not worth it.
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I got off the console treadmill with the PS4, and almost took a pass on that. Never again, not ever. Not any kind of console. The creepy control freakery over what is really an ordinary PC plus lockdown crap just makes it not worth it.
Yeah I can understand that sentiment, but man, it is just so easy to turn on and game, not worry about anything working properly, drivers, etc.