Since the dawn of time -- or, at least, the dawn of personal computers -- the holy wars over desktop operating systems have raged, with each faction proclaiming the unrivaled superiority of its chosen OS and the vile loathsomeness of all others.
No matter how fierce the language or convincing the arguments, however, these battles began to seem somewhat irrelevant to regular working stiffs. While Mac OS, OS/2, Linux and many other desktop operating systems have all had their devotees over the years, the truth is that the majority of home and business users have simply used the current version of Windows as a matter of course.
"The Barcelona-based (Spain) indie games publisher/developer Abylight Studios and indie games developers Yakov Butuzov & Daria Vodyanaya, are today very proud and happy to announce that their turn-based retro-horror strategy/adventure game “Anoxia Station“, is now available for PC via Steam." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
The Outerhaven says: DOOM: The Dark Ages brings the series back to its original roots with solid gameplay mixed with a lot of demons to shred your way through in a bloody good time.
People who already have their hands on physical copies of Doom: The Dark Ages are warning that the full game isn't actually on the disc.
There's zero reason why this game couldn't be on disc it was a strategic move to not allow the game to be played after the servers go down
Same situation with AC Shadows this year, Hogwarts Legacy a couple years ago; PS Collector's Editions likely won't include a disc ever again; Xbox Game Studios definitely won't release a full disc ever again
PS5 Slim + Pro disc drives require online activation and so does the Series X
It's a shame. I think I'm done buying physical. It's an extra expense for an already-expensive PS5 Pro I want before DS2 and GoY, and they'll probably kill off those activation servers way before the store in the future.
It's just sad and annoying even switch 2 is failing in physical.
Sad future where kids are unwrapping digital codes on Christmas morning but it's a reality we seem to be driving towards
I seriously doubt that kids are going to be upset after unwrapping digital codes for a game they wanted. 😂
Besides the digital age is their era not ours.
I don't know I mean I give switch games now and they get hyped but if it's a game that just appears on their home screen after getting a receipt there's just not much excitement.
I do get what you're saying though and I'm probably just a. Old man yelling at a cloud but I don't know it's also what I see lately along with my own experiences which are redundant definitely
Yeah, Microsoft could've used two discs for the Xbox version and a proper PS5 disc for the game. However, they hate physical media now so the game is a skip. Even though I really love Doom
If the servers *do* stay up though?
Xbox is the only modern console platform where discs from the 2001-era console still do work today. It's the only advantage Xbox has left
Phil Spencer has this habit of saying something (and making a big deal of it) then his actions show him doing the opposite
"his actions show him doing the opposite"
By supporting games from 2001 in 2025? What other platform does that?
Kinda sad. For most people in the west it doesnt mather. But in other parts of the world the physical releases are crucial to have gaming in that Region of the world
All it does is make me less likely to get it at launch, just like Indiana Jones. I’ll pick it up when it’s far cheaper. I still haven’t even bought the Oblivion Remaster yet.
At the minute I still have a lot to play so it’s not like I don’t have anything else to play in the meantime.
It just annoys me that they either could fit it into a disc or they could start using newer discs that can hold more.
If I had to pick two, it would be XP and Mac. I am interested in learning a new OS and mac seems like my the more appropriate choice.
I am programmers since many years. For me an operating system should be a tool to find my programs and browse my files. When an operating system is very visual, with video, preview and animations and takes a lot of resources on my PC. For me it's not an operating system but a useless games.
i want an light operating system.
The perfect system for me is a windows (for games, and programming) with the flexibility of Linux (have a light window manager) and install what you want. for programming and games ;) and resources (ram, disk space) for my programs and not to run my operating system and animation.
linux is good, i do programming in Linux too. but can't play many games.
Linux will be perfect if the game manufacturers climbed on the train,
I imagine a games on Linux games optimized operating system. all resources of the PC will be optimized for games only, no resources needs and tasks for checking the update windows, no more explorer.exe, and services are useless when plays. Only a small kernel, 3D acceleration, network communication and chat (text and voice).
The cards in Solitaire look pretty realistic on Vista
... I've used Mac's with OSX (work and school) but I didnt like it much. I prefer a PC.
However, I'm stuck with a useless 32 bit Vista (OEM), while I would prefer a 64 bits OS, so I'll probably switch over to a 64 bits version of Ubuntu soon, maybe install a dual-boot or something. Not sure yet. Depends on which programs will be able to run on Ubuntu (think Photoshop etc)
I've been using only Linux since 2000 and never looked back. I do all my gaming on my Playstation3. After gaming on a 62" HD TV with 7.1 sound a monitor just isn't the same anymore anyway.
Using Linux has led to jobs for me as well. Started as a Network Operations person, went up to Systems Admin, then Senior Systems Admin, and now I head the IT department.
I installed Linux for the first time in 1995 with Slackware. Its come a LONG way.