Because if the game isn’t for me I can sell it. I can share them with friends easily. I can install and play a game if my network has issues. I can buy games way cheaper than the insane PS store prices as there is actual competition in physical media sales.

Is there an alternative you can selfhost?

Yup…

I sometimes feel bad for bypassing all this, then I see the in video sponsors they all have. So now I run Sponsorblock…

I wonder if that’s an age thing. When I was at college i’d actively choose games based on length. Now it’s all about experience vs value.

I don’t want to grind through an Assassins Creed game, but i’d happily play a 8 hour streamlined story version of the same game.

I first had this when I was a kid and got an R4 DS cart. I used go get a handful of games a year and play them to death. Since getting the cart I barely finished any games.

Im only excited for this so my phone gets better desktop experience when docked.

Yes, all self taught. I do some script writing in my job but it’s mostly mechanical engineering. I’ve had lots of people assume I work in IT.

I mean it was 0.6FPS… That’s 100x slower than realtime. It’s great PS5 emulation is making strides, but you wont be playing anything on the deck…