Yeah, there are patches and stuff, but it's still not the same. When I put a new disc in my PS4, I wait about 3 minutes before I can start the game. It lets me play while installing, show me a PC game that does stuff like that. Also, I don't need to get patches or anything, if I want to, I can just stay offline and game like in the old days. Not so much with steam or origin.
The most important reason for me though is that for the next 5+ years, I won't have to worry about hardware AT ALL. If a game says PS4 on the cover, it'll run. With a PC, I always have to look at the system specs, have to check if it will run and at what settings. That was fun when I was 16, but today with a son and a full-time job, I simply don't have time for that anymore. Most days I'm happy with one hour for gaming. I want to use that hour as much as I can for gaming and not for messing around with hardware, drivers or anything else.
In the end, I think it's good and we all should be happy about that there are so many options today. There's omething for everybody. I don't get why people keep fighting so hard about platforms, we didn't have so many choices back in the 90s. It's a good thing! Just pick what you like and let other people pick what they like. It's that simple, really!
Official member of VGC's Nintendo family, approved by the one and only RolStoppable. I feel honored.
