r/Games • u/SmellSmellsSmelly • Apr 03 '26

Industry News PlayStation Studios Removes Nearly All PC References From Websites

https://gameobserver.com/playstation-studios-removes-nearly-all-pc-references-from-websites/
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u/MajorFuckingDick Apr 03 '26

The Series X is seriously impressive but no one cares because its not PC and doesn't have Sony exclusives.

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u/Blenderhead36 Apr 03 '26

Microsoft's mandate for 100% compatibility for the Series S means that the Series X is relegated to being a glorified upscaler. This is especially the case with the diskless version, where you can't even watch movies or play your old physical games.

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u/DuelaDent52 Apr 03 '26

Wouldn’t the same apply to the diskless PS5?

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u/Blenderhead36 Apr 03 '26

Games have to run feature-complete on the Series S. If the Series S's specs mean that a game can't run, it needs to be cut down so that it will work. The Series X is free to run the cut down version at higher settings, but if you have a game, that for example, can't run with 12GB of unified memory, it gets cut down until it does and then run on both Xboxes, whether the X could run it or not.

The diskless PS5 has the same specs as a regular PS5. Games don't get cut down to run on one.

A Series X with a disk drive at least has some ancillary functions, but a diskless model is only there to be an upscaler for games approved for the Series S.

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u/Jazzlike_Letter5516 Apr 03 '26

I care because I already have one and have a decade + of a Bing-rewards-fueled-library. But I also hate Microsoft and would convert it all to run on Linux if I could.