This year’s E3 has made clear that video game consoles, with their cyclical generations and competing suites of exclusive games, are changing rapidly and are on their way to becoming obsolete. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The process of buying a video game is changing ... Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Don’t worry, though – Xbox Game Pass Ultimate encompasses both. Photograph: MicrosoftAn obsession (and expected fluency) with technical specifications has long limited video games’ broader appeal and it is strange to see the industry simultaneously moving towards and away from it. For now, I’m wondering whether to start saving for a new games console or for the seven expensive subscriptions I might need to actually play anything on it.

Source: The Guardian June 13, 2019 13:07 UTC