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PC Gaming Is Growing Faster Than Consoles, Data Shows (kotaku.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

The main difference is the potential issues on console aren't game-specific. If a new game comes out on PS5 and you have a PS5, you can have good confidence that you can simply buy the game, install and play it without needing to consider anything else. No need to understand how your system compares to the game's recommended requirements, no manual configuration to optimise performance, no Denuvo arbitrarily slowing down your games. You make a good point about modern consoles not working out of the box per se either, but consoles are undoubtedly still much simpler to get reasonably working.