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Steam hit an all-time record of 38.3 million PC players online. PC gaming has been growing steadily in recent years, with Steam hitting an all-time peak of 32 million in January 2023... (x.com)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Consoles are dying. Thanks to them becoming locked pre-built PCs. So why just get a PC at that point.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

I disagree. I think they're dying because big publishers have become so risk averse. It takes forever for a game to be finished and when it's done it's usually forgettable slop, with a few exceptions. PC gaming allows for different tiers of games to be developed more easily so there's more variety.

[–] Jackthelad -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lol.

We'll file this under the same prediction bracket as those who thought PC gaming was dying in the early 2000s.

[–] Kelly 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The cycle I see is aligned with the console generations.

For the first half of the gen the console proposition is reasonably modern and some people with older PCs will pick up a console instead of a new PC build.

For the second half of the gen the console proposition is dated and PCs can achieve the same power for a modest price, or exceed that power for a few dollars more. Some people will switch to PC either as an upgrade or when their current console fails.

Then the cycle continues every 6 or 7 years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

In my experience very few people replace a PC, even an old one, with a console. At most people might buy a console in addition to their PC and that just becomes less and less viable as each console generation is more expensive and closer to the price of a new PC anyway.