The only real reason now is guaranteed performance for the price. At $1200 consoles might just have come as far as they’re going to get.
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arcine@jlai.lu 3 weeks ago
I don’t understand why people still buy consoles. There’s used to be so many reasons to do so, that are all evaporating away…
- Convenience, plug and play…
- Much cheaper hardware
- Games optimised for that hardware
- Unique features for each generation
- Cool exclusive games
- Physical, resellable games Everything is evaporating away, I don’t think there is a point anymore.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I do play a lot on my PS5, but besides that it’s my 4K disc player. I’ve got both that and the Xbox Series X, as the secondary 4K disc player. Plus y’know there’s all the old games I have on disc that are backwards compatible.
And to be honest I do prefer to game on my couch with my nice huge TV, where my main work and gaming PC isn’t.
I do have an older PC connected to the tv but it’s more for streaming and torrented content than gaming these days.
At some point I’ll bite the bullet and switch that one over to Linux and see if I can get some more gaming life out of it.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If you already have a capable PC, use steam link or sunshine. Both work well, sunshine better for Linux, but works perfectly fine to play PC games on your couch with a controller.
FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
There was a time when PC had physical resellable games too.
Gathorall@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
PC gamers have always had easier time with “other ways” of saving on games.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Points 1, 3, and 6 still apply, but my biggest reason, lower price, just doesn’t any more. It still made sense when I got my PS5, but going forward it looks like dedicated hardware plugged into a TV like the Steam Machine will be the best overall option.
kittykillinit@lemy.lol 3 weeks ago
Stupidity. I call it the “mitigating factor.”
So many things make more sense when we include it.
THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Convenience is the sole reason the majority of my friends own consoles but no PC, still today. I have tried to convince them and they just will not. And now they can’t get a PC, so… eh.