Comment on Game Consoles Are Pricing Themselves Out of Relevance
MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social 1 week ago
The thing about “PC gaming” is that I already use a PC (laptop) daily, so it makes sense to also use it to play games rather than buy a separate device, especially if I mostly play cheap indie games with low spec requirements.
FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 1 week ago
I think theres an argument here for making consoles better at other computing stuff to be more relevant.
Not sure they can market that effectively tho even if it might help overall.
MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social 1 week ago
Wouldn’t that just make them… PCs?
I forgot to finish my argument earlier - that computers being convenient for gaming is why PC gaming will never fully die. But consoles can still have their hard-core gaming niche by specializing for high perfomance/price ratio and making it easier for devs to make games for them (not even exclusives, just regular ports).
Also, bring back a true physical media option or something. If I’m going to have to download a game/patch, I might as well use a PC.
FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 6 days ago
Fixed hardware for devs to target for games is great, thats the advantage of consoles.
Honestly one of the xbox problems is theyve fragmented “xbox” so much you have to start caring which one you have for different games. Huge mustake.