Comment on PS5 console sales drop 30% in April after price increase, while Switch 2 dominates

ArchsageRamases@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• moakley@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Because my hobby is gaming. I don’t have time to take on the additional hobby of fiddling with a PC.

  Also, PC prices have gone up too, haven’t they?

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  • BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The days of having to constantly fiddle with your pc are pretty long gone. I built my current pc a couple years ago and have only had to open it for some minor upgrades (new ssd) and cleaning.

    PC prices are definitely up though.

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    • 666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I built my current pc a couple years ago and have only had to open it for some minor upgrades (new ssd) and cleaning.

      For many that is even too much, then add to that all the software issues, fiddling with settings, etc etc. Consoles are and will be for a long time the simpler and quicker way to play.

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      • BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        That’s a level of lazy I can’t get behind, but I guess the market exists for a reason.

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      • BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        You have to clean your consoles too, dust doesn’t discriminate

        Also, upgrading your SSD isn’t mandatory, BUT you can do it if you want

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    • phx@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Depends on what you play on PC. A lot of AAA decent releases are, but there’s stuff regularly on sale and it’s pretty easy to accumulate a backlog just from sales of good games.

      There’s also reasonably priced releases like Silksong but that’s more rare

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      • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        PC prices as in the PCs themselves. RAM and storage are way up over the last year.

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  • p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Fiddling with a PC? You buy a PC and it’s done. Install Steam, install games, let’s go.

    At best, if you want to switch OSs or try out new things, you’ll spend some time learning how that works. And if you want to try to stretch out the longevity, you can get new RAM, new video card, a replacement CPU. But, all of that is your choice.

    As a bonus, you get something way way more powerful than a console that has a web browser, document editor, video/music player, Jellyfin server, streaming platform, whatever you want.

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    • moakley@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Buy a PC? Ok, let me just go to the PC store and say, “One PC, please.” It’s that simple, right? I don’t have to do hours of research to understand what the components are and then even more research to understand which ones are best?

      Be serious.

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      • ddplf@szmer.info ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        There are websites that have recommended setups for you to configure and you can ten order the parts to the shop and people will build the PC for you.

        But then again, you don’t seem to be interested in any sort of solution for that matter though afaik

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      • Gwyntale@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        It is. You can absolutely buy completely configured and built PCs if you want.

        If you go to a computer store and tell them you want a gaming PC to replace your console with X budget you will walk out with one.

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• Evotech@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Pc prices are way up too

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• luipaard0011@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  man I need to be patient gamer by the next November when the new is GTA released only in consoles. Hope I stay a pure PC gamer by that time…

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