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.
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.
666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world 4 days ago
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.
BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
That’s a level of lazy I can’t get behind, but I guess the market exists for a reason.
moakley@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It’s not laziness; it’s time. I’ve got three kids and a full time job. If I sit down to play a game and I’m spending that time fiddling with drivers or trying to figure out why the video isn’t displaying on my tv, then I don’t get to play a game.
I swear, PC snobs are worse than recipe writers about underestimating prep time.
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Especially when the price of consoles are matching PCs. The price of being that lazy is too high, and that’s not even factoring the advantages of everything you get out of a PC.
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
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
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
PC prices as in the PCs themselves. RAM and storage are way up over the last year.
phx@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Ah yes. Getting a PC that breaks into the game market has always been a bit more pricey - though the Deck helped that - but these days the component cost is just insane.