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

• 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨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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      • 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.

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      • 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.

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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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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

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      • 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.

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• p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨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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      • moakley@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        First of all, pointing vaguely at the internet and saying there are websites is supremely unhelpful.

        Second, why would I need a solution when I can just buy a console and not have that problem in the first place?

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      • AvocadoSandwich@eviltoast.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Even if you get that all sorted there is still the form factor as well. Consoles usually offer a small form factor for their performance which van be attractive for people who game on their living room tv. Pc gaming is still mostly associated with desktop gaming which is not for everyone.

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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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