Comment on Sony doubles down. Only responds to their investors, not the consumers. I've never bought a digital console title. That will continue.

• godsammitdam@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Cyberpower. iBuyPower. Even Starforge. There’s a bunch of builders out there to remove that “scariness.”

  It’s a personal choice, but if they were willing to spend 5-10 minutes to download something like Bazzite and click the 10 total clicks to install it, you’d achieve a console-like experience too.

  The information is out there, it’s just not forcefed to you because of a massive marketing budget.

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  • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Considering building a PC is too much, how do you figure that they will week out Linux, choose a distro, and successfully install it.

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    • godsammitdam@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m not sure if you ignored both but:

      As the original commenter said, pricing of next gen consoles will be $1000+. Which puts pricing into PC ballpark.

      I said there are system integrators, always have been, to buy a prebuilt system.

      So “too much” both fiscally and laboriously aren’t true anymore.

      And I mentioned it, but choosing Bazzite is a locked down system. Installing it takes about 10 clicks of your mouse.

      They could ask a friend. Or google it.

      How braindead do you think people are? If they talk to anyone they’ll easily come across these ideas. Linux just jumped from 4% desktop usage to over 10%. So people aren’t completely gone. Enough friction and they’ll look for alternatives.

      If they play sports games I can’t help them though. They’re already on life support.

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      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        How braindead do you think people are?

        I experienced IT help desk.
        Thus my answer is: Very.

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