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.