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PlayStation's CEO drastically underestimates the Steam crowd's patience, thinks PC gamers will buy a PS5 for exclusive sequels (www.gamesradar.com)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Perhaps in isolation, but given that most people need a PC, would you rather:

a) buy a subpar PC for productivity and a console that's going to be wasted money in a few years' time, and you need to invest even more money on a new console (unless you never want to play new games again), and/or pour a bunch of money into scam subscription online services to get games (or even play them at all if they're online)

b) buy a good PC with money you would have otherwise spent on the console, that will last effectively until the hardware dies, and even then you can upgrade it instead of buying a new PC

I agree the LLM and cryptobro insanity has screwed the GPU market, but in the long run even at the current prices PCs are still a better deal.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

As I said I play games on PC so I would rather option B. I'm just saying that I don't think PS is comparatively that expensive. If PCs are a better deal, it's not by that much.