I've been a PC gamer for 3 decades. Most budget conscious PC gamers I know upgrade individual components as needed. Done this way, you can easily get more for your money than having to buy a new console every cycle.
ringwraithfish
joined 10 months ago
Holy fuck that's hilarious. I'm definitely going to start slipping this into real life conversations with my ultra conservative family members.
I think he's talking about the next Mass Effect game.
The game console industry proved this was a viable business plan a couple of decades ago.
They probably realized it's not profitable because 90% of a user's visits are home, work, store... wash rinse repeat day in and day out. They can probably get more meaningful data from the person through their other various tracking methods.
Are ransom attacks on the rise in recent months? Any sites that track these sort of things?
Good. I hope more forced live service games flop so execs will get it in their heads it's ok not to make a live service game and still make money from it.
How to start a fight with an etymologist...
Only a matter of time for another Challenger incident to set space exploration back another 20 years.
I think most in society get that human space exploration is extremely risky, but to flirt with that risk with a known variable tipping the scales the wrong way seems like a business decision rather than an engineering one.
They of course me c-level executives, not us plebians who do actual work.
That's the point though, right? It's all publicity. They don't want to give it to someone who may actually use it. Give it to the billionaire who will never use it so.
The way I see it: PC has a high upfront cost with minimal maintenance/upgrade cost to continue using it with newer releases for years.
Consoles have a cheaper upfront cost but no maintenance/upgrade. Once it's obsolete (as determined by the industry, not the owner) then you are forced to buy a new console for new releases.
For me, in practice, I know for a fact that I have spent less on my PC components and games than I would if I wanted the same experience on a console.