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Conina 3 days ago
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killer7 said:

Game content spend. This incues DLC, microtransactions, free games... not hardware.

So you want to talk hardware numbers? Over 200 million PCs are sold each year, only ~20 million PlayStations and ~20 million Nintendo consoles.

Of course, only a fraction of the over 200 million PCs per year is dedicated to gaming, but that share is growing over the years. F.e., the RTX3000-GPU-series launched at the same time as PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. In the same timeframe the PS5 hardware base grew to 70 million units, the share of RTX-3000 and RTX-4000 PC systems grew to 50% of the Steam Hardware base, so probably over 100 million gaming PCs.

No single PC was supported 10 years+ sold 150 million+ graphic cards (equivalent to console generations) do not hold more than 3- 4 years max, mot times they get dated even earlier.

Wrong again, gaming PCs can also hold as long as as a console cycle or even longer, especially if console settings are "good enough" for their users. Many still play games with GTX Maxwell or Ampere GPUs, Radeon RX 580 GPUs and similar old hardware. Most PC upgrades are because the PC-gamers want to upgrade instead of needing to upgrade.

Every PC with an DirectX12 GPU is still supported, DX12 launched 10 years ago. Even with a 15 year old DirectX11-PC you can still play the majority of PC games... so much for "support".

Close to no physical PC games are sold in stores.

So what?

Console versions of games sell much better...

Many are selling better on Switch or PlayStation, but many games also sell better on PC.

No person with a brain buys an overpriced desktop PC today.

So now you are openly trolling and insulting.

When a new console launches, watch 100s of people lining up just to get their system on launch day. When games like Mario, GTA... launch, watch 100s of people rushing in stores, clearing stock day 1, watch PS5 for example: That thing was supply castrained for a full 2 years!! Please show me a graphics card that was demanded like that!

GeForce RTX GPUs and Raden RX GPUs were supply constrained the same time frame. Both PS5 and PC-GPUs had scalper prices in 2020 and 2021.

Every few weeks we got a few people interesting in high end PCs. Maybe you will say: "But they buy everything online!" But reality is (PC gamers hate to admid it) but they also like physical goods and get a bit jalous on console users cause we got games on UHD Blu Ray, play split screen, get true Dolby Atmos (Xbox Series X/S)...

Complete denial of reality on your site and projecting.

And not that it matters much, but Windows 10 + 11 are Dolby Atmos compatible and support multiple game pads. There are also a lot of PC games with local multiplayer on Steam. Additional, online multiplayer access is free.

Last edited by Conina - 3 days ago