Mid-gen vibe check: How would you rate PS5 so far?

[Norion]

Kyuu said:

Norion said:

That isn't really the case for PC with all the viral hits coming out exclusively on the platform. Just this year there's R.E.P.O. and Schedule I both being in the top 3 best selling games on Steam so far for 2025. A lot of games like that coming out only on PC has to be a big reason why the platform is much more popular with kids now compared to a decade ago.

I didn't hear of these titles, you think they're permanent exclusives? Consoles have an absolutely massive active playerbase and many games still sell better on them, would be dumb af to skip them altogether in today's climate no matter how cool and popular PC is among kids.

They were big streamer games for a while and it was said during the SGF showcase that the former has already sold over 13 million since February. They probably won't be permanent but big hits like that coming out there first still matters a lot and even if it's not fully exclusive them always coming to PC right away is a really big deal. Like from October 2023 through February 2024 you had games like Lethal Company, Palworld and Helldivers 2 and PC had all three right away while Xbox and Playstation only had 1 each at the time.

I'm not saying games like this should skip consoles, just pointing out the importance of viral games being increasingly PC dominant. People talk about exclusivity a lot but not enough about that aspect I feel since it's a huge factor in why exclusivity still benefits the platform a lot more than Playstation and especially Xbox.