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ConciousMan 1 day ago
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CosmicSex said:
ConciousMan said:

No, what I meant is PC gamers, who are the most numerous group of gaming audience like me, will choose to wait for the PC release. The majority of PC gamers that are in higher income brackets, have probably at least middle class Ampere GPU like RTX 3080, with Core i7 and 16 GB of DDR5 Ram. There's no point for us to purchase PS5 to play the game. People like me have even more powerful hardware, there's no need to upgrade to play GTA 6 in 2027 or 2028. Hopefully, I made myself clearer now.

Also, given the open world nature of the game and probably mandatory RT. This game won't run well on PS5. Rockstars engine probably will be more optimized for Nvidia hardware based on previous games. Also, I may be mistaken, but this time around the sales of PS5 won't increase much thanks to both Wolverine and GTA 6, as the console is in very mature stage of market presence.

You start off talking about PC gamers in Their multitudes then talking about higher income bracket PC only gamers with socioeconomic aware graphics cards  ..but here we are.   I would suggest that their income bracket might not be as high as you think.  

Your comment about the PS5 not running well is unsubstantiated. The only footage we have is running on a PS5 and it looks great... better than nearly everything that has come before it.  It looks like a billion dollar game.  Sure the PS5 isn't the most powerful setup ever but it runs games very well.  I had a similar realization when I got my Switch 2... its not as powerful as my PS5 Pro for sure but it runs games just fine and im not bothered when playing it.  

According to your logic no one would buy a third party game in Switch 2.

The average PC on Steam is weaker than a PS5 so the majority of PC gamers are not a part of the cohort you described.    I think your logic makes sense for you but I would caution against extrapolating out your own anecdotes to encompass all gamers. I suppose we all do it to some extent.

Average PC owner might choose to buy RTX 5070 or better if they have disposable income, instead of buying the PS5. We are talking on whether or not the people who have some money to spend would buy PS5 this November or not. In my opinion maybe a couple of millions at best. Millennials like me will struggle with a lot of job stability and no way we are gonna shell out $600 bucks just to play GTA 6. As I said, I might be mistaken, but PS5 will be at least 3 to 5 millons behind Switch 2 this year.