I think this is a fair take; I personally would rather have a laptop with the bottom tier 5 series since I’d be able to pretty much any game, use whatever controllers, run emulators, use it for college classes, and watch stuff without advertising.
I think Sony USA played themselves; it’s not completely just about the digital only stuff, it’s an expensive toy that serves one or two purposes. Ask yourself, at the current price is it even worth getting for a few games?
Not quite. Price of entry has always been cheaper and that’s not going to change anytime soon. Sure, consoles next gen are going to cost more but so do PC components and ports are infamously unoptimized. People in tech savvy communities also underestimate the value of a mostly plug and play experience.
That last bit is crucial: setting up a PC for gaming in the living room may not be that hard for someone who knows what they’re doing, but for someone who doesn’t, it looks impossibly complicated. The experience is also not nearly as streamlined or polished. Nobody wants to have to fuss with their system when their friends are over and they just want to play.
Just because something is easy for you or me doesn’t mean it’s easy for everyone, maybe not even most people
And they will soon find out there is zero reason for consumers to buy consoles instead of gaming PCs.
Well other than the current cost of building 😭 but that is going to pass on to also be a problem for the next gen consoles too
In my opinion there hasn’t been a reason to buy a console in at least a decade. People bought them anyway.
I think this is a fair take; I personally would rather have a laptop with the bottom tier 5 series since I’d be able to pretty much any game, use whatever controllers, run emulators, use it for college classes, and watch stuff without advertising.
I think Sony USA played themselves; it’s not completely just about the digital only stuff, it’s an expensive toy that serves one or two purposes. Ask yourself, at the current price is it even worth getting for a few games?
And now you have PCs with console-like experiences, such as the Steam machines.
Not quite. Price of entry has always been cheaper and that’s not going to change anytime soon. Sure, consoles next gen are going to cost more but so do PC components and ports are infamously unoptimized. People in tech savvy communities also underestimate the value of a mostly plug and play experience.
That last bit is crucial: setting up a PC for gaming in the living room may not be that hard for someone who knows what they’re doing, but for someone who doesn’t, it looks impossibly complicated. The experience is also not nearly as streamlined or polished. Nobody wants to have to fuss with their system when their friends are over and they just want to play.
Just because something is easy for you or me doesn’t mean it’s easy for everyone, maybe not even most people