this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2024
71 points (88.2% liked)

Games

16752 readers
601 users here now

Video game news oriented community. No NanoUFO is not a bot :)

Posts.

  1. News oriented content (general reviews, previews or retrospectives allowed).
  2. Broad discussion posts (preferably not only about a specific game).
  3. No humor/memes etc..
  4. No affiliate links
  5. No advertising.
  6. No clickbait, editorialized, sensational titles. State the game in question in the title. No all caps.
  7. No self promotion.
  8. No duplicate posts, newer post will be deleted unless there is more discussion in one of the posts.
  9. No politics.

Comments.

  1. No personal attacks.
  2. Obey instance rules.
  3. No low effort comments(one or two words, emoji etc..)
  4. Please use spoiler tags for spoilers.

My goal is just to have a community where people can go and see what new game news is out for the day and comment on it.

Other communities:

Beehaw.org gaming

Lemmy.ml gaming

lemmy.ca pcgaming

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works
71
Former Xbox boss Peter Moore says Gen Z may reject new consoles in favor of smartphones and PCs (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 8 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works
72 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Did they realize consoles were nothing more than cheap PCs? That PC gaming gives more flexibility and freedom than a walled garden?

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I haven't owned a console in years and don't care to own one.

Do you realize the difference is that a console will generally give a known quality and they usually just work without tweaking and tinkering? You don't have to research compatibility, drivers, USB versions, or any of a hundred other tiny things.

I have a gaming PC, steam deck, and a couple of mini PCs so that I can stream games across the house and play what I want in any room. It's much more plug and play than it used to be, which is why I don't feel the need to get a console. But not everyone wants to do more than plug in, update, and play.

[–] Draconic_NEO@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Do you realize the difference is that a console will generally give a known quality and they usually just work without tweaking and tinkering?

The problem with this argument is that it only applies to PCs that you buy and build from off the shelf parts like any other computer you get where everything can be different. It does not apply to a pre-built console type PC manufactured using a custom IC pre-configured operating system dedicated to run games in a console-like experience, where every single one of those models are the same, especially in a case like the steam deck where it's made by the same manufacturer.

But not everyone wants to do more than plug in, update, and play.

Pretty sure you don't need to if all you want to do is play games, a good majority of games work out of the box already. Maybe it wasn't the case in the beginning when proton was younger (which is where this mentality comes from) but it certainly does now.

Edit: Hmm Downvote with no response, that plus your username tells me all I need to know. Have fun.