Yeah but then one of the things you have to remember is there’s a lot of people who may enjoy PC gaming but don’t actually want to PC game. My cell included. And I’ve been in the IT industry for 20 plus years and I can’t be bothered to build a PC to play my hundreds of steam games that I own. Hell I keep buying humble bundles yet I still haven’t put together a PC for probably the last 5 years. The only PC I actually own is a laptop that I use just for work that I don’t have it customization done on and it’s used for my clients to be able to connect remotely to sites so I don’t care what goes on it and what stays on it. I enjoy my Xbox because I don’t have to do any tinkering with it I literally just turn it on and play on my nice big tv. I enjoy my switch because I just turn it on and play it on my TV or in my hand. I enjoy my phone because I just use it and play on it when I need to. Same with my tablet. However owning and maintaining a PC is quite a bit more work. Not only that but if I wanted to put it in my living room I’d have to either build a small form factor PC to fit in my living room and then connect it up and maintain it, or I’d have to go into another room to game on a desk where it’s specifically set up.
Whilst I’m on the other side of the fence, I can very much understand this.
I figure this is the sort of market Valve are gearing towards, with the Steam Deck and soon the GabeCube.
Yeah, this and physical media collection are the biggest arguments for console ownership. But I do see this gap closing with designated operating systems for gaming hitting the market. Steam Deck and the new steam box are amplifying interest in this. I’m thinking eventually, other than Nintendo and their walled garden, the console landscape is going to shift to a more open ecosystem of prebuilt PC boxes marketed as plug-and-play, just as consoles. And the industry ruined physical media collection when they allowed game discs to just be an insertable download card. Point is, I think the wall for you and many other console players is shrinking, and quickly at that.
Yeah but then one of the things you have to remember is there’s a lot of people who may enjoy PC gaming but don’t actually want to PC game. My cell included. And I’ve been in the IT industry for 20 plus years and I can’t be bothered to build a PC to play my hundreds of steam games that I own. Hell I keep buying humble bundles yet I still haven’t put together a PC for probably the last 5 years. The only PC I actually own is a laptop that I use just for work that I don’t have it customization done on and it’s used for my clients to be able to connect remotely to sites so I don’t care what goes on it and what stays on it. I enjoy my Xbox because I don’t have to do any tinkering with it I literally just turn it on and play on my nice big tv. I enjoy my switch because I just turn it on and play it on my TV or in my hand. I enjoy my phone because I just use it and play on it when I need to. Same with my tablet. However owning and maintaining a PC is quite a bit more work. Not only that but if I wanted to put it in my living room I’d have to either build a small form factor PC to fit in my living room and then connect it up and maintain it, or I’d have to go into another room to game on a desk where it’s specifically set up.
i also work in IT and agree wholeheartedly. it’s tiresome to see the rampant denial that building and maintaining a PC is a lot of work.
Whilst I’m on the other side of the fence, I can very much understand this.
I figure this is the sort of market Valve are gearing towards, with the Steam Deck and soon the GabeCube.
Yeah, this and physical media collection are the biggest arguments for console ownership. But I do see this gap closing with designated operating systems for gaming hitting the market. Steam Deck and the new steam box are amplifying interest in this. I’m thinking eventually, other than Nintendo and their walled garden, the console landscape is going to shift to a more open ecosystem of prebuilt PC boxes marketed as plug-and-play, just as consoles. And the industry ruined physical media collection when they allowed game discs to just be an insertable download card. Point is, I think the wall for you and many other console players is shrinking, and quickly at that.
I am interested in the steam deck, bit the cost is to much for me.