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[TropicanaTwista]

Pretty much nothing for me. The ease of use on consoles will always be king. Plus I don't give a shit about some of the benefits of PC such as better graphics or frame rate.

Might be open to a steamdeck or something along those lines to maybe get me in the ecosystem, but an actual PC? Could never see myself using one. I absolutely loathe using my home and work laptop as is for basic functions. Couldn't stand having to try and run games on there.

 

[DirtyBast8rd]

Made the jump to PC a year ago and never going back to console only. I don't like the curated console experience, and don't want to get locked down in a console ecosystem. Freedom.

And yes i also play older games again. The ones that are favorites and stuck in 720p on console, i get to experience in 4k 120/144hz with added anti aliasing and mods to make them like new games.

 

[Fess]

I'm really curious why PC gamers have chosen console wars in the last 5+ years.

PC gamers?
Nah, if you break it down it’s really just this:

1. Some vocal PS fans became PC gamers and mocked Xbox fans last gen when PC Xbox ports started arriving, said that Xbox wasn’t needed anymore and they had no true exclusives.

2. Some vocal Xbox fans became PC gamers and started mocking PS fans this gen when PC PS ports started arriving, said that PS wasn’t needed and they had no true exclusives.

Tbh I don’t think long time PC gamers care at all about consoles. Those I know have zero interest in console IPs, they mostly play CS and DOTA and stuff like that. Generalizing here but I don’t hear much talk about previous console games being played.
But if console gamers are suddenly hating on PCs in some pseudo console war thing then you might see old timers bite back when blatant lies are spread.

 

[DryvBy]

PC gamers?
Nah, if you break it down it’s really just this:

1. Some vocal PS fans became PC gamers and mocked Xbox fans last gen when PC Xbox ports started arriving, said that Xbox wasn’t needed anymore and they had no true exclusives.

2. Some vocal Xbox fans became PC gamers and started mocking PS fans this gen when PC PS ports started arriving, said that PS wasn’t needed and they had no true exclusives.

Tbh I don’t think long time PC gamers care at all about consoles. Those I know have zero interest in console IPs, they mostly play CS and DOTA and stuff like that. Generalizing here but I don’t hear much talk about previous console games being played.
But if console gamers are suddenly hating on PCs in some pseudo console war thing then you might see old timers bite back when blatant lies are spread.

We don't, but too many do. I grew up with most of my time on PC. Nintendo having a great game wasn't something is crap on, i'd just get a SNES or N64 for those and continue playing everything else on PC. My cousin wasn't into PC games at all and we never once even debated it. We just gamed. Now the new rich (PCMR types) show up to fight over how the Pro is more expensive while bragging about a $2000 video card they bought lol

One thing I find funny about warriors is they never have a flaw in the system they like. Every bit of criticism is how the other groups are just wrong and you just wouldn't understand. All of them are some religious missionaries about their console/system too. Eventually we're going to get Epic vs Steam stuff. Oh wait ...

 

[Wolves hunt in packs]

Don't see any reason i would stop playing on consoles, don't care if no more exclusives, and if prices will rise then i will wait more, I'm already waiting for sales before buying games today.
I had a moderate PC i would say, 5 years ago, Ryzen 3600 and RX 590, had a lot of fun playing games that back then didn't had 60fps options on consoles, but honestly i have much more fun playing on consoles, i have them since the PSX, and even before but from PSX i'm playing daily with consoles and don't see that changing.

 

[Zacfoldor]

EXCLUSIVE GAMES AND NOTHING ELSE

Duh.

 

[Crunchbox]

I think I'm just gonna keep the
PS+ PC+ Nintendo combo, which should allow me to access almost all games available whenever I feel like.

Yep thats the combo i used for the past 20 years. I dont play pc games really even though i have a decent one.

 

[nkarafo]

Emulators.

 

[Crunchbox]

EXCLUSIVE GAMES AND NOTHING ELSE

Duh.

Basically the only reason i had a pc back in the day up until now also because i needed one for work and such so might as well give it some gaming capabilities. Pc is just the place i played those old mmos on or games like starcraft, sim city etc on. I dont play console style games on it. I havent played any games on my pcs in 6 years and or more. Also with the creations of socials and such there are way to many distractions at the tip of my finger when on a pc. Youtube, social medias, websites etc. way to distracting lol. When i turn on console i focus on one thing and thats gaming and nothing else distracts me.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Made that jump years ago, and it was the best move I’ve made.

 

[reinking]

PC gamers?
Nah, if you break it down it’s really just this:

1. Some vocal PS fans became PC gamers and mocked Xbox fans last gen when PC Xbox ports started arriving, said that Xbox wasn’t needed anymore and they had no true exclusives.

2. Some vocal Xbox fans became PC gamers and started mocking PS fans this gen when PC PS ports started arriving, said that PS wasn’t needed and they had no true exclusives.

Tbh I don’t think long time PC gamers care at all about consoles. Those I know have zero interest in console IPs, they mostly play CS and DOTA and stuff like that. Generalizing here but I don’t hear much talk about previous console games being played.
But if console gamers are suddenly hating on PCs in some pseudo console war thing then you might see old timers bite back when blatant lies are spread.

PCMR was coined a long time ago for a reason. While the noise has become louder console vs PC gaming has been a thing long before it became part of the console war.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

If you've ever played on a good PC this wouldn't even be a question

 

[Mr Hyde]

I'm currently in the transition to PC from primarily being a console gamer. It's mainly Playstation I'm leaving behind, focusing on PC/Switch going forward. The thing that got me pushed in to PC gaming was the current stream of handhelds that's been popping up left and right. And it kinda started with the Switch. Since buying that I've been all in on hybrid/handheld gaming and now I'm in the process of setting up a hybrid gaming setup consisting of a ROG Ally X and Switch (soon to be Switch 2) hooked up to a 1440p monitor.

When I entered PC gaming I started to realize that it has far more benefits to it. Free online, cloud saves, backwards compatibility, emulation, mods, different store fronts resulting in better prices etc. Sure it's a bit more tinkering but honestly it's not that much. Consoles just don't have the value proposition it once had. I'm still a proponent of physical gaming so I'm sticking with Nintendo, who seems to be the only that cares about it, but Sony seems to want to ditch it and if I'm forced to go digital it won't be on their closed ecosystem. It will be on PC.

 

[W11d]

There would need to be some PC exclusives I'm interested

 

[Clear]

Having all my old games both physical and digital available, without subscription day #1.

The juice simply isn't worth the squeeze abandoning console as primary platform. Its not a complete replacement without huge expense on top of H/W investment

 

[WaterOnix]

Just for fun thinking about it in the other direction, I would at least consider getting a non-Nintendo console again if online wasn't paywalled. It's easily my biggest gripe. I could afford it easy but I see no reason to pay extra to access my own internet. Nintendo's only an exception because I don't play online games on it anyway, but I would want to if I got an xbox or playstation

 

[Nickolaidas]

Already there, and couldn't be happier. The biggest game library in the world. Mods. Games automatically upgrade when I upgrade my PC (almost no patches needed for that). Mods. More and more console games appear on PC. Mods.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

PC gamers?
Nah, if you break it down it’s really just this:

1. Some vocal PS fans became PC gamers and mocked Xbox fans last gen when PC Xbox ports started arriving, said that Xbox wasn’t needed anymore and they had no true exclusives.

2. Some vocal Xbox fans became PC gamers and started mocking PS fans this gen when PC PS ports started arriving, said that PS wasn’t needed and they had no true exclusives.

Tbh I don’t think long time PC gamers care at all about consoles. Those I know have zero interest in console IPs, they mostly play CS and DOTA and stuff like that. Generalizing here but I don’t hear much talk about previous console games being played.
But if console gamers are suddenly hating on PCs in some pseudo console war thing then you might see old timers bite back when blatant lies are spread.

This is pure cope or you just are new to PC and ignore it.

I've played on PC for over 20 years and it's been a thing as far back as I can remember but it's worse then ever now with easy access to anonymity and PC gaming becoming more mainstream plus the steady stream of young kids that were convinced by their favorite Fortnite streamer to get a PC and have to prove to others that they are better. This forum is a perfect example of all of this.

It used to be that for every PC gamer coming in and being like consoles suck and you guys can't even play Starcraft and Half Life you had like 6 Xbox/PS/Nintendo fans doing the same thing. Now I would say it's even if not mostly reversed. One thing I'll give platform warriors of old is that platforms used to have distinct exclusives and reasons to "cheer" for your choice. Now everybody plays 95% of the same shit.

Also just look at the amount of people that are in this thread that don't really need to be but they just came to chime in that PC is better then console despite the point of the thread being targeted at console gamers or agnostic gamers.

 

[A.Romero]

I just find the PC experience better overall.

I also game on consoles, though.

 

[nnytk]

My GPU isn't cutting it anymore and since I've gotten the PS5 (Pro) I've been really enjoying gaming again, the ease of use is just wild. I used to combine PC with Nintendo/PS, now it's solely PS5 but I can see myself getting a Nintendo console if the games have the pull.

 

[HogIsland]

Having all my old games both physical and digital available, without subscription day #1.

The juice simply isn't worth the squeeze abandoning console as primary platform. Its not a complete replacement without huge expense on top of H/W investment

But you do have to pay a subscription for basic functionality like online multiplayer and cloud saves.

 

[YOU PC BRO?!]

If consoles abandon physical media entirely then what’s the point in owning one? May as well just go PC….

 

[Deleted member 848825]

My option isnt in the vote list: a console/controller focused type OS which is ad free and not run by MS, might be enticing.

 

[nnytk]

This is pure cope or you just are new to PC and ignore it.

I've played on PC for over 20 years and it's been a thing as far back as I can remember but it's worse then ever now with easy access to anonymity and PC gaming becoming more mainstream plus the steady stream of young kids that were convinced by their favorite Fortnite streamer to get a PC and have to prove to others that they are better. This forum is a perfect example of all of this.

It used to be that for every PC gamer coming in and being like consoles suck and you guys can't even play Starcraft and Half Life you had like 6 Xbox/PS/Nintendo fans doing the same thing. Now I would say it's even if not mostly reversed. One thing I'll give platform warriors of old is that platforms used to have distinct exclusives and reasons to "cheer" for your choice. Now everybody plays 95% of the same shit.

Also just look at the amount of people that are in this thread that don't really need to be but they just came to chime in that PC is better then console despite the point of the thread being targeted at console gamers or agnostic gamers.

I remember PC being THE place to be for games like CS, Warcraft and WoW. Times have changed. I've also played on PC for about 25 years. But I've always had a curiosity and interest towards what Sony and Nintendo were doing with games, gaming. I switched to PS5 (Pro) recently and I'm loving it.

As you've pointed out. Gaming has evolved, changed. PC gaming isn't what it used to be. Console gaming has come a looooong way. In regards to ease of use, console gaming is just incredible these days. Meanwhile, PC gaming is still plagued with terrible ports/optimization and delayed releases.

Subscriptions suck, and you have less freedom in the ecosystem of Sony. But the ease of use and quality in regards to graphics and performance are simply impressive.

 

[Clear]

But you do have to pay a subscription for basic functionality like online multiplayer and cloud saves.

I pay ~£100 once a year, which is a drop in the bucket compared to the cost of replacing my collection.

Just a quick note: One of the sneaky things about the PS Plus model (which I've had since PS3 days) is that occasionally you find a "free" monthly game that you didn't buy, but turned out to be a favourite. So were I to unsub, I'd have to think about replacing it.. and the cost adds up over time. Dropping a collection which with the full Premium selection adds up to well over a thousand titles makes it very difficult to consider leaving.
Even when I have a decent modern PC (plus 3 others) and also Xbox with a full GP Ultimate as part of my mobile package.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Made the definite change back at the end of the ps360 era. Before that i was only on those two consoles and even before that i played mostly on what i had (old consoles for the time and underpowered PCs).

If i had to point out the reason it'd be mostly because i lost interest in most mainstream games. I often play old games or like navigating the internet for weird or forgotten stuff, you dont really get that experience on modern consoles.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

My option isnt in the vote list: a console/controller focused type OS which is ad free and not run by MS, might be enticing.

This would be huge. A plug and play system I think would be huge for the people that prefer consoles for their simplicity and ease of use.

Maybe Valve's push for SteamOS will get us there one day. I would love to be able to just press the Steam button and my system boots up and I never have to worry about having a mouse and keyboard unless it's for actual gameplay purposes. I actually have my PC setup to be as close as I can get without sacrificing my ITX build so my PC logs in automatically and boots up steam into BPM automatically but it's not even close to the same experience.

I would switch to SteamOS 100% if anti-cheat actually worked. As it is I'm not giving up Battlefield.

I remember PC being THE place to be for games like CS, Warcraft and WoW. Times have changed. I've also played on PC for about 25 years. But I've always had a curiosity and interest towards what Sony and Nintendo were doing with games, gaming. I switched to PS5 (Pro) recently and I'm loving it.

As you've pointed out. Gaming has evolved, changed. PC gaming isn't what it used to be. Console gaming has come a looooong way. In regards to ease of use, console gaming is just incredible these days. Meanwhile, PC gaming is still plagued with terrible ports/optimization and delayed releases.

Subscriptions suck, and you have less freedom in the ecosystem of Sony. But the ease of use and quality in regards to graphics and performance are simply impressive.

PC gaming used to be special, but it was special in a way that console gaming also used to be. Up until the 8th generation of consoles there used to be unique reasons to have each platform. That is mostly gone now unfortunately.

If you look at the top played games on any platform but Nintendo the majority are the same and available everywhere. Which ultimately is a good thing but I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss having unique experiences on multiple platforms and having reasons to own everything.

 

[HogIsland]

As you've pointed out. Gaming has evolved, changed. PC gaming isn't what it used to be. Console gaming has come a looooong way. In regards to ease of use, console gaming is just incredible these days. Meanwhile, PC gaming is still plagued with terrible ports/optimization and delayed releases.

PC is better than ever. The worst of the UE4 era was rough in the way youre saying, but Steam also got a lot better. SteamOS is making PC as easy to use as a PlayStation while maintaining what's good about PC.

 

[Fess]

This is pure cope or you just are new to PC and ignore it.

I've played on PC for over 20 years and it's been a thing as far back as I can remember but it's worse then ever now with easy access to anonymity and PC gaming becoming more mainstream plus the steady stream of young kids that were convinced by their favorite Fortnite streamer to get a PC and have to prove to others that they are better. This forum is a perfect example of all of this.

It used to be that for every PC gamer coming in and being like consoles suck and you guys can't even play Starcraft and Half Life you had like 6 Xbox/PS/Nintendo fans doing the same thing. Now I would say it's even if not mostly reversed. One thing I'll give platform warriors of old is that platforms used to have distinct exclusives and reasons to "cheer" for your choice. Now everybody plays 95% of the same shit.

Also just look at the amount of people that are in this thread that don't really need to be but they just came to chime in that PC is better then console despite the point of the thread being targeted at console gamers or agnostic gamers.

Fairly new to PC yeah, since 10 years back on Steam. I jumped in right about when the ”Xbox isn’t needed” talk started so heard lots of that versus chatter back then.

I know the friction existed earlier too but I feel like PC vs console really ramped up last gen. Then became even more toxic this generation when both Xbox and PlayStation games are on Steam. Today a thread about a new graphics card pull in console fans posting ”Just buy a PS5 Pro”. It’s kinda absurd imo but maybe that existed earlier too and I just missed it I don’t know. DF digging after differences between console and PC in ports and do the $500-800 comparison builds and even do DLSS vs PSSR now isn’t helping.

 

[nnytk]

PC is better than ever. The worst of the UE4 era was rough in the way youre saying, but Steam also got a lot better. SteamOS is making PC as easy to use as a PlayStation while maintaining what's good about PC.

Hmm, I experienced a lot of trouble up to this summer with different games. Not to mention the friends I played coop with experiencing constant crashes and issues with titles like Remnant 2, Helldivers 2, EDF 5, Elden Ring, and many many more. And that's just from the top of my head.

I remember various AAA singleplayer games performing terrible on PC at launch. Not to mention the different launchers and constant driver updates.

I just got sick and tired of dealing with the hassle. And considering that I work on my PC (and laptop), using a dedicated console for gaming instead, feels great.

Switch and PC was fun for a while but damn the Switch felt terrible to use for these past few years in regards to overall performance too.

In that regard the PS5 Pro feels great.

Lastly, I think the magic of W3 custom maps and CS 1.6 is behind us and gaming has grown into something insanely big. I'll always appreciate PC for giving modders a platform and being a "place of origin" for many genres and concepts. But for the sake of comfort, console is doing it for me atm

 

[TropicanaTwista]

PC is better than ever. The worst of the UE4 era was rough in the way youre saying, but Steam also got a lot better. SteamOS is making PC as easy to use as a PlayStation while maintaining what's good about PC.

Its not even so much about steam. I've never used it so I don't have a strong opinion on it one or or another. But PCs are annoying. I have a work PC and a home laptop and the amount times shit doesn't work when trying to do basic basic tasks like watching YouTube or working excel is astonishing.

Like yea, sometimes you turn in a console and it has an update, but they're basically idiot proof. Just the pure ease of use will always be about as valuable as anything else in gaming (outside of the games if course )

 

[Kupfer]

If there will be no more physical media on consoles I don't know why I should stick to less performance. The only real benefit owning a console nowadays is the possibility of owning games.

 

[KimDongHwan]

This will sound super immature but the thing that made me switch to playing mostly on PC now, was that shift on Sony to become woke (steadily over around 10 years), I thought that by moving to PC I would have much more freedom to find games that were just fun and not trying to paint a message, and I was super right, most of my favorite games this past years have been indie games that focus all on their gameplay

 

[Pegasus Actual]

I think I may have made an accidental conversion, my buddy loves playing Civ VI on the console, and so I sent him an exciting video about how he'll get to play as Harriet Tubman (possibly the greatest American President) in Civ VII, and for some reason he started lamenting that he couldn't play his favorite German leader, who surprisingly was not Frau Merkel (my favorite of course), and who for some reason hasn't been in a Civ game despite being a fixture in history books worldwide.

Anyway, I linked him to a mod for Civ VI that includes this charismatic leader and all of a sudden he really wants a PC.

 

[{insert code here}]

About a year ago I shifted to PC from PlayStation. It's become more and more apparent over time that I no longer represent Sony's (or Microsoft) target audience. The last Sony exclusive I bought was either The Last Guardian or Bloodborne. From there the math is simple, if I think the exclusives look boring then I'm wasting money on this. My laptop has an RTX, I can just play games there. I just started buying games on Steam and now, about a year later with all the steam sales and humble bundles, my library is 200+. So, it wasn't really a deliberate switch but more of me just getting bored with the PS/Xbox systems and also already having the RTX there to make the transition seamless. I doubt I'll ever get a desktop setup for gaming and my RTX cooks so it may be several years before I need to buy anything at all outside the games themselves.

 

[Facism]

Been more and more pc these last years. Not paying £60+ day on for a ps5 game when I can get it on pc between £35-45 and it runs better on my old af hardware.

Also, Sony first party hasn't really made me a customer of theirs this gen. I have a ps5, but 90% of the time I'm watching netflix on it.

They can't really fix the cost issue vs pc and I don't anticipate they'll make any games I'm truly interested in for a good while.

I mean shit tlou3 would have hyped me, but we got space trauma instead

 

[NanaMiku]

I already have a PC

PS5 Pro. I was waiting for it, but the announcement was really disappointing.
So I decided to build a new gaming device will be PC since I'm no longer interested in PS first-party games. So my setup will be PC + Nintendo console

 

[Hollowpoint5557]

So you have to have Gamepass to play online on the actual xbox branded hardware but dont have to pay to play the same game online on PC. Make that make sense. Suck my dick. Gamepass keeps going up faster than inflation probably just so Phil Spencer can buy more hair dye. You're not fooling anyone man, you're 56.

Better pay Sony a shit ton to have the privilege of saving my shit to the cloud. $80 a year, it used to be half that for the same service and they keep bumping it up with no benefits to me. I hear people though that "Every month I get access to free games." Bro I'd rather download brain cancer than shit like DOKI DOKI or Among Us. Pretty sure brain rot shit like Among Us gives you brain cancer anyway. 80 bucks is a case of beer and a blow job here which is money better spent.

Switch is cool if your 12. The online access fee is cheap because they know it sucks. I guess they know the market for them though is the Ipod generation that has little money. Mom and dad buy the Switch so the kid can sit on the couch and they have to do minimal parenting.
Only 20 bucks a year to shut your kid up is well worth it to them at that point.

I got tired of being nickel and dimed by everybody so I went PC and sail the seven seas. PCMR until the market crashes.

 

[Mister Wolf]

The thirst for more power is what got me. Seeing Witcher 3 running on PC at 1080p 60fps maxed out with Nvidia Hairworks is all it took.

 

[Cakeboxer]

I did years ago and my reasons were:
- Xbox games day 1 pc
- Since PS4 Sony making games i 90% don't give a shit about and also started going pc
- Nintendo making weak ass hardware i can't live with
- Cheaper long term (no online fee + cheaper games)
- Lots of settings in games
- I can choose my input devices or VR
- I can run any old game i want
- I can upgrade/overclock anytime i want
- Mods, mods, mods

 

[Fess]

Its not even so much about steam. I've never used it so I don't have a strong opinion on it one or or another. But PCs are annoying. I have a work PC and a home laptop and the amount times shit doesn't work when trying to do basic basic tasks like watching YouTube or working excel is astonishing.

Like yea, sometimes you turn in a console and it has an update, but they're basically idiot proof. Just the pure ease of use will always be about as valuable as anything else in gaming (outside of the games if course )

I can’t relate to those problems, the general stability is actually one of the things I’m the most surprised about when going from console to PC. Steam is a big reason for that I think, it’s just very very stable.

However, I don’t do any other things, I literally only play games on my two gaming PCs, I don’t even surf the web. And no over clocking.

The new living room PC which boots directly into Steam big picture mode has never crashed. Feels like a console, only more powerful. I power it on, play games, power it off. It just works.

The desktop PC had some freezes recently on Stalker 2, which was a particularly wobbly launch, but other than that I struggle to remember a single crash in the 2 years I’ve had it. Pre-patch surprises exist on all platforms so the problem there is industry-wide from post-release patching being fully normalized. Don’t rush through games the first week and you can dodge most of it.

 

[IDKFA]

Money.

A console is dirt cheap compared to a PC. A console is also plug and play. No faffing around required.

Side note, why do PC gamers always try and convert console gamers?

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

Oh boy, here we go again... As a hardcore console gamer who started on the Atari 2600 (and hasn't stopped since!) I can tell you there is absolutely *nothing* that would get me to game on PC and I always find it fascinating that PC nerds think that it's a "superior" experience and console gamers don't know what they are missing. Let me make it crystal clear: most of us don't give a flying fuck about that ecosystem and never will lol (and I'll add I played a bunch of stuff on my friend's PC growing up including Diablo, Mech Warrior, Warcraft, Heretic etc)

Now, I've seen some replies saying it's cost prohibitive, that isn't an issue for me, I could go out tomorrow and buy everything I need to build the most awesome rig known to mankind, zero interest. So while I could be insulting to those PC elitists who constantly shit on consoles (and oh boy, I have some good ones in the chamber!) I'll instead just say, let's coexist peacefully together, you enjoy what you enjoy, we'll enjoy what we enjoy, keep your port begging to a minimum and all will be well in the world

 

[Big Baller]

30fps

 

[Sentenza]

What I can tell you is what would make me move in the opposite direction (from being primarily a PC gamers to seeing consoles as something more than a side dish):

Absolutely nothing.

Or, more specifically, I’d consider consoles my primary option only if I didn’t have any real choice and they would become my only option.

But that’s not happening, is it? If anything the other way around. As the years go consoles keep losing appeal and more and more of what used to make their offering unique is becoming available on PC.

And frankly looking at my gaming habits it’s baffling how little of what I spend my time with would be even be available ob consoles at all.
Modding, emulation/retrogaming, choice of genres like 4X, simulations and tactical games…

There’s so much that would be either unavailable or inconvenient to play on these platforms…
If all I had was a console and its offering, I question if I would even count gaming as one of my primary hobbies.

 

[ThatPolishGuy]

The games.. it's all about the games.

I already did switch because of the games .

 

[SakkanartSilentJealousy]

PS + PC

 

[Banjo64]

I own a Deck and Switch. I finally pulled the plug on Xbox and PS for a combination of reasons.

My eldest bought a mid-range PC. The difference graphically between the Series S version of Rust and his version was generational.

The regular price hikes for online subscriptions. I only played F2P matchmaking games on PS, eFootball and Rocket League. I wanted to summon against Malenia in Elden Ring, but I would’ve had to pay £7. PS games lost all appeal to me after playing GoW 2018, Spider-Man Miles Morales and Horizon Zero Dawn. I have access to stuff like Sackboy, Ragnorök and Rift Apart now but it’s just not interesting to me at all.

On the Xbox side, I see the few games I like on Xbox get Steam discounts all the time (MCC £8, Gears 5 £8, Sea of Thieves £17) and I felt like an idiot locking myself in to an ecosystem where I was paying a recurring subscription fee to continue accessing a small handful of games.

I feel like I don’t miss out on much with my current combo, and anything I do miss out on will be playable on Deck 2 or Switch 2.

 

[dDoc]

The high cost of GPUs is what is making me hesitate from building a new rig. I can afford it, but I really do not want to engorge Nvidia's greed further ideally.

 

[yanhash]

A less obnoxious user base, you'd think existence of consoles means PC gamers get kicked in the balls once a day. Who cares, use whatever platform you like, who cares