Also noteworthy that not only are PS5 sales behind PS4, but the PlayStation's competition has almost entirely disappeared, and that hasn't resulted in more PlayStations sold.

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[–] VirgilMastercard@reddthat.com 8 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Personal anecdote. My PC cost me £900 in 2017. I haven't upgraded it since. I have saved a significant amount of money in that time that would otherwise have been spent on PlayStation Plus for the benefit of playing multiplayer and the general higher price of games.

Even if you accept the argument that consoles are significantly cheaper in the first place, the point that PC ownership saves money in the long run is often overlooked.

I've never owned as many games for as little cost as I do now.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

And the games that really demand the high-end hardware tend to be pretty rare in the grand scheme of things, not to mention less likely to be as good as the low spec games. I always joke with my friends that I might buy a killer new PC in the next year or so, but my most-played game will still be a 2D game from 2012 that absolutely doesn't need it.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah I definitely over-spec’d my machine but that was largely because I was able to sell some old video and audio equipment I don’t use anymore to fund it. Figured I’d go for a “great for a decade” build. Got lots of slots I can still use for HDD’s, more ram, etc. if needed. And for $1700 it absolutely screams man. Running on bazzite, getting fantastic performance.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Why are people going for Bazzite for desktops? I've got it on a mini PC, and it's great for the living room and travel, but even then the updater still keeps trying to apply an update from April 28th over and over again. Is it a good choice for desktop too? I'm on Kubuntu now but will probably shop around for a new distro with my next PC.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

It mimics steamOS very well and comes with a lot of your essential drivers and software ready to go. I was playing expedition 33 within minutes of installing, still haven’t opened the terminal or downloaded anything new.

I started with Pop and got sick of fighting it. It’s a good distro but it’s not ready to game out the box .