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Sony hopes to entice PC players to PS5 by releasing ‘tentpole’ games for console first (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I feel like the better thing to compete on is "plug it in and it works", "easier to play on your couch and TV with a controller than a PC" and various comparisons to the other consoles.

Other than setup and ease of couch gaming, PC has them beat hands down. And it's only very slightly easier in those dimensions too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Which on the other hand is something many PC gamers and content with. Steam consoles didn't sell well because the market for PC fixed consoles wasn't there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yup. It's why they're unlikely to get conversions, but they might get people to do both.

Consoles compete with PC gaming, but they're not substitutes. The best they can hope for is people who are relatively indifferent to the advantages a PC has being persuaded by the console advantages, or people who are okay with just having both picking a PS5 over an Xbox or Nintendo.

For the latter, I think they'd be better served looking for a way to do "but it in one, play it in both" type deals, since that makes the ambivalent people more likely to default to PlayStation, since they still get PC, and the "both" people are more likely to buy sooner, since waiting doesn't get them anything.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Right. We mustn't forget that many people just have lots of disposable income. Buying several consoles and gaming PCs is just part of their hobby.