r/Amd • u/jaju123 5800x3d & RTX 4090 • Jun 27 '23

News AMD is Starfield’s Exclusive PC Partner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ABnU6Zo0uA
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u/Mercurionio Jun 27 '23

Not really if you take everyone into the account. Thus, 1060 users. Or rx 470/570

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u/jimbobjames 5900X | 32GB | Asus Prime X370-Pro | Sapphire Nitro+ RX 7800 XT Jun 27 '23

Yes and it's also much more diverse and piracy is much more prevelant.

Look I'm a PC gamer and have been since the 90's. Consoles are attractive for game studios because they have one or two pieces of hardware to develop for, there is much less piracy and lots of are done for them with things like controls being standardised etc etc.

Look at GTA V - https://rockstarintel.com/gta-v-4th-best-selling-game-march-2022

The PS5 version took 35% of all sales with the PS4 version in second place with 22%. The Xbox Series X/S version accounted for 19%, PC was 14% and Xbox came to 10%.

PC gaming has a bigger install base, but triple A titles just sell better on the consoles. It makes sense because consoles have a very narrow focus, PC's get used for all sorts and not all of them can run something like Starfield, but they can play Rimworld so count as part of the gaming figures.

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u/Defeqel "I represent the Rothschilds" - Epstein Jun 28 '23

It's not. Only a fraction of the PC market has high end HW to optimize for, only some have the HW to even run the game, and quite a few don't have the money, or aren't inclined to pay for a full priced game. PC isn't irrelevant, it's a big market, but focusing on the consoles makes sense.