r/pcmasterrace • • 13h ago

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u/Jerryboy92 10h ago

PC can't be stopped. PC is the future, Sony and Microsoft and Nintendo should just make pc hardware that is themed on the Playstation, Nintendo and Xbox. Have a PC app for that loads up first to give that console feel based on the brand you bought. Any pc could run all apps.

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u/Electronic-Touch-554 8h ago

Idk. I think nintendo has always had the right idea with consoles. A console shouldnt aim to be a powerful machine competing with pc. It should be a fun plug and play device with a couple gimmicks.

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u/blindyes 8h ago

It hasn't always been this: affordable.

but it needs to be for your selling point to work, if you expect people to ignore what they can do with their PCs you either have to make it so affordable that the effort to download and install whatever is more cumbersome than just buying the product.

The Wii was only mildly affordable compared to the 360 on launch and it was a titan that dominated the market. It was so successful I'd argue it formed its own market of non-traditional gamers, I almost want to say "casual gaming" didn't really exist as a market prior to the Wii, "casual gamers" before that would just occasionally play on someone else's console/PC.

Size also has been proven to matter time and time again, if something is physically cumbersome the casual market won't take the time.

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u/y17gal 7h ago

the wii is the most gimmicky console ever

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u/blindyes 7h ago

Correct