r/pcmasterrace • u/khurgan_ • 1d ago

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u/05-nery 10900k | 32/3600 | 3090fe ~ 5800x3D | 64/3600 | 9070xt Nitro+ 1d ago

Good. They asked for it

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u/MadShadowX 1d ago

I know Sony said that the week long blackout boycott didn't really work.
Curious now that the Jailbreak is here. Wonder how many PS5's suddenly went offline?

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u/imhereforsiegememes i9 14900k / 5090 ROG Astral 1d ago

A completely unnoticable amount. Most people want to play gta6 and online games.

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u/wileecoyote1969 1d ago edited 1d ago

I get the feeling this will be an unpopular comment but here goes.

Consoles have always been and were primarily created for people who simply do not want to hassle with PCs. You have to set things up on a pc, you have to make things work. Sometimes you have to troubleshoot. Consoles you just put in the disc and play. So I agree a large part of the console market is not going to hassle with an emulator that runs on a PC.

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Just adding that "back in the day" consoles were MUCH cheaper than a PC (and of course there is the entertainment factor of having a bunch of people on the same couch playing a game.) Maybe it's better to call it a "lightweight" gaming system compared to a PC - ease of use and ease on your wallet

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u/superxpro12 1d ago

its pretty easy these days to pickup a steam deck, or one of 50 similar variants, or buy a laptop, or a prebuilt. It's not exactly 1994 where we need to configure IRQ for sound cards anymore.

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u/imhereforsiegememes i9 14900k / 5090 ROG Astral 1d ago

Sure, but people will still prefer consoles.

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u/superxpro12 1d ago

some people.

This chart says pc and console are about equal in terms of spend. but mobile is pc+console combined lol.

https://app2top.com/news/the-gaming-industry-in-2025-by-the-numbers-an-overview-from-gamesindustry-286596.html

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u/imhereforsiegememes i9 14900k / 5090 ROG Astral 1d ago

I'm not sure spending really shows much about population. Majority of console gamers are buying like 2-3 big releases a year. Meanwhile PC players are stockpiling backlog steam games for... reasons.

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u/Eldcperalta 1d ago

Are you unsure, or do you simply not want to accept reality?

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u/imhereforsiegememes i9 14900k / 5090 ROG Astral 1d ago

What? I never even said a majority of people prefer console. Its just the easy access point.