• heavy@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    I can’t believe we’re talking about this again. Feels like every five years or so, some industry has-been wants to talk about phones changing gaming.

    Last year was one of the best for games in recent years, all of which I wouldn’t want to play on my phone.

    Wake up, Touchscreens aren’t ideal, it’s just convenient. The market is bigger than just people wanting to play on the phone.

    EDIT I reread and think my rant isn’t really applicable to this, but I’ll leave up how I feel anyway.

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      8 months ago

      exactly, touchscreens are only good because they take no extra space and are terrible in every other way

  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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    8 months ago

    Did they realize consoles were nothing more than cheap PCs? That PC gaming gives more flexibility and freedom than a walled garden?

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    8 months ago

    Heard this two generations straight already.

    Maybe PCs. IF Microsoft brings out a cheap and form factor PC instead of a Xbox whatever they call it. And that’d be a good thing. Besides, a Xbox Series X and a PC is about the same thing except less configuration on the console, and that’s fine… Microsoft still makes games, they just bring it to PC as well as their console. We should applaud that.

    But no, Consoles and PCs will be in gaming as long as people buy millions of them, and the good news is they don’t buy millions, they buy HUNDREDS of millions.

    And Gen Z continue to buy them too. Because GenZ is 22-38. I hate the phrase but I feel like “OK Boomer” is actually appropriate here.

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    8 months ago

    I’m a millennial and the last consoles I’ve owned were the PS3 and Wii.

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      8 months ago

      Do you own a PC?

      Do you think you’re a gamer?

      If the answer is No, and Yes. Then that’s interesting otherwise, it’s nothing new.

      I had a Ps4, and A Xbox One. Now I game on PC. Honestly I’m sick of modern games so I mostly retro game, but a PC is a gaming “console” in that respect.