Idk, before the current bubble-fuckery I still know/spoke to a good portion of gamers who were strictly console. They grew up with consoles, and their perception is very much that it’s too expensive to get into PC gaming. And I mean…I get it. I’m still rocking my 1060 on my desktop, even before the ram shit I wouldn’t be able to afford to upgrade to modern hardware.
It’s definitely all the ancillary costs to consoles that people are kinda trained to not think about. PS+ started on the PS3 and was a nice bonus for people who weren’t fussed about paying extra for more stuff that wasn’t required. Over the years it went from a non-essential extra to mandatory to access all the functions of a console you “own”.
It’s the tendency to extract as much money as possible, and if you go slow enough then there’s only minimal kickback from the consumers.
Idk, before the current bubble-fuckery I still know/spoke to a good portion of gamers who were strictly console. They grew up with consoles, and their perception is very much that it’s too expensive to get into PC gaming. And I mean…I get it. I’m still rocking my 1060 on my desktop, even before the ram shit I wouldn’t be able to afford to upgrade to modern hardware.
It’s definitely all the ancillary costs to consoles that people are kinda trained to not think about. PS+ started on the PS3 and was a nice bonus for people who weren’t fussed about paying extra for more stuff that wasn’t required. Over the years it went from a non-essential extra to mandatory to access all the functions of a console you “own”.
It’s the tendency to extract as much money as possible, and if you go slow enough then there’s only minimal kickback from the consumers.