• Viri4thus@feddit.org
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    17 days ago

    I call BS on this. This is only true if you include gambling proceeds like CS skins, etc.

    • DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz
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      17 days ago

      I don’t know, I only got into PC gaming about 3 years ago but my library is easily twice as large as it was when I only had consoles for about 20 years. The initial cost of getting a PC with all the peripherals is quite a bit higher than console but the games are almost always significantly cheaper. The most recent AAA games and some studios like FromSoft are usually the only games selling at $70. On console, the price of a game barely gets lowered. I have a switch and wanted to buy overcooked to play on the go and it’s still $20 dollars and has very few sales. On PC it’s hard not to find it for less than $5 and that’s not even counting key shops.

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      17 days ago

      We’ve been able to measure it in games like Elden Ring and Guilty Gear Strive. Games that traditionally didn’t have PC ports until long after the console versions, because they were seen as genres that only did well on consoles.