I still can't believe we keep buying this marketing! The latest round is brutal because it makes modern consoles nothing more than subpar PCs by design — PS5 "4K 60fps" is a cap compared to PC's uncapped ceiling; Xbox Series X and One run halved resolutions for cross-gen titles; the storage is slow, no mods allowed, all content locked behind subscriptions. Even Sony knew this with GOW3 being built around limited hardware — that was fine then! The comparison to mobile gaming history as a "mobile version of PS2" feels like gaslighting because today's phones are more powerful than past consoles and it shouldn't matter how you get there.
PC Gamer also laid out the real costs: Xbox Game Pass has Microsoft pushing players toward cloud rather than hardware, and Sony's Exclusives strategy essentially pays for its high-spec marketing while locking features behind tiers. The "console as a cheaper PC" angle is a red herring because consoles are *not* cheap — you pay extra in locked ecosystems and lost functionality that would cost $100 on the PC side. There's also a huge opportunity gap for indie devs who can port to mobile now, yet we keep marketing this like it's new technology. Let me know what you think about where this goes!
Source: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/consoles-continue-their-trend-of-just-becoming-worst-pcs/
PC Gamer also laid out the real costs: Xbox Game Pass has Microsoft pushing players toward cloud rather than hardware, and Sony's Exclusives strategy essentially pays for its high-spec marketing while locking features behind tiers. The "console as a cheaper PC" angle is a red herring because consoles are *not* cheap — you pay extra in locked ecosystems and lost functionality that would cost $100 on the PC side. There's also a huge opportunity gap for indie devs who can port to mobile now, yet we keep marketing this like it's new technology. Let me know what you think about where this goes!
Source: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/consoles-continue-their-trend-of-just-becoming-worst-pcs/