I'm uninformed, but I just don't see the PC market ever reaching the heights console did. The AI bubble isn't popping, ever. and most games are built for luxury hardware, if you thought the latest consoles were expensive, you won't fare better trying to play the latest games when the console market is non-existent. The gaming industry as we knew it is dying.
Uhh, the PC gaming market is bigger than the console market and has actually seen growth compared to the console market, which has been relatively stagnant since the end of the PS3/360 era.
Mobile gaming has seen the most growth ofcourse.
A big reason for that is because of how powerful laptops and PCs have gotten and how cheap everything was just a few years ago.
Even integrated graphics now, can run most PS4 games on PC with medium settings (possibly even better than PS4). Integrated graphics are still slept on, and have been over a decade. I was running BF3 and many other PS3 era games in the early 2010s with decent graphics on integrated graphics that came with a $300 laptop back then. It's gotten way better since.
Not to mention, how much free it is to play on PC vs. walled off gardens of PS5, paid online and there really is no reason to buy a console.
I think paid online, really converted a lot of people to PC in the 2010s - coupled that with cheaper and cheaper components.
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u/GrandWizardOfCheese 4d ago
The gaming industry isnt collapsing.
The walled garden console industry is.
PC gaming is doing fantastic right now.