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Former Xbox boss Peter Moore says Gen Z may reject new consoles in favor of smartphones and PCs (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Sounds like I'm in the minority, at least in this thread.

I'm console all the way. Currently own a XSX and PS5. My full time job is on a PC all day, and I'm not a fan of keyboard/mouse gaming.

Am I really in the minority here? I like to sit on the couch with a controller in front of a 65" big screen. Its just so comfy. Don't want to mess with a gaming rig setup. It's the convenience of the console I guess.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah.. PC gaming does not imply keyboard and mouse. You can use whatever controllers you want.

It also doesn't imply sitting on an office chair in front of a monitor.

I use my PC to game on the TV, from the couch with a controller all the time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I use a game pad as much as I can for PC gaming to avoid RSI. Often I do "hybrid" gaming of mostly gamepad and grabbing my mouse when navigating menus or the keyboard to type.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

While I do understand the sentiment that consoles are more convenient than PCs, there's nothing stopping you from using a PC as if it's a console. I game on PC 99% of the time, I almost never play with KB+M, and my PC is connected to my 55'' LG C2 in my living room right alongside my ps5. This obviously doesn't stop you from having to deal with dumb pc troubleshooting if you want to do one of the miriad of goofy ass things PCs can do with some technical know how on your part. But if you're just going to be buying modernish games on steam I don't think you're experience is going to be all that different from gaming on a console. It's just a different box running a different OS that isn't tightly controlled (from a storefront perspective) by Sony.

Plus you get the benefit of playing games from basically every generation of gaming on one box.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I'm with you, I have a pretty high end gaming PC up in my office and honestly if rather game on my PS5, from my bed. It's soooooo cozy.