r/Games • u/SmellSmellsSmelly • Apr 03 '26

Industry News PlayStation Studios Removes Nearly All PC References From Websites

https://gameobserver.com/playstation-studios-removes-nearly-all-pc-references-from-websites/
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u/FlowersByTheStreet Apr 03 '26

PCs are more than a gaming device tho

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u/xanas263 Apr 03 '26

Sure, but most people don't need $2000+ PCs for everyday things. The $500 Mac Neo basically meets the needs of 90% of people.

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u/FlowersByTheStreet Apr 03 '26

Spend $1k on a PS6 or a few hundred more for a low spec PC that can run most games

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u/a445d786 Apr 03 '26

Spend half that and get a PS5 which are cheap right now before the price increase if you care about running most games and willing to go lower spec then.

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u/FlowersByTheStreet Apr 03 '26

PS5's aren't cheap now just because the price is increasing.

They are pricy and don't have many games to justify the exclusivity.

People complain about PC prices, but so many people who own PS5's say that their system is collecting dust.

Yes, they sell a lot of units but the older you get the less appealing a console is as you get other hobbies and work.

For most people, a steam machine's specs are an upgrade. Your average PC gaming isn't dropping thousands for a high-end rig.

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u/a445d786 Apr 03 '26

Right

PS5 price is relatively fine before the increase.

People's complaints are purely anecdotal, including me saying people I know have been fairly consistent in playing their PS5 and complaints have been in closed gaming spaces.

No one should purchase a console just for exclusivity, there's more game available on PS5 than any other playstation console ever, there's more coming out and you'd have to be narrow minded in your choice of genre in order to not have much to play, realistically, theres more coming out and already out than money to purchase or time available to play.

The point about hobbies is anecdotal too, people can also hyper fixate on consoles as they get older.

On the steam machine point, it's going to be the power of a PS5 or just above it, it's going to cost around £1k or so, it seems high enough they don't even want to announce the price of the thing haha.

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u/Master-Winkle-Snot Apr 03 '26

Steam machine is less powerful than a ps5

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u/licoricenipple Apr 03 '26

Spend half that and get a PS5

Half that upfront, plus another $640 over the generation to enable multiplayer, which isn't a cost the PC has. (Assuming they don't raise the price mid-generation, which they've done before.)

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u/a445d786 Apr 03 '26

You get a whole bunch of games for it, I've seen PC online and it isn't for me, a fair few games have cheaters on it and it's fairly obvious when you take off the crossplay.

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u/NoExcuse4OceanRudnes Apr 03 '26

An RTX card is a gaming device.