i don’t think it’s a matter of people boycotting sellers, it’s just that people are prioritizing portable stuff like laptops, tablets or smartphones rather than PCs. Prices aren’t helping, but the main thing is that nowadays it’s easier and easier to game on laptops, which have the added benefit of being portable. Unless you need a fat PC because your profession requires a lot of computing power (idk, vfx artists for example?) there aren’t many reasons to buy a pc instead of a high-performance laptop.
I used to have a pc which i built. Then i got a beefy laptop and i have been gaming on it for 6 years, and i also used it for school for example. Or to get work done while i was abroad. Yes, i have to play some games on medium settings instead of high, but the value i got from my money is just far more.
The need to build a pc is rapidly becoming more and more limited to people who care about gaming that the highest possible end or those who physically can’t met the requirements of their job with a laptop.
Look at steam’s top sellers. Most of those games can be played well enough on any laptop with anything more than an Intel Iris integrated graphics card.
Another aspect imo is the proliferation of launchers. Nowadays every game needs its own launcher, be it Origin, Epic, Uplay… a lot of junk which often works terribly, isn’t convenient at all, and forces you to spend time making accounts, doing logins, waiting for them to update, fix the problems they have all the time… It was different when it was pretty much only steam, but now it’s not hard to see why the average gamer would prefer the plug and play console experience.
i don’t think it’s a matter of people boycotting sellers, it’s just that people are prioritizing portable stuff like laptops, tablets or smartphones rather than PCs. Prices aren’t helping, but the main thing is that nowadays it’s easier and easier to game on laptops, which have the added benefit of being portable. Unless you need a fat PC because your profession requires a lot of computing power (idk, vfx artists for example?) there aren’t many reasons to buy a pc instead of a high-performance laptop.
I used to have a pc which i built. Then i got a beefy laptop and i have been gaming on it for 6 years, and i also used it for school for example. Or to get work done while i was abroad. Yes, i have to play some games on medium settings instead of high, but the value i got from my money is just far more.
The need to build a pc is rapidly becoming more and more limited to people who care about gaming that the highest possible end or those who physically can’t met the requirements of their job with a laptop.
Look at steam’s top sellers. Most of those games can be played well enough on any laptop with anything more than an Intel Iris integrated graphics card.
Another aspect imo is the proliferation of launchers. Nowadays every game needs its own launcher, be it Origin, Epic, Uplay… a lot of junk which often works terribly, isn’t convenient at all, and forces you to spend time making accounts, doing logins, waiting for them to update, fix the problems they have all the time… It was different when it was pretty much only steam, but now it’s not hard to see why the average gamer would prefer the plug and play console experience.
Yeah, I’m considering replacing my tv box with an Xbox. Best part, I get to plug my mic on like it’s 2007.