I’ll write something here later probably. In the meantime, hi to whoever’s reading this I hope you get a chance to enjoy something kind today :)

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Cake day: February 3rd, 2025

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  • Once upon a time, video game consoles offered the convenience of plug-and-play gaming, and living room comfort.

    Not everyone wanted to build a PC and play with keyboard and mouse, and even still playing those PC games can be a hassle to set up on a TV if you’re common-denominator-levels of tech unsavvy. (Read: not the average Lemmy user)

    Valve has brought that forward some with Steam Deck and eventually steam machine but by and large most PC gamers are Windows users.

    That said, console platforms have gotten so increasingly hostile towards customers between pricing, licensing, download times and walled-garden tactics that they’ve painted themselves out of an increasing chunk of the games market.

    People would rather set up a computer and a controller than buy a console, and it’s the corpo’s own fault.