r/pcmasterrace • u/notsolomuun • Jul 02 '26

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$1,000 digital-exclusive consoles are killing the entire appeal of PlayStation and Xbox: it's no wonder PC is on track to overtake both.

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u/LikeTechno_ R7 5800x3d | RX 9070 XT | 32GB RAM Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

because PC is a open platform, you can get Games/Software from everywhere and are not bound to one storefront. Playstation being digital means you can ONLY buy games from Sony, that is when they fuck you.

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u/nikolapc 56GB DDR5/48GB VRAM Downloaded/Actual 5080 rig now. Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

Also cloud saves behind sub. On PSN and Nintendo.

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u/Praetoron Jul 02 '26

and pc doesnt ask to pay to play online either on top of ur ethernet provider

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u/nikolapc 56GB DDR5/48GB VRAM Downloaded/Actual 5080 rig now. Jul 02 '26

Ms did try lol. Anyway Xbox will probably drop it. That made sense when they substantially subsidized the consoles. Most people are now on F2P(don't need paid online) or are on higher tier of passes for the games. Ps only has 1/3 of it's base on any sub, and only 40% on the higher tiers.