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(Opinion piece) Hello, PC gaming here: Are the consoles OK? With sales dropping and confidence declining, how close are we to the end of consoles as we know them? (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 5 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's funny to me that we are not looking at the market beyond Sony Microsoft Nintendo.

Retro gaming handhelds for emulation are on the rise and large swaths of the market are gravitating to them. There is growth in gaming but it's actually a growth in piracy. No one likes the new stuff.

[–] skullone@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago

Any numbers you could share to show "large swaths of the market"?