45% of Playstation fans considering switching to PC gaming

[Redaktion]

A survey has found that 41% of PlayStation fans are seriously considering switching to PC. The shift appears to a result of Sony's retreat from physical games, weakening exclusivity, rising game and hardware prices, and the growing accessibility and value of PC gaming.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/45-of-Playstation-fans-considering-switching-to-PC-gaming.1339805.0.html

[elviscrid]

PC may sell most of it's games digitally, but at least there is competition and decent sales! Sony's PS storefront is terrible! Prices are rarely reasonable, and even older games are still relatively pricey! You can compare games quite easily for yourself. Check out a reatively new (6months or so) game on both and i'd like to bet the pc version is considerably cheaper. Plus, you don't normally have to pay for online play!

[Ace1-7]

Yes PC is fully digital, but if sony takes away physical games, there really is not point of having a PlayStation. No used games since they'll be digital only, sony will have a complete monopoly on them so expect prices to rarely drop, and no $80 subscription to play online, which will probably increase in price soon. So yeah it doesn't make sense to have a digital only console when PC is much better.

[Tuxpirate]

I have both PC and playstation.
I'll continue to support japanese console for a simple reason, with my play I start playing exactly when I switch on the console, without waiting for steam's hateable updates. When I want to play with my PC I have to wait a whole day of games updates, because you must run the latest version otherwise you can't Play...
Go playstation go!

[Batpool]

I have both PC and playstation.
I'll continue to support japanese console for a simple reason, with my play I start playing exactly when I switch on the console, without waiting for steam's hateable updates. When I want to play with my PC I have to wait a whole day of games updates, because you must run the latest version otherwise you can't Play...
Go playstation go!

Doesn't take that long to update games. Download speeds are the same, in some cases. PC wins there too though. You don't need to update the game either...that is flat out lies. Sony/PlayStation/Crunchyroll are a plague on true creative freedom.

Most importantly there's multiple store fronts including drm free games...so you can actually own a game.

[Steph777]

I once switched to PS4 and after that PS5, but rising PS plus monthly fees is getting on me. Only to play online (free games are all crap) I am considering going back to PC for free online gaming.

[NovemberRain]

There's more than a few digital games that you can either no longer access or play when they are removed from the store. Physical media disks while somewhat antiquated still serve a purpose as a physical backup. Not to mention I also use the disk drive to watch blue rays and DVDs streaming services are more like utility bills you have to pay monthly to keep them up where as DVDs can be used even when the internet is down. I'll never buy a digital only console and I never have it just screams cheap .. I still very much watch blue rays and DVDs of movies you wouldn't normally be able to find without renting or purchasing it who knows what will become of the platform in 30 years if your still going to be able to access your content. Just over the 10 years I've lost access to more than a few games that were purchased digitally from Amazon for example.

[Thatchdawg]

I used to buy physical disks. But I'm poor. It's a lot easier to throw twenty bucks on your playstation account every paycheck, and then in 3 to 4 weeks, you have enough money to download a game rather than having to go to the store and paying eighty bucks outright just for a physical copy some people aren't rich to go in and buy a physical copy for 80 bucks right off the bat.

[Bat_Country]

I used to buy physical disks. But I'm poor. It's a lot easier to throw twenty bucks on your playstation account every paycheck, and then in 3 to 4 weeks, you have enough money to download a game rather than having to go to the store and paying eighty bucks outright just for a physical copy some people aren't rich to go in and buy a physical copy for 80 bucks right off the bat.

What you said makes no sense at all. You're spending the same amount of money whether you buy it immediately in person, or if you save $20 per week for a month while waiting to buy the digital version... I don't know what the point of saying any of that was. You're doing the exact same thing in either scenario, the price isn't going down on way or the other.

It's a lot easier to wait (still paying $80) than to go in person and buy it immediately??? None of it makes any sense.

[Nunya]

I will NEVER buy a digital only console. I purchase games, I don't rent (license) them. Goodbye Playstation, it's been a great 30 year run.

[Hist]

I use both, but I mainly buy games on gog where you actually own your games. You can download your installers and never update or open the site/launcher ever again, if that's what you want.
Every subscription service is just a scam whatever that would be... From video games to movies, music, cloud storage everything.
Physical media is important to keep platforms like Sony in check, their greed is unlimited nothing else, even compared to Xbox for example where you get their first party titles day one (don't get me wrong, is still a scam cause you pay for basically nothing but at least it offers some "value" compared to Sony's approach where you get their first party titles after 2 years or so if the game sells).
People just need to think and vote with their wallets, buy physical or digital but drm free, get a cheap nas, don't chase the FOMO these companies try to sell you and wait for price drops. Epic offers weekly free games, collect those play what you like while waiting. PC is just a superior platform because it gives you freedom, although sadly now that comes at superior price as well, it was much nicer before Altman f*cked the world and big tech followed him...