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Has Xbox really lost the console wars?
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Xbox i think really only appeals to people without a PC or not having one that can run games good
I bought the OG Xbox and haven’t looked back, despite having PCs powerful enough to run AAA games over the years. I just prefer console gaming and don’t want to deal with the baggage of a PC.
Comfort of my couch + TV on my Series X far outweighs whatever improvements sitting at a desk provides.
Xbox comes with comfort, and to me that is priceless
you realize you can use pc from a couch too right? That's what I do fr fr, have it connected to my desk and my tv so I just switch inputs and I'm off to the races
I sit down, push one button on my Xbox controller to turn it on and another once more to play a game.
It is just a world easier to play a game on a console than it is on a PC. I'm sure we can be objective about this.
sure, but in the spirit of objectivity, you realize that you can just boot a pc into big picture mode and its ready to be used entirely from the couch right? All you have to do is press the power button on your pc and its ready to go
It's really not objectively worlds easier though. With a smart setup, it's a difference of literally 1-2 taps on my phone screen and then I put my phone down beside me and grab my wireless controller and the rest of the experience is identical, only it has all the benefits of a PC (unlimited fps, zero ads, no reliance on subscription services, streaming services, etc). For 90% of end users yeah it's easier because they think you have to sit at a desk with a wired mouse and keyboard to interface with desktop PC hardware, but that's a plebian problem tbh.
I game on PC but I understand the appeal of an Xbox. GPUs have been insanely expensive, and while not necessarily hard, building a PC can still be an overwhelming rabbit hole to research as you try to find the best configurations and deals, and even though it's improved a lot, PCs are still more prone to messing up since more configurations are harder to test.