• Gordon_Freeman@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    It’s still less expensive than a PC hobby

    just with the sales and free online/cloudsaves PCs are cheaper in the long run

    And mods are an added value, we can even include fanmade patches that fix what developers don’t into that added value

    Consumers don’t have much say in what these companies do or how they operate.

    Yes, they do. Microsoft tried to incorporate Xbox live onto PC and it was a failure because PC consumers didn’t bought it

    The same goes with paid mods, Valve and Bethesda tried to make people buy mods and it was rejected by the consumer so the have to backtrack.

    Consumers have all the power in their wallet they decide what course the companies take. If a company does something that goes against your interests as consumer is as easy as stop giving them money, if you hurt them economically, they’ll have to go back to the business model that gave them profits (this works only if the average consumer is intelligent enough to protect their own interest/rights)

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      just with the sales and free online/cloudsaves PCs are cheaper in the long run

      This may be true, but then i think this is just annother example of how it is more expensive to be poor. Even if PCs are cheaper in the long run, it’s hard to scrounge up the $1000+ upfront to buy a worthwhile PC if you’re living paycheck-to-paycheck. Over 60% of Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck. If you are living that way, it’s much easier to come up with the $300-500 for a console (in the US, that’s an average tax refund amount), and then the $15 a month for gamepass/PS plus. And don’t tell me you can buy a lowend PC for that price - any PC you buy for $500 is gonna play games worse than the comparable console.

      In cases where our only power is in our wallet, people with bigger wallets will be the only ones with actual power.

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          1 year ago

          yes of course, we all know Best Buy accepts common sense as payment when you don’t have enough money for that 4060 🙃

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              It’s not common sense, that’s a common false judgement applied to people with less means - it’s a value judgement and diminishes their struggle. This is a reminder to be nice on our instance.

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                I’m not rich, I know what I’m talking about. When I’m going to spend money I have to look the best way to spend it, which is the best “invest”. Being wasteful is an luxury I personally can’t afford.

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                  1 year ago

                  Fantastic, I’m great you have that going for you. I’m letting you know that making value judgements on other poor people for being poor is not okay. Don’t do that on Beehaw.