Xbox One ain't winning the current gen "dedicated home gaming console".
What happen when 2 big company does when they're losing, they merge. In Microsoft case, is it the Xbox One and Windows 10, thus Windows Gaming Console. Few people argue "Windows Gaming Console" won't work. but then why HP, DELL still making PC? Because it's profitable.
$499 AMD R9 Nano 8.19 TFLOPS maybe a bit less than 10, AMD Polaris is coming. Noobs would would argue the "gaming console" would be expensive and generate lot's of heat, this real world example would proof otherwise, http://goo.gl/m4WjSW Yes, the~ 2 TFLOPS CPU is around ~$3000, but that doesn't matter AMD r9 nano can do 8.10 TFLOPS for $499.
Talking about price and cost, buying separate Work PC and Gaming Console is waste of computing power. When you work PC, your gaming console isn't making your work done faster, when you play on console, your PC aren't improving your gaming experience.
Noobs would argue $499 is expensive for "gaming console", but Windows Gaming Console got Window and operating system that can run windows software. Windows Gaming Console, is Workstation + Gaming Console(Previously known as Xbox). Buying Windows Gaming Console is also buying Windows Work PC.
Windows Gaming Console, is a gaming PC with "Console Price" advantage. Arguments that 10 TFLOPS gaming console would be too expensive, is does not if it also a Windows PC Workstation. You can both work, game, with gaming console/workstation. Wording got difficult, so let's just called PC(with gaming console Console Price).
$799 10 TFLOPS PC with gaming console Console Price, How is that possible, when the GPU like AMD R9 nano is $499? By using gaming console production model, and buying things in bulk. You get individual things cheaper if you buy it in bulk. This is also how DELL, HP make profit from selling pre-built PCs.
Other note, with USB type-c, Windows Gaming Console is upgradeable, improving both work and gaming. Nintendo NX + supplemental computing device doomed?
In Conclusion, $799 10 TFLOPS Windows Gaming Console could be sell to both workers and gamers, revitalizing Windows OS, Windows Gaming(RIP xbox), Windows Workstation, DirectX 12, which Xbox originally meant to do ie. improve Windows.
As is tradition, the Game Developers Conference has released the results of its annual survey on platform preferences among developers. Once again, PC stands out as the most popular platform.
7 months in and Switch 2 is 39% already, almost as high as PS5(40%) and Steam Deck(40%). And Series X is just 20%. PC is really the choice for Devs with 80% rating.
“Is DokeV real?” We sat down with a developer at Pearl Abyss who agreed to speak with us about the game’s long silence, the team’s ambitions, and whether fans should still believe in DokeV.
I'm a big fan of Black Desert, and the last Crimson Desert gameplay demo I saw was epic. I believe it came out a few days ago? Its almost 30 minutes and well worth the watch.
So I will give PA the benefit of the doubt.
That was excessive. And kind of painful. I get wanting to get some clarity on things, but badgering what sounds to be a developer - as opposed to some higher up who is actually calling the shots - feels like the very definition of "misplaced frustration".
I don't see how anyone could see being *that* adversarial as a way to get anything other than even more silence. Hopefully the fact it yielded nothing will make those at The Gamers Lounge opt not to try that again if somehow such an opportunity presents itself in the future.
Ya know I saw your comment, and was wondering how bad was it.
This is a parody article..."This article is a work of fiction. The Gamer's Lounge, the author, nor anyone at Pearl Abyss and associated partners has any affiliation with what was said within. This piece is for entertainment purposes only."
Honestly...waste of time reading this, will avoid Gamer Lounge if this is the type of dumb shit they think is funny
Looking forward to this game.
btw this a "opinion" article, not a real interview. Waste of a read honestly.
At the end of the article"This article is a work of fiction. The Gamer's Lounge, the author, nor anyone at Pearl Abyss and associated partners has any affiliation with what was said within. This piece is for entertainment purposes only."
The game looked way too good when it was shown off. No wonder why they'll take long lol.
Senior Director and Video Game Industry Advisor at Circana Mat Piscatella on social media revealed the average household income for people buying video games in 2025.
Median household income was about $84k in 2025. That means it's likely that higher income families buy more hardware for multiple people in the home while lower income stick with just one. It's not an expansion of market reach, which is what hardware sellers truly care about. They want more hardware in more households, not necessarily multiple in a single household (not that it's bad, just not an increase of market reach).
Feel like I can’t even afford a good setup anymore make about $120. Would love to upgrade. Just getting insanely expensive
Pizza delivered from literally a block away cost me $45 today. And its pizzahut (trash pizza imo)
That is why I started making my own pizza. I make the dough from scratch, then buy the cheese, toppings, and pizza sauce.
Once I have prepared the pizza to my liking, I only need to bake it at high heat for about 8 minutes, and it's done. The best part is I can customize it any way I want for a fraction of the price. I will likely never buy pizza again.
This is bad news. Those people earning over $100k were always buying games, but now their contribution to the dollars spent increased from 40% to 52%.
These numbers indicate that gaming is slowly turning into a rich person's hobby with person's earning under $50k contributing to only 19% of the dollars spent in Q4 of last year.
No wonder they said it was the worst Q4 in 30 years. Something needs to be done to improve people's spending power because I don't think the people who make above 100k is a big enough population to keep the industry afloat.
What is this jargon?
We need quality control out here..
so much filth slipping through
edit: ah I see, it's a blog post.. excuse me :D