We need someone to come in and replace MS in the console space to compete with Sony. Who is the best to do it?
If not some Chinese or Korean hardware producer (LG, Samsung, whatever), Valve seems to already have an upper hand with the Steamdeck. It, along with the Legion Go, etc., all seem like prime competitors that prove they have a place in the market. PCMR folks need to chill and let the casuals in without their chiphead pissing contests and just make things fucking work instantaneously and comfortably. It wants to get there, but the speed of hardware advancements makes that carrot dangle more for said pissing contests. Consoles want to do it, but it's just not where it belongs, hence this whole Pro horseshit.
Personally, going the handheld route is a massive selling point for those that want
little things in their hands, but it means absolutely nothing to me. I'm sure I'm a minority there,
but the ease of use with Big Picture mode started making me, a stubborn console user, a believer that it's the sure fire route to go moving forward with a MUCH more streamlined PC gaming experience.
Just please... for the love of god, hardware makers... Make a
good controller that has the bells and whistles that the PS has; headphone jack, haptics, centered analog sticks, classic style d-pad, the works. How hard can it be?
That being said though, with the largest game library I've ever owned in my life,
10 fold, with PS4&5 combined (currently sitting around 500+), I will for sure be getting a PS6 because of that (assuming it's BC). That's just the simple reality of it that I can't ignore. Even when my PS+ sub runs out, I'll still have over 200+ in my library. But if they up and change the platform, a la PS3->4, and all my library is DOA, I will suck it up, let my PS stuff die out and make a quick, user friendly, couch gaming PC the direction I move forward with. It will never die.
