• shitstorm [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Yes, because the PC is a superior gaming device.

      • kilternkafuffle [any]
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        4 years ago

        The PC is not the master race: that's reactionary nonsense. It is, however, the next obvious step in the dialectical march of historical progress. Consoles are the horse-drawn plows of our times.

        • tetrabrick [xey/xem, she/her]
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          4 years ago

          you have to give that having mass produced pcs makes it better to make it available for a larger group of people

      • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Entertainment is a need, absolutely. However a Playstation is only one specific form of entertainment out of many. I struggle to imagine many types of people who have a mental or physical need for a specific console as their only acceptable form of entertainment.

          • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            Thats not what I'm suggesting at all. What I'm saying is that while entertainment is a basic human need, specific forms of entertainment are merely preferences within a need.

            Think about it this way. Food is a basic human need, but specific types of food preferences are not needs. If I really want a cheese pizza and someone gives me a roast dinner instead, my need for food is met but my preferences are not.

            Poor people should be able to get things that they want, of course. But a specific gaming console is never really going to cross the line between want and need in my book.

      • KurdKobein [any]
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        4 years ago

        I mean, there are other way to entertain yourself. Some of them are even cheaper than a $500 console you have to buy $50 games for.

          • KurdKobein [any]
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            4 years ago

            I mean, who am I tell people how to spend their money, but the cheapest entertainment method? Come on now.

            I've bought my $200 laptop like a decade ago and have been watching movies and shows, coding hobby projects ever since without paying a penny. Now that's cheap.

            A $500 machine that locks you into buying games that cost like half of median monthly salary in India? That seems like first world entertainment to me.