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What happened to the PC games (or what happened to consoles)? (hexbear.net)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by LeylaLove@hexbear.net to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I got out of video game piracy for a while, but I'm coming back. One thing I have been absolutely SHOCKED by is how finding PC game torrents is actually kind of difficult from my normal sources. Now it'd be one thing if I just wasn't seeing games, but for some reason Playstation and Switch have far more uploaders and seeders on the sites. This is something that would have been unthinkable when I was into piracy. But from a quick glance, it looks like the Switch has a bigger piracy scene than PCs do right now. This was so extreme I couldn't find a torrent for Minecraft past 1.12. I found a download, but not a torrent. Or I couldn't find any of the old versions of Five Nights At Freddy's on PC, but could find them on other platforms. Things I'd consider true PC staples of the past decade with absolutely nothing popping up in my normal sources.

I'm not asking where to find PC torrents (although I certainly wouldn't mind). Are consoles actually becoming more popular to pirate for?

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[–] Imprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

Heres my take...

PC are being priced out for people who just want to game. GPU prices have skyrocketed since the pandemic and the quality of prebuilts, in terms of value and build quality, has plummeted.

This makes consoles a much more reliable and better value for the money option. Also handheld gaming has grown exponentially with the steam deck and switch being so good. Which in turn creates more demand for console piracy.

[–] zabadoh@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And cryptocurrency mining. That drove a lot of GPU prices through the roof before the pandemic.

Also, most young kids play games on phones and tablets, because parents don't need to buy an expensive console or PC.

Check this out this short by a game developer if you want to feel old...

https://youtube.com/shorts/h8ElOpITBjQ

[–] zaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

Check this out this short by a game developer if you want to feel old… Now this is surprising

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