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From: JAB <noway@nochance.com>
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Subject: Re: Is PC Gaming Mainstream Finally?
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 09:45:18 +0100
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On 01/07/2024 02:21, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> But you know what kept chugging along, constantly pumping out hits and
> gaining an ever larger audience? That's right, the PC. Sure, the
> consoles got a lot of coverage in the news, but that's because it had
> major corporations pushing out a lot of marketing copy promoting the
> platforms. The PC, on the other hand, far more diversified, never had
> the same unified support from its manufacturers promoting it as a
> gaming machine.

I think that's a lot of the difference, PC's are seen as a bit niche not 
because only a few people play games on them, they don't, but instead 
consoles are the ones that are pushed in the media. I honestly can't 
remember I saw anything about PC gaming in more mainstream media.