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PC gamers buy way more games that cost less than $30 at launch compared to PlayStation and Xbox players, analysts say, and it's "reshaping the PC market" (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

That PC games tend to be cheaper (or even: the same games on PC, are cheaper) has been public knowledge for a long time.

The fact that now we are seeing pieces like this, at a time when console gaming seems to be falling away, is both unsurprising and expected.