Personal preferences and experiences aside, consoles are a big source of e-waste - they come as an addition to your (presumably already existing) PC, can only be used to play certain games (you might need several different consoles to cover all of the exclusives), they can’t be upgraded and lose their relevance over time as games stop being released for older models.
Surely pc components are an equal source of e-waste? Personally I think PC gaming is in a weird place with all the unnecessary RGB obsession and endless consumerism of upgrades.
presumably already existing
I think you’d be surprised how uninterested the average person is in owning and using a pc nowadays so we can’t easily assume that.
lose their relevance over time
Also applies to pc gaming… It’s not like consoles stop working when a new one is released.
Anyway I’m not here to argue for one or the other as they can just happily coexist.
Personal preferences and experiences aside, consoles are a big source of e-waste - they come as an addition to your (presumably already existing) PC, can only be used to play certain games (you might need several different consoles to cover all of the exclusives), they can’t be upgraded and lose their relevance over time as games stop being released for older models.
Surely pc components are an equal source of e-waste? Personally I think PC gaming is in a weird place with all the unnecessary RGB obsession and endless consumerism of upgrades.
I think you’d be surprised how uninterested the average person is in owning and using a pc nowadays so we can’t easily assume that.
Also applies to pc gaming… It’s not like consoles stop working when a new one is released.
Anyway I’m not here to argue for one or the other as they can just happily coexist.
I watched a friend of mine have a progressively worse time as he tried to play all of his old Live Arcade games on his Xbox 360 in 2024.