• B0NK3RS@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    consoles are a big source of e-waste

    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.

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      14 hours ago

      It’s not like consoles stop working when a new one is released.

      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.