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"So Long Desktop PC, You Suck" - Desktop PC Sales in Decline

John Herrman of Gizmodo writes:

"Desktop PCs have been in decline for a decade, and countless people have said their piece about it. But new evidence suggests the desktop tower's death spiral is underway-and we're not too broken up about it.

I say this as a guy who was baptized into the tech world with a desktop; who still obsessively follows the latest PC components from Intel, Nvidia, ATI and the like; who has built, fixed or upgraded more towers than I care to remember; and who, until a few years ago, was an avid PC gamer. As someone who would be, by most measures, a desktop-PC kinda guy, I just can't go on pretending there's a future for them."

The original article, written by John Herrman of Gizmodo, goes on to point out several trends that have been occurring in the PC industry as of late, citing various statistics that point to the rise in popularity of laptops and the rapid decline of desktop sales.

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Report: Assassin's Creed Shadows to Require an Internet Connection Even If It's Single-Player Only

Assassin's Creed Shadows digital storefront pages are up, and it confirms the game will require an internet connection, and MTX.

kenpachi6h ago

Was sort of interested in this but if it's true it's an easy pass

jznrpg25m ago

It’s true for sure. Avatar game had online requirement

Terry_B5h ago

as usual..Don't Buy Ubisoft Games.

Skuletor1h ago

One thing that's messed up about this, is there will be people playing pirated versions of this without that restriction, while the paying customers will suffer. Just like how some games will have lower performance on PC due to DRM, while pirated copies don't.

Anyone that wants to say something like "Who doesn't have internet access in this day and age?" There's plenty reasons people won't always have access, such as living in rural areas with spotty coverage, for example.

banger881h ago

Three single-player games in a row they've done this with now. Those f***ers weren't kidding when they said gamers need to be comfortable with not owning their games. As a physical collector, and somebody who enjoys Ubisoft's open worlds, this is a nightmare scenario for me. Absolute scumbag company.

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Starfield Update 1.11.36 - May 15, 2024

Starfield’s latest update is here and it’s bringing several new features with it!

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Silly Mammo1h ago

Is that Laszlo Cravensworth aka Jackie Daytona, the human bartender?

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WWE 2K24 CM Punk ECW Pack DLC release date, time countdown for when it will come out

Here is the release date and time countdown for when the WWE 2K24 CM Punk ECW Pack DLC will come out along with the price.

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