Hello, PC gaming here: Are the consoles OK?

pcgamer.com:

A few years ago we declared that the PC had won the console war, and it's also true that I've spent the past couple decades mocking Sony and Microsoft for their 30 fps games and their Kinectimals, but now the Xbox and PlayStation are really looking quite pale and I'm starting to feel bad. I was just razzin', but as we head into this year's summer showcases, confidence in the consoles has sunk to new lows and I'm wondering if they'll ever get their old glow back.

It's not just vibes: Console sales are down. Circana analyst Mat Piscatella marked a 26% decline in spending on current-generation consoles this April compared to last April. Xbox hardware in particular is struggling to sell: Microsoft <a data-analytics-id=«inline-link» href=«https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https://c.s-microsoft.com/en-us/CMSFiles/TranscriptFY24Q3.docx?version=9c918897-89d4-ad0e-1174-0c654842800e» target="_blank" data-url=«https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=» https: referrerpolicy=«no-referrer-when-downgrade» data-hl-processed=«none»>reported

a 30% decline in Xbox hardware revenue between the first few months of last year and the first few months of this year.

Meanwhile, Sony's recent State of Play stream was almost as much a PC gaming show as it was a PlayStation show, featuring a PvP hero shooter that'll release on PC day one and the news that God of War Ragnarök is on the way to our platform.

Hey, we're happy. It wasn't long ago that God of War on PC sounded like a pipe dream, but Microsoft and Sony finally cut it out with the console exclusives like we always wanted. And although Sony still makes us wait for its big singleplayer games, FOMO is harder and harder to cultivate today. New phenomena like Palworld appear all the time, and with the help of a good Amazon Prime TV show, a years-old game like Fallout 4 can suddenly become the hot thing to play. We've got more than enough to distract us from whatever's big on PlayStation right now—which incidentally