Personal anecdote. My PC cost me £900 in 2017. I haven’t upgraded it since. I have saved a significant amount of money in that time that would otherwise have been spent on PlayStation Plus for the benefit of playing multiplayer and the general higher price of games.

Even if you accept the argument that consoles are significantly cheaper in the first place, the point that PC ownership saves money in the long run is often overlooked.

I’ve never owned as many games for as little cost as I do now.

So does most of the western world, Russia doesn’t care.

I’m gonna pirate some Nintendo games just out of spite, really.

He says that like big budget studios are barely scraping by. Piss off. AAA games are massively profitable. What he really means is that endless growth is the most important thing for investors/shareholders and that we should all just shut up and accept it.

They could get the regular £50 from me for the game, but their greed means they’ll get £0. I’ll just pirate it (if/when it releases on PC). And I’m sure there will be a lot of people with the same mindset.

Trump should serve as a warning. Get the fascists before they get you. These far-right parties will all be looking to emulate Trump’s actions if they get a sniff of power.