Ive said it many times. Pc players are used to gaas now. Aside from er and some exemptions
PC Gaming Culture is inherently different from Console Gaming Culture.
PC Gamers often want a Game as some sort of background noise, while watching YouTube/Netflix and/or sit on e.g. Discord, so that they have someone to talk to.
Many (Online-based) PC-Gamers are just lonely people, who don't even enjoy Videogames, but use them the "cool" thing to do, and have a chance for meeting people over them.
Just look at MMORPGs, which are basically glorified Chatrooms with a Skinnerbox attached, justifying parasocial interactions.
Console-Gamers on the other hand are more likely to pursue the goal of simply "sitting down and playing".
They have no Problem with focusing on a videogame solely while enjoying themselves, without Multi-Tasking 20 other applications on a second monitor.
AAA gaming on PC is dead, minus a very few exceptions. I get XVI is too out there for some FF fans but the same goes for huge IPs like Resident Evil. A user base the fraction of the PC one, buys so much more.
The Question is: What precisly is the definition of a "PC Gamer"?
- Does every PC Gamer have a system capable of running AAA Games?
- Does every PC Gamer has the interest in frequently buying Premium Games?
- Does every PC Gamer even has the money to buy Premium Games?
Meanwhile, on Console, every customer is prepared for any game releasing on their platform!
Piracy is not a thing (except on older modded systems MAYBE), so they know it is either buying or not playing.
With a Console you know what you got, and even more important: WHY you got it!
PC-Gaming is more like: "Yeah i could play a online-videogame, because everyone does it, so i should too...".