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by applfanboysbgon 19 days ago
This is hilariously incorrect and out-of-touch. Obviously phones are #1 by a huge margin, but the console market is as large as it's ever been as gaming as a whole became genuinely mainstream, and kids absolutely still play on them. Switch at 155 million sales, PS5 at 93 million, and under-20s have plenty of experience with hand-me-downs.
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> the console market is as large as it's ever been as gaming as a whole became genuinely mainstream

Yes, like I said - lifestyle item for gen-X and millennials who have money now.

> ...and kids absolutely still play on them

The vast majority is kids playing their parents' console.

If the market wasn't being driven by parents' demand then no modern kid would be asking to buy a console. (They can play Roblox and Brawl Stars on their iPhone/iPad.)

> Nobody under 20 knows what a "console" is even for, they play games on their iPhone almost exclusively.

so which one is it - nobody under 20 knows what console is for or these kids are playing their parents console? you are contradicting yourself, something something moving the goalpost...