The Rise & Fall Of The "Console Killer" PC

Описание: A Video Essay on the topic of "console killer" PC builds, why they are becoming less common in 2021, and why it's important that they exist.

"Console Killers" - budget PCs that can play games at console-equivalent settings for similar prices - have been a staple of the budget PC community for most of the 2010s. Recently, this category of PC build has been under threat from market forces and steep competition. In this video essay, I take a deep dive into what a console killer build is, how it became possible, and how it might happen again.

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00:00 To Kill A Console
01:57 Know Thy Enemy | A history of the dominance of consoles in video gaming.
03:05 Anatomy | What even is a console, anyway?
04:30 Motive | How consoles became more like PCs
06:41 Means | The impact consoles moving to x86 had on the budget PC community
08:45 Opportunity | The first Console Killers on YouTube
10:25 Scene of the Crime | How the industry enabled budget PCs to compete with consoles
13:22 In Self Defence | How consoles attempted to overcome their performance problems, and how Console Killers responded
15:24 Post Mortem | How the 9th Generation consoles of 2020 exceeded expectations
16:58 Making A Murderer | Why Console Killers matter to me
20:10 Impossible To Kill | Why market conditions mean 9th Generation Console Killers won't be a common occurrence
22:43 Unless - | What it would take to see a return of the Console Killer PC build in the future
27:14 Outtro

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