(The game itself, by all accounts, is very good once you get past the performance problems.) The perception of games as an expensive hobby is arguably the single biggest threat facing the industry right now. Alongside these, it’s also worth discussing the occasionally staggering increases in the cost of PC hardware, especially since PC gaming is often presented as a refuge from the rising prices of console hardware and software. Rising PC hardware costs are nothing new. That wouldn't be a huge problem if PC games addressed a wide range of specs, including being optimised for lower-spec machines running older hardware.