1) DLC. Many game makers are going to a free-to-play-must buy-additional-content type gaming. The problem is the cost of the DLC: the trend is to nickel-and-dime players to death.
I play race simulations. The problem here is if you don't have a certain car or track, you can't join that race, even if you have all the other cars and tracks on the server. I would much rather pay all the money up front for a complete game. If the game maker offers an expansion pack at some later time, fine.
2) Consoles. Consoles are getting better and better and FPS's are, to me, actually better with a gamepad than the old KB-and-mouse control. Also, upgrades. With each new iteration of a PC game, it requires more power, more RAM, faster CPU and a better GPU.
Buy a console, and it will last the life of around three generations of a PC without having to upgrade a major component or even OS. No worries about what DirectX you have (as MS sees fit to not upgrade it for older OS's - to get you to buy their newer OS).
Get a cheap USB KB and mouse and you can use the console to surf the web, visit forums, watch blu-ray (PS3 or 4) and play the latest games without having to worry if your CPU or GPU or RAM are enough to handle it. Besides the fact that most games now days are written specifically for consoles and then (usually badly) ported over to the PC to make a few extra bucks.
end rant.
Oh, and Steam sucks big time!
Free to play with pay to win or pay DLC drives me nuts! I’d rather just pay once for everything. That’s why I hate my cell phone games.
I disagree about Steam. I love it, I’ve been with it since it started (even though I did disliked it at first). It has grown on me ever since and I think PC gaming was saved because of steam. Because of their holiday sales I have thousands of dollars in games in my library lol.