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That was true pre this current generation of consoles. It was damned hard to get a PC comparable to a PS5 or Xbox SX for the past 2-3 years, because the hardwar
by dageshi 4y ago
That was true pre this current generation of consoles. It was damned hard to get a PC comparable to a PS5 or Xbox SX for the past 2-3 years, because the hardware in those consoles is very capable and graphics cards were unobtainium at MSRP.
Even now, I think getting PC hardware for the same retail costs as the consoles would be tough.
- spywaregorilla 4y agoI don't buy it. These things have been way more accessible than people thought. Building your own PC has been stupidly expensive due the crypto crunch. Buying a midrange prebuilt has been fine. Play a console for several years and you'll also see several hundred dollars disappear to online subscriptions and controllers and what not.
- behnamoh 4y agoAgreed. Plus you can upgrade the PC over the years, but not the console.
- dageshi 4y agoI don't believe you can get a "mid-range" prebuilt for $500 that compares to one of the consoles in raw horse power. I don't think you could do it now, let alone over the past 2 years. Certainly at launch of those consoles, there was no chance.
- spywaregorilla 4y agoA $500 console that requires $60/year to play online over a short 5 year lifespan costs $800. The premium service on PS5 costs $120/year if that's what you want. Now here's the thing. I don't care about "horse power". It really does not matter. This time I get to say, "I just want to play". And that's what I do. I don't think about the graphics, and they're fine. Tbh, on my $800 black friday from four years ago RTX 2080 LAPTOP, that's meant max graphics settings + raytracing on every title I've tried. But I also wouldn't care if I needed to set them to Low. Being able to run a game on lower graphical settings if it's a bit above your paygrade is a lot better than not being able to run it at all.