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PCs are still way more expensive. Especially lately. Compare what you can get for $500. You just can't get a PS5 or Xbox Series X level system for that much. It

PCs are still way more expensive. Especially lately. Compare what you can get for $500. You just can't get a PS5 or Xbox Series X level system for that much. It will barely cover a similar level GPU and then you still need to add all the other crap. And they are simpler and just straight up better to use on TVs. You're never forced back into an interface designed to be viewed 20" away to log into some launcher or install some crap. You know the game is just gonna work with your controller and you don't have to tweak settings or diddle with Steam to make it work. And it also has nice integrated things like a Blu-ray app and a Netflix app with a sensible TV interface and 4K playback. Prices aren't even really better on PC. I find it's either the same or like a dollar or two off. Plus you can just suspend the game and do something else and come back to it reliably. I've never found that to be the case with PC gaming except on the Steam Deck and that's one of favorite features. It actually makes PC gaming viable for me now.

q-big 4y ago
> PCs are still way more expensive. Especially lately. Compare what you can get for $500. You just can't get a PS5 or Xbox Series X level system for that much. On the other hand: currently, you can hardly get a PS5 or Xbox Series X for this price (because of chip shortages and scalpers). ;-)
- goosedragons 4y ago
  And until super recently because of that same shortage and scalpers you could barely find a decent GPU for MSRP. ;-)
- raydev 4y ago
  I think the Series X is consistently in stock in Canada now. People who want the PS5 still need to be vigilant and track store inventories.
spywaregorilla 4y ago
A PS5 costs $500 for an offline unit. Play your PS5 online for a year and you've just racked up $60-$120 extra. Play it online for 5 years and you've paid $300-$600 extra.
- goosedragons 4y ago
  Depends on the game. Free to play games like Apex Legends and Fortnite are free to play online on both Xbox and Switch and PlayStation.
  - spywaregorilla 4y ago
    Generally an outlier
- _piif 4y ago
  Ok so for the price of an equilevant high end PC I can buy a console and get around 5 years of online play out of it. Sounds like a good deal to me.
raydev 4y ago
Xbox sweetens the deal even further with Xbox All Access. For $40CAD/month, I got an Xbox Series X and Game Pass. I pay off the console in 2 years with no additional interest, and I immediately had access to a library of great games when I first turned it on. I also have a $3000 240fps Fortnite gaming machine (Ryzen 5900x, RTX 3090) because I'm serious about competitive Fortnite. But I acknowledge the absurdity of that. Also despite all my PC parts being made in the last two years, it still takes approximately 20 seconds to get to the desktop, I have to wait on the Epic launcher to do whatever it does, or Steam takes 5-10 seconds to load/update, and launching a game like Fortnite takes another 10-20 seconds. If I want to play a game on the Xbox, all that time waiting for boot+desktop+Epic/Steam launcher is simply removed.

q-big 4y ago

> PCs are still way more expensive. Especially lately. Compare what you can get for $500. You just can't get a PS5 or Xbox Series X level system for that much. On the other hand: currently, you can hardly get a PS5 or Xbox Series X for this price (because of chip shortages and scalpers). ;-)

goosedragons 4y ago
And until super recently because of that same shortage and scalpers you could barely find a decent GPU for MSRP. ;-)
raydev 4y ago
I think the Series X is consistently in stock in Canada now. People who want the PS5 still need to be vigilant and track store inventories.

spywaregorilla 4y ago

A PS5 costs $500 for an offline unit. Play your PS5 online for a year and you've just racked up $60-$120 extra. Play it online for 5 years and you've paid $300-$600 extra.

goosedragons 4y ago
Depends on the game. Free to play games like Apex Legends and Fortnite are free to play online on both Xbox and Switch and PlayStation.
- spywaregorilla 4y ago
  Generally an outlier
_piif 4y ago
Ok so for the price of an equilevant high end PC I can buy a console and get around 5 years of online play out of it. Sounds like a good deal to me.

raydev 4y ago

Xbox sweetens the deal even further with Xbox All Access. For $40CAD/month, I got an Xbox Series X and Game Pass. I pay off the console in 2 years with no additional interest, and I immediately had access to a library of great games when I first turned it on. I also have a $3000 240fps Fortnite gaming machine (Ryzen 5900x, RTX 3090) because I'm serious about competitive Fortnite. But I acknowledge the absurdity of that. Also despite all my PC parts being made in the last two years, it still takes approximately 20 seconds to get to the desktop, I have to wait on the Epic launcher to do whatever it does, or Steam takes 5-10 seconds to load/update, and launching a game like Fortnite takes another 10-20 seconds. If I want to play a game on the Xbox, all that time waiting for boot+desktop+Epic/Steam launcher is simply removed.