As gaming PCs become easier and easier to get i wonder how much the decision to put all exclusives on pc will affect people actually buying a console.
That's entirely unsurprising considering there's parts and production shortages for basically all electronics right now.
I keep thinking that I might want a VR headset, but I just can't justify the cost for something I'll probably use for a few weeks and then put it on my desk to gather dust.
Get the PC and later on the PS5 will be cheaper and with a bunch of discounted games. Best of both worlds.
I am currently saving up for a PC, but Jesus I greatly underestimated how much more the initial investment for a PC is than a console. A console feels like the kind of thing you could just pick up on a whim, but a PC you need to plan for.
Yeah, the entry cost is pretty steep, but on the plus side buying games can be a good deal cheaper, so in the longer term it evens out, if you play your cards right. I would describe pc gaming as requiring much more involvement than consoles in general (tho it's become far, far more user friendly than it used to be), but when you know what you're doing, the pay-off is worth it.
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Plus a PC can do many, many different things.Yeah, the entry cost is pretty steep, but on the plus side buying games can be a good deal cheaper, so in the longer term it evens out, if you play your cards right. I would describe pc gaming as requiring much more involvement than consoles in general (tho it's become far, far more user friendly than it used to be), but when you know what you're doing, the pay-off is worth it.
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But you can buy a console and normal PC for the price of a gaming PC. A Ryzen APU will do everything 99.9% of people need their computers to do and even play games somewhat decently. I bought a laptop with a Ryzen 5 mobile APU in it for $400 this year (I also upgraded my desktop to a Ryzen 5 APU), that does everything most people need and it even has a screen obviously.
You can sell games on console though. I really don't get the price argument that PC games are cheaper. My current eBay auction for Ghost of Tsushima is at $37 and it ends tonight.
This is true. Is it supposed to be a gotcha moment or something? Because this is not a revelation to anyone with a basic grasp of the technology or mathematics.
Some people use the argument that a gaming PC is more than a luxury expensive because it does other things. I wasn't sure if you were going for that or not. It's just like the games are cheaper on PC argument when I just sold Ghost of Tsushima for $50 tonight.
This is because for some reason the notion persists that a gaming PC must cost a lot of money. They don't. They're still expensive compared to a console and require some additional expertise yes, but the trade offs are worth it.
I'd say that were true for probably every generation prior to this coming gen. But now, you just can't get an equivalent gaming PC in performance specs near the price of the next-gen consoles. Budget video cards are basically $200 by themselves. Heck, I'd just need a video card and new power supply to get my desktop up to the performance of PS5/XboX and it'll probably cost more than the console itself to get there and I got all the other parts obviously. And with like every traditional PC-only game making their way to consoles and console games being on PC (shared architecture), the actual platform matters less than it's ever mattered. A game like say Wasteland 3 would never be on a console prior to PS4/Xbone gen and now it's like I'll probably get it on PS4 just cuz I can sell it when I'm done with it.
