A little rant on the whole console vs pc thing
To start with I am not a fanboi of neither ps5 or Xbox, or a specific component company for PCs.
The past few months with the release of the next gen consoles I have gotten tired of old, “mature”, people fighting over shit topics, in pages and subs like this.
And obviously the topic is the never ending console vs pc debate.
Now let’s break the bubble for some people here.
Enjoy the gaming experience. If you are not a professional gamer, or a streamer, those numbers you all are rumbling about and spent countless of hours wasting your time fighting online are literally useless.
Wanna know why consoles are a decent and respectable solution?
Have you ever thought that there is a huge amount of young people (like students) who do not have the privilege of having family support? How many people actually study, and work on the same time, while having to pay for everything?
A decent pc, along with peripherals (mainly a decent brand monitor) which is futureproof (since upgradability is the biggest advantage of a pc along with multitasking and endless freedom), will cost (in Europe) more or less 700-800€. Now that might not sound like a lot to most of you. But it all depends on what country you live in and what is your general situation and your current life status.
So let’s go back to the topic. A student, who most common students try out of decency to live alone with the minimum help they can get from their parents (meaning totally detached from their parents), have to work while studying. This naturally means less that wage minimum of whatever country they live. Along with house expenses we can all agree that not much money are left to be saved.
So a 400-500€ console that can serve someone for the next few years is obviously the way to go.
A pc rig which can be tagged as “respectable” requires a straight up larger budget than this.
Now I know that a console in the long run will eventually cost more or at least similar money, but the program they offer is pretty decent. It’s a different thing to pay, 10€ per month or 60€ per year for something than 200-300€ straight ahead. Sure it’s not much, but it’s not the same either.
What I am trying to say is... damn, shut up with the whole thing already. Every product serves a reason, and instead of focusing on the gaming experience (which lets be realistic, like it or not it will be awesome in either case) we are here having people like me ranting over middle age people fighting online like kids over technology.
Sorry for the huge rant, this was something that I felt I wanted to share, and I know the response will be negative, but honestly couldn’t care less.
Go on with your postings, your awesome rigs continue to give inspiration for people like me who are researching for their next build
Posted Oct 10, 2020, 8:18 AM UTC
Could we just come up with a term for the true master race who don't give a fuck about this. Alternatively just banning this debate would be great.
That said objectively PCs are obviously more powerful and require more effort but consoles are more expensive and take less effort. It boils down to that really.
People getting so upset and debating this all the time pisses me off.
Yeah objectively PCs are the most powerful side, and require more effort. But the whole cost thing all comes down when we have a reference of time. In the short term a console might be cheaper. In the long run, a pc goes a long way
You didn't read my comment properly and just vomited this reply out. I would respectfully ask you to clean up your vomit.
Damn, trynna have a talk here, chill your tits
Eehhhh
Maybe, if we consider the absolutely cheapest possible way of running games on a computer, then sure, refurbishing some Optiplex with a used GPU may be cheaper than consoles. But I don't even think that's cheaper than a console in the long run, as you'd want to upgrade it sooner or later.
And you sure as hell won't do much 4k gaming on a new $299 build - which is the price of Xbox Series S
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Theres so much wrong with this response but lets just keep it simple, consoles end up costing more in the first year maybe two when you consider how much you pay for games subscriptions etc. at the very least you break even with pc cost for a lesser system that cant hold a candle to what a pc build could pull off both graphically and fps as well as versatility cause when that console generation ends and they eventually stop making games for it you now own a relic while a pc keeps going. Pc players are not held back by console generations and enough thought and build knowledge you can stretch your build budget very far in terms of staying current. Is the initial cost more for a pc than the current consoles sure but the ammount saved long term added to the fact that a good pc build will run circles around what either consoles could ever do more than makes up for that initial cost. If you dont believe me or disagree ask yourself this how does cyber punk run on that console of yours cause mine runs silky at 4k with 108 fps on my pc...js
That's entirely optional
You're vastly overestimating the capability of a $399 computer. That's the same price as a base PS5. Unless you're suggesting to buy a much more expensive computer, which I hope you can see how it can be a little problematic for some people.
True, no doubt about that
There are still games being released for the original PS4, which was released 7 years ago. You're not wrong that it'll eventually reach end-of-life, but 400 bucks once every eight years is managable.
I don't have a console at all. No doubt the last-gen versions of the game runs like trash, though.
I can say that my GTX 1080 barely does 50 fps at lowest settings at 1440p, though.
How much did the GPU alone cost you?
my entire build is a little over 2k however thats with upgrades included that werent entirely nessesary just my own preference