Is console really cheaper than pc gaming?
if you only plan on playing like 5 games at most, yes
>>749022950PC is more expensive at first but all games are free and you can also play games from the majority of consoleson console you're limited to the games that specific console can play
>>749023078>pc is cheaper if you add theft and robbery on the formula
>>749022950Not anymore it isn't.A buck for a PS5pro, a buck for a television, a buck for 10 games. Three bucks just to get started, for three bucks, you can get a fucking super computer with a 4090.
>>749023178Yes? What's your point
>>749023078>PC is more expensive at firstupgrading, maintenance etc, it's not just the entry cost>but all games are freehere's the difference between a fat loser incel and a normal person: I don't need all the games, I only need the latest AAA mainstream slop, you can keep all those 30 year old ps1 uncslop roms and steam early access garbage to yourself, I need to play that new game that's interesting to me and play it now
>>749023078Even with an old cheap pc you can have access to decades of games to play, plus any light indies that might come out. Sure, you can hack your console to put emulators in them, but you need a pc to do that.
>>749022950it used to be that if you were poor you'd buy a console but nowadays it's not nearly as worth it. unless you treat it as a call of duty machine you're probably getting shaken down for your moneynowadays PC is best if you actually play a lot of games, for both poors and rich people. poor people can play older games and indie stuff on cheap PCs and rich people can get their 4k ultra graphics experience on expensive ones. games are gonna be cheaper and you don't have to pay for the walled garden experience
>>749022950If you only want it to play 3 games a year and mb watch videos, sure.Otherwise PC always is a better investment.
>>749022950Cheaper by a huge margin if you want to play current gen games without ease.PC is cheaper for people like me who just play games on the weekends stoned. Graphics, sound, polish, none of that shit matters. I want to go from playing OoT for 30 minutes, to dark souls 1 for an hour, to that free game I used to play when I was 8, to degenerate coom material from F95. All pirated and running perfectly on a 10 year old gtx 1070, obviously.
>>749023348>have to pay for the walled garden experiencenever understood this retarded analogyit's more like>go to a restaurant/theme park and be offered a selection of amazing things to see and do>W-WHY ARE YOU D-DECIDING FOR ME??????????? I WANT TO HAVE ALL THOSE UNRELATED THINGS AS WELL AND MOD MY SHIT AND MESS WITH IT IN SOME WAY FUCK YOU
If you're poor PC is the better choice, because you can pirate all your games and a lot of free to play games have low hardware ceiling.If you're rich PC is better, because you can play at a trillion FPS and can render the entire map twice. And exclusives don't matter, because you're an idort anyway, PC is the prefered platform for you.PC is just better, unless you've got the brand loyalty bug.
>>749023492>without*with
>>749023237And connect that pc to your brain with hdmi cord? Who has a gaming monitor but not a tv
I can play adult games on pc or add adult elements to the normal games I own via mods. Console's only advantages were ease of use vs pc and exclusive library. Both have pretty much been eliminated at this point so I'm never going back.
>>749023583Lots of people?I see streamers all the time with a gaming setup of two or three monitors where they entertain themselves there, and there alone.
>>749023348A "poor people" PC is still twice the price of a console for minimal performance and graphical upgrades. Consoles have deep discount game sales too, and for now you can actually buy a physical copy secondhand for cheap as well. There's literally no reason to buy a PC unless you're a grafixfag with more money than sense.>BUT MUH PAID ONLINENinety percent of you socially inept retards don't play multiplayer games anyway, don't pretend this is a real concern for you. And it's eighty fucking dollars a year, less than a quarter a day, and I get to filter out disgusting PCmutt cheaters from my online experience.
>>749023879Stop playing stupid on purpose. The point is that on PC you can do so much more than just play few selected titles.
>>749022950Not if you're a pirate.
>>749023583I don't have a single TV. I only have dumb monitors.Who buys TVs except for boomers and foids?
>>749022950It's really not if you factor in the cost of the games and the cost of the online services.
>>749022950I have somewhat fresh PC and six consoles. It's not about saving money, it's all about playing the exclusives
>>749023237how the fuck are you going to get a super computer for $3?
>>749024538It slang.-it- slang.
>>749023506yea stick to consoles bro
>/v/ bitches and moans about people being broke for not buying a children's tablet>/v/ still bitches whenever someone has the actual money to afford an expensive pc setupwhy does /v/ flip flop between larping about being rich then act like a total broke ass whenever someone spends actual money on something that is actual worth its worth?
>$3000Lmao when was this game made? Try more like $15000 now lol
>>749023258You can just steal a console as well
>>749023283>consoles don't require maintenance>upgrading isn't even an option on console
I have played a mountain of games on just a fucking handheld (Legion Go) that I bought for 500 euros. It's made it's money back like ten fold and don't get me started on the mods and free 4k movies.
When you factor in that PCs can play in 120+ fps, mod, multitask & give you access to emulators & games from any era, then the price difference used to make sense. Now normies are buying their 30fps shitboxes for almost as much as it would cost them to just build a mid-range gaming PC.I would prefer that they stay on their cucksoles though, I'd rather not have more brown "people" shitting up my games.
>>749023178>copyright is theft because it takes away money that wasn't there in the first place and never was going to be from rich suits that view you less than human and shit on you at every chanceAaaaahaaaaaaa,tell me more
>>749025016>consoles don't require maintenanceno they fucking don't for the intended console lifespan>upgrading isn't even an option on consolenot an option, you can buy another console but you can't upgrade your console
>>749023078>PC is more expensive at first but all games are freeyou have to play a ton of new AAA games before this makes up for the difference in cost, like at least a dozen new game a year for the pc entire life span, most people aren't doing that, it mean either playing videogames all day or playing brand new AAA slop exclusively
if you play PS5 you never have to buy any games so it's honestly pretty affordable
>>749022950That's also me when my $3000 PC is better than the console you can buy in 2028.
>>749025270>intended console lifespanlol
>>749022950Can't pirate everything on a console
>console guys when their $600 console is worse than a $3000 PCI genuinely don't understand the PC vs Console war.
>>749023178>PC is cheaper and better if you add an option that doesn't exist in consoleIf you are trying to sell me a console you are not doing good with that argument.
>>749025270>no they fucking don't for the intended console lifespanPS5s are overheating due to the liquid metal pooling at the bottom of the contact surface. That requires reapplication which is a rather complicated maintenance procedure not even many PC fags can do.
>>749024981And I can also steal a PC.Your turn.
>>749025529There are other kinds of PCs than the $3000 one. I think this is an interesting topic whether it's better to buy a PS5 pro or a PC that costs about the same. I think I'd prefer a 5060/9060 XT PC that runs games flawlessly on 1080p over a PS5 pro.
>>749025621>PS5s are overheatingsome models having issues doesn't mean that hecking ps5s are overheating you retardjust like nobody is saying that 5090s are setting themlseves on fire just because a few have melted the connectors>to the liquid metal pooling at the bottomsure bro, two more weeks until it reaches the depth at which someone will give a fuck
>>749025732Both the PS5 and 5090 (and other high end 12VHPWR GPUs) have a design flaw that causes them to kill themselves. You're acutely aware, very good.
>>749025780>few instances of something happening>T-THIS TOTALLY AFFECTS MILLIONS OF THE OTHER UNITS OUT THERE!
>>749025621That happened to a handful of people with the first batch like five years ago.
>>749025632I am hope.
>>749025826Every single PS5 and 5090 will eventually kill itself without intervention. Considering the issues are already cropping up I wager none of them will live to see their 10th birthday. I'd say that absolutely affects millions of units, most likely tens of millions.>>749025893It was actually fixed in a revised Slim model which redesigned the internal heatspreader, released at the same time as the PS5 Pro. All consoles sold before that are subject to it.
>>749025529>>749025664There is no real war anymore as it's just a question of how much graphics and performance matter to you. The rest is just noise.Back in 2006 you had some serious back and forth debates as the nature of a plug and play system was still a thing and there were certain type of games that just never crossed over eco systems well if at all, but now twenty years later everything is showing up on every platform so this attempt at flexing hardware is just poorfags hiding their poor. You can easily own expensive hardware but it's also a personal choice now so there is no status or value to it. Like a person can get Elden Ring on PS4, 5, the three Xboxes, Switch 2 and most PCs and this applies to games like Civilization series, and most indie titles. So it's just lost all value outside of just saying you can do it.
>>749022950Console beats PC for price to performance. PC has the advantage of software and subscription pricing.
>>749026391>so this attempt at flexing hardware is just poorfags hiding their poor.It's crazy how we have know this for almost 30 years and people still fall into these traps.
>>749026391>it's just a question of how much graphics and performance matter to youAnd, you know, the fact that one platform is inherently cucked beyond reason and the other isn't. I think that part matters a little more than graphics, as nice as being able to run games at a solid framerate is.
>>749025985>Every single PS5 and 5090 will eventually kill itself without intervention.two more weeks>none of them will live to see their 10th birthday.that somehow prevented most consoles and gpus made before form lasting way more than the intended lifespan
>>749026807>that somehow prevented most consoles and gpus made before form lasting way more than the intended lifespanYou do understand that consoles released before the PS5 don't use liquid metal and most GPUs before the 4090/5090 don't use the 12V high failure connector and 450-600W? Didn't stop the 360 and fat PS3 but I digress.
>>749026550The world is easier to deal with when you stop associating most of its aspects with your sexual insecurities.
>>749022950>buy console on release day>hardware is already 5+ years outdated
>>749025439The problem is that these days, a PS5 Pro equivalent costs a good 2-300 more. Multitasking aside, you have to play a lot and get big discounts or pirate/emulate for PC to be worth it.Since the memory shortage, PC hasn't generally been worth it. Hobbyists are at the absolute bottom of the list to get their RAM after every company that needs ram in their product.
>>749023237That's not what a buck means you shitskin
>>749027614>tfw still cruising on 16gb ddr4 ramShould've built a pc before all the ai faggotry. Waitfags are retarded.
>>749027706In this context it does, mang.
>>749027726No it doesn't
>>749027759So you're explaining that you can't infer context, which is an integral part of literacy.
>>749027759Why are you arguing with a tripfag?
>>749027789Context does not change the definition of words, even if they are slang. Fucking subhuman filth
>>749027863Yes, it does?Read and read have contextual meanings? So does sanction and sanctions?
>>749027712I am also cruising on 16gb ddr4. I just don't think a gaming pc makes a ton of sense currently.
>>749025109>Now normies are buying their 30fps shitboxes for almost as much as it would cost them to just build a mid-range gaming PC.16GBs of DDR5 RAM costs same amount as PS5 now.
>>749027614>you have to play a lot and get big discounts or pirate/emulate for PC to be worth it.Or just know what you want. If you want to play anything made before 2013, including emulation, you're getting a PC. The best games ever made aren't current AAA slop and you aren't emulating or launching recomps on a PS5 reliably any time soon.
'Tards ITT proving the point
>>749023178>downloading a game>theft and robberypost your hands, tyrone.
>paid 800 Euros for a PS5 Pro (it also comes with a controller so basically I paid let's say 750 Euros for the console, let's be generous here)>PCtransfats have to pay 3000 Euros to mimic a fraction of its powerit's fucking crazy
>>749023078>console games aren’t freeSkill issue
>>749022950IF you want to play the newest AAA games, you probably better off with consoles.But if you want to dip into emulators, old games or just not feel restricted on what you can do on your console, when itnernet is dead or servers down, pc can be better.For me, PC is better, because i want to play megadrive games and ps2 games from time to time.
>749022950>Spending 3k on a PC>When you can buy a refurbished with a Xeon, slap an RTX 5060 or 5070 and get better performance than a PS5's for around 600 bucksRetard.
^l retard
