A 400 dollar/euro PS4 is gonna last you a long time too, so...

Not at once at least

CPU 6 years = 300 $

GPU 5 years = 450 $

Random shit broken for a random reason = 20$/year

Mouse/keyboard 3 years = 100$

Screen 5 years = 120 $

...

lol desktop, i remember those. last time i bought one of those i still didn't have a cell phone.

For me it was always an issue of time. Console gaming has always been hassle free for me. PC gaming isn't in my experience. While I am not saying that PC gaming was full of problems for me, I have experienced issues that required self fixes.

Why isn't there audio for this game all of the sudden? I will uninstall this and reinstall it. Let me google search the issue. ECT

Console gaming I just put disc and and play.

My experience not saying others have the same as mine

I don't have a lot of game time anymore. So I rather actually play the games during that game time than spend it trying to figure out how to get a game working properly

Just my opinion

To make a PC (With OS) that is as strong as the PS4 would cost $600-$700, but would most likely make much of its money back from game sales and lack of having to pay for online.

However one could build a PC for $300 that while quite a bit weaker than the PS4, would still be a lot stronger than last-gen consoles and could keep up with games for the entirety of this generation.

Then again one could also build a PC for $1200 that is 4x as strong as the PS4!

My point is that PC gaming is whatever you want it to be. If you are poor and can only afford a $300 budget build + $5 games you will be happy as hell! But if you want to blow $2000 on a monster you can of course pay more for more.


P.S. Anyone who says these PC's would need to be replaced in 3 years doesn't understand that upgrading is optional, and a PC that is as strong as a PS4 will be as viable for gaming as long as a PS4 is. However you can upgrade IF YOU WANT TO. This is called FREEDOM!

I love how you pull these numbers out of your @ss.  My cousin is currently using a 5 year old screen perfectly contently (That is also used for his PS4 so it doesn't just apply to PC's), and he has also been using an old 5 year old gaming laptop as well.  Both work great!  However my brother had to buy a new PS3, and some of my friends have bought multiple 360's.

The replacement parts argument goes both ways people.

This is a fait point, but in many ways this is also the reason PC gaming is so attractive to some (Like me).  Yes you have to look up fixes once in a blue moon, but then again you can also look up user-created enhancments that make games and programs work better than they ever would on a console.

Also PC's work so much better now than they used to, and honestly I have had to look up fixes for console games as well...

I built a $400-500 desktop 4 years ago and I've been gaming on it without any issues. I'm only now starting to feel that I will need to upgrade soon. I will plop in a new processor/vid card and be set for the rest of this gen.

I have found pc gaming to cost considerably less than console gaming.

I don't pull them of my ass, i pull them of what i see. Your cousin story is great, but at some point people have to replace pieces. If you bought a gaming pc 5 years ago, you just can't run watch dogs now. And of course you can keep the same screen for 20 years if you want (Most of jap indies run on pentium 3 in 800*600 after all), but most gamers like new stuff.

It still needs a large initial investment and I don't have $1000. Besides, I could own all 3 consoles eventually with $1000.