Real Cost of Next Gen Systems vs PC Updated

[allenmaher]

Stefl1504 said:

allenmaher said:

So the base prices of systems have been announced, but what is the real cost of systems?

	Wii U	XB One	PS4	Low end Gaming PC (Alienware x51 base model)	High End Gaming PC
Base System	300-350	500	400	700
Second Screen Option	Included	Tablet or Smartphone 300+	Vita 250	not Applicable
Online Play	Included	60/year x 5 years = 300	50/year x 5 years =250	no extra cost
Additional Controllers	Wiimote Plus 35x4 =$140 Pro Controller 50 x 1 =$50	???	???	game controler 40 to 120
Motion Control	included in Wiimotes	Included in Connect	Move ???	not applicable
Additional Storage	USB 1 Tb $100-150	USB 1 Tb $100-150	???	included (1 Tb)
Total	590-690			740 +

Can anyone fill in the blanks?

I just wanted to mention, Motion Controls are applicable to PCs, because well, I use  my DualShock 3(Sixaxis) on my PC... I also know that PCs are Kinectable and can use WiiMotes/Moves, a second screen comes easy via a second monitor. Also, did you include periferals for the PC? (Mouse, Keyboard, a first Screen?) Additionaly, have you included the lower game price for the games? No? Well, then i suggest rethinking this price listing. Also, you do not need a second screen/motion controls to be playing a valid game. So this is all really hard to calculate, maybe you should integrate different tiers of "gaming-hardware-pricing".

I know some motion hardware can be adapted, e.g. wiimotes but little of it is supported by the software, though I will look into that further.  The PC listed has keyboard and mouse included.  Since no consoles have TV's included and a pc can run on a modern TV I excluded that for the comparison.

All consoles made a big deal out of second screen capabilities in E3 so I thought that a valid comparison point.  If you can think of a game on PC that incorporates a second screen function via another device as opposed to a second monitor option I would be happy to include it.

Yes it is hard to compare all of this, but the gap between consoles and PC prices does appear to be narrowing.