PC vs. Consoles - Cost and power comparison

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m0ney said:

TheLastStarFighter said:
There's no way you can get a PS4 level PC for the same price as a PS4.  There so much extra stuff that needs to be in a PC that doesn't need to be in the PS4.  The OS alone adds significant cost.  PS4 is probably sold at a loss, too.

 

CPU - 100

GPU - 150

Mobo - 50

RAM - 50

Case - 50

= 400

There you go.

OS can be easily *borrowed*.

I believe the GPU is supposed to be comparable to a 7850, which is about $180. 8 gb of ddr3 is usually around $50 but the PS4 uses GDDR5. You also forgot a PSU, keyboard and mouse. And not everyone is willing to obtain an OS illegally, so you should probably include that in the total cost as well.