PC vs. Consoles - Cost and power comparison

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Kyuu said:

A PC with the same specs as PS4 may be as powerful on paper, but it'll get no optimization, giving the PS4 a clear edge.

PC specs are misleading as game engines are never optimized to one set of computer hardware. This is one of the things I love about console gaming and especially exclusive games.

With that been said, it should cost you just over $500 to make a PS4-like PC.

Eh. Works both ways. The origional Crysis ran with better graphics on PC hardware that was similar to the consoles, but the console version was clearly inferior.

Games like Battlefield 3, by default have better graphics than consoles, so you can't even compare them.

Games like GTA IV were so badly ported, it was crap from a performance/image quality perspective. - The PS3 ain't immune to this either, case in point: Skyrim.

Now an equivalent specced PC will cost more than the console counterpart, but if you buy 100 games and they are usually $10-$20 cheaper on PC, you are saving $1,000 - $2,000 right there, even cheaper when you have a Steam sale making that saving massively larger.

Then you need to add in the additional costs of all the accessories and online multiplayer and the cost savings fall heavily in favor of the PC over time.