Putting the console vs PC debate to rest...... Once and for all.

[Captain_Tom]

VanceIX said:

A lot of your points, like price-to-performance and userbility, are off.

A PC easily offers the best price-to-performance at middle to end of a generation. A $1000 PC can be your home PC ($350 value), along with a videogame machine. It will be able to play games to the max when the consoles are starting to show their age. Take Skyrim, for example. The console version was good at best, but the PC version was spectacular with mods. Also, no need to pay for online, which saves $50-60 a year, and games are MUCH cheaper overall.

Userbility, consoles>PC>streaming. With streaming, you have to worry about upgrading the firmware of the base hardware, along with holding a steady internet connection. When your internet is down, under maintenance, etc., you are out of luck. Plus, your point about streaming in terms of price is off, too. Streaming is currently more expensive, if PS Now is any indication.

Yeah I would say that the final cost of either a PC or console depends on how someone uses it.  Either one can cost more.  Here are my smartest users:

1)  The Poorest gamer:  This person should get a $300 budget PC and only play games he/she gets on steam sales.  This configuration will cost next to nothing.

2)  The Casual Console Gamer:  This person only wants a few AAA games a year.  So he/she owns a console and may not even pay for PS+.

3)  The Heavy Gamer:  (Like Me) this person loves gaming and plays at least a few hours every day.  If this is you, and you have the money, you would be insane to not own a PC in addition to your console of choice.  Owning a $1000 PC will get you near next-gen visuals in some titles and allow you to save buckets of cash every year playing all the hit games you missed (Seriously I can spend $50 and get 10 amazing games on steam that are only a year old, and they will have mod support).  I recommend a PS4 of course because half of MS's exclusives come to PC within a year.