Putting the PC cost argument to rest

[VanceIX]

Cj2i3 said:

VanceIX said:

But I never said it was much cheaper, just that it wasn't as cost-prohibitive as people make it out to be. For me, I can get 30 games a year on PC through Humble Bundle or Steam sales for a total of $150-200. On console, I generally have to pay full price for each game, which is anywhere from $15-60, and I usually buy two or maybe even three games a month, not to mention the $50 I have to pay to play online. What I'm trying to say is that the high hardware cost of PC is offset by the low software cost.

I swear I read somewhere that you said PC gaming will be much cheaper overall after you buy a rig, you may have edited or I may have misinterpreted. I definitely agree with what you say in regards to the hardware, I mean you can pay about 500$ for a PC equivalent to the power of the PS4 or Xbox One  if not better.

Right now I'm contemplating whether to build a PC with about 600$ and perhaps use some of my current PCs hardware such as the RAM  and CPU to get a decent rig or if I should go with a PS4 and a game or two. 

I said per month you will be spending less on games and such with the PC, since there is no online subscription and Steam is a lot cheaper than pretty much any retailer.

But yeah, depends on the CPU you already have. If you have a i5 CPU and 8GB of RAM, you should easily be able to build a gaming PC with $600.