| Cleary397 said: This is the a true statement. But price is not a consideration for everyone. And if you are talking about cost then you must also consider cost for software as well. PC gaming has the benefit of cheaper software (£30 games vs £55 games on consoles) and massive sales on Steam and other platforms. Also, buying a game on Steam doesnt limit it to that one "generation". The game you purchased on steam 6 years ago will still be playable 6 years from now, barring a few compatibility issues that come with Windows but this has gotten better in recent times. All in all, i think PC is a far wiser choice in the long term. I initially sunk £600 in to my PC 6 years ago and since then have only upgraded the RAM, GPU and HDD, which cost me around £350 altogether. I can overclock my CPU to enable me to keep up at a reasonable rate. In total i have spent around £950 on hardware for my PC. Lets compare this to say Xbox 360 and XboxOne prices in UK - 360 launched at £280 i think, and XboxOne at £430. which comes out at £710 ish. So although just looking at that it would seem console is the smarter choice financially, with an initial saving of £200-250 you then have to factor in the cost of games.
What im trying to say is that its far more than just a price war for initial hardware. You have to look at the entire ecosystem for each system to fully be able to compare. |
Yes, but only if you are talking here on forums to people in the know. But if you are talking about the average consumer, a person that just wanst to walk into a store and buy something to plug into their tv at home, or buy something for their kid at home. they will not be think about how much cheaper games will be on steam. These are just simple facts.
All that matters is that cost of entry. The cost of entry is what sets everything apart. Not everyone has to buy as many games as you can buy on PCs. If I have only $300 to speand on games per year, then i will just buy 5 games on my console and that will be that. If i find that i would rather play 30 games a year, then investing in a PC will become the smartest thing I can do.
But thats not what this is about. This is about comparing hardware/game performance. Its not about me buying my copy of COD for $10 more than you did. Its that if I put up an image of COD and say "hey, this runs at 1080p@60fps on my PS4" Then you put up an image and go "meh... thats why I don't game on PS4, look at this, same game running at 4k@120fps" then that person should also kindaly mention that his PC probably costs hime $4000.
