By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
S.T.A.G.E. said:
sc94597 said:
Lawlight said:
On a console budget and they go for $550? A PS4 is $400 at most. Let's not even mention the time taken to build that PC.

Remember, the Xbone released for $500 + tax ~ 550. This was written when the consoles first released. Today you can get a $450 PC (after OS + Keyboard & Mouse) on par with the PS4. 

http://www.reddit.com/r/PCMasterRace/wiki/builds

Hes right, if you want to look at true value its $400 and declining by the years. With the Kinect its $500. The Kinect has nothing to do with PC gaming outside of being an add on, so if you're going to compare value for value its $400 or less until January 3rd and even by next year Microsoft will most likely drop the price again being that they are losing. The PS4 will stay at a solid $400 and both console prices will decline. 

If we want to look at true value we can include the 100s of things a PC has thar is not relevant to gaming but is included in the package. There was no kinectless sku back when this article was written. If you wanted to buy an Xbone you had to spend approximately $550. Just because it had hardware nobody wanted is no excuse. The same can be said with the extra features PCs have.