| TheSpindler said: I never got why people compare PCs 1:1 with consoles in price. It's like comparing a normal watch to a smartphone. |
Why not? If you just CONSUME then there is "nothing special" about the PC.
All consoles should come now with Netflix, Amazon, Internet Browser etc. .
So do the tablets and smartphones...
But comparing PCs with consoles reveals something very interesting: PS4 and XOne offer the least amount of subsidizing of all 3D console generations at launch time.
If the same performace/price ratio of a XBox360 or PS3 compared to a PC would be applied, PS4 and XOne would cost either a FRACTION of their price or they would be 2-3 TIMES MORE POWERFUL...
The X360 included new GPU gen with more shaders then "normal" PC cards available at the time AND a 3-core PowerPC which was faster than anything Apple used... . At a fraction of the price of a PowerMac.
The PS3 had a Cell Chip which was sold later (albeit with double precission) on a PCI card for 2000 US$... . So even the PS3 costed a fraction...
This time the PC costs - depending on whom you ask - "just" 50-150 bucks more. Thats simply lame what Sony and Microsoft are offering as value for money...
