| Ruler said: Last Gen most people considered PC gaming a luxury saying that a decent gaming PC which is worth to build or to buy cost too much, it was viewed as a luxury by a lot of people i had conversation in person or on the interent. Now its the opposite in this generation, if i ask someone why you dont want to play bloodborne they say a PS4 is too expensive for just this or that exclusive. The same people who build their gaming PCs and spent almost the same money for a graphicscard like they could for a console. The mobile people its the same story, no problem buying a new apple phone for 600€ but a dedicated game system is too much for them. |
The thing is, consoles need good exclusives to attract people who consider gaming on a PC a possibility, as all the other games are duplicated and the games are normally (yes, I'm looking at you, Arkham Knight!) running at a higher framerate with better graphics and a lower price per game on PC, especially if you don't need to buy the games at launch at wait for the sales. The exclusives of this generations' Xbox and Playstation however have been underwhelming, to say the least. Apart from Bloodborne on the PS4 and, to a minor degree, Sunset Overdrive on the Xbox ONE, most exclusives where either letdowns, remasters (and thus not truly exclusive) or just plain unremarkable. So yes, buying a 400€/$ console just to play one game is a luxury, as you're probably better off playing the other games on your PC.
Oh, and about PC gaming a luxury last gen, I really wonder. Everyone I know (with one exeption) who does console gaming also has a gaming PC and only plays the exclusive titles on the consoles. That was true for them last gen, and this gen most of them still haven't bought a console because it's still not considered worth it due to the lack of good exclusives.
