Are Consoles a Luxury now ? : /

[Ruler]

Conina said:

Ruler said:

method114 said:

A phone and PC allow you to do a lot more then just game so people can justify the cost. On top of that gaming on the PC you can subtract the cost of paying to play online and games are much cheaper. Hell if you really wanted to you could not pay for any games and pirate almost everything. I don't suggest doing that but it is a possibility.

yeah but Handhelds and consoles are giving you way more quality with trophys, exclusives and simplecity and ownership 

So much misinformation in such a short sentence!

trophies: they are everywhere on PC and mobile... pick your poison: Steam achievements, EA Origin achievements, uPlay achievements, GOG Galaxy achievements, iOS Game Center, Google Play achievements, Amazon Game Circle... 

exclusives: both PC and mobile games have plenty exclusives

simplicity/convenience: mobile is even more convenient than consoles or handhelds; PCs are getting more and more convenient with auto-updates (Windows, direct X, graphic drivers...), auto-game-patches (Steam, Origin, GOG Galaxy, Battlenet,...), auto-settings (Nvidia Experience), auto-cloud-saves (Steam), automatic video recording (ShadowPlay) and easy sharing, other convenient game client features like friend lists, text chats, voice chats, streaming options, game specific discussion forums and guides...

ownership: digital games on consoles and handhelds have no advantages compared to digital games on PC or mobile... all are account-bound licences (except most digital games bought on GOG and many in the Humble Store, Kickstarter versions and many others).

With physical games (retail), you own the box, the disc/module, the handbook (if there is one included) and a licence of that game (the same licence as buying digital), you don't own the game itself! The only advantage of these retail licences on consoles and handhelds: they don't get bound to your account (but preorder-DLCs, season passes and other DLCs will), so you can resell them; most AAA-games on PC can't be resold after activation, but thousands of smaller/older PC titles don't have to be activated and can be resold: http://www.ebay.com/sch/Video-Games-/139973/i.html?Platform=PC&_dcat=139973&rt=nc&LH_ItemCondition=2750&_trksid=p2045573.m1684

so much missinformation in your post

- trophies are more valuable and have a status symbol than all the pc archievments you have counted, those are just pixels. Trophies are integrated into the OS and every game has to support them on playstation, they can also be unlocked offline because they are on the disc.

- most of these features you counted make the stuff more complicated. The OS on the ps4 is way more advanced than windows or mobile devices because its made for gaming in mind ( i can play the game while installing the game). The games get made for consoles and are less buggy than the PC versions, see batman.

- mobile and pc have exclusives but do they have uncharted 4 and bloodborne like exclusives? no

- why you have to say its a lincense? what does it matter? I can buy a disc put it in my console and play the game without any internet connection and even unlock trophies on my ps4. And there is no restriction on that. 

And i dont need DLC, the stuff comes out latter anyways on the disc on a remastered version