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yoscrafty said: tl;dr The whole argument of "you could make a PC for cheaper and better" is flawed as it doesn't factor every component needed for it to be ready to use. Also, the hassle of researching and building isn't worth the savings you could make (which is practically non-existant). |
(I'm quoting your tl;dr but I did read the whole thing.)
1. So the "you could make a PC for cheaper and better" argument is never used, as it is simply not true, unless it assumes that you need a PC anyway, whether it be for work, school, or whatever you need. For the most basic, yet modern, PC, you would need to spend about $300. So if you spend $600 on building a gaming PC, which you also use for your other needs, only $300 of that is really spent on the gaming side of it. And on top of that it improves your experience on all the other stuff you do because you went with better components.
But regardless of how you look at that argument, it is clear that the real savings from PC gaming comes from the long term. You don't pay an online subscription, and the games are so much cheaper it's not even funny. Or maybe it is funny, depending on your sense of humor.
2. You said "the hassle of researching and building isn't worth the savings you could make" and I couldn't disagree more. Learning is the greatest thing we could do as humans. Even if you were to do countless hours of research just to learn that PC gaming is not for you, you would forever be better off because you have reached that conclusion not through blindness nor fanboyism, but by considering both sides and making the most educated decision possible.
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