PC Gaming vs Console Gaming

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Bman54 said:
For me, the big thing is consoles have a ton of exclusives that I love while PC has virtually none, so no matter the benefits PC has, I will always buy consoles. And since I already have these consoles, it's much easier to play third party games on it without having to worry about cost or whether the game will work or not.

PC has more exclusives. Literally, you can't use the exclusive argument.

JNK said:

I dont know where you live but if i wanted to build a gaming pc with ps4 performance TODAY it would be something like:

Nvidia GTX 750 ti - 120€

Core i3 4130 - 120€

Motherboard ~50€

Case - 30€

Power Supply 400 Watt - 40€

8 GB Ram - 50€

500 GB HDD - 40€

Windows 10 - 80€

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller - 40€

Headset/HDMi Cable - 10€

 

All in all thats 580€ for to get an as good pc as ps4 TODAY. So I dunno how you got an machine for 500$ 2 years ago?

 

Using a PC on an TV isnt very comfortable. Texts are to small, you need an table ot something to use the mouse etc. I hooked up many pcs to an tv in my life but just to streaming a movie etc. I would never seriously use my pc completly on an TV.

 

PS: My ps4 was 259,-

Drop the CPU/GPU combo and go second hand. You can get a second hand quad-core sandy bridge + motherboard, which will give you more performance and save you some cash.

Likewise, forget the Geforce 750, get a second hand Radeon 7850 - 7950 and overclock.

Case can be "free" if you are willing to go to a computer recyclers/store and pick up an old one that's being discarded, or just use a pizza box.
Heck you could pick up a whole Quad Core Nahelem or Sandy-Bridge based PC for stuff all these days... And all they want is a GPU upgrade.

You don't have to have an Xbox controller. A $5 keyboard and mouse combo will suffice.

You have this thing called "choice" in the PC space.

Let's not forget either that you don't have to pay for online and you get cheaper games, it kinda helps pay for any hardware.

Lawlight said:

Who would want to game like that?

Also, I don't agree that pc games are cheaper. Unless you're talking about older games.

I do? I game in triple 1440P eyefinity (7680x1440 total res) which makes your "up-to" 1920x1080 res look pathetic. ;)

PC Games *are* cheaper. No contest. No argument can be made about this aspect. There is always a sale on somewhere, if you don't have a discount, then you are doing it wrong.

ganoncrotch said:

What you are using for a + point here is piracy, while it's true you can use that method to get access to a free OS and games, you can do more or less the same with most consoles, of last generation anyway, but then it becomes hard to put a value on what you are comparing because you are placing value on stolen goods.

Uh. No. I do not condone the act of piracy.

You do get free games on PC, which are not hidden by a paywall.

SvennoJ said:

It's a bit fiddly. PC normally doesn't take overscan areas into account. I lose half of the task bar on my projector as I have it calibrated for TV and the image is not a perfect rectangle.

For decades AMD and nVidia have had driver settings for Overscan.

I suggest you change your input method and/or set the proper resolution, most people don't realise that many 720P. Aka 1280x720 TV's are actually native 1366x768.

Lawlight said:
I think people forget about the cost of hassle. The hours spending fixing game issues on PC is priceless to me.

I don't have any problems. Never spent "hours" fixing anything. I do generally buy server grade hardware with 10+ year warranties on my primary machine though.