MortienGerrux said:
You can get a 400$ PC that destroys the PS4 in hardware. Not to mention the new Pascal/Polaris graphics cards aren't even out yet. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($39.99 @ Newegg) Memory: Avexir Core Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($24.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.89 @ OutletPC) Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card ($172.99 @ Newegg) Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Micro Center) Power Supply: Thermaltake TR2 500W ATX Power Supply ($24.99 @ Newegg) Total: $399.83 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-22 19:02 EDT-0400
Digital Foundry video with results for the R9 380 4GB:
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*sorry for the late quote.. just catching up on what I missed yesterday evening in the conversation*
You forgot to include the price of the OS. Adding that from Amazon adds another $102.80 (price relfects OEM Pro version). Now assuming you already have a PC and are upgrading which means you already have a monitor, mouse, keyboard the grand total for a machine would be $502.63. You currently cannot purchase a whole PC that is capable of playing all PC games that will perform better than the PS4 at $400, but for $500 you can get a box that outperofrms a console and does much more than any console ever can.
You could use linux and remove the price of the OS but then you won't even get half of the newer games you can get for the PS4 and performance is in game on linux due to unoptimized drivers is around 20% less than with Windows.
I am primarily a PC gamer as of late and other than the omission of the OS I agree with your statement that exclusives aside the PC is a far better option for gaming than console. Not to say that consoles are not worth it, they are if only for the exclusive content and the ability to play easily form your couch.
The PC priced out will outperform the PS4 but will not be able to utiltize VR to the same level that the PS4VR. This is mianly because of optimizations not currently avaialble for PC that the PS4 already has along with interop tricks that the PC currently cannot do as well as the PS4 can. This gap is likely to change very quickly after VR is actually fully available for the PC though.
