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VAMatt on 09 March 2019
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Chazore said:
VAMatt said:
Maybe I missed it, but it seems that nobody has mentioned the one, big giant strike against PC gaming. That's the high cost of entry. If one wants to stay within two or three steps of the current top-tier, it requires at least a few hundred dollars per year of hardware expense.

Consoles require a few hundred dollars once every five years or so. on PC, you need to buy an expensive rig to start with, then you need to upgrade it every couple of years, then buy another expensive rig several years later, and start the cycle over again. It is much more expensive than console gaming.

Even if one just wants to game at the same performance quality level as current consoles, it still costs significantly more in hardware to do it on PC.

If we strongly go with that logic, why PC game at all?, why are people even gaming on PC if it's so very, very expensive?.

Also, using the price argument over everything else, why that insanely huge focus?. 

 

Also, while we're at it, what about the fact hat paying to play online plays a massive focus with console gaming, or buying a base console, followed by a slight upgrade and then the full price for said games, followed by subscription types like gamepass on top of that, why are those not included?. 

I'm not anti-PC gaming.  I own a gaming rig, an XBone S, a PS4 Pro, a Switch, and have had every other major piece of gaming hardware since Atari 2600.  I have no platform bias. It is clear that if one wants the best performance, they can only get it on PC.  But, it is also clear that even playing at console quality on PC is more expensive than just buying a console.  It's a fact, and it is significant to many people.

As to your other points, many people choose not to pay for online play (because they don't care about it).  And those that do pay $60 or less per year.  Mid-gen upgrades are not necessary to stay close to the current top-tier.  Gamepass, EA Access, and the like are not exclusive to consoles.  Those costs exist for PC gamers as well, if they want them.