zero129 said: MS really are ticking all the right boxes with the pro consumer choices they are making this gen. Makes me want to pick up an Series X for the sitting room even with owning a gaming PC with an RTX3060TI id well get my worth out of it since my Game-pass ultimate sub will work on both it would also make the sub worth it more since id be using it more. Plus i already own a Series S/X controller for my PC so i wouldnt need to buy an extra controller to play with my kids. |
My opinion about PC gaming changed over the past couple years. Perhaps it's been long enough ago that all the (tech) problems I had with PC have faded in my memories. Not that there aren't still problems, yesterday I had to disband our MS family nonsense, throw the kids out, so I could make some changes to the firewall on their laptops so they can play together in LAN in Minecraft. Yep for the casual, it is still a hassle.
What else changed is that my kids are older, up later, so the tvs are also more in use. Gaming laptops have gotten better, so now I play on my laptop while watching/listening along with the tv. And the more I use my laptop, the less I'm interested in playing on console. Couple days ago I turned the ps4 on again, first a system update, slow process with multiple restarts. Then an update for Beat Saber, installing a music pack I don't want to unlock anyway then finally I can play while slowly updating GT Sport (takes 35+ minutes). I didn't get around to playing GT Sport.... time up.
Some games are just better on TV though, large screen, 5.1 surround, dim the lights, no distractions. (pc always a forum, mail, etc one alt-tab away) But the time for that is limited, late at night, when I'm usually tired and just want to watch some netflix before going to sleep. Hence a gaming laptop with games that you can pause at any time, much more convenient nowadays.
The Series X costs quite a bit here. I rather put that towards my next gaming laptop. PS5 has the exclusive (dis)advantage and psvr 2 coming. Hence XBox is not ticking all the right boxes for me. It's missing the VR box. Even if Sony had all exclusives on PC, it's PSVR 2 I'm looking forward to. Sure a PC headset would work too, but I just want it to work. I'm fine playing FS2020 at 20fps on a screen, but no stuttering and messing with settings in VR please.