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Consoles honestly don't even feel necessary at all anymore. It used to be that you got better performance compared to a similarly priced PC, but that's not really the case anymore; console prices just keep going up, and the price of a decent gaming PC hasn't really changed much in the last 15 years. Even things like the Switch are largely invalidated by hand-held PC gaming solutions. Maybe it's just time the consoles die off.
Consoles bring convenience for gamers that don't care to know much about tech. Not something of much value to me and you I bet but it's still a surprisingly strong argument. Think of how many users refuse to try Linux no matter how much they hate Windows.
Anyways next time you build a decent mid-range gaming PC you're in for a reality check regarding prices imho. I've built one last month and yikes! I had to chill on my RAM target let me tell you. Storage stung way more than it used to as well. And I ended up taking ye olde GPU for one more spin.
I take it you haven't priced parts for a gaming PC in the last 15 years?
I know this may come as a shock to some people, but you do not have to buy the latest and greatest parts, and if you stick to parts that're 1-2 years old, the prices are quite reasonable. Unless you're doing some really top-end shit on your PC, DDR4 RAM will work just fine for you, and if you are doing something that's too intensive to work on older parts, then discussion about "decent" gaming PCs doesn't really apply to you.
Yah prices haven't changed, sure bud. Graphic cards have gotten insanely expensive and now RAM and storage is going up to. What a bunch of BS that the prices haven't changed in 15 years.
I mean, excluding temporary price jumps that affect the entire industry like the current RAM and storage shortage... I assumed that was obviously implied.
Here's the thing: you don't need the newest, greatest graphics card. I've managed just fine for my entire life by never spending more than $800 or so on new PCs. (When I upgrade, I typically just replace everything and have a second PC, rather than replacing half of it and having spare parts). Do I have the best and latest? No, absolutely not, but I also said a "decent" gaming PC, not "the best PC money can buy". Certainly comparable to - or better than - current gen consoles.
That’s exactly why they’ll come back as locked down cloud streaming boxes with AI spyware and exclusive releases.
If things keep going the way they are, consumers won’t be able to afford PCs. You’ll own nothing, and like it or else
Also last night my daughter and newborn were asleep, I turned on the playstation and... needs an update that will take 90 minutes.
The biggest thing about consoles was that they "just work" no driver bullshit or updates.
He, i couldn't play on my PS4 at night because it sounded like a hair dryer at max power. Fully disassembling, cleaning and repasting will fix it for a couple of weeks, maybe three, then a jet engine again. My PC is dead quiet.