It's official: consoles cost as much as gaming PCs now
It's official: consoles cost as much as gaming PCs now
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But friendly reminder: games are almost always cheaper on PC. Maybe not at first, but very quickly.
And you don't pay a monthly fee. Which i only found out a few month ago. Like what the actual fuck
So, did you find out that PC gaming doesn't require a fee, or did you find out that console gaming requires a fee? I'm guessing the latter.
It doesn't really matter as a PC does so much more than play games. It's like arguing that a Nintendo Switch is cheaper than an a flagship smartphone. Ok, have fun trying to file your taxes, run blender, write code, browse the web, or backup media on your playstation.
Unrelated but this is totally possible on a PS4....
...after jailbreaking it and booting into Linux.
Which makes me even more mad at Sony removing OtherOS, but oh well.
Also, uh... 🏴☠️
I guess if you don't want to support the company/devs. I did pirate call of duty cold war, cause they don't sell single player separate, and i didn't didn't want to spend $90 CAD.
I really like my PC, but it is the absolute worst, that you cannot buy disc versions for PC anymore, like for consoles.
If you are willing to, you can sell some discs for the same amount you spent before. Especially price stable games like Fromsoft titles.
This is a good point, but I think in 5 years, it won't be a thing on consoles either. The ability to resell implies ownership.
More importantly, PC has significantly more and better exclusives. Factorio, Dwarf Fortress, Ostranauts, and Squad off the top of my head that I've been playing lately. There are so many incredible games, frequently that are $20-40, that will never be on a console. They're never advertised as "PC exclusives" because there's no marketing budget to push that stupid concept, but they are. People always talk about which console to buy because they have better exclusives, but any reasonable person would choose a PC if they cared about that.
Yes -- and just to add, many of the console AAA exclusives aren't "exclusive" at all, because a significant number end up on PC anyway. They're only exclusives if you're in the PS/XB bubble. (Switch is a standout because Nintendo)
Switch is only exclusive from PC if you care about legality. The Switch emulators are quite good.
Emulation is legal, but the ways most people obtain ROMs of games usually aren't.
Nintendo confirmed that with me via an email!
It's also generally legal if you own the games on the console or physically and can dump them yourself (with the MIG dumper hardware). Of course though you don't actually have to do that, you can but you don't have to.
Some sites like Fanatical even have sales and discounts on pre-orders or recent releases. It's nuts.
They can be at first too, all you need are some bandanas and a fake parrot (some people may tell you this is not necessary, those are just typical Internet lies).