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kadu@lemmy.world 8 months agoso you tend to get games that take better advantage of the hardware and increase performance.
Well, just like I’ve replied to the other user below… Games are already running worse on the consoles this generation, and it’s by a pretty significant margin given how this generation was all about promising 4K and ray tracing performance. So this supposed “advantage” of better usage of the hardware means nothing in the end, because the hardware is that much far behind.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 8 months ago
But are they worse than a $500 off the shelf computer?
NateNate60@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Consoles are initially sold at a loss or no profit to incentivise people to buy games on their platform, where the real profit is made. However, at this point in time, yes, you can buy pre-built gaming PCs for around $500 that will run circles around an XBOX Series X or PlayStation 5. You can even buy a $300 office computer then pop an A580 or something in it and make it a fully-equipped gaming PC. Even more so if you use your own hardware and build it yourself.
If you’re just looking for something that works out of the box when you buy it, there are tonnes of people on Facebook Marketplace selling custom-built gaming PCs for around that price range that will still outperform lastest-generation consoles.
Don’t forget, when comparing performance, consoles generally use a mixture of medium/high settings to guarantee a steady 60 FPS whereas PC testing is traditionally done on Ultra/High presets.
I will say that PCs do require a bit more technical knowledge and maybe some tinkering to get the best performance though. If all you do is game and you know nothing about how to do anything else on the computer, I would recommend the console ten out of ten times.
Rokk@feddit.uk 8 months ago
I can also buy and sell console games 2nd hand though which isn’t possible on PC anymore.
That said, PC piracy probably wins overall if you’re looking the absolute cheapest option. But that’s kind of a different set of arguments.
NateNate60@lemmy.world 8 months ago
That’s true, I miss secondhand PC games too.
PCs have other benefits too, such as free online access that would require a subscription on consoles. Unrelated to gaming, a PC can be used for other things too. The only non-gaming use for a console is as a home media player. A PC can do that and much more. A gaming PC also makes an excellent productivity machine, whereas you can’t exactly edit spreadsheets and presentations on most consoles (except the Steam Deck).
kadu@lemmy.world 8 months ago
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 8 months ago
Your graphics card might be cheaper than a whole console, but you still spent more money on a computer initially, so you would have to compare the cost of two consoles to one new computer and an upgrade.
And it likely is better performance now on PC versus console now for only a bit more money, but PC’s haven’t caught up on price for equivalent performance and likely never will.
And I say this as someone whose last console that was bought for its performance was a PS3.