Why? PC gave up physical a long time ago most PC guys don't even have disc drives on their rigs... how are they playing old games? They are rebuying them - or they ripped the media, and cracked it where needed, to copy it over with every successive PC upgrade long ago. Nintendo has physical options but how exactly are you playing a GameCube, Wii, and Wii U game on Switch again? Oh, right, digitally. You had to rebuy them - unless the console is running homebrew, but even then your old Nin...
PlayStation was the first of the big three console makers to show us a glimpse of an all-digital future back in 2010 with PSP Go.
@KyRo
Where can I buy new AAA, PC game releases cheaper than on Steam, Origin, Epic, U-Play, GOG, Windows Store/Xbox Store, Wild-Tangent, ect, ect? Duh... neuh... blea-uh... Oh, right I can't! Some new games only exist on certain PC stores as is.
Steam has never banned anyone?
Yeah, you bought the lie. What is dumb is most PC guys will not admit it. Games have been sold digitally on PC for well over 2 decades and prices for new games is the same as new physical releases and it always was. I know I was there buying those games that many years ago.
Wow BD-ROM drives only cost $10 to make... Why did my PC's portable drive cost around $70, 7 years ago?
How much are new games on Steam, Epic, U-Play, and Origin again? Oh, right, they're all $70 and up, too. Weird, I thought they were the good guys?
Did everyone forget about PSP Go?
That was one of but not the first (it was the first from the big 3) all digital game consoles released back in 2010. Back then PlayStation was actually considered forward thinking by many, though about just as many said it was too soon.
@Number1TailzFan
1. The build the idiotic YTuber created isn't even what he would recommend.
2. His un-recommended PC build is $200 USD more expensive than the PS5 Pro.
3. His un-recommended PC build is focused only on GPU power to beat PS5 Pro, but will not be as fast as PS5 Pro because of the slower in-practice CPU.
@Ocelot
No new PC kills console for less should be made using used parts.
If the console is new the PC should be all new, too. End of discussion.
But the points keep on coming because that PC with used parts still costs more than the new console... whoops!
Rude-ro
Buying prebuilt from MSI directly... still shady? Of course not! But it will basically cost the same and that is the real point. A decent 1440p60 and up build that is at least better than the base PS5 will cost $1,200 USD and up.
I did see a preconfigured PC for $850 at Walmart.com, but that was barely edging out the base model PS5 on paper with the RTX 3060, 16GB RAM, and Core i5 12400F, but I didn't look at who made it - it could be a 3rd party build ...
Nah dude, I won't let this slide like others will. If you live in the US most people have TVs because basic local TV channels are free for everyone. I understand that isn't a given for EU folks. That said most people in the developed world have recent TVs with HDMI ports and those work with modern PCs of all shapes sizes and capability. So, we can ignore the cost of a screen for both. We can not ignore the cost of certain peripherals for PC though. Many games are truly not fun to play...
@andy85
Only League of Legends, DoTA, and World of Warcraft come to mind. Unbelievable decades long hype surround true stinkers like Star Citizen on PC.
Even PC's best is only truely recognized by E-Sport, which incentivizes users to buy just to practice to get gud with the carrot being massive cash prizes for winning tournaments. I don't know anyone who plays League or DoTA for fun.
This leaves WoW, which was only really notable for bein...
@DustMan
Another major con on PC is not being able to do everything with a gamepad controller without hoping some shoddy and often shady 3rd apps might mediate normal Windows operations through user configured macros.
The GTX 980 TI launched about 2 years after PS4 and it did not keep pace with PS4 just as how we will likely see the PS5 Pro put the RTX 4070 Ti to shame if not on launch it will happen in time. After all, the PS5 already puts the RTX 3060 to shame despite that card being released 3 years after the PS5 was. Notice how basically everyone now compares consoles with RTX 3070 and above these days? There is a reason for that.
My phone envodes 4K60 video in high bitrates faster than my PC and the only device faster at doing that... PS5!
But PS5 doesn't do stuff like that of course... you know that isn't even what 1st party apps like Share-Factory were even made for, of course. 🤣 The painful truth is that PS5 can't compose spreadsheets or slide presentations... but my phone can and I'm not even talking about my latest phone when it comes to the simple stuff.
@DustMan
How many PC games allow co-op and do so adequately with just k/m? 🤣 On PC you need two controllers and guess how many PCs come with? Oh, that's right, zero.
@shadowhaxor
"PS5 Pro is priced so high"
tl;dr: Gaming PCs are really only for gaming and not much else, if you're smart you know what I mean by this. If you buy used, you put your data and other important information at risk. Most if not all used rigs will still cost about as much and net worse performance than base model PS5s today.
For more details read on.
A desktop with comparable specs to the existing soon to be phat ...
Or you can buy a PS5 Pro for gaming and spend $150 on a thin and light laptop for work and that will cost you basically the same amount as a decent base model PS5-level gaming desktop right now.
All the benefits and none of the drawbacks.
I think PS is showcasing some of their games on Nintendo platforms. Like, 'Hey, look at this. Did you like that, the sequel will be on PS5.'