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<blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 6450290" data-attributes="member: 3887"><p>I consider a cheap gaming PC hooked up to my TV. Briefly. </p><p></p><p>The thing is, it's not the same price as a console. I just paid $350 for a new PS4, and you can't assemble a comparable gaming PC for that price -- or if you could, it would be at a serious disadvantage when the next wave of AAA PC titles come around, because the typical PC gamer is an enthusiast, which keeps driving the median spec of a gaming PC higher. The $400 - $600 gaming PC bought today is going to be left in the dust fairly quickly. </p><p></p><p>The one big advantage consoles have is they provide a stable, not-rapidly-changing hardware platforms --with sizable user bases-- to develop for. Sure, you can buy a reasonably priced gaming PC right now, which can be kept reasonably current for several years, with better-to-much-better performance than a PS4 or Xbox One.</p><p></p><p>But you <em>can't</em> do it for $350.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mallus, post: 6450290, member: 3887"] I consider a cheap gaming PC hooked up to my TV. Briefly. The thing is, it's not the same price as a console. I just paid $350 for a new PS4, and you can't assemble a comparable gaming PC for that price -- or if you could, it would be at a serious disadvantage when the next wave of AAA PC titles come around, because the typical PC gamer is an enthusiast, which keeps driving the median spec of a gaming PC higher. The $400 - $600 gaming PC bought today is going to be left in the dust fairly quickly. The one big advantage consoles have is they provide a stable, not-rapidly-changing hardware platforms --with sizable user bases-- to develop for. Sure, you can buy a reasonably priced gaming PC right now, which can be kept reasonably current for several years, with better-to-much-better performance than a PS4 or Xbox One. But you [i]can't[/i] do it for $350. [/QUOTE]
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