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It's the age old problem of high end gaming for the past 20-30 years .... too young to afford the best hardware/consoles ... too old to find the time to play on the best hardware/consoles
The demographics always have one or the other .... youth or time
- the younger you are, the less money you have but the more time you have
- the older you are, the more money you have but the less time you have
The only common denominator in both groups is investing in smartphones or a general PC ... if you don't have the money as a kid, you always have access to a phone ... if you are old and don't have time and don't want to invest in expensive hardware or specialty consoles you won't have time to play with, you just invest in cheaper smartphones or a general PC
I’d love to have a gaming PC, but honestly the price is way too high for what I want, and the PS5 will play all the games shown on the tin with no issue.
I know the PC form factor is better for all sorts of things, and you get better graphics, people say the price is cheaper, etc. But when I keep hearing that game devs aren’t giving any consideration for performance, so it sounds like you need a top build with lots of video ram to actually play modern games anyway.
The price for a mid to high tier PC in Canada seems to be 2.5-5x the price of a PS5, so I just don’t feel like I can justify the cost. Streaming with GForce Now makes the value proposition even worse for me, since it would take many many years for the streaming service to cost more than a gaming rig.
edit: I’m sure I’m wrong on the pricing thing, so if anyone can point me to a good place to buy a PC which doesn’t suck or have shitty parts mixed in with the headline ones, and has a simple way to buy the parts, I’ll happily take a look. I miss strategy games that suck on console or emulating in Wine.