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(Opinion piece) Hello, PC gaming here: Are the consoles OK? With sales dropping and confidence declining, how close are we to the end of consoles as we know them? (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The "mid-to-low range PC" already beats both consoles

But not for the money. The console manufacturers sell their systems at a loss, which is something PC part manufacturers can’t do.

[–] Ganbat@lemmyonline.com 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This is entirely true, and you don't deserve the down votes from people who refuse to face it.

Building an equivalent system to a console, without a whole lot of luck being involved as far as finding deals goes, is likely to cost nearly double. This is speaking from experience, my current mid-tier PC, which almost performs as well as a current Gen console, cost about $400, and without, as said above, the ludicrous luck I had finding some deals, would've cost about $600, as the GPU alone, one that isn't actually very good at all, retails for over $300.