PC vs PS5 vs Xbox Series X
I used to play mostly consoles from N64, megadrive (master system i vaguely remember seeing in the cupboard) genesis and saturn which also mostly collected dust) playstation 1 and 2, xbox 360 then up...
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@apostolateofDOOM I reverted from PC to console lol.
Honestly speaking, I had a PC for years sheerly out of necessity. Mobile phones were pretty rudimentary and tablets didn't exist, so you literally needed one for anything internet/office related....naturally I'd use one for gaming too as I had one, Plus back then the gap between PC and console was much greater.
Nowadays I don't own a PC or laptop, and have no real need for one either so I play console instead.
@asukojo What's wrong with your left finger? Comfort is one i understand, being able to chill and slouch on the sofa instead of your ergonomic gaming chair with adjustable recline, head/arm/leg rest with added support and comfort cushions. :P
With a TV it's fine playing an rpg at 60hz but an fps with the TVs input delay on top would feel horrible imo. Upgrading from 75 to 144hz was a really noticeable difference for me.
I also understand the price but paying for the privilege of their network over a few years also adds up an extra few hundred bucks on top of the roughly 500ish the PS5 will likely cost.
@littlxr Hacking is the bane of PC without question. Your hardware will be outdated in couple years whereas with a PC you can upgrade the components. Consoles also still break easier from what i heard (remembering the red ring on the 360 which pushed me to PC in the first place). I got mine with a rtx 2060 quite cheap (saved me a few hundred that i'll put towards the 3080 when it's released and that should keep me going for at least another couple years.
@Cro_Pittt I was steaming when i watched it and don't remember most but the title that did stand out to me was Horizon Forbidden West. Any others i missed?
@MandatoryIDtag Traitor!! 😛 I use mine for work so it's still a necessity for now.
It's just one of those things, I feel there are pros and * to both types whilst still having a "clear" winner in the most powerful PC, of course being a better machine than a one-size-fits-all console.
But, like the fabled Android/Apple debate, it likely comes down to a lot more than that for people, hence the comfort thing, maybe even a social thing? Friends all don't play PC, therefore do I sacrifice all social abilities for hardware, or go "lesser" for the enjoyment with friends? I think ultimately it'll just be simple preferences here and there yano?
As for breaking easier, I'm not sure. I don't know any statistics for consoles/PCs breaking and requiring maintenance over the other. All I know is that, in my entire life, I've had one console "break" on me (which was the Xbox 360 due simply to poor manufacturing choices in the chipboard/clamps, and I fixed that myself in about 10 solid minutes never to be seen again).
So again, I think ultimately it comes down to preferences, and personal experiences. I know a guy who's broken his last five phones in a row, claiming they've all been hardware faults, when I've seen the way he treats his stuff, so I dunno. We'd never get a fair test to make the relevant assumptions I guess.
@littlxr The original 360 was universally known to be of poor build quality and i heard no end of complaints about it. Went through 3 myself with 2 dying and selling the third.
At least the social factor has been addressed with crossplay as that was quite the divide back then.
@Srksii lol.
@Extremejinks Ease of use, price, comfort and equality appears to be big factors.
@RSArussian I'm in no way knocking consoles as i was ps fanboy back in the day and looking at the specs, an 8core16thread cpu , 16gb of ddr6 ram, fast ssd with a gpu that supports ray tracing is damn good at the 500 mark, PC or console.
I'm in a rush otherwise i would reply more in depth to your points so i may come back to this later today if i have time.
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