• narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    A Ryzen 5600 is less than that and already beats the CPU in the PS5/X1X, especially in gaming.

    The “mid-to-low range PC” already beats both consoles and when you consider that games are generally cheaper on PC and you don’t have to subscribe to a service just to play online, you’re quickly arriving at a point where PC gaming is cheaper while offering superior performance.

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      7 months ago

      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.

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        7 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.