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The PlayStation 5 Slim is a massive rip-off (1upgames.game.blog)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Correct. You can however add playstation plus subscription for the duration of the usage (say 5 years) and spend that on the PC, as you don't need it to play online, on PC. Same with the bloated playstation game prices, compared to PC.

Comparing just the hardware prices, isn't fair as Sony sells the hardware with a loss and makes the money via game sales. Now there are still free games inside ps+, but for me personally this was never worth it. Ymmv

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I guess you’re right about the the games and their prices.

About the psplus, you clearly don’t need it to enjoy your PlayStation but it should also be accounted.

Still it’s around 70$ a year for the 7 years you would play on that console. So about 490$. But then you get some free games.

I guess if you calculate it that way it makes sense but then you also have to take into account the peace of mind that comes with gaming on a console. Every game works well, nothing to setup and your console is gonna get efforts from developers for about 7 years where an old PC is probably gonna have to be upgraded.

But I understand your point. Still it’s console gaming for me. I love tinkering with Linux, but I wanna be able to just play without any hassle.

[–] Boldizzle 1 points 1 year ago

This is assuming everyone plays games online.

Some people actually enjoy just playing single player games on either their console on PC so factoring in PS Plus as though it's a requirement isn't a fair take either.

Sony are known for their Single Player exclusives too which doesn't require PS Plus. But yes you're right about the price of their games though compared to some of the prices on PC games.