Why would I buy a digital only console for 700 usd? My pc is digital only. The only reason I even buy consoles is physical games, but Sony wants to stop giving that option.
this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2024
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No problem, you can put a disc drive in it for a mere $80 more!
Which will require an internet connection. Yeah, no thanks.
Oh yeah, for a first time set-up, huh? Forgot they did that BS with the slim.
So they got cheaper then? They way I've always heard it is that you could always build a PC with better specs for the same price.
Paying $700 for a locked system is crazy.
It also costs $468.68 over 7 years with the 12 month plan.
So it’s really $1168.68.
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Modern consoles with digital games already blur the lines on console generations, but like, very few games are even using the PS5 to max.
PC you can decide your own "generation", and if you upgrade your PC, you don't have to buy remakes, you just turn the settings up.
Between that and locking yourself to one entity to buy games from, there's a lot of downsides to consoles and not many upsides left.
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But friendly reminder: games are almost always cheaper on PC. Maybe not at first, but very quickly.
Also, uh... 🏴☠️
I guess if you don't want to support the company/devs. I did pirate call of duty cold war, cause they don't sell single player separate, and i didn't didn't want to spend $90 CAD.
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The initial buy in for the steam deck is so much cheaper. It has everything you need in a package: oled screen, portable, better sales, mods, repairable and free multiplayer.
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Maybe I'm too Canadian to understand but where on earth are you able to build a decent gaming PC able to play the latest AAA games on high graphics for $700?
No really, please tell me. I want to upgrade my PC.
Edit: For everyone trying to explain it to me.
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There's more to a PC than a CPU and GPU. Those of you giving me only those 2 that make up more than half of the $700 are kind of reinforcing my point.
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The key thing here is running AAA games on high settings using this budget. You can't really do that.
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