Name a bigger scam than PC

How can it be a scam when with 1500-2000 euros you can literally play 99,9% of vidya for free?

you pay $600 with the same performance as a $25 used 2600

ive dropped my ps5 completely now and moved to pc
will wait for ports of playstation games, no fomo or rush for them

The value of PC has run off a cliff while console value has stayed the same for the past 2 gens.

Because Snoy spend $800 for no games, Nintendies proved they'd willingly buy liquid shit if it had Nintendo written on it, and Xbros lmao

so much better than CDs

Sound quality begone right?

when you pay for $80 bing bing wahoo

I'm sorry bro, but you cannot tell the difference between AAC 256kbit/s and FLAC on any speaker or headphones you own.

fpbp
In fairness the value of GPUs has gotten way worse and that's mostly because Nvidia switched their customer base from gamers to the AI scam and cryptobros, and the only reason there is to buy new GPUs is because big game developers quite literally aren't bothering enough to optimize their games so they hope the player can foot the technical bill. Graphics have stagnated hard and they're trying to find any reason to keep selling shit.

Are you stupid or something? If you're in a situation where you can only buy one or the other then you don't need to be spending that kind of money on either. Get your shit together. I don't bother with proprietary hardware like video game consoles anymore, I like to be able to do multiple things on a single platform. Video game systems are just simplified PCs. I don't want to play an Atari 2600 when I can browse Anon Babble, play pong.exe, and watch Frasier at the same time on the same device.

spend 300 shekels on console

can't even play the best games

best graphics

best games and biggest library

any controller I want

mods

no monthly tithe to the church of console manufacturing just to play P2P

Shut the fuck up pajeet

Retarda who cheap out on low tier parts are always stuck trying to figure out if their Chinese RAM is broken or if the new game is too demanding. PC gaming really amplifies the poorfaggot dilemma. Poorfags always buy cheap garbage that sucks and breaks and don't realize investing in better quality things I'd the long term move. So of course jeets with a 3060 pre-built think PC gaming is about hardware and troubleshooting while me, with my 9800X3D + 4070 Ti Super? I don't have to worry at all, everything just werks great.

Fucking bodied

/thread

$300 console

Switch lite? lmao

$4000 PC

Overkill. $1200 PC will be sufficient.
fpbp

a $350 PC (steam deck) is better than a $450 console (switch 2)

I can't listen to Incorrigible Bigotry on Spotify.

I've gotten myself a cheap pre-built and the only real troubleshooting I ever had to do was mostly audio output fixes on newer games, and it's pretty uncommon. Not sure why tho, seems newer engines fail to find my sound card.
Like even if you know nothing about PC, you really gotta be buying some huge turd to be constantly troubleshooting.

I want to do anything but play video games

every time

build a PC for PS5 Pro cost with better specs

And more games.

So you're saying the problem is when someone hasn't put their stuff on Spotify.

Holy based.

You make a good point. PCs are for work, consoles are for play.

KEK

My home theater is bigger than the apartment you rent, all my cables are gold plated.

And I can play games with that chip right out of the box or do I need to plug it into a dozen other components that also cost money?

my 4k pc can also do everything i ever need it to while your console can just play video games

Hello Brazilian.

while your console can just play video games

Unless you're a Snoy, then it also can't play video games.

Ok cool. Spotify for you is like male/female bathrooms for the transgendered.

My console does anything I’d ever need it to, while your pc just runs Anon Babble and streamers.

my PCs msrp has always been 3-4k, but I have never paid even half that much.

It's what I've seen happen to myself and others

For example

Prebuilt in 2020

Bluetooth card is bunk

Some of the USBs don't work right

RGB shorts out and becomes less functional [this was the weirdest one, Day 1 my RGB could do complex patterns but then it flashed one day and stopped being able to display the spinning rainbow type shit and became locked to single colors]

Or my buddy

Buys his own parts but skimps maximally on every single part

Less than a year later his shit is so fucked that his PC takes 1 hour to boot somehow and doesn't run steam right

Or my other bro who was basically the "download more RAM" meme for real.

Buys a prebuilt with a 3060

Always tried to scam it into running 4k

Constantly searching for mods and optimization tricks to make his dogshit hardware run better

My console does anything I’d ever need it to

so nothing because it has no games on it?

gets all 3rd party games

all xbox exclusives

gets most PS exclusives

emulates all nintendo games

emulates most 7th gen exclusives and previous generation emulation is nearly perfect

has genres that are exclusive to it

has actual backwards compatibility

can do more than just game

dont have to pay for my own internet

modding is free and abundant

still has active communities in older games

huge player base

multiple storefronts ensure the best of deals

Steam actually has good download speeds, remote play, machine learning recommendations, reviews, communities, workshop, doesn't censor games like some pink haired fuck in Sony's San Franciso location does and more all for FREE

DLSS 2.0 & FSR ensures GPUs will last longer than they ever have before

raytracing is already BTFO on consoles

4k gaming will be a breeze

THE POWER OF THE SSD already debunked by gameplay videos

AHAHAHAHAHAH CONSOLE FAGGOTS

Snoys cried so hard Sony had to pull back trailers to reassure them that their timed exclusive isnt coming to PC HAHAHAHAHAHA

in b4 ITS PRICEY as he uses his $1000 phone

ITS PRICEY as he spends $60 a year to use his own internet

ITS PRICEY as he spends $70 for games

ITS PRICEY as he refuses to believe you can build a PC for less than $500

face it, this is a PC generation

SHOW ME A PC AS CHEAP AND "POWERFUL" AS A CONSOLE

OK first you show me a console that has any of these features FAGGOTS.

Your console can run Alien Isolation with the VR Mod?

You get what you pay for

Playing games on a console is like fucking a 200lb blob and using your imagination that it was a supermodel

you pay more for a PC because it can do a shit ton more and you can pirate games a lot more easily on it. Consoles are toys for mentally ill subhuman trannies. PCs can do more than bing bing wahoo.

End your pathetic existence, my dear, sweet tranny.

I have no use for a computer

Ok retail worker.

Spent 1200$ on a PC thats more powerful than all teh consoles this generation. Is also a work station and entertainment center where i do literally everything. I also don't pay for online play.

Meanwhile ps5 and switch 2 are 800$ with no games and a slightly better gamecube that my PC can emulate

$300 console? where?

pc vegans literally spend all day thinking about trannies

yeah that makes sense

Gaming is not a hobby.

Oh nononono my dear tranny, what's wrong?

gaming is not an activity done regularly in one's leisure time for pleasure.

Sweet zamn.

builds a pc with a 13100 and a 2070 super for like $300 in you're path

Did you not read what I said you fucking idiot, maybe you should download Mario teaches typing too. "Where's Mario" maybe, so You can understand reading comprehension? Jak N Daxter's reading rompus? What a bozo.

literally anything else

you are mentally ill. seek help or, better yet, end your life

Used hardware

Doesn't count.

tranny, pls

can you even buy a 2070 super for under $400?

Yes it does
But :

Builds a pc with a 13600kf and a b580 for like $500 in you're path

Yes you can and, let me tell you son
it's beautiful.

That's not a hobby that's entertainment. Video games aren't something you take part in building or actively doing anything with besides actuating its parameters. It's like if your dad built a train set and you just play with it, he's the actual hobbyist you're just playing with it. Streaming to an audience is a hobby, making your own game is a hobby, making news articles about a video game as a hobby. Even critiquing and writing articles about the flaws of the game is a hobby. Sitting there in a dark room playing them by yourself is not.

It's literally the definition. I don't care about your personal definition, random internet subhuman.

Prices fluctuate from $130ish to about $200 depending on the day and position of Saturn.

$400

Like good 3080ti model prices.

Can your console run your game in 60fps?

What the fuck are you on about? Hobbies have nothing to do with creation, it's stuff you do in your spare time for your own enjoyment, reading books or watching movies are hobbies as well and you don't create shit.

No Man's Sky

it's not a hobby unless it's performative!!1

woman

can game on it

can work from home on it

can do a bunch of stupid yet cool shit on it

worth it

PCs are for work and play, consoles are for play.

ftfy

>ITS PRICEY as he spends $70 for games

It's $80 now actually

nonstop troubleshooting and settings management

Ngl i kind of enjoy that

$300 console

So, a mega drive?

Agreed. Can your PS5 do your taxes? Can it browse the web? Can it check your email? Didn’t think so. How else will you do any of those things without a personal computer?

Fully agreed. PC has every game FOR FREE. It’s literally free. You just have to pirate and crack. Sometimes you have to wait for the Russian tranny to crack it, but at least it’s free. Did I mention you can pirate all your games? Yep, that’s why a $2,000 PC is better than a $300 console.

Do you not have phones? You don’t need a pc anymore when all that shit can be done from mobile.

Yep, so true. The World Wide Web (or as I call it, the Information Superhighway) has so much content on it. You can check your email, go shopping, and even listen to MP3s. And, get this! You can even file your taxes with Turbo Tax! The Information Age is here. Try doing any of that on a Nintendo. Without a home computer running Microsoft Windows, you won’t be caught up with the Series of Tubes!

yes indeed, paying less gives you an inferior product

touch screen typing

You might as well just solve the cube

Sitting on the same chair and the same desk to play after hours of work feels like shit.

Console just feels right. You boot it up, start a game, sit on the couch with a controller in your hands. Starting a game from a PC desktop and hunching over a desk feels soulless.
I still buy the Switch port for games that available on PC even if it's the worse version.

should have seen this coming

Yes I'm useless. Yes you can't do shit about it. Yes you can KYS yourself, I will allow it.

nonstop troubleshooting and settings management.

the Nvidia app can just optimize everything though?

Beta male fapkin fume induced delirium.

Nice to see you're using a mega drive.

...why? just take a break from the computer after work. I go to the gym and when I'm back I just play games.

Thank you merciful Bane

File your taxes

Ultimate bait

americans are so retarded they think taxes are the ultimate proof that they're big boy goy toys

Holy rent free.

the best post also happens to be the first

I love my RTX 3090.

nonstop troubleshooting and settings management.

ah yes the classic "i'm too stupid to use a PC so it's bad" argument

fpbp

this isn't even accurate cause PS5 mogs the hell out of any current PC
the fat fuck is accurate tho

Old thinkpad running linux for all that stuff then a console with physichal games for my gaming needs.

PS5 mogs the hell out of any current PC

So what like a 3050 6gb or 12 year old build?

only because sony sells the PS5 on a loss

Guess we just have different psychology. For me staying at the same place for too much time feels like I'm a slave. It is nice to have different rooms for different activities.

cloud gaming

Only like 5% of pc gamers have anything above a 3050.

Paying for online
That alone is why I would never even consider a console, what a fucking scam

retarded statement

Consoles. More expensive than equivalent pcs especially now, gotta pay a monthly fee to play your own games, no customization, barely any games, no mods, nothing. I don’t know how people still buy them. I guess it’s mostly parents buying them for their kids.

Online gaming at all is a scam to begin with.

More expensive than equivalent pcs especially now

Factually false.

Paid 2k for my pc 10 years ago and it still runs everything I want good.

Facts don't care about your feelings.

Depends, matchmade hellholes like I dunno, League or CS are a scam designed to keep you miserable, but playing online with my friends who live 100km far away is always fun.

My pc was about $1000 and runs better than a ps5 pro which is $700. Consoles might be slightly cheaper for equivalent performance but they have less games to play at all so for the same library you’d need multiple consoles.

More expensive than equivalent pcs especially now

Not anymore, around the PS4 or maybe the PS5 gen, they started selling consoles at a loss and make money with scammy, overpriced games and selling you the privilege of using your internet connection

post proof of this "fact"

audible chuckle when i opened this thread. fpbp.

The steam hardware survey says that like 60% of people do.

FUCKING FELTED LMAO

Sorry OP you walked right into that one

So almost 50% up in price is only "slighty"?

OOOF

i made a videogame with my PC and managed to quit my job because of it
can your nintendo switch do that?
it literally prints money

Console:

insert disc

play game

PC:

download game

Would you like this game to make changes to your computer? Yes

Please create DRM.com account to continue

ERROR #2454F7: Please try again

spend 2 hours trying to fix game

game starts

controller doesn't work

download 3 programs to get it working

game runs at 20 fps stuttering

spend 30 minutes changing settings

play game

Windows is restarting your computer for updates. Please wait

But I can do more things with a PC than play games. I can make games.

best game library

no spider man

no bloodborne

no gta6

no stellar blade

no astrobot

and many other titles from previous gens

Depends on what you're playing

hardware cost

Why do poorfags have such a hard time understanding operating costs? The reason printer ink costs so much is because poorfags only see the upfront cost and are completely blind to running costs.

The extra cost of PC hardware is nothing compared to the money you save on software due to deeper discounts and piracy, as well as free online gaming. In addition there's the added value of gaming PCs also making excellent workstations for basic and demanding productivity tasks like video editing and modelling.

In 2025, the only value consoles provide is being able to play their ever shrinking libraries of actually good exclusives.

but I'm too stupid to install drivers

Nigger it isn't 1997 anymore.

Console:

>insert disc

Disc?????

Actually Playstation and Xbox uses an AMD graphics card, Radeon RX 6700 would basically be the same graphics card that a PS5 has.

RX 6700

More like an overclocked 5700 with some rdna2 niggery available.
Plus RDNA2 is expensive as fuck for some reason and is just straight up worse than a used nvidia/new Intel card

Fpbp
Consoles are dogshit sharting simulators where you play at 1/4th speed of a decent pc and get raped by pc players every lobby because their hardware is faster in every way. Enjoy your single player games that are locked at 60fps which looks like a fucking slideshow when two enemies appear on the screen.

OP destroyed

Skill issue

The pc goy doesn't even know what physical media is

Romao

Today it’s more like a $900 PC is better than a $600 console, the gap is closing

Fpbp

new console generation comes along

have to pay another $800 every time

PC needs to upgrade every 1.5 console generations and you can just get an older GPU for $300

pirating

mods

ultra settings

I also have my PC connected to my TV and pirate all the movies and shows I want. Stay mad, fat and retarded, consolepeasants

Ps4 still got games as late as last year, tho.

whatever nintendo switch 2 and GTA VI will cause on 2027 onward

captcha: PS PAD

PCfags are faggots

and water is wet

1800 on my PC, 5 years and goin strong. Consoles are great bang for your buck and good use experience. But just getting something cheaper doesn't really entice me that much. I just want to have a fun time with my hobby.
In fact I'm pretty sure only underage people or absolute snobs care about this

My PC cost just $400 and holds its own against a PS5 just fine.

Xeon E5-2680 v4

32GB ECC

RTX 2070

Used parts ftw.

Console

Spend $300 and have fun for almost 10 years with the latest game

PC

Spend $4000 now on a high end build to be good for 5~6 years with no upgrade needed OR spend $1000 and upgrade every 3 years to play the latest (and unoptimized) games.

This is the reason why PC is a scam. Developers just say fuck you and don't optimize the PC version of the games.
I mean, a person spent thousands of dollars to play Crysis (2007) on high settings. A few years later it got a PS3/XBOX360 version, ran very well and those console peasants only spent $300 to play it.

$300 console

hearty kek

I spent $400 on my pc and still use it to this day.
You'll never get THIS on console.

fpbp

Spend $800 and have fun for 6 years with each game costing $80

Spend $3000 now on a high end build to be good for 6 years with no upgrade needed and games costing $0

fixed for you consoletard

You can run this on a $50 used thinkpad or a $100 NUC.

Honestly though the thing I appreciate about PC over consoles without getting into mods and shit and why I just cant into console anymore is SAVING.
Playing the same game on PC and PS4 I remember my tism being aggravated because saving on PS4 meant theres a weird "custom ps4 save UI" pop up and some times 3-8 second delay to check for online ps+ saves and when going to save on PC, its literally instantaneous.
Seriously, that is the reason why I stopped playing console when I noticed theres always some extra bullshit just to even save the fucking game.

where did you get that picture of me?