Zarathustra[H]
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Yeah, a lot of people don't realize / believe how much cheaper PC gaming is in the long term if you're budget oriented. If you're patient and ONLY buy during major sales and don't have to have the brand new thing, the game costs come out significantly cheaper in the long term, even if the hardware cost is more than consoles upfront.
Agree totally... bought a PS4 Pro about 10 months ago and whilst it will never replace my main PC gaming rig, I actually really like it for what it is... and there are great exclusives as you say. Loved the Drake's series...
Not really. Console games drop in price rather quickly nowadays also. After a month you can typically get a AAA game like God of war for $40. You can get horizon Dawn zero compelete for as low as $15 after a year. These are the major titles. Lesser titles hit the bargin bin faster and cheaper.
Whatever. I bought Vermintide for $5, Fallout New Vegas for $3.29, Steep for $6. And this is for AAA games, not indie titles, where consoles get demolished. And keep in mind, this is all TOTAL, no shipping costs. You want to go REALLY cheap, PC is still where it's at in the long haul. You have to wait until the major sales and see what has the best ratio. For consoles, even if they hit the same price, you still have to pay shipping costs. I think you underestimate just how cheap it gets on PC if that's your goal. It's not just what's on the front page of steam. There's chepassgamer, humble bundles, fanatical, etc.Not really. You can always apply the same logic to consoles as well. Consoles have been $200-250 the past few years and they're not that old. You can always wait for discounts or get them used (for example, Halo 4 is ~ $7-8 now). Steam sales haven't been noteworthy for a while. A number of big console games go cheaper by 50% before they do on Steam these days.
Being underpowered hasn't been historically a major issue, but that combined with weak dev tools or a difficult platform doesn't help. Because the last few generations have had very similar APIs to those of PCs, the incentive to just make PC games is pretty strong, because then you just have to cut out a few features or reduce the detail in a few areas, and then do some standard porting procedure (plus platform specific stuff), and you have multiple ports ready to go.Well whenever there is a multi-platform release the PC version comes out better (higher framerates, better resolutions, better shadows, draw distances, etc). And more of the games are now multi-platform as there seem to be less exclusives. I think that the consoles being underpowered has played a role. Finally, Steam sales mean you can get the games way cheaper than on console. So yeah PC gaming FTW even more than in the past.
Whatever. I bought Vermintide for $5, Fallout New Vegas for $3.29, Steep for $6. And this is for AAA games, not indie titles, where consoles get demolished. And keep in mind, this is all TOTAL, no shipping costs. You want to go REALLY cheap, PC is still where it's at in the long haul. You have to wait until the major sales and see what has the best ratio. For consoles, even if they hit the same price, you still have to pay shipping costs. I think you underestimate just how cheap it gets on PC if that's your goal. It's not just what's on the front page of steam. There's chepassgamer, humble bundles, fanatical, etc.
That is really a criticism of steam only. You can get games 20-30% less to begin with elsewhere, and by the time steam drops prices to 50% of their price you can get the games for scraps from alternate vendors.Not really. You can always apply the same logic to consoles as well. Consoles have been $200-250 the past few years and they're not that old. You can always wait for discounts or get them used (for example, Halo 4 is ~ $7-8 now). Steam sales haven't been noteworthy for a while. A number of big console games go cheaper by 50% before they do on Steam these days.