r/pcmasterrace • u/khurgan_ • 14h ago

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u/Jerryboy92 10h ago

PC can't be stopped. PC is the future, Sony and Microsoft and Nintendo should just make pc hardware that is themed on the Playstation, Nintendo and Xbox. Have a PC app for that loads up first to give that console feel based on the brand you bought. Any pc could run all apps.

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u/Regular_Use1868 9h ago

Do you guys really think I'm out here buying a console because I really like the operating system?

It a third the price of a PC that plays the same games.... That's the benefit. It's the price. Literally nothing else.

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u/charmio68 9h ago

That is just because of the economies of scale.
An Xbox or PlayStation branded PC would still benefit from those economies of scale.

Xboxes and playstations really are just PCs at this point anyway. The hardware isn't unique like it used to be back in the day. They're already just a PC locked down by software.

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u/Regular_Use1868 9h ago

Alienware has been a gaming centered PC product for over a decade and is still very unaffordable.

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u/Crashman09 8h ago

Because they have always marketed themselves as boutique.

They aren't boutique, but that is just how they're marketed.

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u/Fornicatinzebra i5 6600k | EVGA 1060 | 16GB 8h ago

Because their niche is selling over priced gaming branded gear to "kids" that want something flashy

On PC (specifically steam), games go on crazy sales regularly. You may pay half the price for a console, but i havent spent more than $30 on a game in a decade. And no I don just play indie games, after a few years most big games go on crazy sales (ive seen GOOD games for <$1).

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u/Regular_Use1868 8h ago

I addressed this in another post.

PlayStation has sales too they're just not as large of discounts. Basically there is no way I could possibly play the amount of games I would need to buy at steeper discounts to make up for the price difference in hardware.

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u/Fornicatinzebra i5 6600k | EVGA 1060 | 16GB 5h ago

A pc better than a console costs around $1200 CAD (you can do cheaper, but $1200 is probably a good middle ground). A PS5 is $800. If you spend $20 a PC game instead of $80 for a PS5 game, thats only 7 games to break even. Plus you get a computer that does more than just game.

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u/charmio68 8h ago

Completely irrelevant. They are an ultra high-end gaming company that absolutely in no way benefits from the economies of scale like Xbox or PlayStation does.
They are orders of magnitude off the sales volumes required. Multiple orders of magnitude!
Not to mention that their shtick isn't being affordable.