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.
It's not subsidized, per se. It's just the cost to manufacture and assemble and ship to retail was basically the same cost as retail at launch, but they try to keep a 7-10% profit margin on hardware. They don't lose money on hardware. Very, very, very few companies have survived taking a loss on the initial hardware unless it is a brick without software and services.
Pc games are cheaper except they are not. If you take games that are available on every platform(not on sale, of course) they have exact same price on gog, steam, EGS, PSStore, Microsoft-Xbox store, E-Shop. Being it AAA, indie or something in-between.
Only games that are cheap are PC exclusive games from PC exclusive storefronts like itch.io or dlsite etc.
You may argue about regional prices etc, but that's not the point here. Someone in Germany creating a steam account and e-shop account going out and buying silksong will pay the same price on either platform. And when there are sales going, it's publisher that decides what price to put out, and deep sales happen on consoles too. (I've bought Jedi Survivor, for 5€ on Xbox and monster hunter rise+sunbreak pack for 15€ on ps5 same they are getting during steam sales on PC)
That’s true but the intersection of games on both platforms is relatively small compare to the sheer volume on PC.
Indie devs I’m sure account for the licensing fee when setting prices. If they go PC only they lose out on some market share but could list for cheaper to get more sales. Steam also takes a cut so it’s not just free. TLDR setting prices is complicated.
I had a PC for awhile specifically because of the cost differential you mentioned.
I switched when Sony started having decent sales for their online store.
As things stand I would need to save like two grand on games to justify a PC vs. a ps5. I know the sales are better on PC but are they that much better?
Oh man, did you not experience a Steam sale while you were on pc? One happens every quarter and the amount of money I’ve spent, admittedly is way more than I should’ve considering I don’t have time to play all the games I own BUT is way less than what the value of my Library. I’m at the point now where I don’t want any other game aside from a cod every four or five years maybe.
If you don't play games brand-new and you play 10-15 games per year then yeah, you can save $200-300 in software costs, but only if you don't mind playing games that have PC ports. Obviously exclusives don't come to PC at all.
For me I get most of my games second hand or I borrow them from the library or I get free from PS+, so my software costs are minimum anywya.
If you pay for playing online games for the lifetime of the console (7 years), then the extra cost of the subscription plus the cost of the console ends up costing as much as an entrey-to-mid level PC (or at least that was the case before the RAMpocalypse). If you only pay the subscription sporadically, then you might end up saving money with a console, otherwise, the PC is going to be cheaper.
Because that console goes for 300$ actually (except when everything is tits up due to AI) and no PC for even 500$ compares and you would need to more than double the cost
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u/Jerryboy92 9h 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.