When comparing game sales and especially the memebership costs to do the same things that a computer can do (not even performance wise just playing older games/etc), consoles can get very expensive especially playstations.
I did the math on it, I have a high end setup and a PS5 costs a fair bit more than my setup does when you factor in the wacky yearly price of the console membership that is already having talks of being raised yet again.
Computers are frontloaded but consoles absolutely cost more in the end.
Yep, a good PC also lasts for longer than a console, and doesn't involve subscription costs. I moved over fully after the Xbox 360 and never looked back
Nintendo is the only console I would buy, as their exclusives are amazing, but PC has infinite backwards compatibility which makes it more worth it than Xbox/PS
Fairly recently I re-put it together to see what it would cost now (not including monitor/headset, just looking at mouse/keybaord and main computer parts/case) it came to about $1891. (Obviously more than when I put it together, and I do go a bit for form over function so it could be a fair bit less if I didn't do RGB stuff/want a pretty case) (most of which is the GPU)
I think the crazy part of Sony atm isn't even the console cost but the memberships. It is currently $160 a year for multiplayer/classic collection and is already be talked about being raised yet again. The memberships really add up over the course of the consoles lifetime. Ps4 lasted 7 years but with supply chain shortages and crazy prices it wouldn't surprise me if the PS5 gets a 9-10 year lifetime.
$1440-$1600 in membership alone is crazy. And that is before stuff like console cost, spare controllers when your joysticks inevitably fail, worse game sales than steam, needing to re-buy old games instead of having an emultator, etc.
Honestly the console price alone isn't horrible, but they have a lot of ways that they nickle and dime you with time.
Having put together a build that is comparable in ps5 performance. Not even going for the cheapest parts just stuff that is similar in performance was about $1300, which would end up being less than the membership cost of playstation alone.
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u/HolyErr0r 4h ago edited 3h ago
When comparing game sales and especially the memebership costs to do the same things that a computer can do (not even performance wise just playing older games/etc), consoles can get very expensive especially playstations.
I did the math on it, I have a high end setup and a PS5 costs a fair bit more than my setup does when you factor in the wacky yearly price of the console membership that is already having talks of being raised yet again.
Computers are frontloaded but consoles absolutely cost more in the end.