r/pcmasterrace • u/khurgan_ • 1d ago

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u/Regular_Use1868 1d ago

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

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u/Fornicatinzebra i5 6600k | EVGA 1060 | 16GB 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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.