Why would someone who has a 1050 move to console
They would get a reasonable upgrade from buying second hand and beat the console
Those people on a gtx 1050 play at 1080p 60
Yes RTX and Navi is expensive but why on earth would they even want one, RTX and Navi is overkill for 1080p 60hz.
Then we look at consoles, focused on 4K going forward - except the person with a gtx 1050 probably doesn’t own a 4K tv yet
I know this because I have a friend in this same position - they only just upgraded to a rx570 from a 280x. They still rock a i5 2500k and use a 10 year old 32 inch 1080p tv. They’ve never gamed with 4K, HDR or high refresh monitor and it’s not likely they’ll get any of these soon because it’s overpriced for them
I have a 1050ti hooked up to my 4k 75" display and a 1080ti with an ultra wide on another rig.
I was thinking of upgrading to a new gpu for the 75" but refused to pay nvidias new prices so bought an xbox one x for gaming in the lounge. Gotta say for just over £300 I am very impressed with what the xbox does, that coupled with game pass I am happy with my purchase. The xbox runs very quiet and visuals aren't that far of the pc, some games run at 4k or near it. Games like halo 5, red dead, titanfall 2 etc all look and play very nice.
I also have a ps4 pro for exclusives and games like spiderman, uncharted, god of war look very good.
If PC GPU prices keep the way they are I am going to ditch pc gaming and just stick to consoles, there is no way I am paying upwards of 1k for a top end gpu and I have been buying top end gpus all my life.
There also seem to be less quality games coming out each year, over the last 12 months I have only really enjoyed The division 2 on the pc and one or two VR games on the rift.