Not buying, I've pretty much quit PC gaming.
I still have my gaming rig and I still have my T XP but I found myself unable to sit in an office chair all day due to incoming arthritis and back pain. I did consider maybe setting it up elsewhere, but decided to buy an Xbox One X, given all I seem to do is play Fallout 4. Best decision I have made in years. 4k on a 55" TV from 17ft away looks just as impressive to me as gaming on my PC. I know it isn't up close, but I don't sit up close to it. I can also chill laying on my bed playing or in an armchair, heaven.
I couldn't afford Turing without savage saving and cuts to my pleasure of life and tbh? I am done paying stupid money for GPUs. The well has run dry, and I don't want to play the game any more.
I will put my PC out to pasture now, repairing it if necessary but certainly not with a high end GPU. My XP is under water (dual rad custom loop) so easily boosts to 2100mhz any way. Believe me, it ain't no slouch. I just cba sitting in a hard chair any more.
Seen this type of comment on a fair few forums lately.. lots of people are at odds with the ever increasing costs of PC gaming and the fact Console gaming has caught up to an extent with PC gaming, coupled with things like Freesync coming to large TV's etc many older people are moving across, as you say, its just more comfortable as you get older and aches and pains, to sit on the couch or a chair or lay on the bed with a controller etc.
The only thing that was really stopping me was the lack of keyboard and mouse support, this is supposedly getting implemented correctly soon, and you can buy products that do this right now as well. My other issue was the types of games i play (Mainly ARPGs and MMO's) are getting console releases, i have The Division, Elder Scrolls, Diablo 3, Destiny 2 all on both PC and Console and most of them the console version just feels better to play as you can get a lot more comfortable when setting in for an extended session...
The other thing to add is it kinda brings us together as a family a bit more, my wife, a staunch anti gamer has often sat and watched me play, and a couple of times ive managed to get her playing as well, the kids love playing and often invite me to play Lego games with them.
Im going to buy a 2nd Xbox, the Xbox One X and let the kids have the standard Xbox for their room, then they can play LAN together or share upstairs while me and the missus play against them etc
Also the cost of console games, if your not bothered in waiting a few weeks after release theres many high street stores you can pick up 2nd hand games from, and the Xbox Game pass is just too good to pass up, i bought 6 months of it on a promotion recently for something stupid like £20, the sheer amount of games it gives access too is ludicrous, and coupled with Microsoft bunging in exclusives to it like Sea of Thieves and Forza Horizon 4, its just too good to pass up.
And lastly, my favourite ARPG, Grim Dawn, is getting a release on Xbox shortly, as soon as that happens i will be done with my current stint in WoW and will probably just let my PC gather dust as its used for office work only.
before it was closed for no reason...
. I think the GPU's will really shine later.
