Why consoles Anymore?

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Firstly this indeed does intend to be in the PC section. you will see.

this is not a troll thread & do not turn it into one

Q: Why do you need to buy an Xbox anymore (if you have a pc)? Am i missing somthing.?

For longest time ive used PC for gaming & Had a Playstation for PS only titles like GTA/spiderman launches etc.

I bought Xbox one X last year as the PS4 pro was a dog for anything 2K+ & i wanted to see why people love xbox so much.

The Xbox one X has been amazing in terms of perf over the PS4 Pro for couch gaming.

i'm thinking of the next Gen my intial thoughts was i was going to buy an Xbox Series X? but why?

What does an Xbox Give thaat PC doesnt have?

Xbox game Pass - PC/Console
XBox Exclusives - are on PC
Xbox 4K - HDR - depending on your Rig you can have that

Q: Why Playstation going forward?
Then you have Playstation i would say it was still worth it a few months back
but it appears that Sony maybe going for a + 1 year approach to releasing games on PC. we now have Horizon Zero Dawn, Death stranding Possible hints of Ghost of Tsushima if all goes well PC could have regular + year releases.

Q:What do you miss from not having a Console? and saving £500/1000 in process for upgrades you need on pc?

 

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Funnily enough many are now saying exactly the opposite once ps5 comes out (why bother with pcs now consoles can use kB/m and are getting closer to pc).
Xbox is now a platform and not just a console therefore you are right there is not much point getting an Xbox if you have a good pc.
Sony still have some corking exclusives tho which are not on pc.
I am sticking with pc and possibly get ps5 down the road. Choices are good

got a feeling ps games "exclusives" will now will be on epic game store afgter x time after release with sonys up front £250 Million is for them to get full profit with no 30% cut.

Cost i imagine. It’s a lot more expensive for a PC than a console.
Also you do know GTA was not a ‘PS only’ title. GTA 1 was released in October 1997 for Ms-dos & Windows.

i ment from access time point of view should have used last of us as an example even so

 

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It really comes down to circumstances, expectations and budget. Some would argue that you don't need either now that we have cloud gaming.

Like a lot of people on this forum (OP included) I have a budget that means price isn't the main factor to consider, therefore PC is a no brainer. Also like a lot of people here, I have a dedicated room in my house for gaming/cinema and that's a big factor also.

Firstly, I was a PC gamer, then a console gamer, and now again a PC Gamer.

Reasons to buy a console:

• Easy to setup, plug and play no-os issues or driver updates to worry about
• Your actual friends [IRL] are also most likely on a console, not a PC.
• Cost is massively in favour - the performance from the next gen of consoles for the price will far outclass the PC
• Easier to get a console purchase past the wife.
• Exclusives to PS at least are first on there, if you don't want to wait ages.

For the vast majority of people a console is an easy access way of playing AAA games and again the vast majority mightn't care about the performance differences as they likely haven't seen them i the flesh.

PCs just offer more flexibility then consoles. I don't play many newer games these days but I play retro games from the early 90's. Fancy a game of Wing Commander via dosbox or playing Monkey Island via an Amiga emulator or a 3v3 black forest game in Age of Empires 2 from Steam? You won't be doing that on your PS4/5 any time soon. To get an old game running running on a modern PC I can quickly load Firefox and type how to play 'X' Game on windows 10 and there will be guides and videos showing me what I need to do.

Even with the whole walled garden thing the next generation of consoles will be great making 4K gaming accessible on modern titles. They will leave PC's for dust as a good value gaming platform for a good 4/5 years imo.

A lot of people are afraid of PCs and don't want to troubleshoot anything, and also simply tech-illiterate. That's also a big factor besides up-front cost.

i think i mis-typed the questions a little. my meaning for this Qs was if you already had a PC and what you would miss if you didnt get a console

 

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people always say that.

what are you guys doing to your pcs? cos I almost never have issues, very rarely do I update drivers.

my nvidia drivers are usually months out of date


most new consoles usually the first model has a ton of issues

no idea either but i update every few weeks