I don‘t think people who can‘t cough up 1000 bucks for a console will cough them up for a PC. They just don‘t have that kinda money to spend on videogames. It‘ll lead to people stickin with what they have and those who don‘t have anything (especially kids) will play games on their phones or doomscroll all day. So the ehole next gen might be crossgen and/or even tank the industry in general. That‘s my prediction.
I don‘t think people who can‘t cough up 1000 bucks for a console will cough them up for a PC. They just don‘t have that kinda money to spend on videogames.
The good thing about a PC is that it can be used for more things than video games. A lot more, in fact. I constantly use my PC for work because I’m too cheap to buy a proper work laptop yet (before anyone gets up in arms, I’m self employed, there’s no boss to ask for things). I use the same PC to pirate media because fuck paying 5 different subscriptions and still not seeing the movies you want to see. And I also use it to browse the Internet on a screen of actual size.
But it is possible to pick up a cheap used office PC off ebay and stick a GPU in it, which would let someone play almost any game on the market for much less than a console.
noname_no_worries@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I mean pc parts aren’t cheap either…
utjebe@reddthat.com 1 day ago
However your options are much better when you’re building a PC with a $1000 budget.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Half of that will go towards RAM
roserose56@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
1000 for a PC? Are you mad? With the prices going up it would be miracle to pay 1000, if you find ram or cheap HDD/SSD.
Skv@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
For now. This bubble will burst.
QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Nahh $1500 is the entry price at this point.
utjebe@reddthat.com 1 day ago
Hmm let’s see…
Mobo - some B650 - 100 EUR CPU - Ryzen 8700G - 250 EUR RAM - 16G - 200 EUR PSU + Case + Mouse + Keyboard - 150 EUR SSD 1 Tb 150 EUR
Total 850 EUR and you are left with 150-200 for games or hdd or rainbow cables if you are into that stuff.
Needless to say SSD and RAM prices suck.
Note: $1000 + 20% VAT is roughly 1050 EUR
caut_R@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I don‘t think people who can‘t cough up 1000 bucks for a console will cough them up for a PC. They just don‘t have that kinda money to spend on videogames. It‘ll lead to people stickin with what they have and those who don‘t have anything (especially kids) will play games on their phones or doomscroll all day. So the ehole next gen might be crossgen and/or even tank the industry in general. That‘s my prediction.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 17 hours ago
The good thing about a PC is that it can be used for more things than video games. A lot more, in fact. I constantly use my PC for work because I’m too cheap to buy a proper work laptop yet (before anyone gets up in arms, I’m self employed, there’s no boss to ask for things). I use the same PC to pirate media because fuck paying 5 different subscriptions and still not seeing the movies you want to see. And I also use it to browse the Internet on a screen of actual size.
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 18 hours ago
But it is possible to pick up a cheap used office PC off ebay and stick a GPU in it, which would let someone play almost any game on the market for much less than a console.