Comment on PS6 and Xbox Project Helix "will start at a 50% higher price" than PS5 and Xbox Series X, predict analysts following Sony price hike – and $999 "is not impossible"

• utjebe@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  However your options are much better when you’re building a PC with a $1000 budget.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Half of that will go towards RAM

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  • roserose56@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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    • QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Nahh $1500 is the entry price at this point.

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    • utjebe@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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

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      • Nibodhika@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Aren’t you forgetting a GPU there?

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      • roserose56@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Good try, but as the other user said, you forgot the GPU.

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      • DacoTaco@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        200 euro for 16G? Youre sure there chief? :p
        They start at 220 and quickly go towards 270 hehe
        (God i hate the market atm)

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      • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        PSU + case + mouse + keyboard - 150 EUR

        That means you’re leaving like 60-70 for a case + mouse + keyboard if you get even a moderately good PSU (which you should, because fuck having a shit PSU kill other components). It’s a bit tight IMO.

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    • Skv@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      For now. This bubble will burst.

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  • caut_R@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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    • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

      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.

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      • MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’m self employed

        So you’re saying you are failing to provide your most crucial employee with appropriate work equipment? /j

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• ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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