Originally posted by Daniel41550
This is so biased. Titles that are $60 on console are the same price as PC, not including sales. Discs were obviously not a factor in this either. You can buy used discs on console for a lot cheaper than new, just like, for example, you can buy used hardware for PC. I know that PC has discs as well and consoles don't have all the games available on a disc, but the majority of console games are on discs, while the majority of PC games are available digitally.
Another thing that this doesn't add in is upgrades. When you're playing on PC, every 2 years or so you will probably want to upgrade your hardware. The amount of time you should wait until you upgrade your hardware scales with the power of your current GPU, of course, but say we had a budget card like the GTX 1060 or the RX 480. If I wanted to keep playing games at 1440p ultra settings at 60fps, I would have to upgrade. Sure, I don't have to play games at these settings, but if I'm going to be using a PC over console, I want to have a advantage over them. If not, I could just get a PS4 pro. I won't even get into if the game is not optimized for the PC.
The build also doesn't include some things. Say I started from nothing except a TV or monitor to play the game. When I buy the build in the first link, I would have no WiFi support, would not have a legal copy of Windows (no piracy), and it would cost about double the price of a console. The second build still doesn't have a legal copy of Windows, doesn't have any WiFi support, and doesn't have any way to input into your computer, no keyboard, no mouse. When I buy either of the consoles, I have everything I need to start playing games (except the games of course).
There are more players on consoles as well, in this I will be specifically looking at the PS4. There may be more steam accounts registered, but some of them may be bots, inactive, etc. While on console, pretty much anybody with a active PS Plus subscription is a user. On console, players are much more spread out across all games, especially newer titles like COD . On the contrary, PC players are focused into very specific games such as Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, Team Fortress 2, Garry's Mod, and some more. If I want to just load up a game of Black Ops 2 on my PS3, I will have plenty of players to play with. Last I played (yesterday, 1/22/2017), there was about 20,000 players online. Black Ops II, which was rated very positive on PC, only has 574 players.
tl;dr This picture is completely wrong and tells half truths to promote the PC master race.
The difference here is that you are going to get that game on sale on the PC far before it would ever drop in price in the console market.
Oh the upgrades. While enthusiasts will do this, that's not the scrope of this thread. Most people won't be upgrading their hardware till it's to the point where you couldn't play a new game at all. For the life of what you would have a console for / how long the company decides to support it your PC would be more than capable. I was gaming on an intel p4 with an ati radeon 9800 Pro from 2001. I used that machine till 2008. So 7 years isn't bad. Tech has changed alot these days and you could easily get more out of your hardware than you could then. My current PC is pushing 6 years old now and the only reason I even changed out hardware was when the part quit working. This is no different than when a console shits the bed other than I don't lose anything. I just replace the part and move on.
You talk about wanting an advantage then mention WiFi.WiFi is the worst thing to game on due to the latency from it. You aren't being competitive if that's your choice. Actually you can download windows 10 for free and you don't even need a key. If you were that desperate, you would just get the pester messages about not being activated. However linux exists, you don't need windows to play games even newer titles can run under linux.
Gonna debate you on this one. 1 game alone on PC has more active players than any game on console. World of warcraft. I don't think you grasp PC gaming at all. There is far more diversity among games. If you stickly go by steam you are in for a bad time. Shit you can play console games online on the PC, those don't get factored into steam since it has nothing to do with steam nor a console. PC gaming is more than just steam.
The reason COD is where it is on PC is because of the developers and the fact that they shit out a rehash every year.With every game you split the community further.