With new parts yes, but except for a brief period after a new console is released you can buy used PC parts for playing games of similar graphically fidelity for about the same price or slightly cheaper.
When has that ever been the case? The age-old tradeoff has always been that consoles are restrictive and un-upgradable, but cheaper than building a PC due to fixed parts costs and loss-leader strategies.
There’s sometimes a period right at the start of a new generation where the cost for the newest and shiniest console outpaces equivalent pc hardware, but that gap disappears within a year or two every time.
PS3 era. $600 for the PS3 or ~$500 for a PC that performed similarly if you just wanted to play games and not also include an expensive ass Blu-ray drive.
I hope we get another time where you can build a PC that matches or surpasses the latest consoles, at a lower cost. It’s been a while.
I’ve been gaming on the PC since the 386 days and I don’t ever recall a time where a PC was ever cheaper than a console.
With new parts yes, but except for a brief period after a new console is released you can buy used PC parts for playing games of similar graphically fidelity for about the same price or slightly cheaper.
When has that ever been the case? The age-old tradeoff has always been that consoles are restrictive and un-upgradable, but cheaper than building a PC due to fixed parts costs and loss-leader strategies.
There’s sometimes a period right at the start of a new generation where the cost for the newest and shiniest console outpaces equivalent pc hardware, but that gap disappears within a year or two every time.
PS3 era. $600 for the PS3 or ~$500 for a PC that performed similarly if you just wanted to play games and not also include an expensive ass Blu-ray drive.
So what you’re saying is it was possible to undercut the ps3 in cost of you weren’t building a machine of equivalent capability.