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.
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.