They're still going on about plug and play... Consoles haven't been plug and play since the 7th gen.

@lerr123456

10 ай бұрын

yep, now u need an account, a card on file for online subscription and the list goes on....so long the days of plug n play consoles

@kjh4496

10 ай бұрын

Even on PS3 you had to go online to activate licenses for certain audio and video features

@gregrothschilds8453

10 ай бұрын

For real it's like when ppl talk about just " put the disc in and press play nothing else needed." That hasn't been true since the 360 era.

@87crimson

10 ай бұрын

I love how folks keep talking about being an MIT graduate to get into PC gaming. Its so simple these days! And if you have doubts about one particular game that's giving you trouble, PC gaming wiki to the rescue.

@dimitristsipis4841

3 ай бұрын

I dont get why plug and play is into the argument in the first place. What is so difficult about playing on PC. You buy a game , you install said game and you play it. In general you dont even have to even mess with the settings since most PC games automatically find your specs and adjust accordingly.

1 Reason to switch from console to PC: Given time, you will be able to emulate all the consoles with your PC.

For a site called "Make use of", they certainly can't make use of their braincells...

@s_oba

10 ай бұрын

is your profile picture supposed to be ruby as ragna?

@lilsoonerfaninmo

10 ай бұрын

@@s_oba Appreciate the recognition of a little bit of culture, but from what I understand, it's sort of a Dragon Ball Fusion dance between the two

according to the webster's dictionary to console is to "comfort (someone) at a time of grief or disappointment." makes alot of scence really the more this goes on

@fillerbunnyninjashark271

10 ай бұрын

That's like saying read and read are the same word when they're pronounced differently

@V2ULTRAKill

10 ай бұрын

​@@fillerbunnyninjashark271stop taking everything so literally bro It was clearly a joke

@fillerbunnyninjashark271

10 ай бұрын

@@V2ULTRAKill 🫵

@gregrothschilds8453

10 ай бұрын

​@@fillerbunnyninjashark271 How about you read what a joke is

@Chad_Wick

10 ай бұрын

It was a joke fellas

Here's an unrelated side conversation: There are some people who follow a name instead of an idea. Here's what I mean: Pretend I had two choices: an "open console" or a "closed PC" , then I would become a console gamer. To me it's not about a name - It's not about "console" vs "PC". It's about open vs closed. freedom vs controlled. As someone who owns close to 1000 games I'd consider buying a console if it allowed me to choose different storefronts, mod my games, break the DRM to have true ownership/make my own physical disk, host my own cloud save system with my own NAS server, take advantage of ultrawide monitors, or monitors above 4k and above 120fps, etc etc. If one of these companies sold an open console, I'd conciser it. If Android-OS one day gave me more openness and advantages than Windows or Linux - I'd consider it. I'm not loyal to the name "PC" or "Windows" or "Linux", I'm loyal to openness - I'm loyal to myself. Openness comes before "PC". Does that make sense?? Maybe I'm just getting into semantics at this point since I know PC means open and console means closed, but sometimes I feel like people forget that.

@JackPelaFox

10 ай бұрын

This should be an ad for everyone to read and remember every hour 👏🏻👏🏻

@threefiveseven

10 ай бұрын

Console means you get controlled by a corporation.

@AikanaroSauron

5 ай бұрын

I doubt that anybody is using a PC because it's called a PC. That's a really weird argument to make. People use PC because of its functionality, not words in its name. Like, I know for myself that I'm absolutely not going to spend any amount of money ever on any console whatsoever because the words "backwards compatibility" simply do not exist in the console world in any meaningfully comparable way to how it exists on PC.

@darthwiizius

4 ай бұрын

@@AikanaroSauron I switched to PC gaming to get more games for less money. So many freebies on PC, Epic have given me over 400 games free alone. For what I've spent on games over 11 years since switching to PC my games library is utterly ridiculous. I mean, if you just want to go cheap just play the freebies, on PC you never have to spend a penny if you don't want, you can even get Gamepass for free.

Maybe games journalists should write about all the reasons they should still be alive.

@MauseDays

10 ай бұрын

to push propaganda. they are payed by the leftist goverment to do so.

@DragonOfTheMortalKombat

6 ай бұрын

Reason No. 1 I beg your mercy please I know I am a dishonest, pathetic corporate shill.

as a former console gamer who mostly builds and games/draws on PC why would I want to downgrade my gaming experience?

@Ionic0

10 ай бұрын

i do the same thing as you. i used to love playstation, now i cant even be bothered to care about ps5. ...especially with recent events. that and everyone but nintendo releases games on PC anyways. and you can emulate switch games. no way im needing a console any time soon.

@SweetTodd

2 ай бұрын

"Uh You coould get cumtroller that shakez a lot when you shake a shake wheight on the new Horizon Shakie's shakw wheight adventure only on the p s 6."

Okay here's something i don't understand with these people. They surely use computers in their lives in some capacity right? That game journalist must've used a desktop or a laptop to write that nonsense article, they must keep personal documents in their computer devices somewhere and work with them frequently, maybe even use cloud services of some kind. Basically everyone who uses the internet has some idea of how to use a modern computer yet for some reason they can't figure out how to install Steam on their computers and play games on them. Why? No really like what is the actual challenge here?

@shahgyy

10 ай бұрын

Stuff is challenging in life when you're brain damaged

@MavFair

10 ай бұрын

I wouldn't be surprised if they typed this article on their iPhone.

I switched to pc 3 years ago, I will never look back. Nothing against console I just love the freedom and choice of how I want to play games.

@tobyzilla

2 ай бұрын

I agree but who knows how long it will be if pc becomes a locked down environment just like consoles mainly Xbox

I love pc, one monitor for either gaming, sfm animating, drawing, etc. And the second monitor for watching youtube videos while im playing games

I'm starting to think game journalists are just purposely making dumb points to make people switch to PC.

As a console player NOBODY should switch to console if they're able to afford a more powerful PC. Why the f*ck would you willingly limit yourself if you're capable of buying better hardware...Consoles are supposed to be a more affordable less powerful alternative...they don't compete or replace a high end PC.

10 year old FX6300 rig here. Paired it with a GTX 760 first and then with an RX 580 in 2019. Still running most games pretty decently. Ran Lies of P great for instance. Wouldn't change it for a PS5 or Series console. PC gaming flexibility is unparalled.

@brpadington

10 ай бұрын

That's awesome dude. I ran my core 2 Quad build for almost 10 years.

Was this journalist a playstation fanboy Because how he only talks about playstation and its products

@Infantry492

9 ай бұрын

He's probably getting kick backs from sony

A PC is a full on personal computer. It's much more than a gaming device. Games journalism will never cease to be a joke I guess.

Why you should be a prisonner of the ecosystem of console while you can be free on pc and get everything you want even cheap yeah i'm talking about games

@Narkissos_1

10 ай бұрын

Even on console can be cheap if u buy your games from Argentina or turkey key shops at least on Xbox. Steam I don’t know why even if u transfer after some time it returns u back to your country. Ofc u can get many free games from cog like Witcher 1 and 2 games per week from epic. The only bs on consoles is the multiplayer but I am stacking gpu 3 years at a time for cheap.

@adknife2046

10 ай бұрын

@@Narkissos_1 yeah if you're buying for argentina but it's not banned by your system? If not it's a good opportunity because when i saw games price it's absurd the price is high but games are not finished

Whilst I was waiting for prices to come down to build my new PC (My old one broke due to water damage after doing me just fine for about 10 years) I bought a HP pavilion laptop for £500. It can still run all but the most demanding PC games just fine, and when at home I used it plugged into my monitor as a second screen and had no issues playing modern games whilst watching youtube (I played through cyberpunk just fine whilst running youtube on my other screen). When I wanted to travel, I just unplugged a few cables and brought the power cable (I have a decent second mouse I got for £30 and xbox controller). It would be very easy to set it up for easy use as a living room device by telling Steam to auto launch in big picture mode or using a wireless keyboard with built-in mousepad to launch games. I prefer a full on desktop, but I was never left wanting with my laptop and rarely used my xbox. It also only took one more step to setup than my xbox, and most games I know of automatically set graphics options for you so you only really need to go into the options to adjust things to your personal liking (eg turning off motion blur).

It's amazing when people who don't actually know anything about it try to talk about technology.

"Picking up the controller and turn on the TV"... You know we don't have to do both of these actions on PC, right? 😂😂

i think anyone over the age of 16 that isn't a fanboy for their platform knows why they play in what they play. IN most cases it's very subjective. i doubt anyone ever changes their minds with articles like these.

@diablomozart

10 ай бұрын

exactly...i use my pc to record music, i use consoles because they are easy and i don't have to mess with settings, which i deal with when recording music...what i do is right for me, i don't concern myself with what is right for others, they'll figure that out and do what they want

@Patrick-bn5rp

9 ай бұрын

I use PC because I want to emulate old consoles and play ROMs for old games that I download off the internet.

I love the 7 reason because yestersday i was playing with 3 other friends on a couch (castle crashers, TNMT shredders revenge and pro evolution soccer 6) with a PS4 joystick, a PS5 joystick and 2 xbox joysticks. Which console allows me to do that? And PES 6 it's a game from 2006

The haptic feedback and adaptive triggers are frankly just gimmicks. I checked them out with Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart on PC (which does support those features when using the DualSense controller) and while it is cool that the controller can do that kind of stuff, I found the experience as good, if not better, just playing with the controls on Steam Deck. The adaptive trigger feature in particular was more annoying than helpful and the functionality was pretty well replicated without the trigger having to stop midway through pulling.

They love the couch co-op argument omg, most exclusives do come to PC (remember where games are made) and most current exclusives are meh. we need them PS3 era bangers still chained hopefully not lost for good but god bless RPCS3 emulation FTW!

Small correction: Postal: Brain Damaged IS coming to consoles in-fact it's coming to Playstation on the 25th of this month.

I've been a console gamer and prefer controller over keyboard and mouse, but I just built a budget gaming pc not long ago so I can play older games at a much higher resolution, I still prefer console but it's what I have grown up with plus I don't really have Good PC money lol I can definitely see why a lot of people prefer PC, I played Max Payne 3 at 1440p 60 fps and it was like playing a remaster as on console the best you can play is 720p 30fps, so PCs are definitely more future proof and I am definitely enjoying older games looking better not only resolution and framerate wise but also the higher textures and graphic effects in general. Games are awesome and just enjoy yourselves, I know I do

@Patrick-bn5rp

9 ай бұрын

Can't you just use a controller with PC, though? And also... You can always just... Emulate the old consoles on your mid range PC. Duck station, PCSX2, Retroarch, Dolphin, PPSSPP, RPCS3, etc. Look into these. It's eye opening having generations of console games on one machine. And if you don't want to tinker with settings and stuff, with duck station and PCSX2, it really is just fire and forget. For the other emulators, they might have a slightly higher learning curve, but are well documented, so getting stuff working just requires you to check the wiki.

From personal experience, I was a xbox and PlayStation only gamer from 2012 to 2018, during that time, I had to get 2 replacements xbox 360s, a replacement xbox one, and a replacement ps3 because they all broke with time, costing me an extra £2000 or so. I swapped to pc in December of 2018 and got all my parts at a big discount, only costing me £850, and only had to upgrade my pc's CPU once in the last six years, and decided to upgrade my ram and buy more fans, barely bringing the cost over £1000 total. Half the cost in maintenance and I get access to mods, steam sales and keysites, I don't regret switching at all, I didn't even have to lose my controller, steam has better controller support than any platform, so every point about them is pretty much true for steam too, including haptic feedback even though I just turn that off. I regret that I used to be like these console warriors, it was a mindset based on my own ignorance, so it could be the same with a lot of these guys.

I bought a PS5 for $460 I still rather have a gaming PC & can’t wait till I do

Switch to which console? P$5 slim pockets? No thank you lol

@theoutsiderjess1869

10 ай бұрын

As someone who finally got a ps5 the slim looks ugly af

@ 16:20 There are PC games these days that support the PS5 controller's Haptic Feedback AND Adaptive Triggers feature. I know cause I use the PS5 controller to play PC games. I also know there is an app that allows you to use these features for games that don't support it natively yet. So these features are either available natively on PC or an app can give you access to these features for games that don't natively support it yet.

Console gamer here and got to admit Ultra kill looks so fun

@Barholtworld

10 ай бұрын

I agree, but if you need to know, the gameplay is from postal brain damaged. Out on the consoles too :D

P.C.s have thousands of Exclusive to P.C. Games

@death5talker45

10 ай бұрын

Most Prior Generations of Console Exclusive Games Can't Be Played On Any Working Console In Existence....But You Can Play Them On P.C. Still

About the only advantage Consoles have is transferrable licenses aka physical copies

@fillerbunnyninjashark271

10 ай бұрын

Without the data on the disc need to play the game, loll

@gregrothschilds8453

10 ай бұрын

I would agree if discs nowadays didn't just make you download the game anyways. Plus even if they do have a working day 1 version it's usually fucking broken to shit which requires a day 1 patch.

@durshurrikun150

10 ай бұрын

Disks only contain licenses now, so this is not true.

There was one point in time when console were better than PC. The time before the GPU. Thanks to consoles, PC have GPUs. That time was during the SNES/Genesis days

I'd rather lug around my gaming laptop over my switch any day of the week for gaming on the go. It even has enough space on the bottom below the keyboard to be a small but effective spot to use a wireless mouse one (though high dpi helps a lot there). It's not even that heavy at only 3lbs for it's weight and it doesn't compromise too much on screen size because of it either (still has a 15 in screen).

@noset6434

10 ай бұрын

Id play mario bros instead of any pc games

@Nirob615

10 ай бұрын

@@noset6434 well considering I have one of the OG switches I can pull game files from it's storage and port them over into roms for an emulator to play so I can do that too. I do get where you're coming from though my laptop is extremely lightweight for what it is, and that wide space below the keyboard is unusual to have. Like Joe said though handheld pc machines like the steamdeck exist now which do what my laptop does without the hassle of carrying peripherals alongside it like my mouse and/or controller. However, at the end of the day this all comes down to game preference. One of my favorite games to play right now is honestly AC Blackflag because I've gotten back into the ship battles. That game is still one of if not the best single player pirate simulator out there and the ship combat isn't the actual main part of the game; albeit it is a big part of the game, but the game is still very much focused on playing as Edward not the ship most of the time.

@Bakedea87

10 ай бұрын

Yeah but you miss out on new Nintendo games, like Pokemon etc.

@MrEsphoenix

3 ай бұрын

@@Bakedea87 but in return you get access to thousands of games not available on Nintendo including Palworld which is the pokemon game many of us always wanted. And can just get an emulator like Ryujinx to play nintendo games anyway.

Why would I ever intentionally get a lobotomized PC to play games on when I have an absolute temple to the gods of silicon that I can do everything on? I also own a Steam Deck, which can emulate Nintendo. PC > console. Always has been, always will be, end of story and stop coping, plebes.

The only thing I can even slightly get behind here is how much configuration each game requires on PC. Especially mine because I have an older setup. But that's literally just because I'm stupid and no matter how much I research this stuff I don't understand it, so that issue is entirely on me.

@brpadington

10 ай бұрын

Sometimes older setups work better. My graphics drivers had issues on release. It was minor but still annoying. Waiting 6 months before getting a new gpu helps.

Im literally playing tears of the kingdom on my main monitor at 60 fps 4k on my main monitor as I watch this lmao that was a funny moment

I love how their "Pro's" can easily be countered with Steam Deck like in 11:09 mark of the video

When a game journalist uses a fan they have to Google, what high and Low. means lol

To me its very simple: Consoles: You want simplicity, a straight forward experience, you turn on the machine and you play, you'll have access to certain exclusive titles (in the case of nintendo) and you aren't willing to pay more than 500 usd for your gaming hardware. PC: You need to worry about the correct drivers versions, balance the best settings for your pc, balance your hardware (you can't pair a top end gpu with a crappy cpu or ram for example), the hardware costs more money and games are more buggy usually. But you get games from all companies (other than nintendo, at least legally 😂😂😂), with a decent rig you get better visuals/performance, you can update your hardware progressively with time, games are normally cheaper, you aren't tied up to 2/3 graphic settings chosen by the devs, you can choose which controller to use and you can use mods. People can choose whichever option and it'll be fine but they shouldn't be fanboys and say it's universally better because those are just preferences and there are pros and cons on each platform.

@durshurrikun150

10 ай бұрын

"You want simplicity, a straight forward experience, you turn on the machine and you play"This has not been true for decades "you'll have access to certain exclusive titles (in the case of nintendo" they are not exclusive "you aren't willing to pay more than 500 usd for your gaming hardware"But you are willing to pay more for games and to pay for online ( which you don't need to, since on PC, online is free) "You need to worry about the correct drivers versions" You don't, driver update automatically or you can check once in a while. "balance the best settings for your pc" Or you can just use the default settings which the game sets automatically by detecting your hardware "the hardware costs more money and games are more buggy usually" Only the entry point costs more, but on PC you save money long term, and no, games are not buggier on PC usually. "at least legally" Emulation is legal, cope and seethe peasant.

I can personally confirm that Tears of the Kingdom can be played on PC, and has been there longer than it has been on the Switch

I play both so I don't have to worry about it

I m running a 5800x 3d +6700xt in a lian li o11 dynamic black. customizability, i get to look at hardware and fan LED dances to mystic light with voice and music. consoles dont do that. and they barely able to play that game that are designed for.

That doesn't make no sense even though I'm a console player you can play Nintendo games on a PC not only that Nintendo games run better on a PC

I find it hilarious when people say they don't want to sit at a desk using a mouse and keyboard to play games... If that's how they think it has to be done, ok. I'm just laid back on my bed with an old 360 controller lookin at a 4k projection of one of my three monitors playing Diddy Kong racing 64 on an emulator. I could be playing something new but I felt like goin retro.

I dunno, I've built cheapo rigs for many friends and come in under console prices. This year, for work, I put together a workstation that has 14-cores, 128GB of RAM, and two M2000 GPUs -- all parts from eBay. It drives 8x monitors at 4K and all together was about $500. Granted, it's not a gaming platform and is geared toward productivity... but I think you can see where I'm going with this. I really disagree with "upfront price" argument to building a PC. So long as you're not trying to get brand new hardware, PCs are more affordable even up front.

honestly I haven't invested in any console post launch. I've never ever broke or repaired a console in any way and all of them still work. I get this isn't the usual case.

The pc is only not simple to people with below room temp IQ. If something goes wrong with your console, you have to get an entirely new console. On pc you just have to figure out what part has stopped working and just swap it out and that process is literally as simple as unplugging something and plugging something new in.

Found this video while looking for other people's opinions on switching to console. While i agree that gaming on the PC is superior compared to consoles, i also don't completely disagree with the article. It is pretty expensive to keep up with the latest tech in PC hardware. Upgrading my graphics card and processor up to date would cost me more money than to buy an Xbox SX. Another thing i might add is that while it is possible to play local multiplayer on PC, it's much more convenient on console since it's already strapped to the TV. I enjoy sharing my gaming experience with my family but i don't have the luxury of my own gaming room. I have a bedroom where my PC stays, and i have a living room with a single TV. I often move my PC to play on the TV with family, but i'd be lying if i said that lugging my fairly heavy PC up and down the stairs is not tiring. I don't care much for exclusives, which is why i chose the Xbox SX. Backwards compatibility all the way back to the original Xbox discs is a very nice thing for me to have since i have some 360 discs that would become essentially trash after my 360 got RRoD. Some games were also never ported to PC, and if they were, i'd have to buy them again. Convenience is basically what i'm paying for with all of these services since i am completely aware that i can just pirate all of these games on PC if i wish to. I don't have plans on ditching my PC, but for the time being, it is nice that i have an Xbox that can run the latest games that my PC could not. Plus, my progress on Xbox syncs with my PC if i ever decide to use PC Game Pass in the future on a better machine. With that being said, i hope it doesn't discourage people too much to try consoles for what it's worth. My experience moving from my PC to Xbox has been pretty smooth sailing so far, and if there are some games i can't play on the Xbox, i can always get on my PC again.

Facts! Game Journos are clowns.

Why the hell would I switch to a console when I have a library that was putting consoles to shame for more than a year. Game pass has 400+ ps5 native games are 605 and my steam library is over 520. Not including the keys im to lazy to activate or emulators.

Yeah these clickbait BuzzFeed articles are always brain dead. I've been a console gamer for the majority of my life. I dipped my toes into PC gaming when I bought a very capable mid range gaming laptop back in 2020. Then the Steam Deck came out and that was the final nail in the coffin for me. I could play all the games I wanted with a console like experience. But I could also customize and tinker with it to get other stuff working on it as well. I looked at my Switch which had been gathering dust since I got the Deck, and at my PS5 which had been gathering dust even before that and decided to move fully to PC. Built a high end gaming rig this year, and I've definitely gotten more out of gaming than I have in years. Next console generation I won't even bother with PlayStation because most of the games I'm interested in are already on PC (even some of their exclusives so there's even less reason.) I will probably still play Nintendo consoles because I do like their games and while I know emulation is a thing (I emulate a lot of Nintendo games to begin with.) I still want to pay for the games before emulating, because I want to support the developers for their work.

If you already have a perfectly capable PC and not a potato rig, there is no reason to switch to console. The only good reason i can think for why you'd buy a console despite owning a PC is because you want to be able to play your already-owned console games on capable hardware.

This article looks like it's attempting to cater to Sony and Nintendo fanboys with the intention to dupe those idiots to spread this article around for ad revenue clicks. Also funny they are pretending you cannot hack a console while you can easily hack a console just as easily as you can hack a game on pc. Hell you can hack a switch and use it to put your games legally on pc and play it at higher quality legally. Also here is a counter argument to destroy this list and only need one reason: rather get a console and either spend $20 to $80 minimum a year in order to play your games online ontop of your internet bill? Or would you rather not pay a single dime for online play with access to games pass for cheaper than the console version and stick with your pc? In all honesty the only console worth value out of the three is the switch and that's only if you enjoy Nintendo exclusive games since most games on Xbox you have access to and Sony is putting games on Pc anyways.

I have both a ps5 and pc I did not sell my pc because of the controller and haptic feedback and I love it

I’m a new pc gamer I just built a 4090 rig I got sick of games not running at 120 on console when that was the got dame promise I sold my series X I was hyped to play hellblade 2 then I heard it was 960p at 30fps wtf is that so I sold the series X now have a fire pc I still own my switch for Mario and other games I like and I own the PS5 for day one exclusives but for now my main gaining will be on my 3700$ pc build

Game anyway u want

jokes on them. i have pcs and consoles. checkmate, corpo journos.

I switch from pc to console because you would expect the way how things are connected or managed to change but they haven't and cable managing on pc is the worst and hasn't changed in the pass 20 years

couch coop is not that available on ps5 , barely anything has it , tried to play Minecraft at a friends house , couldn't without a paid account , or at least if you can he couldn't work it out , used to like consoles myself , its how i got into gaming og xbox was mind-blowing at the time lol , but then a couple of generations later paid online accounts and 50/80 dollar games made me move to pc , and building pcs is something i get a lot of enjoyment out of , designing and building your rig is so satisfying , and cheaper in the long run if you know what your looking for and when to buy , plus you can get new games running on a very cheap rig these days , wont look amazing , but you can still play , journos are so misguided

Big big mistake said here on cheating on console! Example:PUBG ranked is 80% cronus zen. No bans. The amount of cheaters on console is huge! Wall hack not to much, but aimbot and antirecoil is insane! 42 millions strikepack rolling...

like trying to convince people to move from their decent, low-rent location to Ohio.

The 2nd 'reason' on that list is completely stupid for 2 reasons 1. GoW: Ragnarök WILL come to PC one day it's just a matter of when and 2. You CAN play Tears of the Kingdom on a PC, if you use an emulator.

i switched to pc and love it, but the dualsense is like an addiction, it took me a while to not need it

"Split-screen co-op" - different monitors and controllers for everyone, maybe on the same system or different PC's .........

really loving the amount and quality of your content. Been a sub for awhile and you have evolved a lot as a content creator. The growth of the channel really shows in both content and subscribers

This couch co-op on consoles arguement is bullshit. I tried to play black ops 4 zombies with a friend on ps4, couch co-op and it wouldn't let us because he didnt have a PlayStation network account and wasnt paying for PlayStation plus. If you're forced to not only use an online account, but to pay to even use it then couch co-op might as well not exist.

Honestly I'm more of a console player. If I allready had a far superior P.C to a ps5 or series x I wouldn't switch to a console. But If my P.C was old and outdated and I had to buy either a fairly expensive P.C or a reasonable console I'd go with the console. 2 main reasons why I like consoles. The price is good and i can share my games with others.

@Patrick-bn5rp

9 ай бұрын

Gonna be honest. While game sharing is nice, PlayStation Plus is 80 dollars a year and the ps5 is 499. If you pay for internet for 6 years, it will cost you 480 dollars. That's 980 dollars if you account for ps plus over the course of 6 years. You can honestly build a decent enough PC for 980 dollars or get a decent prebuilt. And your games will also be cheaper due to CD key websites and steam sales. Imo, more importantly, you can download ROMs and emulate old consoles free of charge. So when you buy a PC, you aren't just getting pc games. You're getting PlayStation 1, super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, etc... All free of charge. If we're going to be talking about "value", PC is where it's at. Second place actually goes to xbox because it has Dev mode, which lets you access some of the emulators mentioned above, but not all of them. Although you still run into the problem of "after paying for internet for a few years, you could have easily just built a mid tier gaming PC instead." Course, this only applies if you pay for internet. Which most players will. So I'd say that console is a good deal, but only for people who don't want to play with others over the net.

9:19 Actually is confirmed that Postal Brain Damaged will get ported to PS4 & PS5 like Postal 4: No Regrets. But i love play Postal titles on PC (specially Postal 2 & Brain Damaged)

The entire argument about exclusives is entirely void. because Emulators exist, Software to 'rip'(pulls the ROM from the CD/Cartridge) from games you buy exist. There's entire markets for Arcade ROMs that fell out of copyright due to age etc, There's entire underground communities that even dedicate themselves to dumping ROMs. Like legality even in play or to the side, the entire argument is basically like a skateboarder eating the pavement when they mess up one of their tricks.

The funny thing is, as time goes on, consoles lose every exclusive while PC gets every exclusive.

Only reason to switch to console is for 1st party exclusives.

I would never change from my PC to an console. I plan to replay Oblivion again with Mods to make the textures less eye cancer causing after Cyberpunk 2077. Something I can´t do on an console.

A gaming laptop ranges from 700-1000 dollars at that price range you might as well get a decent Pc for gaming

Games have been badly optimized on console as well! I have an Xbox, PC and Steam Deck, the only time I have to mess with settings is on the Steam Deck

My PC is plugged into my 55' 4K TV. and most of my games I play with controller. Right now I'm writing this from my couch. I will go back to PC-only because I just can't afford console gaming anymore additionally to my PC. Times getting worse thanks to Biden and Scholz. However. I also plant to get a handheld PC and sell my Series X one day in the near future. I'm not telling people to switch to PC, especially Xbox is a completely fine platform offering the best value of all consoles especially with gamepass. And I'll very likely miss my Xbox. However... life is about setting priorities and I can't afford to buy games for both anymore and I can't do without the PC because I need it for so much more than just gaming. The whole debate is useless, because what is best for yooou depends on your needs and your priorities.And i can still stay in the Xbox ecosystem with my PC. And my needs have changed too. I play less games. Literally 80% in the last 5 years I played Bethesda games, 5% Cyberpunk and 5% Mass Effect games and 10% everything else. I'm getting old and focus on what I really want and need The console vs PC war is as stupid as console wars. Before telling somebody to get a specific console or a PC ask them what they need it for and what is important to them. Freedom, safety, convinience always have been exchangeable currencies.

@Bakedea87

10 ай бұрын

How about playing from bed and couch?

@iHaveTheDocuments

10 ай бұрын

Common Biden L

@OrkDiktator

10 ай бұрын

@@Bakedea87 That's where the secondary handheld PC comes into play

@Bakedea87

10 ай бұрын

@@OrkDiktator lol

He keeps talking about having PS5 and Switch for home and portable experience, that´s almost 1000$ entry to consol gaming. Thing is a lot of pc gamers don´t care too much about Nintendo games, maybe a few which are interesting but it´s a lot of kids games.

Using componentes less reduces the thermal stress by the cooling and heating cycles and by Electromigration, which basically is rhe diffusion of diferent atoms through the silicon due the electrical potential imposed by the currents used by the chip itself to work, eventually keading to shortcircuits and the inability for transistors to turn off given a conductive filament of diffused metal atoms through the gap in middle of the transistors. However all semiconductors are exposed to both problems, so consoles will suffer it too and even if you have your hardware turn 24/7, it takes decades for the problem to prevent itself, otherwise server hardware in daracenters would have a lifespan of months or a couple of years instead of decades. Hardware becomes obsolete way, way before thermal stress and Electromigration kills the component.

there are good reasons to have both, and imma just quickly lay them out, feel free to argue them Console generally are: -more casual -less prone to bs not working -more fair (PC's can have advantages from difference in hardware that are less common on console) -easier to use (past setup, you're WAY less likely to get performance issues on console unless the game is generally fkd anyways) PC's are generally: -more competitive -more responsive (consoles are generally limited to 0,60 or 120 fps) -more customizable -able to do more tasks than gaming and most people can have a reason to buy a switch, its a fun console lets be honest

@Patrick-bn5rp

9 ай бұрын

You forgot to add console emulation to the list for PC. The Xbox has some of that, but not all of it, and you still need a PC for setup, last I checked. Also yes, switch is fun.

@IQDivider

9 ай бұрын

@@Patrick-bn5rp fair, tho emulation is really hard to legally do, so for most people its not really a big plus. Also theres backwards compatibility on xbox & PS Now for playstation, plus remasters and offically emulated games (e.g. Nintendo Switch Online) so it ends up being the same points (customizablility & better looking)

@Patrick-bn5rp

9 ай бұрын

@@IQDivider My guy, you can't just say that "emulation isn't worth considering because it's hard to do legally." It's huge on something like the steam deck. And even if it is illegally, games are very easy to get off various sites. It's only grown in popularity over the years as emulators reach maturity. In addition to that, PS now is cloud based. It's useless for anything other than the handful of turn based games that Sony offers. And it's an expensive subscription. You aren't going to want to play an action game with a laggy remote. It's not something anyone who values their dollar would be compelled to purchase. For switch online, it's 50 dollars a year for a limited selection of games. (Or 20 if you just want some Snes and NES games. Which your smart fridge can run, frankly) Sure, you get most of the first party games, but you'll be missing out on a huge section of the respective system's library. And again, it's a subscription. Unlike with PC where you can just download that crap for free, you actually have to shell out some change for that stuff. That's not even mentioning the emulation issues you have on switch with the n64. Like the input lag. Might as well be a crappy cloud based service instead.

@Patrick-bn5rp

9 ай бұрын

For the Xbox, it doesn't let you play burned copies of Xbox and 360 games and backwards compatibility is limited. Second hand game discs are also expensive.

@Patrick-bn5rp

9 ай бұрын

Your list should actually probably state "PC has access to past console game libraries and the games are free for them if piracy is ok with you." That's a legitimate advantage, imo. I literally bought a PC this generation instead of a ps5 for that specific function.

I have been really enjoying Postal Brain Damage.

I have an X Box X, but when it becomes obsolete I will buy a gaming computer, because they are better.

So, I've never used a console since I tried my hand at the original Mario game at my brother's house. I have always been a PC gamer, though I have also been under the impression that I'd be happy with a console, IF IT SUPPORTED MODS! I think the console vs PC battles are brain-dead stooopit, and do not care. Also, if I can figure out how to mod New Vegas, I can mod any game, and I'm a very ignorant gamer. Plus I'm old. My friend and fellow retiree saw Skyrim at my house, all modded up and he ditched his console right then and had a PC built for him. Also too, I have never cheated in a multi-player game, though i did buy some gold in WoW back when 80 was the highest level.

This _"Journalist"_ clearly wrote this article on a console. They didn't even try to hide they was shilling so hard for consoles 😂

For me PC will always be the better option and they're getting more and more accessible for not knowledgeable people. I hated launchers but they did make it easier to search for games and download them, update them, etc. I'm ok with them now, sort of 😂 Drivers updates on PC annoy me a little too much because on console it's either a console update 3 months apart from each other or a game update, that's it. You won't get updates for the graphics card, displays, peripherals, etc every week or month. That has to be on my top 2 annoying things about PCs in general 😂 Online games full of hackers is probably number 2 🤷🏻‍♂️ not sure when/if that can be ever stopped, and it's sad 😔 Any other reason to "hate" on PC gaming I find it "skippeable" 👍🏻

If you're getting a PC to use it as a console, then you should just stay on console.

@Patrick-bn5rp

9 ай бұрын

Uh. No. Not really. You're never going to be able to natively play ps3 games on your series S or X. Let alone on your ps5. I got a PC so I could emulate old consoles while playing with a controller and the value is unmatched. Ps5 does not support emulation at all and on the Xbox, it's more limited due to limitations within Dev mode itself and due to less emu devs developing for it at all. Plus, I can use Parsec to play old games online with friends. It's like shareplay, but free and works with anything I want.

Yes, by all means take a break from stealing games on pc and buy a console with all that money you saved from pirating.

Bruh console barely has mods...

@fillerbunnyninjashark271

10 ай бұрын

They have no mods

@gregrothschilds8453

10 ай бұрын

They have none

@durshurrikun150

10 ай бұрын

@@gregrothschilds8453 Only in a handful of games and by handful i mean 3, Fallout 4, Skyrim and Starfield probably

Also I'm not sure if Microsoft is still even offering this but they had finance plans (no interest either) for the two series consoles that included xbox gold and gamepass ultimate. If you took out the price of the services from the monthly payments the part for the consoles would come out to $6 or $13 (or around there) which isn't bad at all tbh. If they are still doing it however it does almost completely remove the price barrier to entry for gaming on the xbox side at least. The only reason I consider it a good deal is the fact it doesn't have any interest and only lasts two years, so if you bought yours in 2020 or 2021 your payments are already done pretty much.

I never listened to gaming journalists since they gave good reviews to the WRONG version of Sonic Unleashed (Wii version), and gave bad reviews to the CORRECT version of Sonic Unleashed (Xbox 360 version). These gaming journalists are NOT loyal to gamers, or even their pocketbooks, they're loyal to their bosses(as well as the Elite).

@lilsoonerfaninmo

10 ай бұрын

I would've brought up the absolute bafoonery that was BFBB Rehydrated (legitimately a SpongeBob licensed out styled game) and they struggled to beat it A game a literally 6 year old can beat Or the Cuphead tutorial fiasco. That's also equally bad

@starscotten

10 ай бұрын

@@lilsoonerfaninmo Without infinite jumps, I would've struggled to beat it as well, especially during the slide missions. However, Cuphead's tutorial fiasco, that fool was too stupid to even TOUCH the game! He wasted EVERYONE'S time and money, pretty much exposing the fact that he shouldn't be allowed to play Cuphead, PERIOD!

@lilsoonerfaninmo

10 ай бұрын

@@starscotten You would've struggled with a game designed for literal children .....I don't even know what to say to that

@starscotten

10 ай бұрын

@@lilsoonerfaninmo Crash Bandicoot Nsane Trilogy and Knack were ALSO made for literal children, and they're full-on unbeatable to me (Knack at least, Nsane Trilogy was actually cheat-to-win for me). So your point is moot.

They didn’t mention the Steam Deck because it would make their points invalid for supporting consoles

I had my power supply die at one point I replaced my motherboard, my case and my CPU along side it Total: $150. Maybe less. I don’t remember for sure This was just after the first COVID vaccines came out. I replaced most of those as a precaution Computer has been running like a dream ever since

Other than Nintendo, console does couch coop terribly these days

No one goes backwards from pc to console unless you've lost everything and become homeless

What sacreligous version of postal did bro get please help.

Do you want to get cheap restricted hardware upfront, and continuously get ripped off on software (games) thereon? Get a Console! Do you want to take the financial hit on flexible hardware upfront, and get continuous access to cheap software thereon? Get a PC! Overall, I personally think PC gaming is cheaper in the long run if you get good hardware. You will need to upgrade once every 5-10 years, depending on how impatient you get. I assembled a real beast of a PC in 2016, which could play anything and everything at ultra. I finally caved in and assembled a new beast PC last month for Starfield, 7 years after the previous one. And I still have the old PC which can still run a LOT of stuff very well. I've spent far less on games comparing to the amount spent on hardware. Oh, and the best part - 100% backwards compatibility for every game.

It is just what poeple prefer

Lets do the math, Switch= $299 before tax, $499 before tax, Series X $499 before tax (not sure why anyone would do that over a PC) were already looking at $1300 dollars before tax that could get you Ryzen 7 7700X 4.5GHz, GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB, 16GB DDR5, 2TB NVMe SSD. - I don't know what else to say, those arguments made no sense.

"Why should you switch from PC to console" *starts pointing things that only work if you don't have a PC* I would say you should never switch to console when you already have a PC but you can buy a console as a secondary gaming device like a handheld for going outside, maybe to a friend or something (there is so many options of PC handhelds so you still have your library). I don't see why should anyone with a PC get any home console except for exclusives but you can emulate them if they are older or now, most of them get PC ports (but not Bloodborne and Demon's Souls cause fuck me i guess)

@fillerbunnyninjashark271

10 ай бұрын

You can literally play demon's souls on rpcs3 on the PC

@heronik79

10 ай бұрын

@@fillerbunnyninjashark271 i totally not forgot Demon's Souls was on PS3 XD but still it would be nice if they ported the PS5 version

@fillerbunnyninjashark271

10 ай бұрын

@@heronik79 a lot of people don't like the PS5 version because the art style was changed. It lost the from soft charm.

Console only has Some Games with Couch Co-op or Local Multiplayer

As someone who plays console I want to play on both console and pc they both have advantages and disadvantages. I can play with mods on pc and on console I can immerse myself into a game how it is

@Patrick-bn5rp

9 ай бұрын

I recommend looking into emulation if you have an Xbox. It's not as good as the kind of emulation you get with the PC due to some bottlenecks, but you'll get access to multiple generations of games that way and nowadays it's pretty much fire and forgot once you've configured the emulators.