What’s the point of consoles?

[Natural Love]

What’s the point of consoles these days? People get milked to play online. Back in the day consoles where just here to have fun. Easy plug and play and what is now? Xbox with f* up drm and monthly fee to play online and sony with 80 bucks games and a monthly sub to play online….ridiculous.

[Haruspex]

Publicado originalmente por RRW359:

Publicado originalmente por Mr Jt (Gog is king):

Well you can play console games on pc and sony also ports their exclusives here so pc always wins in my opinion. I surely lost interest in consoles because of this sub nonsense which is going on.

From scratch show me a PC from 2014 for $500 that can play JWE2 as well as an Xbox.

Sure thing boss.

2014 Cheap Bastard's $488 gaming PC build[www.gamersnexus.net]

Couldn't find footage of this GPU running JWE2, so here's the first JWE running on what's basically the same card. Very minor differences.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1RkufYS8G4

Medium settings. 1080p.

[Fluxxation]

Self defensive brick that applies an electrified debuff.

[Lemale]

Publicado originalmente por Crazy Tiger:

Publicado originalmente por Mr Jt (Gog is king):

games are locked at 30fps and are also heavily downgraded.

Which isn;t relevant for everybody. Plenty of people don't care about graphics.

Publicado originalmente por Mr Jt (Gog is king):

If a console would let you play games/mp games without a subscription

Which isn't relevant for everybody. Plenty of people don't play MP

Publicado originalmente por Mr Jt (Gog is king):

if microsoft would fix their drm issue

PC has DRM as well, it will always be an issue to someone.

As has been said in the thread by various people, it all boils down to personal preference. None of the things you mention actually mean a console is a worse option for people. It's perhaps a worse option for you personally, but that's just one more example that it boils down to personal preference.

1.Every console gamer would prefer higher framerates

2. No you also have to pay if you want to back up your saves

3. Steam drm is very light and the xbox console drm doesn’t let you play your games when the servers are down.

[Lemale]

Publicado originalmente por Futsure (Berserker):

For people who are too lazy to use a computer. I have a PS4 because Bloodborne is exclusive and not easily emulated but that’s all.

We are getting there mate we are getting there

[Yzal]

Hey, kiddies have to start somewhere

[ṼṏẌṏḭḊ]

All 4 of them today, eh?

[EASY PETE]

You just answered your own question. Money

[Andrew R]

1. Collectibility. I just attended a video game convention which had just about everything. If you have a copy of Rule Of Rose ( PS2 ) or Haunting Ground ( PS2 ) you are sitting on a nice chunk of cash. And there are many more.


2. Availability. Some games just aren't on PC. ( shockingly ) If you want that copy of Henry Hatsworth And The Puzzling Adventure for DS or Xenoblade 3 for Switch, you ain't gonna find them on Steam.



( And this is coming from a a guy who loves his Steam )

[Haruspex]

Publicado originalmente por Andrew R:

1. Collectibility. I just attended a video game convention which had just about everything. If you have a copy of Rule Of Rose ( PS2 ) or Haunting Ground ( PS2 ) you are sitting on a nice chunk of cash. And there are many more.

This is nice for the collector who has these games, but I see it as a negative overall for gaming. I'm a bit of a collector myself, and I have Xenosaga 1 and 2 for PS2. If I want to complete the trilogy and get 3, I'm looking at shelling out $200 minimum. There's no other way to buy and play it. This kind of scarcity for data is silly.

Publicado originalmente por Andrew R:

2. Availability. Some games just aren't on PC. ( shockingly ) If you want that copy of Henry Hatsworth And The Puzzling Adventure for DS or Xenoblade 3 for Switch, you ain't gonna find them on Steam.

True, but as I said in another post; With PC, there's always a way, and that way is often a better experience on PC than it ever was on original hardware. Yes, there are legal issues, particularly if you don't actually own the game. Morally though there are shades of gray here, and in many cases emulation may be the only way to play some games now and in the future when the publisher has completely washed their hands of it. Without PC gamers doing, in my opinion, the important preservation work of archiving this stuff digitally, and with old consoles not lasting forever, PC allows these titles to be enjoyed forever, long after the original hardware and discs or cartridges have crumbled to dust.

[Defenestration]

To give normies a chance. And to play with friends in the same room.

[Tsubame ⭐]

- Easier to use and more comfortable to play, especially with other people - i.e. on a couch on a big TV screen.
- Less compatibility issues - i.e. all consoles are the same, computers come in a wide variety of specs.
- Cheaper than an equivalent PC with similar performance.
- Some games are exclusives.

PCs of course do have their advantages as well, but I will leave these out and just answer the question posted in the OP itself.

[RRW359]

Publicado originalmente por 8bitbeard:

Publicado originalmente por RRW359:

From scratch show me a PC from 2014 for $500 that can play JWE2 as well as an Xbox.

Sure thing boss.

2014 Cheap Bastard's $488 gaming PC build[www.gamersnexus.net]

Couldn't find footage of this GPU running JWE2, so here's the first JWE running on what's basically the same card. Very minor differences.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1RkufYS8G4

Medium settings. 1080p.

Windows 7, which is $100 and required to play it, is "recommended" and not included in the price.

[DucGrandma]

Publicado originalmente por 🦆Cloud Boy🦆:

If you spent $250 on a ps4, you can play all the AAA games including many exclusives that PC don't have. That's the point of a console. Nobody forced you to pay online fees, that's an optional feature for those who wanna play multiplayer games.

Game prices are same for PC or ps4 or Xbox. New AAA games are now $70 to $80. That's a new trend for many AAA games in 2022.

Game price for PC? you might forget another neat thing about PCs: being a pirate because the only thing you have to deal with is malware, and with a basic knowledge, you can basically dodge this issue all the time.

[K0mbO]

For a number of reasons I'm sure most people have already answered, but it just boils down to simplicity. Parents want to get their kids something to keep them happy, but might not be into PC gaming themselves so they get what they think their kids will like. Kids then have friends with multiple consoles which makes them want one too if they don't have it. Media advertising shoves the console wars in the kids faces constantly with the latest and greatest console and AAA releases. Some people have no idea how to build a PC, nor what to buy pre-built if they go that route. Even those who do know about PC gaming sometimes still would just rather not have to go through the trouble of building and maintaining one instead of just buying a console to play while sitting on the couch. As far as the monthly fees of console gaming, I mean most people don't care about spending a little more money per month if it keeps them and/or their kids entertained. Personally, I just stick to PC gaming these days, but I can see how the consoles are still popular.

[Paratech2008]

Because PCs with good hardware costs more than a PS5 or Xbox One X.

the hardware doesn't change like PC, everything is static so there's no compatibility issues.

They can have games that'll be available for over 5 years. PC hardware can need replaced in 3 years...

I'm pro PC but can see where others want a console.