Does history repeat itself?

Probably, with the way pc parts are priced right now.

Well greedy Sony is back so I guess so.

At this point, I'll probably buy a PC instead of PS6. I haven't upgraded my PC since 2015 so I'll be due.

Did you just cobble together a shitty image, OP? Regardless, i've always preferred to spend more and use consoles as a secondary device, though I did go mostly 360 due to being younger and having less expendable income.

I'll be honest, I don't remember PC costing beyond $1,500 in 2005, and during the 7th gen, it was a very bad time to be a PC gamer as well. And as of now in 2021, the GPU is pretty much the only thing effecting prices and less on the other stuff. I wouldn't say history is repeating itself as gaming PC are more on the high demands and covid-19 did played a role here. Being stuck at home while under lockdown, PC's became the must have than consoles since people needed to work from home and having PC playing games/working home became the must have after 2020.

I thought this thread was going to be about the inevitable fate of Nintendo's next console.😎

You need to provide a discussion instead of posting simply an image.

Lmfao, people still thinking they're only paying $500 for an Xbox or PS5. Ignoring the online service costs, higher costs of games, and the likeliness they'll have to buy a "pro" console revision later or the likely scenario of hardware failure which is more common on console than PC, and unfixable usually.

An XSX or PS5 is not the equivalent of a $1,600 PC unless it was a $1,600 PC from 7-8 years ago.

Your points are exceptionally weak. Please do better. You are embarrassing PC gamers.

Don't know why I clicked on the thread knowing it was from commander.

Steam Deck is very cheap. Probably the better option for rando PC atm tbh.

Won't get ultra mega 4K, but looks like it do will do the job for people who don't get sexually excited by LCD lights on their GTX who cares.

When you look at the Switch, and it being equivalent to a toaster released in 2004, yes, i'd say that the history repeat itself.

You mean the prices of games increasing or something else?

+ GP = Biggest bang for the buck ever...Evah!! :P

Price increases

@eoten: a $1600 PC from 7-8 years gets lapped around by a PS4 Pro.

PC being vastly superior to console, regardless of budget, year after year? Yeah I suppose that's history repeating itself.

I don't know what your point is, but I bet it's really dumb.

personally, I think it's an apples to orange comparison as that PC has access to way more games than a single console now. A PC now plays PlayStation and Xbox titles, so you're looking at $1000 for both consoles for full access. tack on $60 a year for online taxes, that's another $420 per console over a generation. If you also factor in more expensive games, mid gen pro version consoles, and now a few hundred extra for proprietary expandable HDD memory, your looking at well over $2,000 on consoles for everything that one PC does automatically. This also doesn't factor in mods, power difference, full Backward compatibility, or the fact that PC emulates Nintendo games better than Nintendo's own console. PC is just a better investment honestly.

The 360 was in no way equivalent to a $1,500 PC. What are you smoking?

Back then I was building PCs for fun with CrossFire 290s and 970SLI for around 700-900$.

If you say you could play a better version of the same game by buying a better gaming machine - I don't see why not if you have the money for it.

You do the same thing with buying a better console version after around 2-3 years from it's day launch, you basically spend the same amount of money in replacing a good working console instead of upgrading like you could on PC.

Now you can buy a better version of the console from day launch - Xbox S or Xbox X for double the money.

Regardless the high end PC stuff appears to be gobbled up as quickly as consoles are. I think at this point people get whatever they can.