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[bitbydeath]

Since when? What region?

I think the PS+ cards are gone from everywhere but you can still buy PSN cards which AFAIK is the same thing except you can choose where the money goes.

 

[The Pleasure]

As long as you're not chasing Nvidia's latest and greatest every year, yeah. It's cheaper.

How do you gloat if you don't have the newest rtx card? Rumor has it that each year you don't upgrade your graphic card, your master peen shrinks. Two years in and you have nothing left UNLESS you have a voodoo 5 card in sli mode which gives you the legendary Chrono Cross of shafts.

 

[Rentahamster]

 

[namenotfound]

After the super bundles and flash sales ended, I don't buy as much. Still overall good sales. Bundles on Fanatical are still pretty solid. When I get the urge to buy a game I usually check isthereanydeal or straight to GreenManGaming. Sometimes the price difference from Steam is only like $5 and sometimes it's major

 

[ahtlas7]

Now you know that feeling.
Gaming without boarders

 

[WX3]

Welcome to PC gaming, where in three months time you will no longer be satisfied with your rig and the upgrading will begin!

 

[Gamer79]

If you focus on buying games only when they go on sale you'll find the prices are pretty much the same across both PC and console and go on sale, if not at the same time, with the same frequency. To pull one game from your list, Doom Eternal is the same price on Steam and PS Store right now, $10.

If you're uswed to buying new console games full price, then buying old ass PC games during a Steam sale will look like a bargain, but they're not comparable tendencies at all.

I paid 67¢ for doon eternal. I got it less than a buck

 

[MMaRsu]

If you focus on buying games only when they go on sale you'll find the prices are pretty much the same across both PC and console and go on sale, if not at the same time, with the same frequency. To pull one game from your list, Doom Eternal is the same price on Steam and PS Store right now, $10.

If you're uswed to buying new console games full price, then buying old ass PC games during a Steam sale will look like a bargain, but they're not comparable tendencies at all.

Nah keysitrs are much cheaper.

 

[DavidGzz]

When you have a lot of time to game, the savings per hour of gaming are huge on PC. There are just so many Indy games that will never come to console. Then you have Mods that can give you hundreds of hours of gaming for $0. The Convergence mod for Dark Souls 3 for example. There is no comparison for me.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Buying and keeping? Yes, absolutely. But reselling/renting is still a thing with consoles. Gotta factor in the returns on that as well. If you only want digital then PC is cheaper, no doubt.

This is why I'm purely physical on playstation. The cost to entry for their games.

To the op. I think once people do the initial jump like you have, they would see the benefits.

People are stubborn though and can't see a deal due to their brand loyalty.

PC is the best place to play. It's just a fact. You can design the system to exactly what you are looking for. Lose all the expensive walled garden shit and 99 percent of the time have the best experience.

 

[Kenpachii]

90% of the time i buy keys from key sites which saves me a ton of money.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Then fast forward to there are simply too many good deals that you keep buying games till you build a library of 1000+ games and you will never play 95% of them.

 

[delishcaek]

So, I thought this was actually the case as well, but when I look at Monster Hunter Wilds on Steam it will cost me €69, while I could probably pick up a physical PS5 copy for €59…

You can get a Steam key for 59€ on PC as well.

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I love Steam, but when you game on PC you don't have to buy a game from Steam directly, you can buy games from multiple store fronts. There is ALWAYS a sale somewhere... and then there are grey market key sellers on top of that where you can get Wilds for 45€. You do lose Steam's impeccable refund policy, though.

You still have the benefit of having a physical copy on console, though.

 

[rofif]

Yeah because all console games that are sold are only new and 70$. Eat my feet

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

It depends entirely on your individual situation wheather PC gaming or console gaming is cheaper. That being said, I think among the "enthusiasts" here on this forum, generally PC gaming can be assumed to be cheaper in most cases as we tend to buy a lot of games. The more games you buy and the less frequently you upgrade your hardware, the "cheaper" PC gaming becomes in relation to console gaming (again, making a lot of assumptions here: you subscribe to PS plus for example, or buy games day one for 80 a pop etc.). The open platform aspect is and remains the true reason people should consider PC gaming. Not because it might come cheaper.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I dont play a ton of PC games, but I got a new laptop a year or so ago with a 4070. My older laptop was ok and the keyboard was failing, and I'd get weird BIOS blue screen errors once in a while so I decided just to buy a new one. Gave my old one to my niece.

4070 is overkill for the small amounts of gaming I do on PC, but you also got to remember that a new PC/laptop is also dual function. Anything I do not gaming related is much faster than old laptop too.

 

[Paasei]

Yeah because all console games that are sold are only new and 70$. Eat my feet

 

[Banjo64]

Cheap as chips in the UK. Really competitive pre-builds always £200+ off at Costco available for £599-£699.

Steam Deck from as low as £260.

The value proposition isn’t there for consoles anymore (Switch aside).

 

[Esppiral]

No lies detected op.

 

[TheKratos]

Now let's calculate with new games bought on release only. My PC cost me 5k+, I mostly buy new games.

PS5 is 500bux, controller 70bux (x4 for estimate) so that's almost 800 bux. I will have to buy like 50 games, which I never do, at full price to match my PC rig (and I didn't count any cost for games purchase for PC).

If we talk about "master race" we talk about top end PCs which "in the long run" (lifetime of console) are still more expensive than consoles.

 

[nnytk]

I'll fix the title for you.

I apologize PC brothers: it's cheaper to build an extensive backlog of games I'll never play on PC, than it is on consoles.​

 

[Mortisfacio]

I end up spending more money with PC even hardware aside. I've been able to get deals on new games through deals on EGS or GMG or elsewhere, but what I save there on new releases I spend on PC only titles like Satisfactory, Lethal Company, The Classrooms, Pummel Party, etc.

I buy so many co-op $5-30 smaller dev games to play with my kids or with my friends where as most my friends who play console almost only play AAA $70 titles. I buy those too, but I buy so much beyond that.

 

[PeteBull]

Enjoy the fun, OP.
PC has many advatages over consoles, consoles have some too tho, and its ok.
As long as every1 makes concious informed choice its all good

For ppl claiming pc route is super expensive- they are right too, pc is all about choice, if u choose gaming on the bleeding edge u can spend 3k+ usd on hardware every 3years on top of spending similar amount on software, but its called bleeding edge after all- to stay on that edge u gotta bleed money

 

[seb85]

Also anytime you are low on budget