It’s undeniable – The
future of console gaming is looking promising. The constant increase in
the exchange rate makes maintaining and upgrading of a PC less
obtainable. To be more specific, costs are rising and there is no end in
sight. The launch of Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony’s PS4 are going to
offer specs in gaming that is usually reserved for PC gamers. Or that’s
what they say. So let me delve into the logic here and give my input as
to what the experts and developers are saying.
But first let me give
you a little price comparison on PC vs Xbox One vs PS4. My latest PC’s
graphics card is considered a mid range card, but with very good
capabilities. It cost me what I could expect to pay for a new PS4 or
Xbox One, which should be around R5,5k – R7k depending on exchange rate
at the time of release to South Africa. However, when you upgrade your
PC graphics card, you don’t buy something mid to high range without
upgrading other components as well, such as your CPU, GPU, RAM and
motherboard. Then you have your gaming peripherals, a mouse, keyboard
headset etc. Even at mid range these peripherals could set you back at
least R2k. Yet the constant demand of PC gaming ends up limiting the
lifespan of your components, whereas a console places no such demand on
your pocket. Yes I know that console games are more expensive, but if
you do the math, the cost does actually outweigh the benefits of PC
gaming. At least in my opinion it does, and I am a PC gamer first, and
console gamer second.
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