emunney wrote:MikeIsGood wrote:emunney wrote:It used to be that the consoles represented a ton of bang for the buck hardware wise. Companies made it back on software. That no longer the case? How much would you have to pay for a PC/peripherals to get a comparable gaming experience? From my deeply outdated knowledge, it seems like 700 wouldn't get you close, but if that's changed I may have a new project on my hands.It doesn't. But you aren't locked into one platform, either. Microsoft puts almost literally everything on PC day one, and Sony is starting to put games there too (Spiderman, Horizon, God of War, Helldivers, Ghost of Tsushima, Returnal to name a few). You get access to all the PC exclusives to boot...and have an actual computer.You're right, though. $700 doesn't get you close to parity. I'm not approaching it from a budget perspective, personally. I already have the PC I need and am committed to the upgrades.Super helpful answer, thank you for indulging me.The PC is obviously a far more versatile machine -- if there's a DAW on a PlayStation, I probably wouldn't want to use it -- but I hadn't considered that versatility specifically applied to gaming. I'll have to price it out but it might make sense to me to put $700 *more* into a computer than I otherwise would have to unlock those libraries. I'm a very casual gamer though, so I'd probably personally be better off spending that money on something else entirely or just, like, throwing some emulators on a raspberry pi, or even getting a Switch.Yeah, you got it.I think the bolded point is the key way to think about it - but IMO, only if you're going to utilize the system, right? To your point about being a casual gamer, if you don't need that much variety or don't have xyz games, studio, or genre to focus on, then it probably is overkill.Switch is a great casual game platform, but it's also close to EOL and its performance is starting to wane on even lower-end games. Something you may want to consider is something like the Steamdeck, which would give you the vast majority of a PC game catalog, without the non-gaming parts of a PC, and in a handheld form (though it can connect to a TV, with less power than a full PC)., My favorite single-player games of the last 5 years are 13 Sentinels, Hades, and Disco Elysium. All three games run on a Switch, and prioritize writing, mechanics, and style over fidelity and scale. Nintendo continues to look like the smartest guy in the room for getting out of the fidelity arms race nearly 20 years ago., Re: Crazy trade that nobody sees coming? Post #136 » by Slimjimzv » Wed Jun 11, 2025 1:27 pm Bam to the Lakers; Giannis to the Heat; Ware, Jaquez, Knecht, Reeves, and a combined 3 first round picks to the Bucks..