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[–] wazzupdog@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago (3 children)

to add on to what you said: At least 80$ per year currently for PS+ essentials(online only basically). if you calculate that out 5 years (i'm gonna give the ps5 the benefit of the doubt here and assume you want to upgrade after that time) thats another 400$ on top of the 450$ you paid for the console. i could build a very well kitted out PC that blows the PS5 out of the water for 850$ and it would last longer and have an upgrade path that could extend its life an additional couple years. this doesn't even factor in the overall cost savings of games being generally less expensive on PC.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 11 months ago

My PC was about $800 altogether when I built it back a month before the COVID lockdowns. It uses a 1660 Super which doesn't support DLSS or ray tracing; every game that's on both PC and PS5 looks exactly the same. Even with ray tracing on the PS5 and I am literally comparing them side by side on identical displays.

[–] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago

Yep, and you totally wouldn't put any upgrades in your $850 PC over the course of that 5 years.