As a PC and console gamer, consoles are easier to buy once and play a round of games for a number of years. PCs, on the other hand, are much better especially for certain game types.
Each has its role, but I was almost exclusively a console gamer for a couple of years because:
You can sit back and relax and play on your TV after a long day of work
If I buy a console, I can expect that almost all games will play correctly on it without having to upgrade mid-cycle
It’s quite a bit more complicated to try to figure out which video games your current graphics card can and cannot play, when you should spring for an upgrade, and when you need to do a complete re-build. To add to that I do not like windows and so I’m a member of the linux gaming club (there are dozens of us, DOZENS) and that makes things more complicated as well. With a console, they’ve worked out the licensing, the performance, and most fiddly bits and I can just sit on my couch, buy a game and play.
When I was younger and had more time to deal with things like the above, I gamed exclusively on PC. But with everything else going on with work and life, I find it much easier to just pick up a controller, plunk down on the couch, and play for a couple of hours.
Both have their pluses and minuses. I would say I like console gaming better because it usually happens in the living room and doesn’t feel as anti-social.
But to your point…cost savings isn’t really the primary reason to game on a console IMO.
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As a PC and console gamer, consoles are easier to buy once and play a round of games for a number of years. PCs, on the other hand, are much better especially for certain game types.
Each has its role, but I was almost exclusively a console gamer for a couple of years because:
You can sit back and relax and play on your TV after a long day of work
If I buy a console, I can expect that almost all games will play correctly on it without having to upgrade mid-cycle
It’s quite a bit more complicated to try to figure out which video games your current graphics card can and cannot play, when you should spring for an upgrade, and when you need to do a complete re-build. To add to that I do not like windows and so I’m a member of the linux gaming club (there are dozens of us, DOZENS) and that makes things more complicated as well. With a console, they’ve worked out the licensing, the performance, and most fiddly bits and I can just sit on my couch, buy a game and play.
When I was younger and had more time to deal with things like the above, I gamed exclusively on PC. But with everything else going on with work and life, I find it much easier to just pick up a controller, plunk down on the couch, and play for a couple of hours.
Both have their pluses and minuses. I would say I like console gaming better because it usually happens in the living room and doesn’t feel as anti-social.
But to your point…cost savings isn’t really the primary reason to game on a console IMO.