PC gaming seems like a massive investment. you have to constantly buy new hardware if you want to keep up with playing the newest games at the highest settings. i had to do quite a bit of research a few months ago when i was thinking about building a PC (not for gaming, but for video editing) and i was surprised to learn that even a $300 gpu might BARELY let you play at 1080p at 60fps IN 2020! and then you have the high end cards like the 2080 TI that goes for $1,100 if you want to do 4k? and that's just the gpu. it doesn't include the CPU, the RAM, and all that other fun stuff.
meanwhile, you can get a 4k gaming device with the ps4 pro and xbox1x for under $300? yeah..
I used to be big PC gamer (since my parents won't buy me console). Then, i get to Uni, have to sort out things for myself and I get PS3 during the price cut. Gaming exclusively on PS3 until the end of the Gen due to other expense and etc.. Now I have quite steady income, I get a new Gaming PC with GTX 1070.
But nowadays I mainly game on Switch and don't know whether I'll consider upgrading my PC or not. Switch has been amazing for me due to its form factor.
Errr....that doesn't make a lot of sense. If you think it is outrageous that a game won't be playable at full settings at full frame rate and resolution a few years in on PC....consoles are even worse. Console settings will be far lower, not just in settings but frame rate and resolution.
yes, PCs will always be ahead of consoles, but in order to get beyond them (like what happens at the start of every new console gen), you'd have to buy the best hardware out there. consoles games are at least, for the most part, more consistent with their resolutions and frame rates.
There hasn't been a game I can't run in ultra on my 1080ti. Only have to turn off RTX if the game supports it. Everything else I can max out and run over 60fps.
I am still getting 60 FPS on my 2012 CPU. I only replaced my GPU because it got fried and its not that new. On top of my PC being fried for 7+ years. Expectations, feeling the need to stay current, and whatnot aren't something that should be factored in.
This isn't directed at you, just a lot of this seems to be going around.
PC gaming seems like a massive investment. you have to constantly buy new hardware if you want to keep up with playing the newest games at the highest settings. i had to do quite a bit of research a few months ago when i was thinking about building a PC (not for gaming, but for video editing) and i was surprised to learn that even a $300 gpu might BARELY let you play at 1080p at 60fps IN 2020! and then you have the high end cards like the 2080 TI that goes for $1,100 if you want to do 4k? and that's just the gpu. it doesn't include the CPU, the RAM, and all that other fun stuff.
meanwhile, you can get a 4k gaming device with the ps4 pro and xbox1x for under $300? yeah..
I still don't really accept the arguments based on cost, talking about ultra high end hardware, constant upgrades, coming from people that are happy with a PS4, you know, if you are satisfied with that level of experience, a budget PC will do
Man, the sofa argument in 2020.
For those of you that have a solid PC and aren't in the know, you can hookup HDMI out from a PC to your TV setup. Get yourself a coffee table desk in front of your sofa/chair and a wireless keyboard and mouse and done. Most stores have big screen modes to make it easier to read.
Nether of my past GPU have been high end. It was a 660 and now a 1060 lol.
I'm not going to say that PC isn't a bigger investment than a console, because it obviously is - (then again a PC has multiple uses, but whatever, not the topic at hand)
But a $300 card not being enough for 1080p 60 fps? What kind of nonsense are you talking about?
A Non-super RTX 2060 can be had for that much. And that card absolutely crushes 1080p. You can run RDR 2 at significantly better settings than consoles and get 60 fps. You can get 120 fps in Death Stranding. You can even brute force janky ubisoft games to run over 60 fps. Hell, a 2060 is actually a pretty decent 1440p card as well if you compromise on some settings.
Majority of games on consoles are 30 fps, and native 4k games on the ps4 pro are extremely rare, most of them run at around 1440p or so. You definitely don't need a 2080 ti match that.