Would You Buy a $2500 Console? -- CES 2015

IGN - We took a look at Origin PC's Omega line, including a fully loaded Steam machine/gaming PC.

[Ballsack]

No

[Fro_xoxo]

but you probably expect 1080P and 60frames standard on all your games for $400? ^_^

[Mega24]

No, but Origin PC usually overprices they're machines because they make some liquid cooling for it. I don't see myself getting this ones, even if it can do 8k 150fps. I can build a decent machine with $1k, just have too know where you are looking to get great prices.

Don't get me wrong, they create monster water cooling, but they overprice it extremely.

[Army_of_Darkness]

for $2500.00 I expect this console to last at LEAST 3 generations and can handle hours on end of very high quality 4k gaming!.... otherwise... it's bullsh1t.

[BongSmack]

@ Army_of_Darkness, you expect it to last for like 20 yrs? That seems unreasonable.

[Ballsack]

@thefro

You know what they say about idiots who make assumptions...

[mikeslemonade]

Whatever price a console msrp is I'm fine with it and I will buy it. However I won't buy a PC that is already made by someone else. You're paying a premium for ever is building it and you're not getting a good deal on the components.

[NuggetsOfGod]

Origin always makes super high priced crap..
how do they stay in business?
They worse than alienware.

[Retroman]

for-2500.00
it-better-be-able-to-play-Ata ri,colecovision,commodore-2600, intellivision,Nes,Snes,ps1,ps2, ps3,gamecube-wii,wii-u,360,play station-four-games.

[ABizzel1]

I wouldn't buy a PC for $2,500.

A smart PC shopper can get an i7 + SLI GTX 970's for around $1,500.

I wouldn't buy a console for $1,000 unless it was all 3 in 1.

[BC_Master_Haze]

You don't need i7 either, you would be better off with i5-4690k. Built for OC, and better performance than price equivalent i7's. That and the GB GTX 970 OC would be killer good, probably 4k capable without overclocking :D and when it demands it overclocking is easy

[ABizzel1]

@BC_Master_Haze

Went from my perspective as I use my PC for more than gaming (video / audio editing).

[nX]

I wouldn't even buy a 1000$ console. My PC cost me 1500 bucks but I'm using it for far more than gaming.

[Neonridr]

yeah totally... porn ;)

[nX]

HD porn to be precise :P

[Gamer1982]

4K porn?? That stuff is so damn rare to get hold of its like gold dust.. They just can't afford the cameras..

[CerealKiller]

It's a PC, shaped as a console. The question should be would you buy a $2500 gaming PC?

[-Foxtrot]

What is the point of that when developers, especially ones who focus on PC more won't take advantage of the FULL hardware you are paying extra money for. They know not everyone will have the same specs so you aren't going to benefit as much

Sure you could say other people would put their performance/graphic settings to "low" but they wouldn't like being forced to keep them on that setting and not get the full experience.

Why didn't Valve just do a proper console with Steam on...they had their chance when Microsoft went through the rough patch with the reveal.

They could of brought out console and as an exclusive feature make it so mods were allowed to work on them...this would give them the upper hands when it came to games like Elder Scrolls, Fallout, GTA, Minecraft as people would rather get their multiplatform game on a Valve console because they'll have more to do thanks to mods. Seriously Valve should of invested in that and it would of been a killer feature. Sony and Microsoft would be scrambling round then. With mods you'd feel like you could more out of your game, I would still be playing on Skyrim now if that was the case.

Valve could offer to bundles. The normal price one 500GB or the high priced one with 2TB. Bundle that along with a traditional Valve controller and Left 4 Dead 3, Counter Strike and a Half Life remaster and they would of been set, especially if they teased HL3 would be out the next year

If only...

[Amuro]

I would make a beast PC with half of that money and use the rest for games.

[Deadpool616]

Nope.

I look at consoles as the somewhat affordable anchored way to play good looking games for 5+ years, with exclusive content from that said company producing the console. This $2500 dollar console is basically a glorified PC in console form, that costs way too much to even be considered to compete in the console market. I see no reason not to just go get a PC and trick it out with spinners for $2500 dollars.

[swishersweets20031]

for 2500$ you could build yourself a custom water cooled beast that would shit on this thing.

[kevnb]

i would pay $1000 for a ps4 that played games at 4k

[mooseo21]

The correct answer is: of course! That is as long as the console has the word sony in front of it. #couldntresist #fanboyjokes

[strangeaeon]

I would never spend that much on a gaming rig, let alone this thing.

[2pacalypsenow]

That's a pc not a console

[Xavior_Reigns]

http://www.myfacewhen.net/u...

[BongSmack]

Like she said at about 2:00, It's not a console. It's a pc. Bad title for the article.

[Tzuno]

never