With 9th generation hardware just landed, there has never been a better time to buy a console with that money you were saving for a GPU
PSU writes: "Back in January, the CTA published a report by the Trade Partnership Worldwide LLC (TPW) that looked at the potential impact of Trump’s tariffs based on his campaign progress. As the tariffs have now been imposed, the CTA has issued an updated version of the report that accesses their actual impact, and focuses on video game consoles, laptops, smartphones, and more."
PC and torrenting go hand in hand lol I will not be the one buying a Switch 2 then, probably will pass on the preorder notice from Nintendo if I receive it, because I am not paying $70, $80 or even $90 for a game if prices increase. This Orange shit bag thinks he can tariff digital goods, what a dumb ass, we can get games, movies, tv shows, etc for free try again lol.
I don't understand because are PC part prices gonna just rise too? The best outcome for gamers is to see the tariffs rescinded and quickly before the increase take hold.
All you PC dirtbags that steal digital goods.......your day will soon be coming too. I have no problem with the hammer coming down on these foreign based companies. They need to start moving their production facilities and jobs to this country and producing their goods in this country, which will happen when no one buys their products anymore.
Don't forget movies, tv shows, music etc. We can all torrent. How can the orange idiot do anything about that lol. Take down one torrent site, there are others in it's place, hundreds. It's like a weed remove one more pop up. Also there is the old school way of pirating, Usenet which has been around since the early 80s.
DOOM The Dark Ages review - The latest adventure for Doomguy/Slayer is almost here! Read on to see why this is one FPS to get excited for.
On metacritic, based on around 125 reviews between all platforms, it has a score of 86.
Stand And Fight as the super weapon of gods and kings, shred enemies with devastating favorites like the Super Shotgun while also wielding a variety of new bone-chewing weapons, including the versatile Shield Saw. Players will stand and fight on the demon-infested battlefields in the vicious, grounded combat the original DOOM is famous for. Take flight atop the new fierce Mecha Dragon, stand tall in a massive Atlan mech, and beat demons to a pulp with the newly enhanced glory kill system. Only the Slayer has the power to wield these devastating tools of mayhem.
That was freaking BAD ASS!!! O.o
Day One on Gamepass!!!
I´m ready!!!
I stradle both tbh. Started off as a PC gamer in the days of Pentium processors. I got real tired of having to constantly upgrade my motherboard / graphics card / Drivers/ RAM etc etc. The problem was I could just never keep up, and my PC was just never good enough to run anything at max/ultra settings anyway.
However, there are lots of games that I love that are just not on consoles (Total Warhammer, Disco Elysiium, Eve Online, Homeworld, etc etc) , so I maintain a mid range gaming PC that can handle a few games - although Total Warhammer pushed it to the max though.
But when I want to have that blockbuster - 50inch 4K TV - gaming experiece, the consoles just make it a much easier, and more comfortable experience. I know the PC master race believe that PC gaming is where it's at; and us lowly console fanboys are the runts of gaming. But tbh, I'd pick the convenience of a console over even a high end PC.
But that's just me.
Counter points....
"Cheaper Initial Investment"
" the PS4 may have a GPU like that of an archaic Radeon 7850. But when you try playing a game with the graphical fidelity of God of War or Uncharted 4 on a PC, that 7850 would be screaming for its death."
Thankfully, PC gamers don't have to stick with that "archaic Radeon 7850". With consoles, what you have is all you will have. You have to wait for a mid-gen upgrade to improve. PC does not. But a keyword is "initial" investment. Counter arguments include cheaper access to games as well as free online which is ignored entirely in the article.
"Console Exclusives = Better Performance"
"Arma is infamous for its poor optimisation and Baldurs Gate 3 didn’t work with the RTX 3000 cards..."
That is going to vary from game to game. You can selectively choose a couple of games to make whatever point you want. Death Stranding is superior on my PC in every single way to the PS4 version. Of course, that depends on the PC, but again, the performance level is what I choose, not what a corporation chose for me.
"It’s no secret that Steam’s sales have been declining recently and with dodgy websites like G2A and CDKeys now unable to sell you codes on the cheap, new AAA games will cost you £50."
Just not true. Still plenty of options to get games at a discount on PC. A simple google search will show.
Cyberpunk 2077 prices. I bought it at $44 a few days ago. Current prices are as low as 43 euros which is less than 40 pounds.
https://www.allkeyshop.com/...
"Buying a £55 brand new AAA title on PS4, only costs me £28 thanks to this feature. It’s incredibly easy to do and manage, all you need is a friend who also likes saving money and your next gen £70 games become £35."
That's not how it works. You cannot split the cost of a game with a friend. You buy the game and you can share with your friend, but your friend does not own a copy of the game. So good luck getting your "friend" to pay half the cost of a game they won't own.
https://www.playstation.com...
"If any PC enthusiast tells you that PC’s aren’t a pain in the arse, then they are either lying or don’t realise that 90% of people who want to play games, don’t understand how to maintain a PC."
PC gaming is certainly more involved than console gaming. Calling it a "pain in the arse"....that is hyperbolic at best. It isn't that difficult to update drivers. The driver software makes it as easy as updating your PS4 firmware. There is little to be done otherwise. Clear your cmos? Come on. "Things may go wrong". Fixed. And that applies to consoles as well.
Summarizing the rest: "Custom Architecture" section just rewords "bred for one purpose" for fluff. PC belongs at a desk is nothing more than a personal opinion. Controller support is superior on PC due to more options.
I am primarily a PC gamer but I will get the PS5 this spring AFTER I upgrade my PC. I will buy the PS5 for any exclusive that I actually want and can't get on my PC, just like I did with the PS4. The advantage of consoles is obviously the initial cost and that's especially important if you have to convince an adult to buy you one. But in my opinion, PC's are more cost effective when you consider all the things you can do with them in comparison to a console. For example, I play chess a lot and have an electronic chess board connected to my PC that allows me to use a real board to play against either the computer or people around the world. I also have a Plex media server with over 500+ movies installed that I can stream to any device and can even share a movie with a friend across the country. I also do my taxes, occasionally do work on it, browse the web far easier, back up my phone and yes I have over 500+ Steam games and games from other services.
Lol a decent graphics card is the same price as a whole new next gen console. And of course we don't want to bottleneck that expensive graphics card, so we spent an other 2 new console for a cpu and fast memory.
Basically you can roughly have 3 to 4 next gen consoles for 1 gaming pc.
And Windows won't get you them tasty Nintendo en Playstation exclusives.
But if you like a good shooter with 200+fps or Fortnight go spent.
Oh I forgot cheat engine, my second reason to not game on a Windows platform anymore.
Terrible article, probably shouldn't have been approved, poor story/opinion piece full of horribly inaccurate claims designed to provoke flame wars. Dismally incoherent and low quality site in general.