Well, you can always buy a PS5. It's unix-based.That's what I rely on these days.
Well, you can always buy a PS5. It's unix-based.That's what I rely on these days.
Must. Be. Strong.
Must. Not. Install. Windows.
I reckon if I can somehow save £700 that I don't need for other things between now and November, I should be OK to pull the trigger on it.
I always thought the point of buying a console was to avoid having to spend a lot of money to play games.
The point of buying a console is to avoid having to know how to use a computer or having to use Windows...though I suppose there may still be an argument for certain exclusive titles. Unless you buy an old console, then the point is to be a pretentious hipster, or a 'collector'.
Consoles haven't been that much cheaper, from a total cost of ownership perspective, for a long time...mostly due to peripheral and software costs.
Of course, it's possible to waste a lot of money on a PC by buying hardware that is largely redundant for gaming or falling prey to gimmicks, but if you know what you're doing, it's probably the cheapest way to play video games...but that comes back to knowing something about computers.
I was the same...during my extended stay in a military hospital where we all got into Xbox's playing Battlefield, when I came out of hospital in 2003, my PC wasn't worth upgrading and the cost of doing so was a much more prohibitive venture than simply buying an Xbox...I pulled the trigger, sold off most of my PC flight sim peripherals, bought an Xbox 360 and stayed doggedly with Xbox for the remaining years up to 2016.As an ex console gamer, 15-20 years ago it was really the plug and play plus some exclusives that have driven me to them, plus at that time PCs were much more difficult to maintain. On top of it, it is easy to pack them up and carry around.
Today, however, it is completely different. I can do basic maintenance and part swaps and installing Windows is not much more difficult than booting up a console - plus we have stuff like Steam that are miles better than any console store. Sure, obscure issues may pop up, but the system is fairly stable. Also, console exclusives nowadays are only story driven 'rail shooters' like the Last of Us, that are more like interactive movies - and I don't really like these games with a very few exceptions. PC, however, has loads of other stuff like strategy games, quality VR, sims and whatnot. Plus, I can stream my games to my corporate laptop basically anywhere where there is decent internet.
The issue with PC is that you can always find something to upgrade a bit, a new VR set here, better GPU there, then a new monitor... proper money pit.
Of course, it's possible to waste a lot of money on a PC by buying hardware that is largely redundant for gaming or falling prey to gimmicks, but if you know what you're doing, it's probably the cheapest way to play video games...but that comes back to knowing something about computers.
Yeah, I guess we become a bit lazy with age. I rather pay some extra to not have to deal with setup stuff today too.True, that's why I still buy my PCs at old school dedicated computer shops, where I can choose individual components myself instead of pre-assembled machines at generic stores. I do have to admit I no longer have the patience to assemble it myself, nowadays I prefer to pay an extra 30€ and come back a few hours later to pick it up.
This.For me, building the system has always been half the fun of having it.
If there is a lull in my gaming, I can always rebuild the machines better than before. I have the technology. Though I do occasionally end up fixing them until they break and have to get new toys.
Holy smokes a console already costs 700 british pounds?!?
I always thought the point of buying a console was to avoid having to spend a lot of money to play games.
edit: just to make it clear, I'm not taking a stab at consoles, I'm just surprised that they already cost so much.
This.
Plus if some store worker built my PC, I'd probably still take it apart and check if it's built properly.
For me, building the system has always been half the fun of having it.
That used to be true for me as well, I used to feel a sense of accomplishment when I finished and the board only beeped once, and everything was running. A bit like when I feel when I finish one of my weekend trekking climbs and reach the top of a hill or mountain.
But I became (even) lazier with time That and 20 years working in IT, when I get home I only want to use computers for leisure... Nowadays I only do the upgrades (or basic troubleshooting) myself when it's just adding / swapping disks, cards or memory slots. Everything else I just rather lose the 30€.
and 20 years working in IT, when I get home I only want to use computers for leisure...
I'm a software developer - so I'm supposed to "know" about computers. And I do, kinda.
I don't think most laymen make many distinctions between the myriad of subtopics possible within the overarching computing/IT field. The same people that are disappointed when they find out I can't program much of anything and am not a 'hacker' tend to be the same people that are astounded that I can swap the platters and logic board on a mechanical HDD to bypass a dead spindle motor or head actuator long enough to recover data; reflow the solder on their XBox 360 GPU to fix their RROD; build a cooling loop out of a heatercore and spare garbage; or that I bin my own DRAM. It's kinda like the PvP vs. PvE arguments in the ED forums where one subgroup is always like "why not CQC?!".
I'm a software developer - so I'm supposed to "know" about computers....
...the difference between that and my usual spaghetti builds was stark. Money well spent, and I'd definitely do it again. Because I have genuinely grown to hate PCs.
^^^But that PC I had built for me was beautiful. Obviously I opened it up and checked everything when I got it back, and the difference between that and my usual spaghetti builds was stark.
People frequently, often dramatically, overestimate my ability with the software side of things, just because I know the hardware side of things.
In my case it's the opposite, I'm a software developer but people tend to believe that somehow qualifies me as a hardware expert.