TrebleShot
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PC gaming is not this magical thing that is automatically better than a console by any stretch of the imagination.
I just built my first mid/high end system and I hook it up to a 77” OLED.
First thing is you boot into windows , so your sat there with a fully functioning PC which isn’t exactly ideal if gaming is your focus, people will say we’ll boot into big picture mode but what they don’t tell you is it looks like shit and it’s the worst UI of any potential console.
Also you’ll have at least 4/5 launchers installed and often booting into a game will launch another launcher in the background that means you have to awkwardly tan over and launch into the game.
You’ll also spend a lot of time optimising your settings, for instance Cyberpunk you’ll be rummaging about in video settings and graphics settings to squeeze 3/4 more frames out of your system.
Controller support is spotty and bizarre, I thought it would be a case of connect dualsense via BT and away you go, nope you’ll have steam interfering with input and will show as a Xbox controller, rumble will work sometimes and not other times, DS features are supported but only triggers and you’ll need to be wired if you want haptics and then you’ll have the same issue as above with it thinking it’s an Xbox controller sometimes and not others.
Onto plus points yes, you will be playing at higher resolutions and frame rates, which is a major up point , the Witcher next gen RT off at 90fps is beautiful to play as is FIFA 23 at 90+ and 60 cut scenes.
You also get Dolby atmos support natively which is a big step up from 5.1.
Games are much cheaper and tend to go on sale alot.
There’s plenty of games for the past that are automatically at high fps.
In between downloads you browse web etc.
With a console you get unbelievable performance to price ratio which is significant and you also have the absolute beauty of simply turning it on and launching a game that will play very very well no questions asked at compatible settings to PC.
After building my PC which cost probabaly about £1600 which is about x3 the cost of a PS5 you have to ask yourself is the price to performance ratio worth it? I’d definitely prefer playing in higher fps and resolutions on a big screen but teh ease and magic of a console is hard to ignore and are the upgrades worth the extra 1k , I’m not so sure.
Maybe as I dive into it more and maybe I’m missing something , but a PC connected to a large screen and sofa set up is tricky to compare to plug and play - everything through the dualsense which is a MAJOR factor.
(I have a v good couch mouse kb combo but still prefer controller)
I just built my first mid/high end system and I hook it up to a 77” OLED.
First thing is you boot into windows , so your sat there with a fully functioning PC which isn’t exactly ideal if gaming is your focus, people will say we’ll boot into big picture mode but what they don’t tell you is it looks like shit and it’s the worst UI of any potential console.
Also you’ll have at least 4/5 launchers installed and often booting into a game will launch another launcher in the background that means you have to awkwardly tan over and launch into the game.
You’ll also spend a lot of time optimising your settings, for instance Cyberpunk you’ll be rummaging about in video settings and graphics settings to squeeze 3/4 more frames out of your system.
Controller support is spotty and bizarre, I thought it would be a case of connect dualsense via BT and away you go, nope you’ll have steam interfering with input and will show as a Xbox controller, rumble will work sometimes and not other times, DS features are supported but only triggers and you’ll need to be wired if you want haptics and then you’ll have the same issue as above with it thinking it’s an Xbox controller sometimes and not others.
Onto plus points yes, you will be playing at higher resolutions and frame rates, which is a major up point , the Witcher next gen RT off at 90fps is beautiful to play as is FIFA 23 at 90+ and 60 cut scenes.
You also get Dolby atmos support natively which is a big step up from 5.1.
Games are much cheaper and tend to go on sale alot.
There’s plenty of games for the past that are automatically at high fps.
In between downloads you browse web etc.
With a console you get unbelievable performance to price ratio which is significant and you also have the absolute beauty of simply turning it on and launching a game that will play very very well no questions asked at compatible settings to PC.
After building my PC which cost probabaly about £1600 which is about x3 the cost of a PS5 you have to ask yourself is the price to performance ratio worth it? I’d definitely prefer playing in higher fps and resolutions on a big screen but teh ease and magic of a console is hard to ignore and are the upgrades worth the extra 1k , I’m not so sure.
Maybe as I dive into it more and maybe I’m missing something , but a PC connected to a large screen and sofa set up is tricky to compare to plug and play - everything through the dualsense which is a MAJOR factor.
(I have a v good couch mouse kb combo but still prefer controller)
