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Honestly bro I thought you were the OP this whole time, just stay on console if you own PC already imo

You already have a decent PC though?

Look at it this way, you could spend that 500 and get a shit load of games

All those games are coming to PC day one, your PC Is already capable of running them too

It's pretty strong and I'd say if you did get a console get a PS5 not a series X but I think you should just stick with PC imo

Sure but then you'd have spent more money on hardware alone, all your games, achievements, saves, profiles etc are all on one system and that's not even taking into the consideration the other benefits PC can get you like simple emulation, modding, any controller support (like having your 1 friend that has an xbox bring his controller over and the other friend who has joycons bring his while you use your playstation controller), cheaper games, more games, cheaper storage expansion etc loads more that are probably not relevant to you specifically. In 10-20 years your games you paid for will still be compatible if you want to jump back in for nostalgia, something I unfortunately can't say for some older sports titles on modern xbox and playstation.

You can hook up a controller to PC and use steam big picture mode to make the interface controller friendly it's great

It doesn't make sense to buy a whole new set of hardware just to play different games, buy a long cable and run it to your TV and use your PC on your big TV, way cheaper than buying a whole new console

I would argue PC has superior social options than console, integrated chat system into most multiplayer games and discord imo being better than what consoles currently offer

If you truly value your money you should get a preowned PC

beauty of PC you choose what kind of gaming experience you want to have.

yep this is partly what i meant when i stated ideoligical reasons, everyone needs to use a computer so why not start now?, i also kind of think this is a bad reason to give to console players imo, it might make them think that gaming on a PC is like doing word or something like that.

Probably around 1000 to 1200 if you built it yourself, a few hundred more for a pre made one, if you were willing to find pre owned parts like 750-900 instead, then any cheap peripheral will work, an existing one you already have is free obviously. then over time you'd make up the difference by not paying for online and cheaper games, over the cost of 7 years (about how long it takes until new console) youd save about 700 dollars alone in just a subscription to play online, over the past 2 years youd have saved around 1500-2000 in free games from epic games, then ofcourse games being cheaper brings that down even more. Then after all those savings you get all the benefits i listed in my other comment, the only downsideds are entry cost and possible finding it hard to get up and running i suppose but id say the benefits outweigh the negatives hugely. From personal experience ive turned a few tech illiterate console friends into PC users and they all tell me it just isnt as hard as theyve been told, I also think using a PC is just so useful in general for day to day life and not knowing how to use one until you have to later at a job or something is probably annoying haha, hope this helps and if you are personally looking for recommendations ill give my two cents

I understand your view, I also recommend PC for ideological reasons. I've convinced a few friends to switch to PC, I'd just feel disingenuous to myself if I don't recommend it, especially on a post like this where the OP wants to switch from PS to Xbox

Because he most likely wants to play games, many console players don't know the advantages of PC and I'm always gonna recommend it,

Yeah, I game alot of the time I've spent alot on my PC since I switched in 2019

Yeah, I'm not trying to force anyone to do anything I just really think PC is the way to go for most gamers

Your measure for what is good isn't what is considered actually good, PC has cheaper games, more games, more free games, more controller options, can be cheaper or more expensive, has a full VR library, can mod games, multi monitor support, higher refresh rates, higher resolutions, free online, any peripheral you want, more audio options, better recording software and video editing features, epic games weekly free games, steam, humble bundle, emulation at higher than native performance and resolution, better chatting options, mouse and keyboard, ability to use PC to do other things, ability to have access to playstation and xbox exclusives over time or now, game pass, small PC, big PC, portable PC. You being able to use a $600 console on a $1400 TV to play fortnite with a controller at 4k doesn't matter when PC has all that and more, that's why I recommend a PC over a console, 4k gaming doesn't matter when you have to pay $10 dollars every month just to play online and every game costs $70

It's hard to not recommend a PC, it's just such a better experience at any price point it's amazing, consoles gamers are rarely playing console solely because they want to use the xbox UI or get some games every month with playstation plus, they want to use a console because they want to play games and have new experiences, PC is just better at doing that

Yeah I do think switch is quite dead right now probably a new Nintendo console coming soon

Sure I would consider PC to xbox/ps as the same as xbox/ps to switch

Dude you can upgrade your parts if you want to, PCs from 2012 are still capable of 1080p 60fps today on modern games, if you want a better experience you buy it, but you don't need to, and also hackers are not rampant on PC this is a complete myth

It's unbelievable that in this modern day console gamers still believe that you need to buy a sound card and upgrade your PC every few months, man, you buy a PC and then upgrade it 5 years later

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