What are the advantages of PS4 / Xbox that a PC does not have?

pe
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I believe that there's no one, but I would like to teach myself the better.

You could call it exclusive titles, but the PC, with its tens of thousands of games that are not available on consoles, has just as much more and also better ones (LoL, CSGO, …)

No

Exclusive title. Costs.

Nothing helps you if you can play dröfzigmüllonen games on the PC, but you want to have exactly those that can only be played on the console.

Just because you don't accept that doesn't mean that everyone else has to think the same way.

Sy

Compatibility. A game that was developed for the console also runs on this console. I do not have to check whether my console can also make the game, I have no error messages due to missing drivers that I have to update first, the individual components of the console work together, and there are no compatibility problems either.

I put in a game, I play the game, done. No effort is required to get it up and running.

pe

The device costs less, but performs and offers much less. Game on console is still more expensive, since each game costs a lot more and you have to pay for online service and what else.

Yes, if you absolutely want to play Uncharted, of course, you can't avoid a PS4. But that's not an advantage of a console.

No

Quark.

But there's no point in discussing it.

Stick to your opinion, but don't ask questions whose answer you don't want to hear. Then it's just childish.

pe

If your PC is not exactly from 5 years ago, the same applies to a PC.
Drivers update themselves automatically.

Ou

Game consoles usually have. No software problems because the hardware remains the same.

A console can be switched on and off via the controller.

Idr. Consoles (depending on the model) consume less power.

Consoles are cheaper to buy than PC hardware.

On the matter, I can say that the offers online services and so cost money, but in the long run the costs are far from being higher than with a PC.

pe

It is you who do not continue to argue and leave because he no longer has any arguments. I ask the question because I want to know why so many buy a PS4 when a PC is clearly much better in everything. Maybe I missed something, but apparently nobody can deliver me anything.

Sy

And yet, a lot of people have problems and the Internet is full of threads about error messages, questions about how to get a certain game to run, games that depending on the operating system, can't be played easily, etc.

Since the console is more convenient.

Of course, the PC has a number of advantages, but the freedom to combine a number of components with one another inevitably leads to problems with compatibility here and there. With a game for the PC, a developer simply does not know which hardware configuration the end user ultimately has, with a console he knows that very precisely.

pe

True, but they are extremely limited in their usefulness.

Yes… Good… It is a small, but insignificant advantage.

That's right, but I also wonder how much that is at the end of the month and whether you can't neglect it.

Yes, but then it gets more and more expensive, until in the end PCs are much cheaper.

pe

Yes, you are right, it is definitely more vulnerable. But the people who use this freedom are to blame if they make mistakes. You can't list it as a disadvantage that it can cause mistakes. It's like you would prefer a handyman without tools because he has no tools to screw on your stove and maybe make a mistake and break something in it ^^

But even without the point there are more errors on PC, because many have outdated PCs or have completely filled their software.

Ou

Well, if you now I always look for offers. Xbox usually has good deals. Sometimes 1 month online access costs 1 euro, or there are also offers where you pay 45 euro for an annual membership.

The games are usually 10 euro more expensive than PC games, but you can sell the games again and get a bit of your money back.

If you now have the console for 10 years and you calculate 10x45 euro, it is 450 euro, but it pays off again through game sales and your electricity consumption. I measured it on myself. My PC uses 150 watts with monitor (GTX 1060, I7 6700) and the console with TV 80-100 watts. That is 50-70 watts difference.

You still have the huge advantage with the PC in the graphic display and the adjustment of the FPS in the game.

Ea

Here you say you want to know why people buy a console instead of a PC.

You said above that you want to know the advantages of the console over the PC.

These are two different things. The reason is not always any advantages, but sometimes it is just the restrictions that you have and that you have to choose one.

Ab

Saving on costs, exclusive titles, severe restrictions against modders (I haven't met anyone on Xbox yet)

Smooth downward compatibility (on Xbox One)

Easy operation

No overpriced upgrade necessary.

Ab

Games don't have to be more expensive, especially digital ones. On Ebay I have a seller who even offers the game key for 1/3 of the whole price. I have bought just over 17 games from them for 2 years and saved over 150 euro.

pe

Price / performance is much worse than on the PC.
Backward compatibility is also available on PC.
Operation is not difficult, there are only a lot more options and options.

La

PCs are m. MN Not ideal for playing, cheaters, driver problems, bugs, lags, most of the time you gamble on the bad monitor image (m. MN To worlds worse than good TVs), mouse goes so, keyboard for me a horror to gamble (you can't slow with keyboard run), for me there's no fun on the PC. There he can have three 2080ti.

La

PCs are always more expensive, partly because you can no longer sell the games.

La

Price / performance is better with consoles

Ab

Every time. Btw I saw the buddy how his oh so great 2000 euro computer could play an ancient game… It crashed. COMPLETELY. With some games, the PC can send 4K 60fps, and with something like that it scratches off. Okeh…

With console I'm so sure that I can't do anything wrong. If I buy a game, it just works.

pe

Cheater: There's hardly or not at all. Depending on which game it is. You only hear the negative examples, but none of the 1000 normal matches in between.

Driver problems: what? I have never had in the past 10 years.

Bugs: Has nothing to do with the platform, but the game.

Lags: Has nothing to do with the platform, but the internet connection. If anything, the console does worse because of its poorer receivers.

Bad monitor picture: You can also connect the PC to a good TV, but 144hz monitors are MUCH better, apparently you have never seen more than 60fps.

Mouse and keyboard: a matter of opinion, but you can also connect a controller to the PC. Mouse and keyboard on console, however, is cancer.

Run slowly: you don't need it, and in games where you need it, you can too.

Every single argument utter nonsense.

Ba

I see it the same way (at least if we exclude online installations)

Ba

There are usually bugs with PC versions. If a title has made it to the console, it usually runs without errors.

Ou

No, that's not because. The price of PC hardware depends on the sale and the competition. However, Nvidia or ATI don't give much. The fan base usually stays at 50/50 and that's why the prices remain stable in contrast to the hardware of Xbox and Playstation.