Your next gaming console is?

Because I don't have to manage it and wait for it to update. I can be playing where I left off within 30 seconds of turning it on. I don't have to deal with driver issues, windows updates, and game updates.

I stopped playing games on a PC because I had to maintain a separate Windows system to do it (Linux on desktop, but still wouldn't want to game on my revenue-generating computer even if it were Windows). Because this system was not always-on, every time I wanted to play it'd try to download more update

I got my kids a PS4. They like playing it and it doesn't require much effort to keep running. There are pros (no wires! no yanking the console off the shelf!) and cons (no wires? great, let's play "find the missing controller," oh, it's taking a nap with a doll), but the pros far outweigh the cons, mostly from an ease of use and maintenance standpoint.

I don't really play games anymore, other than time-waster puzzle games on the phone, but it is fun to play fighting games or co-op games with the kids without

I genuinely don't understand why anyone wouldn't have both a PC and consoles (yes plural). I also have younger kids. Consoles are better for them than PCs (what do you mean I need a 20 minute windows update?). Their friends also are on Xbox Live or PSN. Now when Sony embraces cross platform play this will be less of a requirement, but until that day...

It's about the games. Period. If you want to play a game and the game is only made for a particular machine, that's the machine you need to play the game.

I could just decide that I don't care about any games that aren't made for the PC but the truth is: I do care. There are few enough games I genuinely enjoy and some of them aren't made for the PC.

Why, in your mind, does it have to be either/or instead of both?

I've got an Xbox One X in the living room and a Core i7-7820x with 64GB RAM, a pair of Samsung 970 Pro 512GB M.2 NVMe drives in a RAID 0 stripe with 4 1.5TB WD Black 7200 RPM spinners in a RAID 5 with a pair of Radeon Vega 64's in my office. Does the PC run higher resolutions and frame rates, of course it does... does it replace having a console in the living room that serves as a very capable gaming platform in its own right, and a highly usef

Some people don't want to mess with drivers, upgrades, softwares, costs, etc. They just want them to work right away.

Because gaming laptops are pretty terrible for work and not very portable. Because having to connect the TV and some controllers to the work laptop when playing games is entirely unappealing. Because PC gaming mostly means dealing with Windows. Because PC gaming is never a level playing field. Because you never know whether the next game you buy will run acceptably on your hardware.

With a console you will be using the controllers that the game developers expect you to use, and your performance will be what

A gaming console is an appliance. It lives in the TV cabinet under the TV. My computer is a heavy desktop PC in my office with a dozen cables coming out of it and it runs Linux. While it's plenty powerful enough to run games I can't run games on it because it's Linux and I'm not going to unplug it, shift it to the lounge and plug it all back in again. If I want to play Forza I want to be able to sit on the couch and press one button on the controller to start it up, not spend 20 minutes shagging around shif

You don't have children do you?

Well... You usually don't need to worry about Video driver updates, DirectX patches, Visual C++ and .NET framework redistributables, and various other Windows 10 and Steam updates hosing your XBox or Playstation every few months like you do with a WIndows gaming PC.

My favorite franchise is The Legend of Zelda which is a Nintendo exclusive. I have a 3DX SL, a Wii, and a WiiU. No switch because Breath of The Wild runs fine in the U but as the next Zelda will probably be the launch title for the new console, that's where I'm going.

I have them all because I have the money and it is cheap entertainment.

Brother in law does Xbox. Couple hundred bucks and we have fun. Friends has playstation, same story.

It's for fun, dont overthink it. I save enough buying used games anyways.

Biggest reason: console exclusives.

Gaming consoles are defined by their games. And personally, I always bought consoles with a game in mind. If I want to play Mario, I am going to buy a Nintendo console, because it is what you need to play Mario. The last time I bought a console, it was a PS4-Pro, because I wanted to play Monster Hunter World. I could have waited for the PC version, but I couldn't have played with my friends, who had PS4s.

Of course, I don't normally buy a system for just one game. I usually

Between the Atari 2600 era and the first Wii, I was a die hard computer gamer. But honestly you cant compare the two, not because of their technical features but because of the game play. For the same reason that games made for a computer with keyboard and mouse can be great, console games with a reduced set of controls can be great. Now I mostly play console games because its more convenient and I have limited time and can share the experience easier with the family. Computer gaming is often a solitary exp

You get a game, you know it is going to launch without fiddling and that you can finish the campaign without the game failing, and you know the same game will still work the same on the same system even years down the road.

It's for people who want to troubleshoot their games as little as possible. I've done PC gaming before, but I'll take console gaming for the reliability.

Ease of use and stability.

For many years I built gaming PC's, and there was always some shit that was unstable, just a bit slower than the rest, software that needed updating for this or that. Until I got sick of it (around the release of GTA IV, which I had a hell of a time running) and bought a Wii and after a while a PS3. The latter turned into a PS4, and that will turn into a PS5. I love it. it sits below the TV, unobtrusive. I pop it on and within 2 minutes I'm gaming away. Never had any issue with the

You don't buy the console for yourself, you buy it for your kids, so they will stop bugging you to use your computer for video games.

Because my friends are on Xbox and if I want to play with them I have to own one. Games like Halo and Division 2 PC players decimate Console players because the mouse and keyboard is a massive advantage so you cant have them all in the same servers.

(Disclaimer: this is a repost of a comment I made a while back)

Worthwhile Gaming PC: North of 650 Euros in hardware. Fiddling with the hardware, OS and installations. Bulky, fussy, noisy.

Xbox One S: 200 Euros. Unpack, hook up, turn on, works.
Hardware and OS and System and Software Delivery and Services all built by the same people.

Just like Apple, only way cheaper.

I've got a complete setup with 27" screen, soundbar, keyboard and multiple controllers and still have spent less than for a gaming PC setup.
I got

I hear you, I do, but even if you only believe 40% of this, it should be a pretty wicked box:

https://www.gizchina.com/2020/... [gizchina.com]

Whether they're actually going to manage an AI that doesn't run straight at your gun is a different matter.

Surely tying up the big screen TV actively doing something (narrating the adventure story/plotting strategies to save the hostage or dismantle the bomb/reading the road ahead to shave some seconds of the lap time/whatever) perhaps even with friends online is better use of the big screen TV than passively watching the latest whore TV (paradise hotel, ex on the beach or what have you) or any other non-interactive show for that matter, wouldn't you say? ;-)