Xbox’s new policy — say goodbye to unofficial accessories from November thanks to error ‘0x82d60002’::Got error 0x82d60002 on your Xbox accessory? There’s no fix, Xbox is going to block the use of detected unauthorized accessories with its consoles from November 12, 2023.
Can’t argue with that - but I can argue with the long term cost as the generations go on.
If it’s your first PC vs your first console, sure, the PC is more expensive. The next generation though? All I upgraded from my last rig was the GPU, that’s it, and it was indeed cheaper than what a Series X or PS5 would cost me here - and I run games like Cyberpunk, Starfield and more with way better settings.
Your graphics card might be cheaper than a whole console, but you still spent more money on a computer initially, so you would have to compare the cost of two consoles to one new computer and an upgrade.
And it likely is better performance now on PC versus console now for only a bit more money, but PC’s haven’t caught up on price for equivalent performance and likely never will.
And I say this as someone whose last console that was bought for its performance was a PS3.
Disagree - if I bought a PC last gen, and a GPU current gen, I’ve spent less than a friend who bought a PS4 and later a PS5.