Next gen consoles are quite awesome, but I'm sticking with the PC. I have the One X if needed for anything with a local multiplayer. It's good enough for that since it runs the same games as the Series X, just worse, which doesn't matter for occasional casual gaming.
I I had no PC but wanted to play the newest games, the Series X is almost perfect. PS5 isn't a bad choice either, but the GamePass is what makes it super appealing to me.
Do you still find value in the Xbox ecosystem with Gamepass if you pay the $15 per month for GPU and then buy the games you want to play that won't be on GPU? If MS is going to continue to offer GPU for a one-time $1 and then $15 conversion fee of Live, that'd be a great deal. But as it stands now, a year of Live is about $60 if you get the 12 month card from Costco. GPU is $15 a month so $180 a year. And then if you like games like COD, which likely won't be on GPU, that's another $60 per game like COD in addition to it.
I know it's not all that expensive but it's still a sharp increase in price over the $60 a year people are used to paying. A threefold increase.
I really wonder how many people that are currently on the GPU promo for a $1 conversion will continue to subscribe once they're forced to pay full price again. Don't forget, MS was ready to launch Live for $120 a year a few months back before they got blasted for it. So basically 50% of the cost of a Series S per year for GPU plus the cost of whatever game you wanted that wasn't on GPU that you purchase separately.
Might be worth it for hardcore gamers who play 10 games a year but for filthy casuals who like the popular titles that are part of a series that gets a new release every year like COD or Madden or FIFA, it might not make too much sense.
I don't know. I'm still figuring it all out. Only recently have new titles started to trickle out after the lockdown put a damper on development for the past year. I'm waiting for one side to earn business by having a must-have release that's exclusive to that console. Otherwise, I can play COD or Madden on any system.
Have you tried gaming on your phone with GPU? I think there are two options for streaming your games, either from MS's servers or from your actual Xbox at home.
I have a 5000 dollar desktop computer in parts ready in a shopping cart on this web store. I can't afford it this year even, but I'm gonna get a PC like that next year or the year after.
Is that $5000 including the price gouging on the 3000 series cards due to short supply?
This damn PS5 is impossible to find.
I see Gamestop and Walmart post stuff on IG when they're about to have a drop. They usually post a day before but definitely a few hours before the drop. You could probably set alerts on those inventory sites like Popfinder or something,
