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Just get a PC? Parts prices are low right now and they are far more useful than a console that has a "planned expiration" every 5-10 years.
That's not really a good comparison. After 5-10 years you're going to need a PC upgrade as well if you want to keep up with current game tech and run games at high settings. That can easily cost $700. Remember, consoles are usually mid-range computers.
But on your new pc you can still play your old games which is not a given on consoles
True, but that's just more of an added benefit of PC. I have to assume the vast majority of people who build PCs for games have the desire to play new games that come out. There may be a few people who build PCs with only the desire to play old games. But i don't think that is the majority.
Plus if someone doesn't want new games then they wouldn't need or care to upgrade their console from one gen to a next. So i don't think that's relevant in this discussion.
Considering Nintendo selling very old games just emulated on their switch for almost full price I'd say people want both new games and their classics. The point is you don't have to decide which games to get. I play Baldurs Gate 3 but also Age of Wonders 1 or the early Devil May Cry games. I can actually play the whole DMC series on one device while my PS5 is collecting dust as every game costs more there than on PC and I don't have a big library of games.
Also I'd have to pay way too much money just to be allowed to play online on servers that Sony doesn't even run. Over the span of 5-10 years I'd have to pay probably around 400-800€ just to play online.
I'm not 100% sure anymore but my pc with an AMD GPU and CPU cost me maybe 1300€ and runs everything i want on highest settings so far. I think the biggest price point on PC is people getting duped by sites like userbenchmark to think they need an Nvidia card that's ridiculously expensive.