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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

If we're talking raw capabilities... Piracy is subscriptionless and grants you access to virtually 99% of all games from all time and across all consoles. I'm going to say that PC is the clear winner here...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm not justifying console vs PC. I'm just pointing out that the $300 on the original comment I replied to for ps plus is insane. $80 a year for a positively moderated, optimized gaming experience the vast majority of the time is worth the money imo.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I’m just pointing out that the $300 on the original comment I replied to for ps plus is insane.

And you justify the value of it based on the 3 "free" games a month. To which I'm arguing against. $80 a year for the life of the console will almost certainly be more than $300. With console generations lasting nearly 5 years on average each that's actually $400 in subscriptions, keep in mind that generations have been getting longer, and seventh and eighth gen consoles lasted for 8 and 7 years respectively... So closer to $600 in cost.

I’m not justifying console vs PC.

But that's the context of the whole thread...

positively moderated, optimized gaming experience

bwuahahahah. Sure. Cause console lobbies aren't filled with kids screaming racial slurs. And it's so positively moderated that all your data including credit cards leak (https://firewalltimes.com/sony-data-breach-timeline/).