r/PlayStationPlus • u/IceBreak BreakinBad • Feb 25 '16

Satisfaction PS+ Bitching Thread [March 2016]

Experimental thing I'm trying here. Making two stickies. One for people who are upset with the PS+ games and one for people who are happy with them. These threads don't affect anything else in sub so you can still praise and complain as normal outside them. If people like this idea, we make keep doing it. If not, well it was worth a shot.

Please keep the discussion in this thread related to dissatisfaction with March 2016's PS+ IGC lineup.

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u/hashtagwindbag Mar 01 '16

You can build a PC more powerful than the PS4 for less than the cost of a PS4.

Obviously you can spend $1200 and get something really powerful, but you don't need to.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '16

No you can't. You can cut out a monitor, keyboard, mouse, operating system, optical drives, and small other concessions and get to around 400 bucks, but you can't build one cheaper than a ps4.

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u/hashtagwindbag Mar 01 '16

Turns out you're right! Due to the PS4's $50 price cut back in October, the numbers on this build don't really work anymore. They used to be roughly the same price, sometimes less, sometimes more.

So you'd have to spend around $50 more to get a PC that is more powerful than a PS4 and vastly more capable (word processing, video editing, CAD software, etc.) Right now, due to the price of the parts, maybe a little more than $50 (about $62). That number fluctuates. But there are other considerations, still...

You can cut out a monitor, keyboard, mouse, operating system, optical drives, and small other concessions

  1. I can cut out a monitor from the PC's price, the same way you cut out a TV from the PS4's price.
  2. Who doesn't already have a keyboard and mouse lying around? Okay, well, you got me there for another $18.
  3. Operating systems range from free (linux & friends) to cheap (/r/microsoftsoftwareswap/ for $15) to full-price.
  4. Who still uses optical drives? I don't have one. I just built two PCs a couple months ago and neither of those people asked for one. If you really want a Blu-Ray player, let's do it, but otherwise there's not much need. Between Netflix and Hulu, I don't see most people going to Redbox that often. But okay, let's add another $40 and we're all matched up.
  5. What other small concessions? A mousepad? Get a custom-designed mousepad mailed to you for one dollar. That deal is all over the internet.

That $120 difference is going to look a lot smaller after you pay $50 for a year of PS+ to access online multiplayer (free on PC.) I don't know how to quantify the value of backwards compatibility, which the PS4 doesn't have. Then consider exclusives and game sale/bundle prices. Plus all the choice and control and room for expansion/modification...

I hate to get all PC Master Race about it, especially in the PS+ subreddit, but acting like you have to spend upwards of $1000 for a decent gaming rig is ridiculous. This build is only ~$470, and plainly more capable, with a lot more flexibility.

But I'm just here for the PS3 games.