Before I start this post, let me clarify that I believe that PCs are usually a lot more superior than all consoles. I even own a triple monitor battlestation with X99 & 1070 SLI (and love it!), three gaming mouses (G502, DA Chroma, MX Master), so needless to say, I am a true PCMR member. I wrote this post because while PCs are vastly superior to consoles, but as a PCMR member, consoles can be advantageous in certain areas, although little, and that PCMR should admit that fact.
Before you downvote this post and claim it Anti-PCMR and peasantry, I sincerely hope people read this thoroughly and judge based on their opinions.
Recently, my friend decided that his FIFA Online 3, a ripoff of FIFA 14 that has much more microtransactions, had to go. It was PC-only, and he had to play it on a shitty Samsung All-in-one with a Pentium & HD Graphics, so it lagged tremendously, and he wasn't having a very good experience. Nevertheless, he decided that he was going to move on to FIFA 17. Seeing me as someone who is remotely knowledgeable at Technology/Gaming, he asked me for a computer or not. I recommended him an Xbox.
Why? Here are a couple of reasons.
Cheaper An Xbox One S on eBay costs $280, and it plays reasonably well. I know 1080p @ 30fps sucks (Rocking a 1440p @ 120fps, heh), but upgrading from 720p @ 10~30fps to a 1080p 30fps is a very big upgrade. A decent PC that can play that costs around $400.
You might argue that value-wise that's not true at all. While I agree completely, that comes true when you're looking at a long term. As someone who spent a lot on Steam, I can definitely say that I've saved hundreds by sticking to PC, but as recommending a machine to someone who's going to use it exclusively for FIFA 17, I thought it would be unnecessary. He's not going to use Xbox Live Gold, or any online services, just FIFA.
Buy a PC anyway. I have no idea why, but shipping Xbox One from the US to Korea is fairly cheap, but shipping multiple components to Korea or a prebuilt is fairly expensive in customs. So you're going to end up with a $400 computer by paying $500.
Buying used is a very terrible option in South Korea. Decent PC hardware is very hard to come by and seeing some prebuilt PCs on Korean-eBay sites, you're better off building your own.
Accessible This collides into my first reason, but PC hardware is much harder to come by in Korea, and usually, it's risky if you buy it from offline dealers, or pricey due to customs if bought online.
Offline retailers are extremely sketchy, I've dealt with them very often. They live in a part of Seoul, the capital of Korea, called Dragon Hill. There's a specific place for dealing components, where all the offline dealers are located at. Here's the deal: If you don't know what you're buying, and paying for, you get scammed very, very easily. They convince you to buy shitty GPUs like a GT730 for the price of a GTX 750ti, saying that "MORE MEMORY!!!", when in reality, it's the type of the memory that is important; GDDR5 or DDR3. Anyway, I was afraid that he was going to get scammed when he gets there since I was really busy.
Ordering online is usually very safe, but customs messes up the price. You'd have to stare at the computer for hours to decide whether Amazon or in-Korea retailers will be cheaper, and like I mentioned above, I was out of time.
Xbox One can be ordered fairly easily through eBay. Customs aren't too expensive.
Personal Preference This is fairly simple. He tried out a controller and liked it more. Yes, you can plug in a Xbone controller, but that would require you to actually buy one, contrasted to being bundled with one.
Also, he has his meh-All-in-one, which is perfectly capable of anything non-intensive.
I'm open to anything you say. While I do love a civilized discussion, I don't want any L01Z c0ns013s suck you n00b pcmr 4ev3r, that would make the equivalent of a 'console peasant'.
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