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On 5ch’s “Nandemo Jikkyou G” board, a post arguing “consoles are obsolete now, a PC is all you need” sparked a heated thread after someone countered that “matching PS6-level performance on PC would cost close to $4,000.” Opinions clashed between those who said the PS6 is actually cheaper once you factor in its strong trade-in resale value, and PC loyalists who pointed to the resale value of individual parts instead. The debate then spiraled into what a PC is even good for these days, touching on multi-monitor “gaming while doing something else” setups, running old games through emulators, and comparisons with mobile gaming.
What people said
Just get a PS6, that works
You can't afford that lol
If you could casually drop $1,500, you'd already own a PC
Trade-in value is over $1,000, so it's easily affordable
PC parts get lowballed into nothing though
If you want PS6-equivalent output, a PC runs like $5,000
No way you're spending that much just for gaming
Nah, memory alone is skyrocketing in price right now lol
PC parts get lowballed on resale though
Please stop replying more than OP ("itchi")
You're making OP look pathetic
All you need now is a phone with video-out support, a matching USB-C cable, and either a big screen or a head-mounted display
What even has video-out support on a phone these days besides Pixel?
If premium one-time-purchase visual novels came out on mobile, that'd be ideal
But that's just not how it is
If someone owns both a PS5 and a PC, I honestly think that's dumb
Just skip the PS5 and buy a higher-spec PC instead lol
With smartphones everywhere, what would you even want a home PC for besides gaming?
Honestly just buying the real thing is better lol
Not totally sure how it works, but you need a CFW (custom firmware), right?
That's nothing but trouble
There's footage going around of people running the Wii U version of Breath of the Wild
Apparently CEMU (Wii U emulator) runs on it
Multi-monitor setups are pretty handy honestly
Even just being able to casually watch videos while gaming is a solid perk
What kind of use case is that even
It's normal
PC users end up with extra monitors lying around for some reason, so they just slap on as many as they can lol
Watching videos while doing "grind games"
And sometimes I'll even have multiple mobile games running at once, farming those while also grinding in the grind game
You're replying too much, tone it down a bit
Just game at decent specs with a decent frame rate and call it good
Even now PCs are riddled with optimization issues, so what's it even going to be like going forward
That's not what I meant, I don't get the point of watching videos while gaming
Gaming on autopilot while doing something else is totally normal
Roguelikes especially, you're basically clicking away brain-dead most of the time anyway
Exactly this
It's all garbage pay-to-win games now, no premium one-time-purchase titles
Yeah I really don't get it
I can't understand why those big-budget console/PC titles don't catch on on mobile
Is that really a good enough reason to use an expensive PC for…
It's fine
I still think there's real value in it being a PC
Emulation actually eats up more horsepower than you'd expect
I get grinding niche games or enjoying mod-expanded content, but this
Maybe it's just a generational thing
You're overrating the reasons to specifically need a PC
Video editing and AI work are legit uses, but I think it's fine to use it more casually too
That's just how it is for most people
So basically people are making do with low-spec PCs
How so
GTA 6 is coming out soon too
Well yeah, once the console itself becomes too expensive to casually buy, that'll happen
People make money on video sites just by slapping Yukkuri or Zundamon (popular synthetic-voice narrator characters) voiceovers on recycled game content
It's not going anywhere
And nobody complains if it's old retro games being reused
Background and key points of this debate
The “PS6” referenced throughout the thread has no official price announcement as of this writing — the “$1,500” and “$5,000” figures are purely posters’ guesses and jabs. There is a real-world backdrop to this, though: since 2025, AI-driven demand has kept pushing up prices for memory (DRAM) and GPUs, making actual build costs for a PC prone to running higher than expected. The disagreement largely comes down to differing baselines — comparing the cost of matching equivalent performance versus comparing console sticker price alone. Consoles benefit from an active trade-in market that lowers their effective cost, while the point about PC parts fetching little on resale extends from that same logic. There’s also a noticeable gap in how people view a PC’s purpose, split between those who value multitasking and AI use and those who feel a dedicated gaming console is all they need.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyou G) thread “Me: “We don’t need consoles anymore! A PC is fine!” PC shop: “That’ll be $4,000”.”
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