Congratulations on FF16 being a huge success

[Vyrerus]

What can PS5 do that a PC can't?

Be cheap, relaxing to play, easier to setup in any location, easier to transport, and not bogged down by things outside of games.

PCs are great multi-tools, but for gaming they all suffer the same fate. The user eventually bogs them down with things that aren't games, whether it's malware, adware, torrents, gigs of porno, excessive amounts of programs that load on boot, or any other thing. Not too mention, the propensity for parts within a PC to break or fail at different rates since not all PCs are streamlined and the same.

Also, if your gaming computer doubles as your work computer, then it'll be bogged down by work related programs, and it'll also be more likely to be in an office setting with an office chair. I don't know about you, but when I really want to relax I don't like to sit at a computer desk. I prefer to be able to lay down on the couch or sit in an easy chair with my feet propped up.

Laptops can solve the portability issue, but using them away from a table or desk is terrible for your wrists, and they also can't improve the experience over a console or desktop, generally.

Basically, if you can afford mid range PC, you could probably shell out for the console. You just don't want too. The reality of the situation is that PC enthusiasts are just stuck in their ways and their PC better mantras which are all pretty much just copes cause they miss out on or get worse versions of exclusives.

[Deo14]

Be cheap, relaxing to play, easier to setup in any location, easier to transport, and not bogged down by things outside of games.

PCs are great multi-tools, but for gaming they all suffer the same fate. The user eventually bogs them down with things that aren't games, whether it's malware, adware, torrents, gigs of porno, excessive amounts of programs that load on boot, or any other thing. Not too mention, the propensity for parts within a PC to break or fail at different rates since not all PCs are streamlined and the same.

Also, if your gaming computer doubles as your work computer, then it'll be bogged down by work related programs, and it'll also be more likely to be in an office setting with an office chair. I don't know about you, but when I really want to relax I don't like to sit at a computer desk. I prefer to be able to lay down on the couch or sit in an easy chair with my feet propped up.

Laptops can solve the portability issue, but using them away from a table or desk is terrible for your wrists, and they also can't improve the experience over a console or desktop, generally.

Basically, if you can afford mid range PC, you could probably shell out for the console. You just don't want too. The reality of the situation is that PC enthusiasts are just stuck in their ways and their PC better mantras which are all pretty much just copes cause they miss out on or get worse versions of exclusives.

Be cheap

In short term, yes, I've already pointed that out. In long term, no chance. Don't forget about having no choice but to buy official $60 controller.

Setup in any location

In every location where you can setup a console and a whole goddamn TV, you can also setup a PC. You know what's even easier to setup though? Gaming laptop. If your wrists hurt, you can always just bring keyboard with you. If you want to be portable, just get a smaller one, or you can even get those funky jelly keyboards.

Easier to transport

I want to see you carry a PS5 in one hand, and 65'' TV on the other.

PCs are great multi-tools, but for gaming they all suffer the same fate. The user eventually bogs them down with things that aren't games, whether it's malware, adware, torrents, gigs of porno, excessive amounts of programs that load on boot, or any other thing. Not too mention, the propensity for parts within a PC to break or fail at different rates since not all PCs are streamlined and the same.

Yes, if user is dumb enough, you can get malware and other viruses. Torrent isn't necessary a bad thing, gigs of porno are not a bad thing either, and you can just disable programs on boot, if you're not completely technically incapable. I'm talking about grandma levels of incapable. Technical failures of components is on par with consoles. Red ring of death? Overheating? Technical failures are not PC/console exclusive.

Relaxing in your couch

You can do that with PCs too, just get an HDMI cable and wireless controller, or wireless M+KB. PCs also not only support console controllers, but a cheaper ones too, so you don't need to throw away a goddamn $60 for a piece of plastic.

bogged down by work related programs

How can PC be "bogged down by work related programs"? Used capacity doesn't affect speed (except in cases where you have <10% of capacity). Just get more storage, SSDs are piss cheap nowadays. Best version of PS5 I could find has just 2TB of storage, on PCs, you can just buy bunch of 2TB drives for $100 each, and you also have a choice of HDD, which trade speed for higher capacity. After quick googling I found 20TB HDD for $320, if you really need some serious capacity.

Basically, if you can afford mid range PC, you could probably shell out for the console.

If you can afford midrange PC, then get midrange PC. For real, if you're tight on budget, why would you go for console? It becomes more expensive in few years. You can sit on couch and play on PC just like you can on console.

Seems to me you haven't touched a PC in 20 years, viruses are not some hardcore problem nowadays, just get some free antivirus, don't go to fishy porn sites and you're most likely gucci. If you feel like there are some sussy things happening on your PC, just backup some necessities and reinstall OS, it takes like <30 minutes nowadays. Your PC is not slowed down by "more work related programs". That might used to be case long time ago, when HDDs were only options. Data which are stored more on the outside of the disc are faster, while data stored closer to the middle are slower, which means that you would get slower speeds, depending where your OS decided to store that data. But that is irrelevant nowadays, SSDs are cheap af.

[OM3GA-Z3RO]

Be cheap, relaxing to play, easier to setup in any location, easier to transport, and not bogged down by things outside of games.

PCs are great multi-tools, but for gaming they all suffer the same fate. The user eventually bogs them down with things that aren't games, whether it's malware, adware, torrents, gigs of porno, excessive amounts of programs that load on boot, or any other thing. Not too mention, the propensity for parts within a PC to break or fail at different rates since not all PCs are streamlined and the same.

Also, if your gaming computer doubles as your work computer, then it'll be bogged down by work related programs, and it'll also be more likely to be in an office setting with an office chair. I don't know about you, but when I really want to relax I don't like to sit at a computer desk. I prefer to be able to lay down on the couch or sit in an easy chair with my feet propped up.

Laptops can solve the portability issue, but using them away from a table or desk is terrible for your wrists, and they also can't improve the experience over a console or desktop, generally.

Basically, if you can afford mid range PC, you could probably shell out for the console. You just don't want too. The reality of the situation is that PC enthusiasts are just stuck in their ways and their PC better mantras which are all pretty much just copes cause they miss out on or get worse versions of exclusives.

Everything and I mean EVERYTHING that you have mentioned makes you sound like an old man with almost no knowledge on computers.

[Boblawblah]

Discussion of PC costs, snipped for brevity.

As a counter point to just the cost part of your post (i agree with the rest), in my country, any of the 'mid-range' series (say, the 70 series for Nvidia, and 6800 for Radeon) are the same price as an entire console. Just the GPU, so for me, it absolutely is more cost effective to pick up a PS5 and XBOX for less than it would cost me to build a mid-range PC, have a 'guarenteed' decent gaming experience for the next 5 - 7 years, and keep my old mid-range PC (gtx 1070, i5 4670k) for my normal PC usage.