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Don't buy a PlayStation — Save money on the PC versions of Marvel's Spider-Man, Horizon Zero Dawn, and others instead

If you have a gaming PC, you're already set for some PlayStation titles.

www.windowscentral.com

While PlayStation long required any prospective players of its games to pick up a new console, those days are over...well, kind of. Since 2020, PlayStation has been more regularly putting games on Windows PC. If you've been holding out for some good deals before grabbing them, you can take advantage of some major discounts on Amazon for almost every PlayStation game that has a PC version, with up to 76% off some titles!

Why grab PlayStation games on PC?

It used to be that if you wanted to enjoy a PlayStation exclusive game, you needed to buy the latest console. That's not the case anymore, with a growing list of PlayStation Studios games on Windows PC that keeps on getting bigger. PlayStation has even invested to make these ports better, acquiring Dutch studio Nixxes to deliver masterclass PC ports.

Single-player PlayStation will usually not arrive day one on PC, so there is a downside to waiting. Naturally, if what you care about is just playing games as fast as possible, then you should definitely go ahead and buy a PlayStation 5. If you already have a gaming PC and you're okay waiting a year or two for games to be ported, you really don't have to buy a PlayStation 5!

That's not to say that every port is perfect. On the contrary, the PC version of The Last of Us was a terrible port at launch, and only through consistent patches has it become somewhat okay. That's the exception though, hardly the rule.

In general, this approach allows you to save money, as you often won't be paying full price for a game, and it will usually include all of the DLC or expansions, as is the case with Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition and Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered.

And Buy Xbox

 

[MasterCornholio]

It's like they know people are buying playstations to play those games.



Gotta do anything to balance those sales.

 

[Mownoc]

Where's their don't buy an Xbox article? You get all those day one!

 

[Mephisto40]

Ah yes, windows central, the publication that gave Diablo 4 a perfect 100 / 100 score, and gives every Microsoft published game a score of 90+

 

[MasterCornholio]

Where's their don't buy an Xbox article? You get all those day one!

Gamepass

 

[shaddam]

"you're okay waiting a year or two for games to be ported" Sure. Good luck with this stuff on story driven games.
Everything written in the OP is literally shitting on xbox

 

[MisterXDTV]

You can feel Corden's desperation reading this...

 

[Zathalus]

If you don't mind waiting and have a good PC it's good advice. Same goes for Xbox but you don't even have to wait with that.

 

[Horseganador]

 

[Zones]

Mood at Windows Central right now…

 

[Skifi28]

Edit: Too late

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Major Nelson promoting PS5 Slim really hit the Xbox fanbase hard, huh?

 

[TheRedRiders]

Everyone's entitled to their own opinions, but man you know when you see anti-playstation articles like this coming from a place like Windows Central... you just can't help but telling them to fuck off.

 

[nial]

And Buy Xbox

Sorry, man, this just... ain't happening.

 

[TastyPastry]

Sorry, man, this just... ain't happening.

i'm gonna get one (probably series s) to play ninja gaiden 2/ninja gaiden black eventually and a month of gamepass to play every call of duty campaign that's been coming out in the last 10 years or so

 

[FrankWza]

Yeah PCMs.. Have some patience with your latest, high end tech. And then wait for patches.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Yeah PCMs.. Have some patience with your latest, high end tech. And then wait for patches.

Who doesn't want to go broke on hardware that doesn't fully get utilized, so you have to look for sales on already cheap games?

 

[Cyborg]

Propaganda

 

[Thirty7ven]

Jesus Christ

Also if people who spend time on windows central need convincing… then shit’s real bad.

 

[skit_data]

If you're going with this angle Windows Central, at least make an effort for it not to come off as blatant console warring. No finesse. No taste.

 

[Zathalus]

Who doesn't want to go broke on hardware that doesn't fully get utilized, so you have to look for sales on already cheap games?

You shouldn't go broke on your PC hardware. Buy within your means, that's the advantage of PC it scales from near console prices to whatever madness you can afford. You can then either buy full priced games on Steam or be frugal and shop on gg.deals.

If you can afford console gaming you can almost certainly afford PC gaming.

 

[DaleinCalgary]

But then you have to deal with Windows

 

[Killjoy-NL]

You shouldn't go broke on your PC hardware. Buy within your means, that's the advantage of PC it scales from near console prices to whatever madness you can afford. You can then either buy full priced games on Steam or be frugal and shop on gg.deals.

If you can afford console gaming you can almost certainly afford PC gaming.

I know, I was just joking.

I don't think one is necessarily more expensive than the other, tbh.

 

[Cornbread78]

I really like my Ser X, but this shit is...

 

[Zathalus]

I know, I was just joking.

I don't think one is necessarily more expensive than the other, tbh.

Fair. Although I would say if you want a really awesome experience PC has higher upfront costs but long term costs (game prices and no online costs) can be cheaper. But I suppose it depends on what the person wants, some people might be perfectly content with a Steam Deck.

 

[Daneel Elijah]

Funny how this is probably the first article I read from them that does not have even one mention of Xbox. And even if I will laugh about it, it is maybe the firsy time that they did that for Playstation. Maybe in the future we will be able to see more offers in their site? They need to think of the future after all!

 

[Mister Wolf]

Some games I don't feel like waiting for the PC port. GOW Ragnarok, FF16, and if Stellar Blade can hit a locked 60 at 1440p then I won't wait for that neither. I'm certain Sony will stagger the PC release of Stellar Blade.

 

[StueyDuck]

I wonder if he maybe has an agenda

 

[Moses85]

Gamepass

 

[Heisenberg007]

Ah yes, windows central, the publication that gave Diablo 4 a perfect 100 / 100 score, and gives every Microsoft published game a score of 90+

They also gave Halo Infinite a 10/10 and called it a "Masterpiece."

 

[jm89]

Can't convince folks to get an xbox over playstation

So gotta try other platforms

They also use nintendo to attack playstation.

Dying gasp of a soon to be irrelevant console.

 

[Agent_4Seven]

Save money on the PC versions of Marvel's Spider-Man, Horizon Zero Dawn, and others instead

Actually, that's what I'll be doing with everything 1st party and which is not 3rd party time exclusives, cuz at this point and in my eyes, it's absolutely pointless to buy 1st party game on PS5 and then re-buy it on PC for the same fuckin' price 2 years later and you can't even sell PS5 version later at the good price. So yeah, fuck that. The only thing 1st party I'll buy day 1 for PS5 will be TLOUIII, Horizon III and that'll be the end of it, unless they'll stop porting games to PC.

 

[tommib]

Jesus, the desperation is insane. The more neurotic they sound the less people will buy anything Xbox related. It’s like the whole thing is about to turn into the Windows phone.

 

[SteadyEvo]

Wouldn’t game on PC if my life depended on it. Didn’t read but the article title sounds like a desperate attempt to belittle the competition.

 

[Ronin_7]

 

[rofif]

That’s what Sony gets for small ez money. It’s short term money with long term diminishing of brand.
I’ve heard from plenty of pc gamers that they will wait for forbidden west and ragnarok to hit a pc. Why buy ps5.
So these games will hit the pc and they will pirate or buy on sale.

 

[Hudo]

I bet that when I check tomorrow, this thread will have like 10+ pages.

 

[GHG]

Is this how desperate things have become? Literally begging people to not buy a PS5.

 

[SnapShot]

"Windows Central" says it all

Translation: buy "Microsoft" products instead of "Sony"

 

[rofif]

They also gave Halo Infinite a 10/10 and called it a "Masterpiece."

That’s super embarrassing. The whole campaign is monke smash monke smash, 3 fake big levels and 5 hours of corridors. Monke smash at the end too.

 

[Elios83]

Ahaha never seen this level of desperation in 20 years I've been following gaming news

 

[SmokedMeat]

Most PC gamers already do this.

Unless you absolutely can’t wait to play a third Spiderman game.

 

[VolticArchangel]

Actually, that's what I'll be doing with everything 1st party and which is not 3rd party time exclusives, cuz at this point and in my eyes, it's absolutely pointless to buy 1st party game on PS5 and then re-buy it on PC for the same fuckin' price 2 years later and you can't even sell PS5 version later at the good price.

> Buy 1st party PlayStation SP game at launch.
> Platinum it asap (most of them are easy unlike Japanese exclusives like Bloodborne or Gran Turismo)
> Sell it close to MSRP you bought it for.
> Bonus points to you for getting to know local mom & pop retailers personally enough for them to give you a 10% discount on new games. Most of'em will give you if you ask them. Sites like Amazon/best buy do this too for digital and physical copies at launch. YMMV.
> Buy PC version 2/3 years later when it launches for your library.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

> Buy 1st party PlayStation SP game at launch.
> Platinum it asap (most of them are easy unlike Japanese exclusives like Bloodborne or Gran Turismo)
> Sell it close to MSRP you bought it for.
> Bonus points to you for getting to know local mom & pop retailers personally enough for them to give you a 10% discount on new games. Most of'em will give you if you ask them. Sites like Amazon/best buy do this too for digital and physical copies at launch. YMMV.
> Buy PC version 2/3 years later when it launches for your library.

You don't even have to rush. I kept my The Last of Us Part 1 copy until recently (got it on release), sold it for 35 EUR and got the PC version for ~26 EUR on a key site.

PlayStation games on PC are cheaper than on console.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

I'm fine with my PS5 + Switch combo and I'd rather get a Steam Deck OLED or the Deck 2.0 whenever that gets released instead of getting a new Xbox (still have my One X hooked up to my TV for playing BC titles) which I wouldn't be using that much anyway.

 

[ShirAhava]

uhhhh I assumed most PC gamers are like me and aren't interested in these titles no matter WHAT platform they are on

A bunch of those titles came to PC and other than days gone I haven't gone anywhere near them because I don't give a shit about spiderman, horizon, last of us ect.
I don't care if they were playstation exclusives or xbox or neo geo exclusive those games don't mean shit to me

Actually really caring about these titles and not buying a playstation seems like some fanboy shit

 

[R3TRODYCE]

If only Sony would be day one on pc like Xbox; Then I’d never have to play on underpowered hardware again.

 

[Xyphie]

They are not wrong. As a primarily PC gamer I see absolutely no reason to buy a PS platform ever again just to play 1 or 2 Sony AAA SP releases a year early and then have it collect dust 50 weeks of the year.

 

[FrankWza]

> Buy 1st party PlayStation SP game at launch.
> Platinum it asap (most of them are easy unlike Japanese exclusives like Bloodborne or Gran Turismo)
> Sell it close to MSRP you bought it for.
> Bonus points to you for getting to know local mom & pop retailers personally enough for them to give you a 10% discount on new games. Most of'em will give you if you ask them. Sites like Amazon/best buy do this too for digital and physical copies at launch. YMMV.
> Buy PC version 2/3 years later when it launches for your library.

You don't even have to rush. I kept my The Last of Us Part 1 copy until recently (got it on release), sold it for 35 EUR and got the PC version for ~26 EUR on a key site.

PlayStation games on PC are cheaper than on console.

That's a LOT of work for a master.

One guy is running all over town making friends and the other one is doing his taxes

 

[Gaiff]

That’s what Sony gets for small ez money. It’s short term money with long term diminishing of brand.
I’ve heard from plenty of pc gamers that they will wait for forbidden west and ragnarok to hit a pc. Why buy ps5.
So these games will hit the pc and they will pirate or buy on sale.

Ah yes, Sony damaged their brand so much that they can hardly keep PS5 in stock and their exclusives such as GOWR, HFW, and Spider-Man 2 are outselling their predecessors.

The PC gamers you heard from didn't care all that much about PS5 games to begin with and it's unlikely they would have shelled out $500 to play games they're willing to wait 2-3 years to play. People who really want these games buy them as soon as they can or within the year.