The next generation console should NOT cost the same as the previous generation. That's stupid af.
If you can't afford the latest console, wait until you can. A SLIM version always comes out.
To the guy saying his PC costs $300-400 and blows away a PS4 Pro or XBox One X, as a builder, I call BS.
The RX580 costs around $400 CAD (it's maybe around $160 now since the 5600XT got released this year).
The 1060 costs around the same price.
The CPU will cost anywhere between $300-400 CAD for a good one ($150 for entry-level)
The monitor will cost.
The board will cost $100-$200 CAD.
The RAM will cost $200-300 CAD.
The PSU and Cooling will cost $100-200.
Translated to USD that's already around: $500 USD if we take the lowest prices (not including monitor, mouse, keyboard, SSD or HDD).
So shut up with your lies.
Even if you went ENTRY level everything and spent the minimum amount possible AND did the mail-in rebates (which almost no one does)..
(Please note, none of the links above even have cooling or PSU included)
It will cost a $500 USD (after mail-in-rebate, not including the monitor, mouse, keyboard, headphones/speakers, Windows license key, cooling, PSU, etc)
To even have the audacity to make such claims without posting the specs of your PC is beyond me.
How are you guys even comparing with such biased views.. a PC to a console. Let's be real, an entry level PC isn't going to play the latest games for 5 years like a console would.. but it would allow you to do other every day life stuff too so that's a PLUS for PC.
It would be quite very reasonable for the PS5 to cost $500. On ALL the platforms, the cost of games are high anyway. So if you can't afford a console at $500, good luck buying the damn games that cost $80-100 anyway.