Phatosaurus
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Is that miss an HDD and an optical drive and a controller? I was able to double check as I'm on mobile. I agree with your general argument though.
As a pro owner, I'm jealous of the x. Only for the BC but still, Sony really needs to get on that.
Yknow I didnt even notice the lack of HDD, chalk another £40 to the price. Still pretty close to £450, and a lot closer than many sites claiming it takes at least £600/$700/etc.
No controller either, but I did mention the price of a KB&M on top of that £450.
All in for a HDD, OS, M&KB, looking at about £520. Potential to save £20 on the RAM, and if you wanted to chance a cheap off brand PSU, another £20. The latter, I really wouldnt do, but I also wouldnt build a PC within that budget range either *shrug*.
No disc drive though, I mean if a UHD player and games are what you want, then you buy the X1X because it does both, it does both well, and is the cheapest way to get both done well in a single package.
If you just want games, then its more of a preference for console or PC and things like disc drives and controllers become a bit irrelevant.
One thing I will add, is that if you want to see what a $450 budget PC built with used parts can do, then JERMgaming on YouTube has a really excellent series of videos.
It mainly focuses on the PC vs PS4 and PS4 Pro, but X1X will be added to it soon. It also goes quite in depth on optimising the settings on PC for the best performance to graphical fidelity at 1080p/1440p/2160p.