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When Sony announced the $700 PS5 Pro, the company reignited debates between PC and console gamers.

That’s truer thanks to a $100 discount.

Image of the Lenovo LOQ Tower (17IRB8).

A gaming PC is a better bargain than a PS5, especially when you can find a PC at a discount.

Sony is charging $30 for a stand for the PS5 Pro.

Each of the gaming PCs highlighted here can stand up without additional hardware.

A disc drive for the PS5 Pro also costs $80.

MSI Codex R2 | $999.99 now $899.99 at Best Buy

That price doesn’t account for the fact that PC games are often discounted more heavily than console games.

Of course, there are ways that a console is better than a gaming PC.

If PC gaming were universally better than console gaming, consoles wouldn’t be so popular.

LOQ gaming tower | $1,149.99 now $798.99 at Lenovo

Cross play across platforms exists for some titles but is far from universal.

The elephant in the room, as is often the case when comparing PlayStation with anything, is games.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

PC Rising text super imposed on an image of vampires.

Image of the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (2024) gaming laptop.

Image of the Dell XPS Desktop (8960).

A hand holding ROG Ally while it displays STALKER 2.

HP Envy Move

Cyberpunk 2077 benchmark running on MSI Claw 8 AI+.

Razer�s Minecraft collection in retail boxes

Screenshots of Blue Prince the game

Joel and Ellie in The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered

Black Lenovo Legion Go S in front of white one.

Dbrand accessoreis for Steam Deck

Dell Inspiron 14 2-in-1 (7445)

Lenovo Yoga 7 backside.

A composite image showing the Geekom A7 mini PC in both horizontal and vertical positions against a blue and black background.

Lenovo 16" IdeaPad Laptop on a man�s lap and displaying a video call.

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Crucial T500 1TB SSD with heatsink on a mechanical gaming keyboard.

Marathon gameplay reveal