"Gaming is prohibitively expensive these days, you can't play video games for an affordable cost anymore!"

Ladies and gentlemen, the humble $200 Alienware Alpha.

Are you going to be able to play the latest AAA games on it? Can it run the latest graphics techniques like DLSS and ray tracing? No.

Will you have fun with the myriad of indie games and massive PC gaming back catalog, as well as emulation of a dozen retro consoles? Hell yeah!

This little guy was my first ever gaming PC. Jumped straight into modded Skyrim with it, lol. I still own one from over a decade ago and, although it has about the power of a PS4, that certainly doesn't prevent you from having fun with it.

There is a whole world of gaming just waiting for you to uncover it. Outside of the latest and "greatest" games getting shoved in your throat. And no, it's honestly not that expensive to get into at all. In some ways, gaming has never been cheaper. You just have to temper your expectations a little bit and you'll find so much joy.

@beardalaxy
It's so hard to explain to people the difference between a gaming PC, and a Power user PC.

But a gaming PC for 300$ has access for 30 years worth of free games. Literal gems, that will entertain for thousands of hours.

zYpu seriously don't need the nvidia ballbuster GPU, unless you work with AI, or need to mine coins.

To this day, I cannot comprehend that people are buying over 1000$ phone, and they're not even photographers.

Because, what the hell do you neee a pocket skynet for? You're going to use it for phone calls and for scrolling Instagram.

@LukeAlmighty it's all about status