But it’s not something anyone on a console has to worry about. The only risk of an attacker entering your network via your games console can only occur from jailbreaking your console.
I think most people who are entering the PC space for gaming also intend to use their PC for other things like work, banking, web browsing and media consumption. The constant push by publishers to have kernal level access should be something that people are pushing back on most major games are requesting this permission and barely telling the user. GTA v released it’s enhanced version but you can’t even play single player without accepting this.
If you’re not aware kernel level drivers operate with the highest level of access possible for software making it extremely easy for a hacked server to take over a players pc with zero intervention on the users behalf. What’s worse is that PC players are being told by influencers like Alex from DF to turn off their anti virus while playing.
I was discussing security implications and problems within the PC ecosystem but you keep pushing the cost conversation so lets talk about that.
Yes console costs are rising but let’s not ignore the fact that PC parts are rising just as fast with a high end GPU costing double an entire console.
Also consoles will be guaranteed to last you 8 years plus while the same GPU you paid double for may only see half the generation out.
Case in point the GTX 7 series was the big card at the time of the ps4 launch but 5 years later that card was running games on low (if at all) while the ps4 is still being developed for a decade plus later try running reisdent evil village or god of war Ragnarök on a gtx 780 today
Why do i know this because I did go to PC from console i hated performance of the PS3 and 360 and the lack of access to stuff like crysis so i switched to PC I eventually left when the ps4 came out I have a job that requires a high end pc so i built another one around 2020 but i never stick around the PC ecosystem because the negatives absolutely do not outweigh the positives. When i play on PC i spend more time messing around settings then actually playing.
