120 PCWorld DECEMBER 2020HERE’S HOW XBOX SERIES X STOPPED ME BUYING GAMING PC
November 10, it remains one of the most
accessible ways to play next-gen games at
PC-like resolutions and frame rates. There are
also a few things it can do that the PC can’t.
So who needs a gaming PC? Read on to
see why you don’t.HORRENDOUS GPU
SHORTAGES? BUY
AN XBOX!
The GPU shortage is real.
Nvidia’s cards are selling out
within minutes (go.pcworld.
com/slmn). Gamers are
livestreaming (go.pcworld.com/
lvst) and liveblogging their
attempts at purchasing them.
What good is listing the best
graphics cards for PC gaming
(go.pcworld.com/bcls) if you
can’t even buy one? And even ifyou could, the price of the RTX
3070 FE (go.pcworld.com/37fe)
is $499, the same price as the
Xbox Series X. (The slightly less
powerful Xbox Series S, which we
do not have, costs $299.) That’s
before you start testing the waters
at eBay, where RTX 3070 prices
currently run $700 and above (go.
pcworld.com/7abv).
Gamers are already drawing
similar conclusions. After initially
predicting adequate supplies of
the Xbox Series X, Microsoft’s Xbox chief, Phil
Spencer, is now forecasting (go.pcworld.
com/pspn) that Series X demand will outstrip
supply. So while we can go out on a limb and
predict that Xbox Series X prices won’t soar to
stratospheric GPU-like levels, we have toLike you can buy one of these anywhere.You should be able to buy a Microsoft Xbox Series X with a little
hard work and a little luck.