So buying a console for $500 is looking after money but buying a PC for $800 isn’t? And please, arrogant? For putting away $50 a month?
I can easily buy a PS5, I just refuse to do so as buying a console for >300 GBP. It is called as fiscal discipline and having a modicum of self-control. Also, I will not spend 70$ on a game. It is not like I have a dearth of games (Steam Deck + PS4 + Switch). And yes, I will never ever spend 800$ on a desktop PC. Why stop at 800, I have the money to afford a 4090 based PC. I am not a pixel peeping nutcase like the DF guys. All I care about is how pretty a game looks and none of these keywords (Lumen, Nanite, RT, etc) achieve that. I would much rather play pretty games like HFW or BoTW than ugly ass shit games like Metro Exodus with ultra accurate RT shadows.
Do you always have the best Samsung oder IPhone. It's not that much more after all right. You can easy save up to do so. But if you don't need a better smartphone than you already have its a waste of money. So yes if a 500$ console provides you with all the gaming functionality you need than paying more than that is stupid even if you have the money.
My current phone is a Pixel 6 pro that I got on sale for 400 GBP, next phone will be a sub 200 Xiaomi or Motorola. Can I afford to pay 1000 GBP for a phone? Yes, I can. Will I do so, when the Xiaomi phone does everything I want? Nope.