Seriously I don’t get it. They’re max consoomer drivel taking you away from productive hobbies like making music, carpentry, canning fruit & veg or painting. Humans are meant to create things instead of consume them on the daily. This imbalance is the main reason for societal decline, people would rather consume than create. I’ve never met a well-adjusted adult gamer. They’re all capeshit losers with equally loser children who scold other kids for not playing their lore game the right way. Fuck them all, video games are the biggest loser hobby.
True enough, however a computer is a necessity in this world if you want to do anything. A minimum buy in would be $200. So that is $1300 extra you are spending. Make it last 3 years and you are paying a little over $400 per year. $400 for 52 weeks of enjoyment vs $400 for 3 weeks of drinking.
Even factoring in the price of games and the occasional loot box, it is still a better value proposition.
Not to mention that you can’t get aids from a computer. Not yet anyways.