Console gamers have a leg up on PC gamers when it comes to ease of use. Turn it on and your settings are mostly chosen for you with little fuss. From game to game, the overall experience is standardized -- no need to worry if your PlayStation 5 can handle the latest releases. As PC gamers, we may have more options, but that comes at a cost. There's a real learning curve when it comes to configuring hardware and software to run games optimally, and developers have to play it safer as they're forced to support a much wider range of specs.

Chromebooks are great for productivity, web browsing, and video streaming, and they're doubly great because they tend to be pretty affordable. But are Chromebooks good enough to play games? Well, it depends on several factors: what kinds of games you want to play, how you want to play them, and how strong the hardware is in the particular Chromebook model you have. Here's what you need to know about gaming on a Chromebook, whether the value-for-money proposition of a Chromebook carries over into gaming, and what kind of gaming experience you can expect. Related: The best Chromebooks we've tested (including gaming Chromebooks) Chromebooks are fundamentally different from gaming laptops, so you have to temper your expectations and compromise on certain points.