nemesismk2
Diamond Member
I have loads of friends who play games and they all use a xbox 360 just like myself. I don't use a PC for playing games because it's not worth all of the upgrading etc
Do your friends play on PC or Console? (and how to convert them)
Oh, and people who say that a gaming PC is much more expensive than a console really don't know what they are talking about.
This. The price of PC gaming is in the video card, not the entire system. Should we start including the cost of ~50" HDTV's with console gaming?
Oh good grief. I'm a PC gamer myself, but let's not kid ourselves - PCs are far more expensive. First off, nearly every household has a big screen TV already whether they are a gamer or not. For gaming, one can add a 360 for what? 200$?
A good gaming build will cost probably 1k without a monitor, so cost is a factor. Don't even try to kid yourself. I'm not saying I prefer consoles, I'm saying that for a lot of people -- cost plays a role in their decision.
A lot of households have computers in the house too. Contrary to what you might believe, a gaming computer does not cost $1000. You could build a system from scratch for $600, but for the many, many, many homes that already have computers, you just need the video card. Heck I was gaming on an AMD 5670 for quite a while, and it ran everything (but Crysis) at an acceptable level.
Well... Math is quite simple.
$1k for new PC with GPU upgrade in two years +$200($300 for new GPU -$100 by selling old one).
Current PC should last 4 years like this.
4 years in Xbox Live subscription should cost $720.
Add more flexible game pricing, support for most controllers, superior quality, rise(in quality) of F2P, PC only genres...
Consider fast dying of used game sales...
Simple choice.
You also don't need to play on Ultra settings. High is fine for most, hell with lots of games you can play them max'd out expect for 1-3 settings that tank performance so you adjust those and you are good to go. You are ignoring one of the PC's pluses, adapting to a situation. Pretty new game comes out and stresses your system too much, lowering just a few settings that wont visually make a big difference overall can make that new pretty game run good with little compromise.
If I am not playing on max settings why have a $1k+ PC? This is the reason I did SLI and all...I don't want to compromise and so far I have not had to, even played Metro 2033 all the way through maxed out. I don't stare at the fps number with fraps running though lol.
Online games are different...you need fps but I still refuse to compromise visual quality. Like I said before too...sitting at a desk with 24" monitor vs couch and 60"...ask anyone who isn't sold on PC gaming already which they would like better and I bet most of the time they will pick the couch.
Not saying it's right but it's reality.