@ll_Exile_ll said:
@Aterons said:
I always saw consoles as a "waste of money" kinda thing, paying more for a platform that gets out-dates faster and is almost un-upgradeable as opposed to buying the PC equivalent cheaper or with better specs at the same price ( and yes, OS is a cost as well but there are free OSs and as "bad" as it makes you pirating a MS OS is "fine" with them, even if they detect it they don't take any actions against you or the pirated OS ).
So as far as I am concerned you might as well charge for something like X-box live because said person that bought the console didn't care for the money=value thing in the first place.
What??????
The $400 Xbox I bought in 2005 still plays all the new games. If you were to make a $400 PC in 2005, it wouldn't play any games then, let alone now. I love my gaming PC, but it sure as hell cost more than a console and it certainly won't be up to date for the next 5-7 years. There are plenty of reasons to build a gaming PC, but the reasons you just gave are the exact opposite of true.
Well, i have to admit i have no clue about the PC market in 2005 but when i bought my PC mid 2009 for what would translate roughly at 450$ and I still run all games single player on max setting with reasonable fps and no stuttering/screen tearing unless something else i going on.
I will also be able to use this graphic card ( GTS 250 ) for another 2-3 years, my 4 GB RAM for another 1 or 2 at least and i will be able to upgrade to 8 with around 30$ and the core/motherboard will be good for another 5 years if i don't want to play games on the highest settings.
Now add to that the fact that I can sell the graphics card second-hand and I can buy a new one for around 200$ ( and it will likely work for, once again, 4-6 years considering graphics advance at the same paste ), and the second hand will get you 25-50$ as well ( again, assuming the worst prices in 2-3 years, atm i could get roughly 60-70$ for it here ).
The problem is that most people ( I would assume you ) think that a PC needs to be "replaced" like a console, when in fact it doesn't... a PC can be upgraded here and there and it will run games at console quality or above for cheaper, simple as that, the core/motherboard/Hard/Power source are not in any way needed if you plan on playing video games, they can be used for a good 4 to 9 years.
Indeed my "older" PC that i bought in 2004 is now running with the only upgrade being a piece of RAM and I can run Dragon age Origins, all but the last hitman, Starcraft 2, BLR and Skyrim on it if i set them to low ( you can sometime set to medium + but not everything, things like shadow dynamics and so are best left at the lowest ), I will admit i don't know how the cost would translate in current day money because it was 8 freaking years ago, but I would say it was surely lower than 700$.
So yes, if you look at it from a very nit picky standpoint a PC will set you back maybe 100 up to 300$ more than an XBOX... but you own a PC anyway and that will still cost you around 150$ at best.
Now add to that:
-more control options on PC
-you can pirate games on PC without buying a 2nd PC
-you get more patches on PC
-you can chose to give all money to the devs on PC and not 20% cut to MS or Sony
-you can buy PC components 2nd hand and cut the cost down bellow what i said with about 20% give or take
-you have more games on PC
-you need only atl/tab to brows the internet
-you can chat with your friend via mic without paying for a subscription
Im sorry, but a PC is the best money for value choice out there, not a "gaming PC"... that's something people with good jobs that don't give a shit about throwing 1500$ away can talk and spoiled kids can dream/ask for, but the notion that a PC that runs games is a expensive PC is a misled one that was somehow spread by people who don't know what is required to run a game on a PC.
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