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What game would you remake if you could choose any one game? It can be a game from anything except the current-gen. If I had to pick one I think it would be Final Fantasy VII, even though its a pretty obvious choice that game would be epic in hd on the ps3. why sony just announced they were remaking FFX instead is beyond me but im interested to see what other people would pick to be remade.

@onarum: the best way to save money is getting parts individually. my rig has 4gb of ram(and yes, 2x2gb) , 1tb hardrive, a tri-core processor, and a pretty decent video card that was on sale for about $60 even though it is usually $100. and i already had an xp disc so i didnt need to buy an operating system.

id just like to clarify, I have no problem with anyone playing consoles and until about a year ago that is all I played too. I just want to help show some people who are on the fence about pc gaming some of the pros of it and why they should give it a shot.

@Clonedzero: yep exclusives are the only reason I still play my consoles

good to know, I honestly am pretty new to the Giantbomb community and im pretty used to trolls being everywhere lol

I have every single console from the current generation and have taken turns playing each exclusively. But the one "console" I believe outranks all the others is the PC. Why the PC, without any unified game service and a high entry price and some pretty crappy DRM at points? Well the answer can be long but I'll try to keep it short. I'll go through my pros individually.

• The price: something that is overhyped tremendously about PCs is the pricing. I am sitting at my computer right now that I spent about $300 on. Now I should note this does not include the price of a monitor but do you include the price of a TV when you buy a console? One of the best ways to save money on PCs is to buy a barebone kit, which is just all the components you need to make a computer but you put it together yourself, or just buy the parts individually. WARNING: You can damage parts putting your PC together yourself but I had a nerdy friend help me put it together and it took about an hour to get the whole thing together.
• The games: the PC is, in my opinion, awesome primarily because of it's indie game support. With some more popular indie games, like Minecraft and Braid, to some of the more hidden games like Breath of Death VII, which is only a couple of bucks on Steam, you have a huge library of high-quality, cheap games to play. Speaking of Steam though, if you use the Steam client you will never buy a game for $60 again because you will be waiting for one of the ridiculous sales they have on Steam every couple of months. I purchased the whole Assassin's Creed series for $25 on Steam over the summer! You can get almost any game on Steam for under $30 at some point or another.
• The freedom: unlike consoles, the limit to what you can do on your PC is unlimited! From simple things like changing your wallpaper to more advanced customization tools like Desktop Architect and Object Dock, you can do pretty much anything you want on your PC. Your PC is yourself on a digital frontier for you to explore the endless possibilities on your awesome rig. Also, how easy is it to get on GiantBomb from your PS3 or Xbox 360? Oh wait thats right there isn't even a browser on the 360 and for good reason because the PS3's browser is a piece of crap! Isn't it nice to be able to run your own music and play your games and run your own downloads without Microsoft or Sony telling you that you can only run one of them at a time, with a few minor exceptions.

Thanks for reading and as always, PC gaming FTW!!

hopefully they wont screw this up because it sounds awesome!

goldeneye!