allenmaher said:
Stefl1504 said:
allenmaher said:
So the base prices of systems have been announced, but what is the real cost of systems?
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Wii U |
XB One |
PS4 |
Low end Gaming PC (Alienware x51 base model) |
High End Gaming PC |
| Base System |
300-350 |
500 |
400 |
700 |
|
| Second Screen Option |
Included |
Tablet or Smartphone 300+ |
Vita 250 |
not Applicable |
|
| Online Play |
Included |
60/year x 5 years = 300 |
50/year x 5 years =250 |
no extra cost |
|
| Additional Controllers |
Wiimote Plus 35x4 =$140
Pro Controller 50 x 1 =$50
|
??? |
??? |
game controler 40 to 120 |
|
| Motion Control |
included in Wiimotes |
Included in Connect |
Move ??? |
not applicable |
|
| Additional Storage |
USB 1 Tb $100-150 |
USB 1 Tb $100-150 |
??? |
included (1 Tb) |
|
| Total |
590-690 |
|
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740 + |
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Can anyone fill in the blanks?
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I just wanted to mention, Motion Controls are applicable to PCs, because well, I use my DualShock 3(Sixaxis) on my PC... I also know that PCs are Kinectable and can use WiiMotes/Moves, a second screen comes easy via a second monitor. Also, did you include periferals for the PC? (Mouse, Keyboard, a first Screen?) Additionaly, have you included the lower game price for the games? No? Well, then i suggest rethinking this price listing. Also, you do not need a second screen/motion controls to be playing a valid game. So this is all really hard to calculate, maybe you should integrate different tiers of "gaming-hardware-pricing".
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I know some motion hardware can be adapted, e.g. wiimotes but little of it is supported by the software, though I will look into that further. The PC listed has keyboard and mouse included. Since no consoles have TV's included and a pc can run on a modern TV I excluded that for the comparison.
All consoles made a big deal out of second screen capabilities in E3 so I thought that a valid comparison point. If you can think of a game on PC that incorporates a second screen function via another device as opposed to a second monitor option I would be happy to include it.
Yes it is hard to compare all of this, but the gap between consoles and PC prices does appear to be narrowing.
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I can't think of a game that really utilises another device fully integrated into the game... I can think of games that offer so much more if you have a second screen though (Supreme Commander). Okay, the exclussion of TV/Monitor may be valid... Looking that most consoles (not sure about that, I know the PS3 can do it, and I wasn't able to find a satisfying way to connect my Wii to my Monitor, but these are not next gen consoles...) can use either a Monitors or TVs, and so do PCs.
EDIT: Also, I might add, my current system is better than the x51 and has cost me 579€ (without OS - which came for a whooping 9€ (windows 8)), though I should add that I assembled it myself
