Play Magazine Enters "Lair", Wants to Have Its Babies

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akuma587 said:
I am not faulting any of you for liking PC games in the least. There are a lot of games that I think should be run on the PC over the console. I am only faulting the people who are saying that the cost that it requires to keep a PC up to date in order to play the best looking games is not so excessive that for 95% of people they are better off getting a PS3/360.

Again, lots of people could clearly say the same about the PS3. They'd rather not spend the extra cash and simply get a Wii (or even a PS2, as that also continues to sell very well). 

It's cool if you personally fall in to the PS3 part of the spectrum, Akuma. If that's your preference, great. Just don't argue that PC owners are graphics nerds who spend way too much money to get top end graphics while simultaneously arguing that Wii fans are cheap, softcore gamers who don't understand what next gen gaming is about (this isn't actually specifically aimed at you, but generally at several PS3 fans who use these arguments). 

It reminds me of an old axiom: have you ever noticed that many people, while driving, tend to think that anyone going faster than them is a crazy, uncontrolled lunatic, while anyone driving more slowly is an annoying old fogey? That's how this argument strikes me. If the PS3 is the perfect speed for you, super, but don't insist that anyone who drives faster is crazy or that anyone who drives more slowly is behind the times.