@BenKenobi: You know, you're just proving the "expensive PC gaming" point further. 350 a year, means seven Wii games in a year. I've had my Wii for 19 months and i have bought 11 games for it. If we assume that Wii games cost 50 per game, i could only had just upgraded my PC, without buying any games for it. Of course, new console will need to be bought every five or six years, which is cheaper than the PC yearly update.
5x350=1750 (that's for PC harware updates)
2x300=600 (console hardware updates)
1750-600=1150 (that's the difference you are able to spend on games on consoles)
1150/50=23 (that's the number of games games you get with the money, when a game is 50 a piece)
5x12/23=2,6 (that's how often you are able to get a game with the price diffence during the five years)
Or if we count that one Wii game costs 10 more than a PC game, you need to buy 2 games in a month for the five year period, to offset the cost.
I didn't take into account the initial cost of puchasing a PC, so my calculations work in favor of PC.
Anyway, your example of pirating Crysis, pointed out one thing where guy in the OP is completely off. It makes no sense to push the specs, since then people will pirate it and if you don't push them, you're making the game for the "old" hardware, which is the same as making games for consoles.
@Topic: Yeah, it was pretty much BS. Why didn't he point out that browser flash games are free and DMC 4 was 80€ at retail.
PC:s are a step backwards (although, the open source developement in Linuxes would be a huge step forward) with their non-standard hardware.
Ignoring the downloadable content and the price of boxed PC titles, all he did was complain about the licencing fees on consoles.
Ei Kiinasti.
Eikä Japanisti.
Vaan pannaan jalalla koreasti.
Nintendo games sell only on Nintendo system.
