Should we welcome Xbox 360 to computer gaming?

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dcIKeeL said:

shio said:

Ronster316 said:
Price.

Super powered PC.............. £2000 (with upgrades constantly needed)

VS

Super powered 360.......... £129

If i can get almost everything i can on a PC for a fraction of the price, i'm gonna take the cheaper option...... More value for money.

Almost no one buys £2000 PCs. Nowadays a £400 can do a much better job at running games than any console. PC prices have decreased dramatically in the last few years. Hell, you can now build a PC that plays games better cheaper than a PS3.

Many people consider now that PC gaming is cheaper than Console gaming due to the cheaper prices of games, which are often $10-$20 less than the console versions. You also don't need to play $50 every year just to play online.

OMG, plz find me these many people who are as delusional as yourself?? A cheap gaming pc does not provide gaming at the efficient level of a console, not to mention constant upgrades simply add to the pc investment and are annoying as fuck. A gaming pc's specs that worked fine today, will not be enough next year, if you want console level gaming. This is especially true, if you decide to cut some corners and buy the cheapest considerably efficient gaming pc. You'd be upgrading in a few months.

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What, do you not pay for your broadband/dsl connection or something? how is online free?

Considering most 360 games only run 720HD if that, (480p is only 640x480) most PC's CAN run those easily.