| Final-Fan said: I'd rather not get bogged down in the overall war, gentlemen, but I saw a few things noname2200 said that I have a burning need to argue: "If you want, I can direct you to threads where people point out how to assemble a great gaming PC for less than what an HD console will cost you. Actually, ask Shio: he probably has a few dozen of those bookmarked." Considering the 360 is now selling for $200, that's an ... interesting claim. |
Heh, fully granted that I overlooked the Arcade SKU (although that IS a unit that lacks a hard drive, and thus locks you out of XBLA goodies).
Now you've got me curious though. Let me see what I can do at that price range. It'll certainly be over $200, but I don't think it'll be $300.
PC's used market is miniscule and frail in comparison to what the consoles have, and the move to Steam and similar services only serves to further cripple it.
It's certainly smaller due to a lack of Gamestop, but I've personally never had a problem finding whichever used PC game I wanted after a bit of poking around. That's really all I want from the second-hand market, and I suspect most feel the same.
Maybe I have an outsider's misunderstanding of this, but aren't LAN parties orders of magnitude harder to execute -- since everyone has to bring their own PCs and hook them up etc. -- compared to simply going over to the house of a friend with a console and more than one controller? (Of course, get enough people together and you need a 'console LAN party' ...)
It's harder, sure, but orders of magnitude so? Not really. My friends and I have never had any problems getting one going when we were so inclined. To use an imperfect analogy, the console version would be like microwaving a TV Dinner, while the PC version is boiling your own pasta; it's more involved by comparison, but it's still not a big deal.
True of the 360 -- unless you're willing to dig into the proprietary case, no doubt voiding the warranty -- but COMPLETELY FALSE of the PS3.
Touche; I was thinking of the 360.
