nightsurge said:
Let me know when that happens, would you? Even my PC to maintain detail level of 360 games and including monitor, keyboard, gaming mouse, etc. cost a minimum of $700 when I built it last year. To keep up with the games, I have upgraded it to an HD4890 and more hard drive space and bought a larger monitor. Total cost of the PC is now well over $1000. |
You are full of crap. You can build a PC for $400 that will eat Xbox 360 for breakfast in terms of graphics. Here's what's wrong with what you said:
- You include the cost of the monitor...uuuuh, why? That's like including the cost of the HDTV in your Xbox 360 costs.
- You don't need to upgrade to match the graphics of the Xbox 360 (depending on your former GPU). Many of the recent Xbox 360 games are barely above the low settings of it's PC counterparts. GTA IV, for example, the graphics of the xbox 360 version are around the low settings of the PC version (confirmed by rockstar itself).
- PC games are cheaper. Why are you only comparing the cost of the hardware but not of the software? Just last week you could've bought Mirror's Edge on PC for less than $5, Mass Effect for less than $5, L4D for less than $5, SF4 for less than $20, and god knows how many more games on PC. On average you will probably save almost $20 for each game you buy on PC instead on Xbox 360.
- You forget the cost of the online. It's free and better on PC, while on Xbox 360 you have to pay $50 yearly (or less if you can get a deal). That means you are looking to spend hundreds of dollars just so you can play online.
Another thing, the gaming experience is SUPERIOR ON PC.
