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r505Matt on 10 December 2009
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shio said:
r505Matt said:

You completely missed the point of the original posts between shio and nightsurge. The point shio was trying to make was that PC gaming is cheaper than Xbox gaming. Part of that point was that for PC, you don't HAVE to buy a monitor because you can just hook it up to a TV. Nightsurge and I were saying about how that is silly, most people don't want to hook a PC up to their TV, and so would need to buy a monitor anyways; to which you responded "Well you can hook up to both, you just need a switch to go between them". Do you see how that makes no sense towards what we were talking about?

MOST CONSOLE GAMERS DON'T EVEN HAVE THEIR CONSOLES HOOKED TO HDTVS!!! So by your logic we should dismiss the fact that Xbox 360 supports HD resolution! If people have the option they can use it - PC gamers have the choice of hooking their PCs to HDTVs and not use a monitor, sit on the couch and use a gamepad. This is a trend that is happening more and more, and it allows PC gamers to choose where they play, how they play.

Dude, your argument is "X is irrelevant because most people don't use it", which shouldn't even be called an argument. So you say that it's better to pay to electric companies rather than pay for reneweable electric power? Get a grip.

Way to freak out. Not sure why you're so riled up about this. I'm not saying PC gamers don't have the choice to do that, you made it seem like you believed most PC gamers DO that, nothing about can. Your logic "Because PC gamers CAN hook up to a TV, let's pretend none of them have to buy monitors" which is silly. You should have mentioned how plenty of PC gamers have decent monitors already and don't need to buy new ones, or that you shouldn't even talk about monitors/tvs for gaming costs since they have so many other uses.

The irrelevant part was to the other guy (forgot his name already) just jumped into the conversation talking about how you could hook up to both a TV and monitor. What does that have to do with the cost of PC gaming? Nothing, so it's irrelevant.

Your first comment in caps, first, relax, it's a forum, no need to get all bent out of shape over it. Second, I don't know anyone that considers themselves a gamer and doesn't have at least a 720p TV. Now thats not really that important, it's quite possible that plenty of gamers don't, but to say 'most' is bold. I'd like to see your source on that information. It really seems like you, like the other guy, are now missing the point (your own point about cost, since that's where the monitor/TV thing came from).

Renewable electric power? No such thing. Renewable energy source? The only true renewable is solar, and we don't have a proper means to harvest it yet. Though fusion/fission research is the way to go, but it'll still be a long time until that's figured out, if ever. So yes, pay youre electric companies, it's your only choice.