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dahuman on 29 December 2009
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Badassbab said:
naznatips said:
Badassbab said:
Any serious gamer would own both HD consoles. I don't bother with PC, my Acer Aspire 6530G which cost more than my Elite and Slim combined can barely play any newish game at a decent graphical setting. I'd gladely play Mass Effect 2 on my 360 + leather couch + HD TV + 5.1 surround sound than slouching over a keyboard sitting a 1 feet away from the monitor. The experiance is just not the same.

Probably cause you bought a freaking Acer Aspire. You can't damn a gaming platform because of your inability to make informed purchase decisions. 

Also it's really not hard at all to connect a computer to a TV and use a wireless keyboard and mouse or gamepad to experience the game the exact same way you would with your consoles but with much higher resolution and better graphics. Seriously a toddler can do it. If you can hook your consoles up to your TV you can hook your PC up. 

I didn't buy the laptop to game but seriously for that kind of money I would've expected it to at least match 2005/06 console specs. The only thing it's lacking is a decent graphics card but being a laptop they are not as simple to upgrade. Also I'm talking costs here too. Yeah I can fork out hundreds of more pounds for extra accessories, have a big ass tower, printer, scanner etc next to my TV with loads of wires cluttering the place up or I can fork out more and go completely wireless....no a toddler can't do all that, it's a big waste of time and money, needs upgrading every six months, needs TLC (disk defragmenting, virus scans, downloading and installing updates etc etc). Count me out. PC's are great for strategy and MMORPG but for everything else I'd rather a dedicated gaming platform. I have tons of console exclusives that I'd much rather play over PC exclusives and even if they did come out on PC, it would take a monster Alienware esque PC to run it.

uh, I do major upgrades like every 4 years, which is pretty close to a console cycle, you buy shit and you have to constantly upgrade when all you'd need to do is build something decent on your own that'd last awhile, it's getting really easy to build systems nowadays, unlike, 10 years ago where what you'd be saying would be true, things are now cheaper, faster, more powerful, more flexible, and very easy to put together in general, I just helped a friend of mine with building a very decent powerful PC for around 700 USD totalling out(Core i5, 4gigs of 1333, Radeon 5770, new case, 600W power supply, 500gig barracuda drive, dvd burner, gigabyte ud3r board, and a free 4gig thumb drive! thank you newegg! the whole nine yards,) but you did say pounds, so it might not be as cheap over there, if that's the case, then yeah, stick to consoles if you are on a budget.