| HappySqurriel said: I’m not trying to bash PC gaming, I’m just pointing out that it is still much more expensive than console gaming because you either spend the money to have a system that will last 5 years or you regularly spend money to upgrade your system. While this isn’t in reference to anyone on here, this is the point in a generation where most PC gamers become morons because they see PCs which are more capable than the consoles for $500, and they forget that that same system was far more expensive when those consoles were released; and they forget to consider that the next generation of consoles is 12 to 18 months from starting. I saw the same mentality at the end of the SNES generation, again at the end of the Playstation generation, and it was happening at the end of the PS2's generation. |
I find that it's best to wait 1 yr after the start of a generation to buy a PC for a reasonable amount, then upgrade the GPU 12 months later. That will last the rest of the gen and perform at a higher standard than the latest consoles.
The start (1st yr) of a console generation there is always a sharp jump in system requirements for PC games as devs start to use new effects for multiplats. The rest of the gen will only see a gradual increase until the nest console generation starts.
As for the costs, the savings (as I've said before) are made on software from sales. Even on Amazon with no sales, most PC games are ridiculously cheap in comparison to their console equivalents.
