r505Matt said:
Doobie_wop said:
Please, keep Blizzards mediocrity off my consoles. The ugly covers are only going to strain my eyes every time I go game shopping and I'd like to avoid that little nuisance.
Also, can the PC elititst in this thread calm down. Not everyone is as tech savvy and as patient as you guys. I spent $1000 on my PC setup just half a year ago and I can barely play Oblivion on it. I understand that I could have gotten a gaming PC for much cheaper, but that'd involve me reasearching the product, looking for the locations of said products and then either paying someone to build the PC for me or I'd have do it myself. I also don't like haveing a high end experience one year and then two years past and I'm back to a middling performance scale again.
PC gaming can also be such a burden. I keep trying to get into it, but if a game isn't crashing on me, then it's something wrong with the save file or mouse support is completely broken. That then involves me scrounging through a dozen forums trying to find an answer to my problem and even if I do find an answer, it's a headache trying to get the patches to work at all. Steam is also a no go, because like many people, I have limited downloads every month and I can't waste it on games that are about 3 to 5 gig in size.
Things like local multi-player are my jam and I can't do that with the vast majority of PC games and even if I could, my friends and family have no idea how to game on the PC.
PC gaming is great for some of you guys, but for the vasy majority, it's far more effort than it's worth.
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I bought a computer 2.5 years ago for $800 that runs Oblivion on max pretty easily. I'm also still playing every game I'm playing on the highest settings with no issues. Games rarely crash for me, haven't had any save file issues. Just kinda wanted to put that out there since you seemed to focus on the negatives of PC gaming.
Yes, you'd have to build it yourself or have a friend help you, but it's SO worth it. You can save sooo much money, so long as you're careful (understanding static electricty/grounding is VERY important). It's not very hard to do, but yes, it requires a little research. You want to make sure everything will work together, and that you don't have any 1 or 2 parts that are vastly superior to the rest of the machine.
Honestly though, since Steam/DD is a no-go for you anyways, it doesn't matter so much. At least not to me. My favorite part of PC gaming is that I can get so many quality titles on the cheap. And it's nice and clutter-free.
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