Let's Clear Up Some Video Game Myths!

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d21lewis said:

vlad321 said:
Biggest one I can think of: PC Gaming is expensive.

I still have that stigma burned into my brain from, like, 1995.  I can't get over it.  I know that I see PC games actually selling for less than their console counterparts and I see good PCs selling for $500 or so but I still have it in my head that I can't afford PC gaming.  I also have the idea that PC games crash all the time, that they can't run at decent specs on anything that I can afford, that their controls are overly complicated (even though there are tons of console style controllers available for them), and that they take forever to get running. 

It's like some sort of racist stereotype against PC gaming.  I know better but I still can't help myself.  I blame it on my parents.  They didn't want PC gamers to go to school with us "real gamers" or for PC gamers to have the right to vote, either.

I think you can arugue it is more expensive.

1) basic PC's always cost as much or significantly more to buy than a console.

2) games are insignificantly less expensive only part of the time.

3) PCs generally force you to at least buy a new graphics card every couple of years... when the games are not being made on consoles first. (i.e. BF3)

I think if you were strictly a PC gamer for all your games, you'd probably spend more money in a "generation" that you would as a strictly console gamer.

Additionally the complexity is there as well. You have to know how to install new GPU or memory. You have to know how to sync a new control pad (granted some are plug in play now) and that first controller doesn't come with the system either (referring to initial costs).

But, then again regarding Xbox to PC... online is always free including leaderboards, forums, etc.