vlad321 said:
superchunk said:
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.
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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.
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People spent $600 for a console 5 years ago (for that money you can make a PC that shits over both consoles)..... Furthermore $10 is not "insignificant" considereing that for every 5 games you can buy a new free one as compared to the consoles. Considering since over the last 5 years I have bought around.... 30? games, I have saved myself around $300 than if I was shelling out $60 for them. There is no way you can argue it's more expensive (I do hope you decide to add in a monitor to the cost, because I'd love to slap those expensive TVs to the cost of a console and comfortably say that consoles are expensive as compared to PCs).
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Currently consoles are 1/2 of a base computer. So price is always at best equal.... when a console first launches... then PCs are always more expensive. Are they more powerful, sure but they have different primary purposes too.
$10 reflective initial price is not always. Not all games are cheaper on PC out the gate. Some are equal. Then there's the used market which is very hard to do with PCs as their stuff has far more content protection than console games. Additionally, I have yet to pay more than $40 for any game and I always resale them as their resalability is always retained as there is no one use code for consoles.
As for the TV argument... well that's just stupid. Many PC gamers use the same TVs as monitors.
As for lifespans... you're crazy if you're going to tell me you've not upgraded your GPU in 3 years time. See that's the biggest difference. PC gaming almost requires to to spend a couple hundred every few years and then during a normal new gen cycle a whole new machine for at least a couple hundred over the cost of a new console.
Whatever you may save on full game cost (if you only buy new on launch), you easily eat up and then some on hardware costs.
Only real benefit is that its an actual computer and has a ton more capabilities and any home will usually own one anyways. But look at purely gaming use... consoles are simply cheaper and easier for the mass consumer.
