Mummelmann said:
vlad321 said:
Joelcool7 said:
vlad321 said:
Biggest one I can think of: PC Gaming is expensive. |
Umm having tried to do PC gaming for a few years and not being able to do so financially. I'd say that PC gaming is expensive. In fact I spent almost two grand in like two years trying to keep my PC capable of playing the latest games (Back in the early millennium) but then turned to consoles I could afford all three at a cheaper cost then it cost to upgrade my PC. Guess what I haven't spent much since , all three consoles give me more then enough games. More games then that 1,000 a year computer ever could. Now I hear PC gaming has gotten much cheaper however I went to the store and tried buying a gaming laptop that could play Crysis2, StarCraft2 and ShogunTotalWar2 and I was told I could go with a 800$ one, however further questioning revealed that I would probably suffer lag and such and if I really wanted to experience the games at their best it would cost about 1,200$ for a good gaming laptop. Even that 1,200$ one isn't state of the art look at Alien Ware's gaming laptops you want one state of the art that will be playing games a year or two from now and your talking way over 1,000$.
Now I was also told a 500$ laptop would probably be able to play a lot of games very laggy and such but they would be playable. But honestly I could buy a new PS3 and a few games for cheaper. The PS3 would give me nearly state of the art graphics and a lot more games to choose from.
PC gaming is just plain expensive. For somebody who makes only 500$ a month after rent and about 300$ after bills. I really don't have 1,200$ to spend on a high end gaming laptop or the 500$ to spend on a low end laptop that probably won't be able to play the games I want as good as I want!
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So first you started to say you spend $1k a year for a PC, and then you went to gaming laptops? I am sorry if I don't take you seriously.
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Yeah, gaming laptops are like giant midgets; useless in and on themselves. Buy a stationary for games, its really that simple. And what's this about having to upgrade year to "play the new games"? My PC is now almost exactly four years old and I haven't upgraded a single thing (bought myself a new monitor a few weeks back but that wasn't in any way required, I simply wanted it), not even the GPU or added more RAM and I play new games just fine.
If you know what you're doing and make an effort to research the market a little bit, PC's are easy. And to everyone saying; "But, I don't know how to do this or that or build or upgrade a rig." etc. Who in the world doesn't know someone who does? Its not that hard, really. Especially given that hardware prices in the US (where most of you come from) are half the price of what costs here, the whole myth about having to shell out a fortune every year is plain bullshit in my honest opinion.
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PCs are like LEGOs. If you know how to read, all you have to do is read up on what parts you need/want for your build, make sure they fit, and then plug the things in the correct holes. I never realized LEGO required so much mental prowess, or that reading is so hard.
