Barozi said:
NotStan said:
Valid point, but at the same time the actual games is where you save the money I guess, if you do decide to be the sleazebag that thinks industry owes you something, you will proceed to pirate every new release that hits the platform, being on PC it's a lot easier as compared with maybe 360 - fair enough, you have to modify your 360 for it, which you can easily, but then you run a high risk of it getting the banhammer every time you get on live.
If you do decide to take the legal route, the games (Well in EU at least) can be obtained for much cheaper through Steam, with the constant sales and like the Steam sale last week - which featured Borderlands 2 & Dishonored at £15 amongst many other titles it's a pretty cheap endeavor. Also the precision of keyboard & mouse is VERY hard to beat with the controller, along with the much better graphics due to more progressed hardware etc. But as an initial investment console is so much easier, and with not having the hassle to upgrade anything further to get the latest games at their best possible (on the set console) is pretty easy entertaining notion. |
But at the same time you likely didn't bother enough for these games or you'd have already bought them at launch.
I would never wait half a year for a game I really care about, but it's nice nonetheless in case you've missed them.
You could buy them used however, which isn't that easy for PC games.
And new games on Steam are always more expensive than at retailers... in Europe at least. (Only talking about PC games here)
I'd hope that the next consoles will offer optional keyboard & mouse controls for all games (at least in singleplayer). I know PS3 theoretically supports it already but only UT3 makes use of it. Sony and MS should play the pioneers here and introduce them into their games.
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Oh must be uk thing then, games out at 29.99 instead of the console counterparts which are priced at about 37 on average, in pound sterling, even then the sales come pretty quick and at ridiculous discounts, even outside the autumn steam sale.
I think pc is. Much better option if you're really into gaming quite a lot , with so many f2p options available and broad range of gaming spectre such as Indie games, mmorpgs etc there is plenty to keep you occupied, and in quite a lot of cases, the multiplats are obviously better with higher frame rate and graphics due to less limitation on hardware. Of course upgrading is a bummer, but theoretically the components last just a long asthe console counterparts, at seemingly better results.
