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Pemalite said:
Xenostar said:


Hay im not knocking PC gaming i do it myself, im saying asking some people to outlay £1000 day 1 is just to much of an ask, yeah steam has awsome sales but it also has shit day 1 prices, at least here in the UK. 

I do hope over the next year with the next gen here everyone can get there shit together with digital pricing on new titles, its criminal. 

Who says you have to lay down $1,000 day 1?
PC's are upgradeable, you can buy a moderatly fast system for a fraction of that and over time upgrade it.
Upgrading a PC isn't difficult either, even a monkey can do it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DPQW0e9ufM

If you want PS4 level graphics, you are probably looking at $1,000 machine day 1. Then each upgrade to keep it at that level is going to cost another few hundred $.

Speaking at someone who owns a high end PC, I see the economics as being highly favoured towards the PS4. I just happen to have enough money to get both