| Xenostar said: I made my own PC around the time the PS3 was released it cost me £800 since then ive had to upgrade it twice to keep it relevant for playing the latest game, each upgrade cost more than the price of the original ps3 cost. So were talking close to £2000 over 7 years, thats a lot of money your average console only gamer could just be spending on games, |
Seriously? So you spent all that money for what?
A friend of mine has a 6 year old PC, all he has *ever* bought for it was a $40 graphics card (Radeon 6570) and it runs every multiplat at Medium or higher settings at 720P with 30fps - Which is console equivalent anyway. (Majority of PS3 and 360 games do NOT run at 1080P!)
Essentially, 1 year of Xbox Live gold paid to keep him playing the latest games this entire generation.
I also have access to a 7 year old Core 2 PC, again with a Radeon 6570 if you want me to throw some benchmarks your way, I can make it happen.
I can even run Battlefield 3 with full map sizes and 64 players on it, not bad considering the *only* upgrade that was ever spent on it was a $40 one and it can still run games better than the current generation consoles can.
Realistically, you can find a Core 2 Quad PC second hand for $100 - $200, overclock one of those beasties to 3.6ghz, drop in a Radeon 7870 (For about $200) or better and you are set with taking a Playstation 4 on, no hassles at all.
That also includes free online and far cheaper and larger choice of games.
Converesly a Playstation 4 costs $550 AUD here, so not only is the PC route cheaper initially, you save allot of money in the long run.
Now, my PC on the otherhand, I have spent multiple thousands, but I pay for the best, so I expect the best, it's far more powerfull than all the current and previous generation and the generation before that, consoles combined, which it has to be, I'm pushing more pixels than a 4k display.
Plus, now with SteamOS, you could buy something like the Zotac zbox, Intel NUC, Gigabyte BRIX, ASUS EeeeBox or *ANY* type of cheap crap PC, laptop etc' and essentially have performance greater than the Playstation 4 in every single room of your house (Even in the toilet!) for a fraction of the total cost in comparison if you were to throw a console in every room. :)
--::{PC Gaming Master Race}::--
