Pemalite said:
So, you loose the power argument so you move onto cost and player counts?
Nice try. I came well equipped for this battle of intellect!
For starters, the PC is cheaper over time, especially if you purchase allot of games, games are typically $10-$20 cheaper, thus if you buy allot of games you could potentially save thousands.
Plus the Xbox One and Playstation 4 you have to pay to even do basic tasks such as Multi-player gaming, over the life of the console, you could save hundreds by gaming on the PC.
Over 5 years I've spent roughly $250 just for online access on my Xbox 360.
Lets not forget you still need to buy controllers and other accessories too which adds to the entire cost of a console.
Considering each Xbox 360 controller would set you back roughly $40 AUD, that's $120 extra.
So just for 5 years online, controllers and the console itself you're looking at roughly almost $900.
If I were to include the several hundred games I have on Steam, I've probably saved a few grand... You do the math.
If you can't build a PC for that, then you're doing it wrong.
Now about less people playing on PC? That's a funny statement.
More people alone play League of Legends on PC than exists Xbox Live Gold users or PSN+ users.
More copies of Minecraft have sold on PC than any other platform.
World of WarCraft, again PC exclusive is the worlds most profitable game.
Outside of Nintendo's exclusives, The Sims is the best selling franchise of all time with over 150 million copies sold on the PC.
Steam has almost 60 million users, that's very competitive to Sony and Microsoft's endevours in the console space.
Origin has over 50 million users.
The PC's combined video game revenue is actualy 30% larger than the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 combined as it is a 20 billion dollar market, whilst the HD twins is a 15.5 Billion dollar market.
The PC literally invents all the technology that goes in the Playstation and Xbox, that's Billions worth of Research and Development, paid for by PC gamers, no PC? No next generation or current generation consoles as they are today, the alternative would be a custom SOC or one based upon ARM, but the performance would be lacking.
The PC has more games than what exists on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 combined.
The PC has more exclusives than the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 combined, several decades worth of game releases being backwards compatible does that to a platform.
The only argument that holds any weight is the PC doesn't get Playstation exclusives, but then again the Playstation 4 doesn't get any other platforms exclusives either, they're exclusive for a reason.
Converesly, unlike other platforms the PC is bound to emulate the consoles eventually anyway, bringing all those exclusives over to the PC gaming master race.
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