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endimion on 13 November 2013
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KHlover said:
endimion said:
What is all that talk about PCs at 500 custom built more powerful than a console... How many PC owners are building their own PC??? Heck how many PC owners are actual gamers...??? Steam just past 65 millions members... Who are we trying to convince here??? PC sales are going down the drain, people are not making custom built... Bottom line most people with a PC either don't game on it, or not powerful enough to play games as well as a console....

so yeah for most people a console is the better solution... Especially since even me that could build one easily have no interest in doing so compared to buying a console for the convenience of use, the UI, the set up, the close aspect of it... Etc.. For an all in one entertainment box a console is way more convenient for me and a huge majority of people less tech literate... And to me at that the XBoss one is the better choice no matter the game res differences... And 100 bucks more is not much IMO compared to the convenience and ease of use of the product...

in the same ballpark you could compare why people buy iPads and iPhones or pretty much any apple products when they can get better performing products for cheaper most of the time??? The answer is pretty much the same... Convenience and ease of use for noobs or people that want something simple even if they are techies

 Which is 12 million more members than XBL. Remember, 65 million ACTIVE members, aka played/bought a game in the past month. I don't know how those XBL members were counted, but the figure might also include dead accounts.

12 million more than XBL GOLD.... I don't see the correlation between people paying for MP and people having an account to play PC games... I have an active account on steam I don't play online games ever...  if anything having 53 million MP player on XB just proves my point....

there is no such thing as dead XBL gold accounts unless people are willing to pay for nothing which I highly doubt....

doesn't change that when you look at the average resolution on PC most people don't have beasty PCs and most people owning a PC don't play much on it.... of course if you geek out you can get better than a console at the same price or close to it.... but most people are not of that breed and would much rather buy an all in one solution to game and be entertained, that is easy to set up and hook up to their living room TV..... which is not a strong point for the PC, in most people mind anyway.... yeah you can argue all day that you can have an HTPC/gaming rig hook up to your TV and have a great gaming experience, but in reality most people don't even go there or don't perceive the PC like that.... even amongst geeks and gamers.... why do you think steam is looking into home consoles otherwise...

my point being the argument of PC gaming is a better solution holds true for a fraction of the people interested in video entertainement.... since even with people capable of setting up such a rig like me, some of them have no interest in doing so compared to the ease of use and convenience a console provides like me again....

it's not a matter price/power ratio, but price I'm willing to pay for convenience that I upgrade every 7 to 10 years with absolutely no maintenance beside dusting, with a couple cables no software or hardware to worry about and no minimum spec to worry about when buying games... all that in a nice package that fits under my TV nicely with some nice UI easy to use for anybody that can hold the pad and read a little and plenty of apps and gimmick to keep me entertained with way more familly and social friendlyness than any PC running on any OS with any hardware... at 400 to 500 bucks I'm willing to completely ignore PC for my main entertainement needs.... and that's what more and more people do whether they are tech capable or not.....