Any console converts here? And why?

[Pemalite]

fps_d0minat0r said:

Pemalite said:

fps_d0minat0r said:

Yh I can understand why it sucks to pay to go online compulsory especially if it isnt your main system, but if you were to spend £40 on PC and/or wii U, would you get as many games as you would in a year from PS+?

Yes you would on the PC, PC gamers are cheap skates when it comes to game purchases.

A little thing called humble bundle, pay what you wan't walk away with half a dozen games, DRM free and you can keep them forever.
You could get several hundred games for that price in a year.

Then you need to account for the massive library of free PC games you can get on top of the Humble Bundle, high quality titles too.

Another thing to keep in mind with the PS+ is that if it's ever permenantly shut down or you stop paying for it, you loose your library, everything, all of it.
So... In 20 years time if you wanted to pull the console out and do some retro gaming like some people do today with the NES/SNES/N64, you might just be completely out of luck.

What has NES/SNES/N64 got to do with PC gaming?

if youre right about that, shouldnt you be buying physical games on console instead of PC? the authentication and download servers for steam and/or origin or other services may not be around in 20 years...

Anyway, just compare this list to the humle bundle list

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Instant_Game_Collection_games_%28PAL_region%29

plus you forgot to mention that if you want the good humble bundle games you have to pay above the average, and the indie games can be played on basic PC's, you dont need a gaming rig for those.

You can take games from any 12 month period, you wont find cheaper on PC from a similar time frame. You can be the first to prove it because so far no-one has, even though that have claimed it like a fact.

Just an example this month we have DmC and borderlands 2.

average PS+ price for a month = £3.33

cheapest DMC = £8.70 http://www.cdkeys.com/pc/games/dmc-pc-cd-key?gclid=CLOMjonI9rsCFQPmwgodShoAcQ

Cheapest borderlands 2 is £7.99 on ebay from a low rated seller http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/281231164777?hlpht=true&ops=true&viphx=1&lpid=95&device=c&adtype=pla&crdt=0&ff3=1&ff11=ICEP3.0.0&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=95

So thats already going to cost you 16.69.

Let me know if you can be bothered otherwise I will complete the year, and put this myth that PC games still work out cheap than PS+ to rest for good.

The NES/SNES/N64 doesn't have anything to do with PC gaming, perhaps you should try to understand what I am saying within context.

As for the Authentication servers on PC, history has proven time and again, that the modding/cracker/hacker community will right such wrongs, besides the  CD Keys would still work and Steam has an offline mode, consoles are closed off from such modifications.

Now for game prices. You're comparing Borderlands 2 and DMC, so, I can only assume I am allowed to do the same thing?

If you can find Dead Space, Dead Space 3, Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box, Crysis 2 Ultimate Edition, Mirror's Edge, Medal of Honor for $1, I will eat my hat.
Throw in Sims 3, Battlefield 3, Populous, Red Alert 3  with all of the previous mentioned games for $6, I'll eat two hats.

You can buy half a dozen games every week or two for $1 on Humble Bundle, do that 40 times and you can get roughly 240 games, you don't have to pay extra to get the extra games, remember this discussion was about quantity, that's origionally what you wanted to know so stop moving the goal posts to suit yourself.
You also have the free bundle: http://www.thefreebundle.com/
Have a list of free Steam games: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=851573
List of free Origin games: https://www.origin.com/en-au/store/shop/free-ANW.html
List of free uPlay games: http://uplay.ubi.com/en-GB/free-to-play
There are many more free games like League of Legends too. Shall we include mods? Some mods are big enough to be a game in their own right, heck some have turned into actual game franchises.