Pemalite said:
oniyide said:
Pemalite said:
oniyide said:
see i dont even have that. I got an HP laptop with 6gigs of ram, hell my screen is starting to go. I would most likely need to buy a whole new machine, that would still end up being more expensive than a PS4. And I imagine alot of people are in the same boat
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I think anyone who buys into a laptop, pretty much knows full well that you won't be upgrading the GPU or CPU *ever*.
There are a few exceptions of course such as Laptops which supported the AXIOM/MXM standards with replaceable GPU's, but that's-pretty much where it ended.
By extension, Laptops have always made poor gaming machines even on the best of days, they're limited in terms of TDP and power consumption, so it's already hindered,
But a 6-7 year old Desktop can still run everything today with a little cash thrown at it. (I.E. Less than you would have spent on Xbox Live! or Playstation Plus! over the same period.)
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Those are all very valid points and i can agree, but then that brings me to my next question? How much people actually have DESKTOPS vs. laptops? I cant remember the last time I had one. IMHO I imagine that laptops take a big chunk of the overall PC market. Especially among your college students who are going to be moving around alot. But yeah gaming on Laptops blow for gaming. Now with that being said, its better for me to buy a PS4 instead of a whole new desktop, hell i dont even have the space for it.
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On the flip side, when I only had a small granny flat, I actually got rid of my consoles and televisions because I didn't have room for them and my computer, something had to give and I wasn't ready to give up gaming. :P
Instead, TV, Blu-Ray all my media tasks were performed via my PC on my PC's (Single at the time) 1080P monitor.
Today however, I'm running triple 27" 1440P monitors, so I can watch TV, whilst playing a game, whilst doing some other task on the 3rd panel as I have space.
As for College students, here we don't have dorms or flats (South Australia) for students to reside in, City might be a bit different.
But for Desktop sales vs Laptop Sales...
Notebooks do have the edge, but with Desktops still pushing 100+ million units a year, it's not an insignificant number, that's potentially a ton of gaming-capable machines.
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