| fps_d0minat0r said: For example, at the moment, you have to pay $7.96 for bioshock 2, mafia II and spec ops the line, and another $20 for xcom and bioshock infinite. in pounds, that £16.34 which is over 6 months worth of PS+ in which you would get 36 games. |
Wrong. You don't have to pay $7.96 and another $20 if you want all games of the actual bundle.
For $20 (£11.68) you get BioShock 1 + 2 + Infinite, The Darkness 2, XCOM Declassified, XCOM Enemy Unknown, Mafia 2, Spec Ops: The Line and at least 2 other games not announced yet.
For £11.68 you will only get 3 - 4 months PS+, not 6 months... and you can only profit from all of the 18 - 24 games in that timeframe, if you have PS3 + PS4 + Vita. If you only have two of them, you are down to 12 - 16 games, if you only have one system you can play 6 - 8 new games in that timeframe. And you lose access to them if you don't renew the subscription.
I love PS+! Best deal in the console market, especially if you have all 3 systems. But your comparison has some flaws. And most humble bundles are way under $20 to get access to all bundled games.
| fps_d0minat0r said: "And after that, you will never have to truly rebuy a new PC. Things like the HDD, case, fan, etc. can be reused for a relatively long time, or at least until they get too worn out." Yeah but if anyone is upgrading RAM, processor, GPU for a new gen, they are not going to use ancient cases and fans. |
Is that so? I reused my old PC-case from 2006 when I upgraded the mainboard, RAM and CPU last year. It was still in good condition, so why buy a new one? My HDD, graphic card and Habu mouse also were still in good condition, but I added a SSD and bought a new keyboard. And my old RAM went in the PC of my brother... he was happy for the free minor upgrade.
| fps_d0minat0r said: On the other hand, console manufacturers continuously, until the last game they make, find ways to optimise their games for their machines. Console games get better with time. PC games deteriorate with time. |
But only the newer games of a console profit from the optimization and the learning process of the developers.
PC games get better with time: if your PC could handle only medium settings and you play it again some years later with a new graphic card, you can max out the settings or enhance it with mods. Some improvements of the Source engine weren't only used for new games, some older Source games profited from the enhancements as well. The PC version of Trine 1 was upgraded to the enhanced Trine-2-engine for free.
Console games like Halo 3, Uncharted 1 or Mass Effect 1 didn't get better if you played it again in 2013... they stayed the same as they were in 2006/2007 and didn't profit from the enhancements that Halo 4, Uncharted 3 or Mass Effect 3 got on the same hardware.
And yes, a good gaming PC which can keep up the performance of a PS4 for years will cost around the double of a PS4. But that's only factor 2... as I already have shown in this thread, the factor of a decent PC came down from 10x to 2x in the last decades: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=185680&page=10
And if these $400 additional hardware expense pay off due to lower software prices depends of how many games you buy over the years and if you buy them directly at release or later. I myself buy many games, so a PC for multiplatform games already pays off after 1 or 2 years.
