B-but they say PC requires hours of modding to get games to work... /s

[Conina]

Dusk said:

errorpwns said:

Yet somehow my mom was able to open skyrim and just play it. No setting changes, no technical issues. No downloading of patches after buying a disc in a store. Just download it in minutes on steam and play it. She has no technical PC skills. Her PC was cheaper to build than a used PS3 too and runs it better than a PS3 could ever dream of running it. Required no extra talent to run.

bullshit. Less than a used PS3? Less than $200. You are entirely full of shit. Download in minutes? How fast is your internet? Yes, steam is simple, and cheap. That's part of the reason it's so popular. 

Why is it so hard to believe that the download only took minutes for a few hundred MB patches? They had the disc version!

I think he exagerrated with the pricepoint, but that's no reason to get so emotional and insult him. Perhaps the PC was a used model for a good price. The IT of my workplace gives away written off PCs for a few bucks (20 - 50 €) now and then to clear their space... last month some older PCs (Core2Duo, 2 GB RAM, Windows Vista, keyboard, mouse) for merely 10 €, just to get rid of this stuff, some old laser printers or free on top. Of course you would have to add an entry-level graphic card... these PCs were bought for office work, not for gaming.