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SvennoJ on 28 December 2014
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Game_God said:
SvennoJ said:
PenguinZ said:

A good gaming PC has a higher cost initially, but if you look at the long term, then there's certainly a lower cost associated with a gaming PC compared to a console.

Depends if you stick to Steam sales. New games cost about the same (at least where I live). A PC usually needs an upgrade or two during a console's life span, which offsets the cost of live or ps+. Yet those give you a lot of games as well.
You can trade in or sell console games. Can't with PC games.

Then you must live in the only country where PC games cost as much as their console counterparts!

The same game on PC is usually $20 cheaper than on console, furthermore on PC you have the modding community that expands the gaming experience of said games & you don't have to pay to play on-line!!!

At the end of 6 years, what you paid extra for games & internet is about $800, with that money I assure you that you can build a very decent gaming rig!

New games actually cost more. Far Cry 4 on steam here CAD 69.99. Physical in store CAD 67.99

Plus my isp charges me $2 per GB over 80GB a month, makes downloading games not attractive at all. I would have to pay extra for internet for PC gaming. This month I bought about 140GB of physical games, since I'm already down to 15GB left, that would be an extra $250 to download them. (It would be cheaper to upgrade my internet and pay another $180 a year before tax and hope 270GB a month will remain enough, or go for unlimited for $300 extra a year)

So if I switch to PC gaming I would end up paying an extra $1080 or $1800 for internet. That buys a lot of games.
$300 for ps+ for 6 years isn't that bad in comparison, and it's about as much as I can download anyway for digital games.