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bouzane on 30 December 2014
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Game_God said:
naruball said:
Game_God said:
A console life span is in general = 6 years.
To play on-line you pay a yearly $50 internet fee, X 6 years= $300.
Games are about $20 cheaper on PC, say you buy 4 games a year X6 years= 24 games @ $20 cheaper= $480 saved.
With the money you save on internet & games alone you can build yourself a $800 rig!
Not to speak of all the extra stuff you can do with a PC...
Any questions?


Oh, just a few

1. Will Sony come and knock on my door now that the ps3 has been in the market for over 6 years? Or have they already come? Why are developers still releasing games for ps3 in 2015 if it's life span is 6 years? Is someone allowed to play older games on a ps3/xb360? So, could someone keep playing video games for a decade if he manages to hide from people who want to take his console back?

2. I've had a ps3 and a vita for years and never paid for online. Strange. I've been a ps+ member since it came out for the games it offers. Does that mean that if I buy a ps4 I have to also pay a $50 fee for online and get no games? What if I find better deals? Will I still have to pay $300? What if I quit gaming in 3 years? Is that $300 a final number? Seems so.

3. I get most of my games either through ps+ or ps+ sales, which are pretty much as good or better than steam sales. Does that mean I'm still losing money? What if I buy used that Steam doesn't offer?

4. Based on your points, I saved 0 money, I paid extra for windows, antivirus, and a gamepad. I have -$150 for that $800 rig you're talking about.

Not interested in the extra stuff, since I have a laptop for that.

You read what was in your mind, not what I wrote...

The topic is building a PC that outperforms a PS4/X1, so all your PS3 comments... I rest my case.

About the price of the games, one can only compare prices of new games on launch, I've seen people arguing about 2nd hand market, wich is not a valid comparison, if I find an idiot that sells me his Steam account with 100 games for $10 what does it prove? Marcket prices of new games is the only way to go.

When you annalyse patterns you have to evaluate averages & the most common behaviour, not the minority & unpredictable cases. There is always the story of that guy or the other.

What I wrote remains valid, that 6 years life span rant of yours must have been some king of irony I presume... I still play my original GameBoy, SNES, N64, Dreamcast & on & on...


I hope you realize the irony of completely dismissing anything but brand new full priced games then immediately stating you must focus on the average consumer while the definition of the average consumer is flooding Steam as part of a record breaking sale. Sizeable discounts as well as the second hand market and pretty much everything else you dismiss are indeed factors worth one's consideration when comparing consoles to PCs. Personally, I got back into PC gaming after a prolonged absense caused by the PS2 / PSP and price was probably the biggest factor.