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bouzane on 31 December 2014
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Game_God said:
bouzane said:
Game_God said:

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.


My dear friend, you too read what was in your mind, where do I speak of the average consumer???

I do speak of averages, what do you want to compare if you focus on exceptions & anecdotical punctual stories???

If you want to compare, you can only scrutinize the marcket prices of new hardware & software, otherwise I can add all the variables I want in the equation, like do you know how easy it is to download pirated stuff on a PC? Games, movies, music for free all things you can not do with a console, did I mention that you can make your living out of a PC, you can program, stream sexy of yourself shows if you want, etc.  all things that you can't do on a console!!!

The OP is clear, a PC that can give a run to PS4 or X1 for the same price!!!

It's possible, I just added the real costs of a gaming console compared to a gaming PC, since the OP forgot those: cost of software & cost of online playing. Some people in here were outraged that I only considered a 6 years period to do that analyse or 4 games a year! I just did the calculation for 6 years because it's about the life cycle expectancy of a console before the new model comes out, but by all means let's take 10 years & say that an average gamer buys 10 games a year, it only furthers my point: 10 years X $50 on-line fee = $500, $20 of price difference X 10/year = $200, $200/year X 10 years of use = $2000!

There you have it, for a period of 10 years gaming on PS4 or a PC equivalent, you'll spend more $2500 on the PS4! Did I mention that the PC has no backward compability problem? I rest my case, happy new year!


"My dear friend, you too read what was in your mind, where do I speak of the average consumer???"

Who are you referring to with the following quote if not the average consumer?

"When you annalyse patterns you have to evaluate averages & the most common behaviour, not the minority & unpredictable cases."

Do I have to quote you verbatim because I didn't think that was necessary?

"I do speak of averages, what do you want to compare if you focus on exceptions & anecdotical punctual stories???"

Did you even read my post? Steam represents the average consumer, not "exceptions & anecdotical punctual stories". There are currently eight million people online as I type this participating in the holiday sale. Nobody is buying anything at full price on the largest digital distribution service available on PC, this is the reality of the situation.