vivster said:
Actually you will not have to uprade your components at all if you want to stay at the same visual fidelity you started the gen. People upgrade their PCs because they have the money and they want always more. The gap between visual fidelity on consoles and PCs will grow larger every year and that's why people will usually upgrade regularly to follow the gap. If PC gamers were content with one level of graphics for 7 years they wouldn't have to spend a single buck. I think the money/performance angle is pretty useless when comparing PCs and consoles. Consoles will always be cheaper and PCs will always have the performance. There are a lot more important arguments for and against the platforms. It's really sad if you think about it. The thing that console gamers and PC gamers argue about the most is the least important aspect in the decision between them. |
My current PC is from 2012 and I haven't upgraded it since so likely will have to if I wanted to play the newer games at decent settings. Mainly a better GPU (maybe CPU I dunno) and more RAM though. Not much but the GPU alone could be almost equivalent to a new console in cost on its own. Although, I never realised what you said but it makes sense since consoles dictate the market anyways. Also I hardly use my rig for gaming but it's still nice to have. Just a shame its so bulky!
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