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irstupid on 17 May 2015
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TheJimbo1234 said:
fps_d0minat0r said:

Yeah because all a PC needs is a £230 GPU (already almost as much as a console costs) isnt it?

And I never mentioned a $500-1000 GPU, I mentioned a $1000 PC which is what you would need if you wanted to run the game as it looked originally. No guessing, just an obvious statement to make.

You might consider the bottom image to be a 'joke', but thats what most games look like to most PC gamers. Just because devs showed you the max capabilities of the games engine, it doesnt mean most people were going to play it at that setting, and the only point im making... im glad that they didnt consume resources in pleasing the minority which would have either led to another delay, or sacrificing optimisation on the hardware most people will be playing the game on.

A £600 pc is cheap frankly. Most peoples phones cost more and are replaced after 2 years so if you are complaining about people able to buy a mid range pc then that is your problem and issue to deal with (e.g. any half decent job can allow you to buy that type of pc every month). As I said, PC gamers are fed up of being held back by the consoles and a huge market is losing out because of this (PC gaming is larger than that of the 8th gen market so actually you are wrong about it being the minority). You can eat garbage and claim it tastes great, but don't complain when people disagree.

Ha yea, don't you love the PC price talk always.  As you said some people (an insane amount) spend so much on phones each year.  

To those of us with decent pc's plan on that expense.  It's not like we randomly spedn $1,000 one day on pc upgrades.  We plan on it for months.  We cut expenses in other areas to budget it.  If it means having the same phone for over 2 years, I'm fine.  I don't pay a single dime for any subscriptions such as Xbox Live, PSN, or whatever things those consoles have.  that saves me a like $50 a year or more.  PC I purchase at discounted prices.  thought console games do tend to be half price a month after release these days if you wait.  

When upgrading, a person doesn't have to puchase a new tower, new monitor, new keyboard, new mouse, new power supply, new hard-drives and any other periphial (headphones, mic, controllers, ect)  i can use what I currently have.  So detract that from my final cost.  to a new builder they need to purchase all of thos eand it can make it seem duanting.  But when you don't, that when you can afford to splurge if you want and get that graphics card that has the extra oomph if you want.

Oh and lets not forget the most basic thing.  Everyone needs a computer anyway.  So consider that part of the price.  If you want that computer to be a laptop or a pathetic tablet, that's your choice.  I chose to spend that "need money" on a desktop.  i can use my phone for any "to go/mobile" stuff i may need.

Btw, last time i upgraded was right aroudn when Guild Wars 2 came out.  Sometime around then.  My PC is still better than the PS4, and I didn't go overboard at all.