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Farsala on 20 November 2015
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Arkaign said:
Farsala said:
This probably has already been said, but this is $550... Current prices of consoles are $350 or less.

Its like Buying XB1 or PS3 day one when their counterparts were $200 cheaper and had more optimized games.
This is not taking into account the rebate and tax which obviously makes the higher price even worse.

Oh definitely. The PS4 and X1 are way better deals today than they were on launch. Tons of games now, much better pricing when you consider all the extras.

The deals on PCs in the $500ish range aren't (or shouldn't be looked at as) intended to be an 'instead' thing, but I think they make a good companion. There are heaps of cool PC games that don't show up on consoles, heaps of mods (Fallout 4 is already getting pretty sweet ones, and I am hesitant to know how the console mods will turn out), super cheap Steam deals, etc. And for people like me who vastly prefer KBM for FPS, RTS, and anything where aiming precision is pretty important. Racing, flying, fighting, sports, etc I prefer with a controller. Of course, you can't escape the truth that many great exclusives show up on consoles.

In essence it should be : "IF you want a gaming PC, here's a good deal or two"

It shouldn't be : "Screw consoles, here's a gaming PC"

But many people do like to make it something confrontational. I like what I like, I'm not too concerned with what other people like, and it should be the same way all around imho. That's why I try to qualify my statements on things to clearly show that it's my perspective and as usual : YMMV.

"As far as I'm concerned personally, I prefer many games on PC for X, Y, and Z"

not

"Consoles suck, PC rulez!!!!!111111111oneoneoneoneoneone"

:)


Yeah, always been a companion for me. I used to buy all consoles and have a nice PC on top of it, now I am poor.

$900 laptop from 4 years ago still going strong.