Chazore said:
You do realize you will need a new PC of some sort, be it a laptop or desktop, prebuilt or custom model and even then that would actually count to "additionally" upgrading, just like you've done in the past with paying expenses for new hardware. The fact you buy a console each gen shows that you are willing to pay for hardware improvements every few years (current gen systems basically are PC's in terms of hardware and architecture). I didn't say they were the same, in fact I don't recall mentioning Linux at all in the conversation we've had. I'm well aware of that but you gamed 15 years ago and a lot has changed in the time since you've not played on PC. The last sentence was to ask why you specifically stepped in when I asked someone else "was your money well spent?". Because you jumped in with the whole "people use PC's for work ya know" argument and I was well aware as I have been for years that folk will use a PC for work, just like hospitals and power plants actually need a PC to function, but I also know very well that you can game on PC. I come from a family that honestly doesn't like wasting money on products and food they will likely ignore and waste, I was merely asking the other user in his money being well spent because he seems to be happy to spend enough on a PC to game on but will likewise buy a console and then proceed to ignore his previous investment, the more time you spend ignoring an investment, the more it technically becomes a waste of money, the same way a man can buy 25 sports cars and only drive two of them throughout his entire life with the other cars being wasted on doing absolutely nothing while being neglected. |
You do realize you don't have to educate me when it comes to computing devices at all? I don't see me buying a new PC in the next at least 5 years. I am good to go until then.
I didn't mention Linux at all because it was a hardware discussion, not a software discussion. I also said that when I play games, it's mostly emulated games. Which run fine on Linux (or inside a VM).
I don't have to play on PC to know what it actually is. What exactly changed in 15 years of PC gaming? Steam happened? Yes. Games got cheaper? Also yes, the sales are insane. Piracy is still a thing? Also yes. I don't see a substantial change in PC gaming, at all. It never was a problem for me to fiddle with drivers, to make handmade ini's and all this stuff, it even was some kind of fun to poke with games, yes.
To the topic of wasting money: I waste so much money, it's not even funny, seriously. And don't get me started how often my collegues moan about the next steam sale and tell me how many games they are going to buy again which they will never ever even install. "But it's so cheap!". You can't complain about people wasting money. They do what they do.
And one wrong assumption for you: I don't buy a console every gen. I still have a 360 and the last console I owned before that was a Saturn.
