Report: PC gaming hardware market expands to an all-time high

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SvennoJ said:

Pemalite said

Er. You do realise you don't have to buy a PC that is thousands of dollars?
I know this is a crazy thing to comprehend... But the PC has this thing called choice, where you choose what you want, I know, crazy concept isn't it? But it's actually true.

I know, just making fun of all those you can build a ps4 pc for $400 threads, while the reality is that most serious PC gamers easily go over $1000 for their rig. Console graphics are good enough for me nowadays. I used to spend over $3000 on my PCs, don't have the urge anymore since this gen. The driving force for my upgrades had already dwindled down to MS Flight simulator, Everquest and WoW. I don't play those anymore.

I know. I was making fun of your post. It was literally dripping with sarcasm. - It could have watered an entire farm.

Captain_Yuri said:

Because there is a difference between official support and non official support? Official support means the company is realizing there is a market there for their products where as an unofficial support means the company doesn't think the market matters enough.

And I never said it was attractive to PC gamers. I said it is a way that Sony is trying to get into the pc market. Whether or not it is working is irrelevant...

On the PC. Official support doesn't really matter. - PC Gamers typically have the basic googling skills required to obtain what they require.

Besides, Microsoft's controller still has better support on PC than Sony's effort anyway, plus most PC retailers stock Xbox controllers, not Playstation for use with the PC.

You are right though, Sony's attempt whether successful or attractive to PC gamers is irrellevent, they have at-least made an effort even if it's marginal.

Alby_da_Wolf said:
Good news indeed. After AMD Zen prices will have dropped a little and there will be mid-range quad-core models available too, I'll probably do my next major upgrade, my current faithful undead PC is getting quite old.

Word on the street is that AMD's Quad-Core will be the low-end offering.
The Hex-Core will be the mid-range.

Intel will be heading down that same path soon as Intel will be releasing a 6-core processor for it's mainstream socket.

Personally, I wouldn't buy anything less than a 6-core CPU anyway, been enjoying having 6+ cores since 2010.

Zen will be less efficient than Intel though, something to keep in mind, hopefully with the added competition they bring prices down across the board, the market needs a pricing correction. It's bullshit at the moment.