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greenmedic88 on 24 June 2008
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IllegalPaladin said:
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If MS wants to sell more 360's, they need to lower the price.

PC's are now a lot more powerful, and for the price of a 360, you can get a good PC. 90% of all the 360 games can be played on a PC.

If MS has more exclusive 360 games, I think it would have a better shot of selling well.

 

I think it's more like 25% percent

 

23 of the 42 games (full games, not XBLA games) in the 360 "exclusive" thread will be released on PC. And that number should really only be 41, as he included the Last Remnant, a game that will be hitting the ps3.

And that's just the games in that thread. What about all the pc/ps3/360 multiplats like DMC4 and Assassin's Creed?

And what about the games like Gears 2 that are currently listed as 360 only but will inevitably come to the PC?

The fact is a majority of the 360's games come to the PC, usually in a superior form. For guys like me, that makes the 360 a waste of money.

The cost of buying a new PC to be able to play the latest games exceeds the cost of a 360. Customisable PC's can be built by yourself providing you know what to buy. PC's are outdated within two years. 360 price are falling. Another 360 price cut is going to arrive in NA soon.

 

 

Not everybody buys a brand new computer when they only want to replace something like their video card (assuming they have a custom rig as oppsed to something like a Dell). My video card is like 4 years old and has been decent enough to display games (with some effects turned down) and getting a playable frame rate.

As somebody who plays games on the computer, I'd much rather take that $350-$450 (Premium or Elite. No way I'd get a core/arcade), the money I'd have to spend to play those games online through Xbox Live, and at least $10 per game I'd save ($60 console vs $50 PC new) and put that into upgrades (such as a new video card) and what reason would I really need a 360 for?

Also, don't forget that PC's aren't just for games so the cost of upgrading isn't completely wasted just on games.

Technically, the main cost for gaming on a PC is the video card. The only other restrictions would be the PSU depending on your CPU and video card and most likely RAM, if you're using an older computer.

But RAM is ridiculously cheap these days to the point that I don't see why the complaint about having to upgrade to run more memory intensive apps is still being kicked around. Good PSUs can be bought for well under $100 as well.

Once you have a decent gaming PC, then the 360 does look a lot less appealing as an additional gaming platform simply due to the fact that most of the big exclusives end up on Games for Windows. Gears of War, Bioshock and Mass Effect were all games I bought a 360 for, but would all play better on my PC. The extra $10 Xbox licensing fee isn't bad, but considering the PC version runs better, assuming it's being played on a superior hardware set up, the extra cost is something one would logically only be willing to pay if the 360 was their only gaming solution.

Unless you game a lot on XBL, the 360 is pretty redundant. Beyond that it's the 360 controller, which is available as a dual platform PC compatible peripheral.

Personally, I probably would have been better off dropping the money spent on the 360 and peripherals into a better gaming PC, but there's nothing wrong with having as many platform options as possible if you're a dedicated gaming nut and you are willing to overlook the overlap that inevitably occurs.