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IllegalPaladin on 24 June 2008
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greenmedic88 said:
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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.

 

 

Exactly, I was kind of stupid when I first had my computer built and could have saved a bit of money if I did some things differently. This time around, it only cost me around $570 to replace the case and everything inside (except for the video card).

Furthermore, I'm not sure why anti-PC people think like this, but you don't need to have the best parts or need to get the best performance in a game either. I think people expect that if somebody is going to play a game on the PC that's also on the consoles, they should have a computer that can run it much better than the console can. Even worse, that computer is expected to cost $3000+ and hardly be able to last.

When it comes to the video card, I'm currently waiting to see what'll happen (and to try and get some more money). I was thinking about the 8800gt, but then that Radeon 4850 came out for around $200 and the 9800GTX has been lowered to match that price. It looks like it ought to throw the 8800gt and the 8800GTS (g92) into even lower prices, but they're all rather similar in price currently on newegg.