| greenmedic88 said: It's a pain in the ass to the average gamer who just wants to play games. Hence, the success of consoles in today's gaming market. Some are clearly in the category of life long PC hobbyists who have as much fun sourcing parts, assembling a build and then overclocking and optimizing performance, but going under the assumption that "everyone" who wants a budget gaming PC can do this is just unrealistic. If I had to make a wild shot in the dark, I'd say low single digit percentages of computer users actually have even the remedial tech kung fu required to source, build and optimize a PC. It's a stupid argument really. |
My point exactly. By the time you research how to build the thing, price out components, pay extra to have them shipped, spend a ton of time unpacking, assembling, and hooking up everything, installing the OS, debugging and troubleshooting to optimize performance, and overclocking the processor, you've easily spent a lot more money in opportunity cost than you might think. Some people gain enjoyment out of it, but for the vast majority of us who just want to play games, it's not worth it.
"'Casual games' are something the 'Game Industry' invented to explain away the Wii success instead of actually listening or looking at what Nintendo did. There is no 'casual strategy' from Nintendo. 'Accessible strategy', yes, but ‘casual gamers’ is just the 'Game Industry''s polite way of saying what they feel: 'retarded gamers'."
-Sean Malstrom
