Crysis Warhead will retail at 30$ !!!! Bargain of the Year!!!!!

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greenmedic88 said:
Put into perspective, a 40GB PS3 only costs $150 more than a Wii.

It's still more than most are willing to pay for a console, but once you have the console, the only thing you're paying for are games.

Games that are 10$-30$ more expensive than PC games, not forgetting the fact that PC games drop their prices much faster than console games.

greenmedic88 said:

Even at $10 more per title on average, you'd have to buy ten games to even add up to a $100 difference.

Truth is, the vast majority of console owners don't even buy ten games over the lifetime of the console. And that total typically includes discounted games. By the time most consoles go to mass consumer pricing, there are budget priced titles as there are with the 360 currently.

And that brings up the other aspect of console gaming; the consoles themselves become cheaper, which not coincidentally is when sales figures for hardware tend to pick up.

When I can pick up another PS3 for under $300, or a 360 for $200, that won't buy me a PC; it will buy me a decent video card.

Do you only buy 10 games every generation? If you do, then just build a decent $500 PC and tadaaa, it gets cheaper than PS3/360!!! And many great PC games are released with a lower price than $50 (Crysis Warhead for example, Sins of a Solar Empire, Sam & Max, etc...).

The Average PC gamer also doesn't upgrade and only buys $10-$20 PC games.... so where does lead us?

If you think you need $200 to buy a decent GPu, then it just shows how you don't know much about PC gaming.

 

PC usually is cheaper in the long run if you buy a decent amount of games, and will be used for a longer period than consoles, especially today. My brother still uses the same PC to play games after 5 years and has played several recent and great PC games.

Consoles are getting more expensive, PC's are getting cheaper, and life goes on.