Steam as a games delivery system AND their sales are both amazingly cool things, I agree. But Steam is like itunes in that it's a business model that is really just a stop gap towards cloud based gaming. Anyone who's tried Onlive and who's unbiased will tell you that cloud gaming is the future of this industry. Yes, it has it's problems, but it's a brand new concept and will, down the line, completely replace both physical AND digital ownership.

No more piracy, no more online cheating. It's a win win for both gamers and publishers.

The PC is there if you really want to invest time and preparation before your gaming. Consoles are there if you just want to play games. It really just comes down to personality.

I'm currently using my new laptop to do my steam gaming, it's only got a 512MB graphics card, but its dedicated and will run all the latest PC games on minimum settings.... which makes them look just like PS3 and 360 graphics :P


I've bought loads of games this steam sale and I'm not going to be stopping anytime soon :P

Exactly. And that's what I like about it. I pay for a console and then all I have to do is buy game, put game in, play.

I have bought less console games this generation then the last so far mainly because of pricing. TBH if next gen console games are 70$ their might be another video game market crash because its getting expensive. I have played PC games all my life along with console games, but I probably spent way less on PC games (that is including 7 years of WoW). With WoW and other games I could just go all PC and it would be cheap.

Console gamers pay for the bulk of the sales. PC gamers pay only when they have to, so they get the deals. Thats my theory, kind of like Live is free on PC and on Xbox people actually believe its worth the price. This move will save me quite a bit of money next gen.

I am games before preparation, which is why I bought the Crysis Collection and the 2k Collection for $70 bucks before I buy the high powered PC and I am sure the sales will be better next week or even tomorrow . For less than the full price of one game I got seven games and three games for the price of one used title at Gamestop. Paying more for an inferior version of a game is just plain wrong whether or not its based on personality. I consider myself a console gamer, but Steam made it easier to get games in my hand.

I personally didn't find much I wanted from the Steam sale. I have too many games and I figure they'll be on special again.

What I meant by preparation is all the little fiddling, modding etc that goes into getting the best from the computer platform.

Sad to see that. :)

What is your budget for this high powered PC btw?