I guess that's why Wii U is the unstoppable juggernaut that it is. You just can't top that price.

zero129 said: Wow, Ruler just wow. I have one image that sums this thread up perfectly Yet its still here and growing bigger then ever. Fact is more people are getting into pc gaming today then ever before and its seeing growth in massive strides.

i never said its dying just that in a region console gaming will grow more than PC gaming

it happened during the PS2 era that console gaming grew segnificantley in europe, in 1985 PCs didnt even existed 

• http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/dos/1985/
• http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/dos/1984/
• http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/dos/1983/
• http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/dos/1982/
• http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/dos/1981/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS
• http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1985&pub=2&id=24

the IBM PC at the time was a Homecumputer by IBM actually

Can your arguments get even more stupid? Are you trying to set a record?

So all the IBM-PCs and the IBM-compatibles in the 1980s weren't PCs?

• https://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc25/pc25_birth.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer/AT
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80386
• http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/12/09/what-would-they-cost-today-10-classic-pieces-of-tech-history-at-todays-prices/
• http://pctimeline.info/ibmpc/ibm1983.htm

"March 1983: IBM announces the IBM Personal Computer XT in New York City. It features a Intel 8088 processor, 10 MB hard drive, eight expansion slots, serial port, 128 kB RAM, 40 kB ROM, keyboard, one double-sided 360 kB floppy drive. Price is US$4995."

"October 1983: IBM announces the IBM 3270 PC, an 8088-based system, for US$4290. IBM announces the IBM 5160 Model 588, known as the PC XT/370. It is a PC XT with 8088 CPU, 768 kB RAM, 360 KN disk drive, a 10 MB hard drive, and a special add-in card containing an Intel 8087 math coprocessor and two Motorola 68000 chips to execute or emulate System/370 instructions. Price is US$8995."

"August 1984: IBM announces the IBM PC/AT computer. It features 6 MHz 80286 processor, PC-DOS 3.0, 5.25-inch 1.2 MB floppy drive, 256 or 512 kB RAM, optional 20 MB hard drive, monochrome or color monitor. The XENIX operating system from Microsoft is also awailable. Price ranges from US$4000 to US$6700."

Quite pricey for a "home computer" (which are also PCs). Again: a decent PC costed 10x - 20x of a home console in the 80s, 4x - 6x of a home console in the 90s and 3x - 4x of a home console a decade ago and 2x - 3x of a console now. The price gap between console hardware and PC hardware was and is shrinking constantly over the years, PCs aren't a luxory anymore and are affordable for almost everyone.

QFT and end of thread.

Considering PC gaming is cheaper, and easier to get into than ever before, I think your analysis is incredibly flawed.

I wish these "consoles are going to overthrow PC's any minute now, for real this time" threads would just stop showing up every week or two. Every time they do show up they get debunked or previous evidence locks them away and they keep showing up and it;s a sign that some are afraid of what's transpiring around them and need to stamp on it. Funny thing is about all these threads is they are made by the same few users over and over, each worded differently with a new spin each time to make them look different but the message is always the same.

$299 PS4 with AAA exclusives will do this job easily.