Sylvius the Mad wrote...
MaxxBeav wrote...
Most logical people would throw done three hundred bucks for a console system rather than a few thousand for a home built gaming pc. I can see how that is going to drive gaming company decisions. Heck, I’m still glad there are pc versions – thank you laptop owners.
This isn't really relevant to your point, but I need to point out that you're badly misrepresenting both PC and console gaming here.
First, "a few thousand" is far too much for a gaming PC. I can see paying as much as two thousand, including a monitor, if you were building a brand new rig and wanted it future-proof, but anything beyond that and you're overpaying.
And to play new games at anything less than bleeding edge settings, I'd suggest that $1000 is easily enough.
Second, you're understating the cost of console gaming, as you're not allowing for the price of a television. People do this all the time, but I don't undersatnd why. Console gamers need a display, too. And that display costs money.
Probably because most people are going to get a television whether or not they play console games on it, while not everyone has a need for a PC. It's a lot more common for a PC gamer to have a "gaming rig" or setup specifically built around gaming than it is a console gamer buying a new stereo system and television for console gaming alone.
Console gaming is
much cheaper than PC gaming, especially if you rent games. This is especially true in households with children. You can't honestly be suggesting that a PC is as childproof to a ten year old than what a Wii or 360 is -- consoles are also less expensive to repair. On top of that, your average "good" television will last around six to eight years, while the truly great ones can last a little over ten. If you aren't spending $500+ on a much smaller PC monitor, you will have to replace it every three or four.
Lastly, consoles will get you through the next four to five years of gaming, while a PC will not without upgrades along the way. Building a new "medium" level gaming rig costs right around $1,500 and those are usually only able to keep up for three years without buying a new graphics card. When you do end up getting a new graphics card, they usually cost as much as a console, if not more unless you wait six to eight months after they've been released, and by then you're even farther behind the curve.
Modifié par Graunt, 05 mars 2011 - 07:32 .
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