****Official Pc vs Console thread****

[jjjayb]

Originally Posted by New World Order

Now I do wish I could do this with a console:

This one is pretty cool too:



Maybe some day they'll make it as a DLC you can buy for the Playstation?

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[hometeam]

No one said you had to buy a TV when you buy a console.

I said that, SAYING that, is just like saying you have to go and buy a monitor if you decide to build a PC. Cause you don't, you use the thing you already have, just like you actually would with a console.

Going back to lugging the console around and being an eyesore in the middle of the living room. You know you have to put a console somewhere right? Put your similarly sized PC there.. same difference~



I want you console guys to keep in mind, what you are buying when you buy a console is you are buying a PC with a set of fixed hardware, with a fixed, proprietary, operating system.

Thats it.

Compared to buying a PC, which is the same thing, except with every option you can dream of. Kind of like unlocking advanced mode.

The only thing you will miss is madden, and if 2k gets to make a football game, you can play it on your PC, with your favorite console controller. BTW 2k14 not being next gen means nothing really, since it was released before the next gen consoles. Next year, it will be the current version, just like it was when it launched 2 months ago.

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http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/09/...g-has-exploded

Great article in its entirety.

Dig far enough under all the news about the tussles over mandatory Kinects and indie support for either the Xbox One and the PS4, and you'll find a shocking bit of info: PC gaming is at its best since the 1990s. Were it John Lennon, PC gaming would be making haughty claims about how it's "bigger than Mario" and scoffing at the petty squabbles of its box-bound competitors. And with good reason. Provided you're not wild about jumping into exclusives like Forza 5 or Infamous: Second Son, it's looking more and more like you won't be left too far behind if you decide to skip the upcoming console generation altogether.

Equipped with a decent grasp of Google, it's possible for even the most technologically challenged gaming enthusiast to maintain the rig on his or her own. Couple that with the fact that the PC (and related devices like smartphones and tablets) has taken over the role television once played in our lives, and it seems only natural that so many would gravitate toward interacting with work and play through the same device. The console as we know it, in other words, has become somewhat redundant.

et aside the blessed convenience of being able to access almost any game you want at any time, digital distribution services also tend to trump out their retail and console cousins by price alone. It's usually even enough to justify the purchase of new hardware since the savings you receive from the sales still result in smaller expenditures than you'd witness with boxed console games

Last month's Humble Bundle offered by EA via its Origin service, for instance, allowed downloads of the hits Dead Space, Dead Space 3, Crysis 2 Maximum Edition, Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box, Medal of Honor and Mirror’s Edge in one package for as little as five bucks, with the whole project bringing in more than $10.5 million for charity from 2.1 million bundles.

"We're struggling to find a name for what used to be called porting, because there's not really a problem with that anymore." (In fact, several developers showed demos of their Xbox One and PS4 games on the PC at E3 rather than on the devices themselves.) It's so easy, in fact, that some of the next generation titles may actually come to the PC first as a result, and so this happy arrangement begs the question: why get a console at all?

Why? because the consoles are PC's.

phewww

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A graphical representation of why it's more cost effective to own a PC

[BryanBusby]

Originally Posted by hometeam

A graphical representation of why it's more cost effective to own a PC

This is a really flawed chart.

For starters, you're not going to stick with the same rig for 8 years. At the same time, I don't think I could really recommend an AMD core at this time lol the rig they used as an example is a poor investment

It's also assuming console games never are on sale, which is ridiculous.

To go on from there, Playstation plus is actually cheaper than live but yet the chart fails to reflect that. I can walk into gamestop on Friday and buy a year long membership for 30 bux and realistically, this generation lasts 7 years tops. So in result, if we're going to assume deals, I could get the subscription service for $210 over the life of the PS4 which is less than half of what that chart reflects.

I think the costs are a lot closer than the chart implies and really it comes down to preference. I like the graphics and mods that come with PC games, but to be brutally honest, I've had a lot more fun playing console games for awhile now.

[Imon Yourside]

If they would just release Sports games on PC, there would be no reason at all to won a console..nada.

[New World Order]

Consoles are still much cheaper. Once again, that chart doesn't factor in the accessories you would need. I'm sorry, I am not going to leave my huge pc tower in the family room. I am also not going to sit there with a mini desk playing on a m/k.

Factor in the ability to resell your games and xbox/ps4 combined is still cheaper.

[Imon Yourside]

Originally Posted by New World Order

Consoles are still much cheaper. Once again, that chart doesn't factor in the accessories you would need. I'm sorry, I am not going to leave my huge pc tower in the family room. I am also not going to sit there with a mini desk playing on a m/k.

Factor in the ability to resell your games and xbox/ps4 combined is still cheaper.

When you factor in all of the free entertainment available on pc, it's not even close...PC is way cheaper to own/maintain.

Here is a list of pc games as they are released

http://www.rlslog.net/category/games/pc/

click on the ps3/ps4 to see how long it is between releases. there are 1000/1 pc games released to consoles. Plus when you upgrade a console, you more than likely can't play the old games on anything but...you guessed it pc that emulates the old system.

[hometeam]

Originally Posted by New World Order

Consoles are still much cheaper. Once again, that chart doesn't factor in the accessories you would need. I'm sorry, I am not going to leave my huge pc tower in the family room. I am also not going to sit there with a mini desk playing on a m/k.

Factor in the ability to resell your games and xbox/ps4 combined is still cheaper.

What accessories do you need? Dont you need controllers and headsets and shit for console too? There is no difference? Saying you have to buy a monitor is assanine. Not to mention, most people alreayd have monitors and PC desks becuase on top of a console THEY ALREADY HAVE A PC!

Whens the last time you resold games for more than a few bucks? If you buy the game for 60, get ten bucks back for it that's 50 bucks. If you buy it on steam sale for 7.99.. 19.99, whatever, how is that worsE?

Also, if you are dead set on using your PC as a "gaming console", why would you have a big tower? have a tower the same size as a console. Dont you see you can do that? ****, you can make them SMALLER!

[Imon Yourside]

Originally Posted by hometeam

What accessories do you need? Dont you need controllers and headsets and shit for console too? There is no difference? Saying you have to buy a monitor is assanine. Not to mention, most people alreayd have monitors and PC desks becuase on top of a console THEY ALREADY HAVE A PC!

Whens the last time you resold games for more than a few bucks? If you buy the game for 60, get ten bucks back for it that's 50 bucks. If you buy it on steam sale for 7.99.. 19.99, whatever, how is that worsE?

Also, if you are dead set on using your PC as a "gaming console", why would you have a big tower? have a tower the same size as a console. Dont you see you can do that? ****, you can make them SMALLER!

I've bought the big titles on steam for as little as 2 bucks, and it's ALWAYS there if you wanna redownload/play/delete it. No need to go look for the disc/dig out the old console.

[New World Order]

Originally Posted by hometeam

What accessories do you need? Dont you need controllers and headsets and shit for console too? There is no difference? Saying you have to buy a monitor is assanine. Not to mention, most people alreayd have monitors and PC desks becuase on top of a console THEY ALREADY HAVE A PC!

Whens the last time you resold games for more than a few bucks? If you buy the game for 60, get ten bucks back for it that's 50 bucks. If you buy it on steam sale for 7.99.. 19.99, whatever, how is that worsE?

Also, if you are dead set on using your PC as a "gaming console", why would you have a big tower? have a tower the same size as a console. Dont you see you can do that? ****, you can make them SMALLER!

I don't know the numbers and I am not going to look them up, but I would imagine most people nowadays either buy laptops or tablets. If I didn't buy that gaming rig I would never of had a desktop.

All accessories you need with a console come with the console. Controller, headset etc..

If I buy a game new which is usually never, I take a 6-8 dollar hit. Unless it's a fantastic multiplayer game, I don't really hang onto the game for more than a month.

I bought my rig in 08 or 09. It was a while ago. I upgraded to a radeon 6 series not too long ago that can run directx11. I think its a 6700.

[Imon Yourside]

Originally Posted by New World Order

I don't know the numbers and I am not going to look them up, but I would imagine most people nowadays either buy laptops or tablets. If I didn't buy that gaming rig I would never of had a desktop.

All accessories you need with a console come with the console. Controller, headset etc..

If I buy a game new which is usually never, I take a 6-8 dollar hit. Unless it's a fantastic multiplayer game, I don't really hang onto the game for more than a month.

I bought my rig in 08 or 09. It was a while ago. I upgraded to a radeon 6 series not too long ago that can run directx11. I think its a 6700.

A 6700 isn't bad, What is your processor speed? You should be able to run almost anything at a decent resolution providing your processor is decent.

[New World Order]

Originally Posted by KILLER_CLOWN

A 6700 isn't bad, What is your processor speed? You should be able to run almost anything at a decent resolution providing your processor is decent.

It can

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Also I think I am a genius for starting this thread~