Im confused? Why do people keep claiming they are going PC for next Gen?

[Liquid]

i agree, the software is a lot cheaper. but not the hardware.

its an investment. but everyone does have $1,000+ to drop on a beautiful setup. or even $800 all at once on a pretty good setup that would get you thru most games.

You guys need to really stop with this $1000+ talk. You can build a PC today with $500 hardware and play everything out on high with the exception of Crysis 3 at 1080P. Plus getting your build started can be done at $280-$300 or so...then slowly upgrade if you can't spend all the money at once.

Then when everything else hits on the console? You quickly upgrade that cpu or the bottleneck in your system and you will be again. The upgrade will likely cost you about $100. So you are looking at about a $100 premium on hardware...and a SIGNIFICANT savings in software. Its a no brainer IMO.

There is a science to this shyt...people keep getting turned away because they were falling into the alienware trap of $3000+ machines.

 

[yseJ]

exactly.

dont lie and tell me your budget gaming pc thats the same price as a xbox 360 is more powerful and plays games better then the xbox 360. i aint buying it.

a budget pc now blows 360 out of the water. shyt, my laptop I got 2 years ago for 700 might be better

 

[hex]

You guys need to seriously broaden your horizon.

The start up cost for a gaming PC is more than, let's say a PS3. But in most cases you'll be spending 50%-75% less on games so it evens out in the end. Games that came out 6 months ago on a console and still sell for $50 I can get for $5-$10 on PC.

You cop a console for whatever exclusives you want. That's it. Nobody in their right mind would play a multi-plat game on a console over a PC.

Oh and @rapbeats

You need to understand that you can run 90% of these console games on a graphics card from 3-4 years ago. In most cases better than the console. If you blow $1000 on a card that shyt will be better than the next gen. Another benefit is graphics cards are constantly being made. Consoles are supposed to last 8ish years. A card that is $1000 today will be half of that price in 6 months, but still as powerful as a PS4 or 720. Meanwhile those consoles are still full price, while the card price continues to drop.

Fred.

 

[yseJ]

by the time new consoles actually drop, gtx 690 will already be like 200-250 dollars cheaper.

 

[Liquid]

by the time new consoles actually drop, gtx 690 will already be like 200-250 dollars cheaper.

Or go the AMD route and get a 7900 series chip. Then sell the crysis 3 and bioshock infinite vouchers to bring the prices down even more. I just did that

 

[Ciggavelli]

by the time new consoles actually drop, gtx 690 will already be like 200-250 dollars cheaper.

I'm actually one of those a$$holes that has a gtx 690

That new gtx titan is gonna push down the 690 prices

Yeah, that card cost me a pretty penny, but I can do shyt like this:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW_O2zP7P8Y"]Far Cry 3 Multi Monitor Widescreen - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 SLI - YouTube[/ame]

(not my own personal footage)

Gaming on 3 screens is fukking amazing.

 

[rapbeats]

a budget pc now blows 360 out of the water. shyt, my laptop I got 2 years ago for 700 might be better

your laptop costs $700. and you got it 2 years ago. the 360 came out when? and how much did it cost again?

 

[Won Won]

The only reason to own consoles is for exclusive games

Or to play online with your console-having friends

Or if your computer is in an "office" type room and not in the "tv room"

Or if you want to eliminate the need to upgrade this, and tweak that. You buy a console, you turn it on, you start playing.

 

[yseJ]

your laptop costs $700. and you got it 2 years ago. the 360 came out when? and how much did it cost again?

its a....dell LAPTOP... with a rather crappy mobile video card. this shyt aint even meant for gaming...

obviously a PC will cost more initially, especially if youre building from scratch and not updating the video card. this cost is recouped very fast tho, both from software standpoint and hardware standpoint. in 1.5 years, you recoup + then some.

then you can just update the video card to stay way the fukk ahead of the console graphics curve.

it all depends what youre looking for. as a PC gamer and someone who uses PC for functionality, Im always stay on PC. for someone who is more of a plug and play person, consoles are prolly the way to go. you'll get worse graphics and overall spend more money but it will be more user-friendly

 

[King Sun]

PC games will never be mainstream. No matter how you spin it its not a pick up and go system. More of your friends will be playing on a console vs a pc

 

[yseJ]

PC games will never be mainstream. No matter how you spin it its not a pick up and go system.

sounds awesome to me

fukk the mainstream

still remember when bf3 dropped how people on here complained that while they were ok on consoles they were getting their shyt pushed back on PC