Would you ever trade in your Gaming PC for a Console?

Why would we trade down? I guess if you had a crappy P3+Geforce 4

I'd trade it if I got a chance to have Nintendo's next gen console. :D

Let's see... No BSOD's. No having to hunt down for patches from some random website and then ultimately have to go to fileshack and deal with an 8-hour-long queue just to be in the last ten to download the file. No having to worry about incompatibilities here or there. No having to drop the kind of money that can buy you a car in order to get a system strong enough to handle a brand new game. A console also has a lot more games featuring co-op play than PC gaming in the last ten years has. I can actually resell a console game, where no game store on the planet earth will buy a "used" PC game. It is a very tempting offer.codezer0

Alright. I'll trade you a Xbox 360 for...

"intel E6300 | eVGA 680i SLi | 2x1GB G.Skill DDR2-800 | eVGA 8800GTS(640MB)"

IMO, I honestly don't see how that is tempting at all. I think you would be better off buying one yourself.

This generation's PC gaming pretty much does most console games anyway. You really get the best of both worlds by having a PC. Capcom looks like they're firmly into PC gaming now with Lost Planet and Devil May Cry, so we're going to get some Japanese games as well. Even MGS4 and RE5 have a decent chance of hitting PC. phan1

RE5 has been rumored to be ont he PC list, but the following year.

[QUOTE="codezer0"]Let's see... No BSOD's. No having to hunt down for patches from some random website and then ultimately have to go to fileshack and deal with an 8-hour-long queue just to be in the last ten to download the file. No having to worry about incompatibilities here or there. No having to drop the kind of money that can buy you a car in order to get a system strong enough to handle a brand new game. A console also has a lot more games featuring co-op play than PC gaming in the last ten years has. I can actually resell a console game, where no game store on the planet earth will buy a "used" PC game. It is a very tempting offer.WhiteSnake5000

Alright. I'll trade you a Xbox 360 for...

"intel E6300 | eVGA 680i SLi | 2x1GB G.Skill DDR2-800 | eVGA 8800GTS(640MB)"

IMO, I honestly don't see how that is tempting at all. I think you would be better off buying one yourself.

Let's see... No BSOD's. No having to hunt down for patches from some random website and then ultimately have to go to fileshack and deal with an 8-hour-long queue just to be in the last ten to download the file. No having to worry about incompatibilities here or there. No having to drop the kind of money that can buy you a car in order to get a system strong enough to handle a brand new game. A console also has a lot more games featuring co-op play than PC gaming in the last ten years has. I can actually resell a console game, where no game store on the planet earth will buy a "used" PC game. It is a very tempting offer.codezer0

Hmm let me see, all EBGames in Canada are required to accept PC game trades unless they are certain titles that only grant one online account per CD key.

[QUOTE="codezer0"]Let's see... No BSOD's. No having to hunt down for patches from some random website and then ultimately have to go to fileshack and deal with an 8-hour-long queue just to be in the last ten to download the file. No having to worry about incompatibilities here or there. No having to drop the kind of money that can buy you a car in order to get a system strong enough to handle a brand new game. A console also has a lot more games featuring co-op play than PC gaming in the last ten years has. I can actually resell a console game, where no game store on the planet earth will buy a "used" PC game. It is a very tempting offer.Cdscottie

Hmm let me see, all EBGames in Canada are required to accept PC game trades unless they are certain titles that only grant one online account per CD key.

Not all Canadian EB GAmes. In Kelowna you are not aloud to trade in games or movies but in Vernon and Penticton you can, which are only 20-30mins away.

This generation's PC gaming pretty much does most console games anyway. You really get the best of both worlds by having a PC. Capcom looks like they're firmly into PC gaming now with Lost Planet and Devil May Cry, so we're going to get some Japanese games as well. Even MGS4 and RE5 have a decent chance of hitting PC. phan1

Yeah, I think they stopped the Metal Gear Solid series on PC with 2. I don't think there is any wayin hell that MGS4 will get to PC.

Alright. I'll trade you a Xbox 360 for...

"intel E6300 | eVGA 680i SLi | 2x1GB G.Skill DDR2-800 | eVGA 8800GTS(640MB)"

IMO, I honestly don't see how that is tempting at all. I think you would be better off buying one yourself.

WhiteSnake5000

I actually have traded in all my computer games. So yes it does happen on planet earth. You just cant trade in games like WoW and BF29mmSpliff

Well I guess you are just burdened with bad luck. I have had no problems at all with copy protection and I've seen no affects on performance at all.

And... If you want to sell your games, try Ebay or Craigslist.

Well I guess you are just burdened with bad luck. I have had no problems at all with copy protection and I've seen no affects on performance at all. WhiteSnake5000

[QUOTE="WhiteSnake5000"]

Alright. I'll trade you a Xbox 360 for...

"intel E6300 | eVGA 680i SLi | 2x1GB G.Skill DDR2-800 | eVGA 8800GTS(640MB)"

IMO, I honestly don't see how that is tempting at all. I think you would be better off buying one yourself.

codezer0

I actually have traded in all my computer games. So yes it does happen on planet earth. You just cant trade in games like WoW and BF29mmSpliff

Do you keep ignoring the fact that I have told you that Canadian EBGames accept PC Games? Or do you just ignore it as it does not pertain to the all great United States?

Well, translated, he means he can't pirate games.ocelotcougar

Do you keep ignoring the fact that I have told you that Canadian EBGames accept PC Games? Or do you just ignore it as it does not pertain to the all great United States?

Cdscottie

I was just kidding, with you talking about software protection.

[QUOTE="Cdscottie"]

Do you keep ignoring the fact that I have told you that Canadian EBGames accept PC Games? Or do you just ignore it as it does not pertain to the all great United States?

codezer0

Then you should state "No stores in my area will accept PC game trades" instead of "where no game store on the PLANET EARTH will buy a "used" PC game." The last time I looked, Canada was part of the Planet earth....or maybe the moon has changed a lot over the past few decades that I have lost my mind.

Then you should state "No stores in my area will accept PC game trades" instead of "where no game store on the PLANET EARTH will buy a "used" PC game." The last time I looked, Canada was part of the Planet earth....or maybe the moon has changed a lot over the past few decades that I have lost my mind.

Cdscottie

[QUOTE="Cdscottie"]

Then you should state "No stores in my area will accept PC game trades" instead of "where no game store on the PLANET EARTH will buy a "used" PC game." The last time I looked, Canada was part of the Planet earth....or maybe the moon has changed a lot over the past few decades that I have lost my mind.

codezer0

There is also a store in Canada called Microplay that does accept PC Games but use to rent them, not 100% sure if they do anymore. I know that you were just going on personal experience but the best policy is not to assume. Too bad you can't trade your PC games though, got any real gems that I could possibly be interested in taking off you hands? I'm the kind of guy who when he buys a PC game he keeps it no matter if I could trade it in.

I agree with copy right protection and how it hampers the honest buyers of PC games. That is the main reason why I purchase from Stardock. They have a policy to not have any protection (Google Stardock vs Starforce), no CD keys, and No need for the disk in the drive. But then again, most copy right protection isn't as bad as people say and don't cause most people any problems. I mean yes, when I tried to launch WiC, I did get the securicom not liking my virtual drive but when I tried to launch it again it worked fine. So as you can see, it can most of the time be a minor inconvenience.

Hmm, might as well answer the question like I was originally going to do. I started out gaming on a PC (TI-99 was my first) and it brought me into the world of gaming with TI-Invaders. I also grew up with a NES, Genesis, N64, PS2, Xbox, and currently have a Xbox 360 so I do enjoy consoles also but I tend to enjoy PC gaming more than my consoles (Xbox 360 was getting probably an hour or two a week of play compared to my dozens of hours on my PC....it is currently getting no hours as my 360 is dead...) and I am also in the computer industry so the computer is my baby. So in saying that, I would never trade my PC for a console. If anything, I'd purchase the console if I really wanted it.