A PC gamer's guide to getting consoles for exclusives

Based on a true story. Although some exaggerations are present, the price information is fairly accurate. It's also worth noting that due to stupid publisher issues, gamers in Australia/NZ would sometimes be put on European servers (significantly worse latency than US servers) for multiplayer games using their AU/NZ accounts.

Happens on Steam too. I always see people bitching about prices outside US. Even TB does it.

The difference with PC is that there are plenty of ways around it. Namely GMG and GOG, but also other smaller sites such as Kinguin, G2Play, etc. No such opportunity exists on console when the PSN/Xbox store is tied to your account.

Greatest thing I have even seen in my life.

Here is a better one.

That assumes everything on pc gaming is perfect. When Blizzard was hacked I lost my D3 account and it was such a pain to get back I just gave up.

@thegreatgeneral: But that doesn't bash consoles!

@thegreatgeneral: Please try harder. Also, multiplats are clearly not games, right?

Consoles just got REKT.

@GhoX said:

@thegreatgeneral: Please try harder. Also, multiplats are clearly not games, right?

Destroyed.

Oh look a raging herd of hermits, I must be in system wars.

How bad it is that I can share all my games at SAME time on PC? Strange eh?

hmmmm, that doesn't seem right

surprised ppl actually read the OP

I will simplify it

1. Buy a gaming pc

2. Buy a PS4

3. Buy a Wii U

You are set for the gen

Yes, and I would say that is also the order to get them in. Or change 2 with 3 as Wii U has more exclusives at the moment.

As a US company, VALVe offers games for purchase in US dollars. If you live in another country that does not use USD as currency, you have to either convert your money to USD, or pay in your own currency. Exchange rates on USD to other types of currency are not on par.

As a Canadian who has purchased video games since the days of the SNES/GEN and PS/N64, I have no problems paying more for my games due to the fact that the CAD right now is only ~$0.80 USD, and know that retailers, online and off, need to account for that difference.

Places like AU and NZ have different ways of upcharging their residents for out-of-country purchases, that is, most definitely, unfair. But AFAIK, Steam doesn't upcharge people in those places nearly as much as retailers do.

Neither the Xbox One nor the PS4 are worth buying for exclusives yet. Not even close.

I feel I've been insane for buying all three...

The xbox one and PS4 add so little to my overall library I honestly feel that the entertinament had with the Mrs and Kinect has been the only reason to play the one over the other.... they really are crap...

"Buh buh Bloodborne" ..... oh no... how could I survive without playing yet another Demon Souls game? I better throw the other consoles out the window and burn my PC...... but wait theres more! there errr..... Halo 5 (failure kiddies first FPS series) and.... tech demo charted 4! go through linear levels shooting dumbass a.i over and over, but hey ... PRETTY SET PIECES!.

But eh im a sucker for technology.... sadly... of the 3 ... the PS4 currently offers the least... and is the one I bought first... go figure... this stupid backwards forum made me buy into hype that didn't deliver, but what can you expect WHEN COWS ARE SO FAR IN DENIAL THEY ACCEPTED PS+ MANDATORY AT A DROP OF A HAT.

Sony are no better than Microsoft.... the only difference is, like most aspects of Japan(Software/Gaming wise)... they are years behind the curve.

/SW

@foxhound_fox: Problem with Steam for Euro users is that Valve uses exchange rate $1 = 1€. Euro is currently, and has been for awhile, worth more. Several years ago Valve let Europeans use USD in Steam and it was great for us, but they changed their policies in 2009. Only place that I know who offers regional priced games is GoG. But they're an European company and only offer that for select few games.

pretty much, this gen SW is pathetic... one console was always going to sell more than another.... and the graphics differences are so marginal it is a snoozefest to watch... until they both end up crying about PC elitsts.

So now, all SW is... currently "PS4 has slightly better graphics and is selling more! NO OTHER ARGUEMENT EXISTS" ..... and I bought into that BS at the start of this gen... kids so desperate for new consoles they justify them to no end... their current support is crap. launch quality has gotten worse.... and now they are just media centre PC's with overpriced content and pirperals... and nothing else going for them.

It's sad... I laugh when I watch Cows and Lemmings fight over which console is "less s*it" ... while ignoring the obvious benefits of PC gaming being stuck in their "older gen ways" ... PS2 gen and back I would say they have a point.. but not since last gen....

These consoles have no identity over a PC ... they are becoming redundant outside of a few 1st party exclusives... which are often lowest common denominator games aimed at graphics.... on limited spec hardware...

Don't see the issue. I got a Wii U with my PC and I got almost everything covered. I guess this is for the purest of the Master Race?

You'll still be missing some big games....

Sucks to be you then.

@GhoX: I hate it when people complain about the cost of games in the land down under. There is a Reason for the difference. When the kid working at EB games makes eighteen bucks an hour, he is going to be charged more for luxury goods then the kid who works at gamestop making eight bucks an hour.

It isn't an evil conspiracy. If America raises it's minimum wage by ten bucks, the price of American games will shoot up.

To play the few worth while console exclusives you need to shell out £950, before even considering paying over the odds for the games themselves.

To play all the console exclusives that interest me I would need all three consoles - Uncharted 4, Halo 5, what ever Gears game comes up and Zelda. Most definitely not worth it.

Besides without a gaming PC you miss out on more

I have a gaming PC but the games I most want are always console games. Nothing PC only really interests me.

@LJS9502_basic:

And that is absolutely fine, that's entirely your choice.

Although Halo 5 and Uncharted 4 have piqued my interest, I'm not going to go out of my way to get them, nor will I miss them while playing games that appeal to me more on PC.

@thegreatgeneral said:

Here is a better one.

Fucking saved.

LMAO.

That's actually incorrect, but it's also not the fault of Steam. How much a game is charged in a region is solely at the discretion of the publisher.

AU/NZ does not have any customs or taxes on importing games, so if I were to buy a game from Amazon and ship it here, then I'd only be paying the US price. Steam has high price tags for some games because Steam was forced by the game's publisher to set up region-pricing. Smaller digital retailers on the other hand can often avoid the gaze of these publishers (or ignore them altogether) and charge everyone globally the same price.

Also, AU/NZ is often charged Euro instead of USD due to silly publisher reasons.

@UnbiasedPoster said:

@thegreatgeneral said:

Here is a better one.

Fucking saved.

LMAO.

1 device. backwards compatible with everything Wii/DS and backwards.

Un-saved.

I do this crazy thing where I go to a store or something, sometimes a digital one, I buy my game, I install it (which all of them do except for retail wiiu games), and then I play the game. A lot of the extra bullshit? zero impact. But, yeah American and all.

PC gamer's guide to getting consoles for exclusives:

1. Buy console

2. Buy console exclusive games

3. Play games

/thread

Both console and PC gaming is expensive in some way. While console games tend to cost more, you need a bunch of cash to build a proper gaming PC that'll last.

What if you are NOT a graphics wh0***e?

Sooner or later there'll be a great PC game that looks amazing and requires a good graphics card.

You mean exclusive?

If yes I doubt that it wont run on wide range of hardware.

Sure, but I see no point in owning a gaming PC that can't run most of the games on higher settings.

@UnbiasedPoster said:

@thegreatgeneral said:

Here is a better one.

Fucking saved.

LMAO.

Keyword is "want". Greatness awaits.

So? Upgrade if you can't run it.

So the flow chart ends with I'm not able to play multiplayer, but I picked the option of not wanting to be online in the first place.

Again it is called "I DONT WANT TO BE A GRAPHICS WH0****E"....

Simple as that.

Last gen it took a very expensive machine to even play multiplats starting Nov 2005....

This gen it is a joke

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FKNvhM

The above $400 joke of a machine runs all multiplats decently at 1080p 30-60...

And will keep running them at the lowest denominator settings of Xbone until next gen.

buy a decent one to begin with and plan accordingly and you dont have this problem.

Here's the real guide:
Buy a Nintendo system.

Well, what does it mean to be a graphics whore? To run Crysis 3 on the max settings at 4K? Or a gamer who simply wants high settings at 1080p?

So, who isn't a graphics whore? An indie game fan? The gamer who plays all games at the lowest settings at 720p?

Its a gamer that cannot play any game if it is not maxed out is a graphics wh0***e...

People need a guide for buying video games?

I can assure you, it's quite easy.