Do you own a gaming PC? If not, what is stopping you?

I have money spend on other hobbies outside of gaming.

I did, but I stopped upgrading. I've been looking a parts for a small form-factor PC for a build this summer/fall.

I have a Gateway computer that runs Windows 96, does that count?

Built mine 2 years ago and still running everything perfecly fine at 1440p

I own four gaming PCs (one high end), but the biggest drawback to PC gaming is the very specific DRM preventing me from Selling/Trading/Value Collecting/Renting/Lending/Borrowing/etc. I'm not looking to compromise on some of these, I want to be able to do all without internet (Selling/Trading/Value Collecting/Renting/Lending/Borrowing/etc.).

If not for that particular DRM, I would primarily PC game instead of use my PCs for high end exclusives.

You forgot to add another option : No, and I'm not interested in a gaming PC., put my vote on that one.

Yep, sure do.

I used to not care about owning a gaming PC. I was always primarily a console gamer and I preferred console franchises. Wasn't too long ago that these platforms were so segmented. PC thriving on certain franchises and genres while consoles thrived on others. That world just doesn't exist anymore though. Most games are multiplats now and most of those multiplats are on PC in better form. I don't mind spending the extra cash up front on a platform that has the most games and has the best version of most games.

My only real issue with PC gaming is that there are too many damn games to play, but that's a good problem to have.

I've never had a ton of interest until recently but I'm going to be building my first PC probably before the end of this month. Right now I'm planning my purchase and putting different builds together to decide which one I should get.

I haven't been thrilled with console gaming so far this gen either. The wow factor is missing. Too many rushed games. Too many overhyped games being average at best. Almost every game except exclusives are cross gen and not taking full advantage of the new hardware. The whole first year felt like a complete waste.

Doesn't have the exclusives I like, and most of the community I find disagreeable.

$34,000 on a games machine doesn't make sense to me.

got a PC but needs upgrade, i only play Dota 2 on it now.

got a PS4 cause all my friends got it

Found the perfect match

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Ultimate-Gaming-Desktop-WORLDS-MOST-ADVANCED-PERFORMANCE-CUSTOM-DESKTOP-1-/221647089518?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item339b322f6e

And I lol'd at the 24gb

Graphics Card(s): 4x SLI Quad (NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Black 6GB (Includes PhysX) = 24GB of Total Gaming

Yes I have a gaming PC.

Yup. I have a gaming PC (and gaming laptop). What's stopping me from buying a current-gen console? Critical mass for exclusives. Maybe after a year more.

Edit:

Just a bit off-topic. I also own a tablet. On that note...... Was I seeing things or were all the games shown during the Superbowl for mobile/tablets?

I would love to have a gaming PC

However price is the only issue. Every few months I price a build and its always a little over $1,000. Just too many things keep coming up (needs and wants) and a gaming PC never becomes priority.

Expensive, much cheaper to get games on PS4, and barely anything worth spending big graphics card cash on that's not on consoles.

Agreed there. People spend a lot of money on expensive cards that are never fully optimized, even after the new more shiny model releases for high/er price point. You can always argue a game runs, looks and loads better on high end PCs and you'd be correct. However, you can play the same game in a more crappy ps3/4 xbox360/one version and still enjoy the experience of the game.

I own one. Haven't used it in months.

PC gaming is expensive.

Casuals. Going to make a lot more money by marketing Candy Crush 4 or whatever to the masses than the next AAA console game.

I own one gaming PC and I didnt build it just to say that I own it.

I have a gaming PC and I love it. I'm upgrading in April.

Yes, but only for certain multiplats as it doesn't have enough exclusives for me and I focus on console gaming more now.

As I thought, some idiots are voting for the "PC doesn't have exclusives !" option.

I should have named the option "PC doesn't have The Last of Us or...whatever MS exclusives there are."

Yes I do, and am planning on getting two 970s here before The Witcher 3 releases

"I intend to build a gaming PC soon." - funsohng, spoken in 2012.

In all seriousness, I kinda do need a new PC anyway because.... well... I still use XP. Basically half the high-profile games I own on Steam are unplayable on my current rig so I need a new one ASAP.

Use Mint

I don't think XP is his only problem

Hell no

Brilliant response.

Why not?

Yes and I am planning on getting a console.

Can 3 people play the same game at the same time on console?

On PC they can without pirating or using any kind of cracks...

Well seeing like Gaming is my primary hobby, yes?

While I always have atleast one console per Gen I can not imagine NOT to have a PC. Althrough it is a question about personal taste.

Just updraged my graphics card and RAM and couldn't be happier. Even Dying Light runs smoothly.

No. PCs are for work, not games.

I do but my cards are getting a little old now, I can still play most games on high at near 60fps so I'm happy to keep it for as long as it takes for a single gpu card that can run eyefinity at 60 fps steady maxed. Got the monitors, just need a card to run them, don't want to Crossfire anymore.

lol, I can relate brother.

Like I've said in other threads before. I spent most of my life primarily playing on consoles, and only dabbled on various PC games. I owned a shitty pc as a kid, but I was hella addicted to Diablo 2 & Counter-strike back then lol. To this day, I still wonder how I found time to play so many games since I was also very active with sports for school. But I digress.

I built my 3rd gaming PC ever a bit after the PS4 launched because I was convinced by my friends at work. Prior to that, I haven't gamed on a PC since 2004; and I realized how much I missed out on exclusives, and better quality/performance with mulitplats last gen. I was mainly in college last gen, so I primarily gamed on Xbox 360, with a PS3 for exclusives. I purchased a PS4 at launch, and although it was a great "New car" smell, it got boring really quick. I shouldn't have rushed out to grab one at launch, but I was coming off of "The Last of Us" high =P (which is my favorite PS3 game) , and we were all dying for something new. I know there will be a few exclusives that I will want to play on it. So it's tucked away for now. At least until Persona 5 :P.

But ever since I built my PC, I'm having so much fun with it. I spend 95% of my gaming time on it. Not to mention all the sales and deals on games that pop up daily.

The only downsides I see are the occasional sloppy port, DRM, and too many games to play :P. But other than that, it's been a great experience. It only seems to be getting better each year. More devs seem to be jumping on board with the platform every couple of months.

I'm planning on buying a WiiU soon for my living room. Xenoblade is looking fun. I through a kickback party recently and a few girls were asking about Mario Party. Lesson learned. Plus, Smash bros is a great party game as well.

GTX 750 ti

z97 motherboard (forgot specifics)

8GB Ram

4th gen i5 (can't remember, but 3.2 GHz).

Plays most games at 60+fps at unknown high resolutions

Not my computer (lol) but I game on it.

edit: wrong gfx card

Because they are at the current state of the PC industry not worth the effort and money. My laptop gives me access to about 99% of all PC exclusives and the consoles ports which are the demanding games PC gets are just played on consoles.

I build myself a desktop PC for a multimonitor setup but not for gaming but for work, so the knowledge of building one is there.

No, PC's are not social enough. I want to be able to play/talk with my family while gaming, instead of being hidden away from sunlight in a room with headphones on

...except that PC isn't relegated to the office, can be hooked up to the TV just like a console, and you can use a multitude of wireless peripherals including wireless 360 controllers, DualShock 4, DualShock 3, or all at the same time if you want to.

Yeah because I'm going to spend so much money only to use it for gaming, when I can do a lot more with that power. That's the main reason, if I would spend that much money on a PC, I would also use it for programming, and I'm not going to program with a keyboard on my lap looking at the TV...

Costs and general lack of interest in PC games.

You don't need an expensive or powerful PC for programming.

Depends on what you are doing, but my field of study is AI, and those algorithms can take some time to run (depending on the problem of course) so I would prefer some more power.

Bu-bu-but... I don't have $2.500... :(

I have no interest in playing games on a PC.

I have a gaming PC... don't really use it most of the time though. Been on it all the time recently in a vain attempt to clear by Steam backlog though. As for why I don't use it more? Simple: All the bullshit that comes with PC gaming that, for some weird reason, doesn't seem to affect other people playing on the PC.

I'm only willing to jump through hoops to get a game working properly if I'm actually improving what was never broken: For example taking an old game and getting it to run in 16: 9 at a high resolution. But then there's times when you're messing with registries and Xpadder because the dev did a crap job of porting the game or there's some conflict with modern hardware.