how excatly is pc gaming expencive?

since xbox live cost you $50 a year plus $20 extra on game plus $5 plus for new maps plus the play and charge kit (you know you need it)  tell me how pc gaming is expencive again?

in under 1 year I have saved the price of 1.5 years not to mention the expencise above.

a $600 pc now will beat ps3/x360 now or in 10 years time, you don't need to upgrade to keep up.  consoles = geforce 7600gt = midrange going lowend once 8600 comes out. 

A yearly upgrade of your videocard, and I'm talking about midrange enthusiast level cards. Will keep your graphic capabilities on par with whatever consoles are on the market.

A price comparison.

I buy 20 PS3/Xbox 360 games in one year...$1200

I buy 20 PC games and a $200 video card in one year...It's $1200. More expensive? Uhm, not really.

A yearly upgrade of your videocard, and I'm talking about midrange enthusiast level cards. Will keep your graphic capabilities on par with whatever consoles are on the market.

 

A price comparison.

 

I buy 20 PS3/Xbox 360 games in one year...$1200

 

I buy 20 PC games and a $200 video card in one year...It's $1200. More expensive? Uhm, not really.

TekkenMaster606

Anyone who upgrades their video card yearly has to much money or to little sense. 

[QUOTE="TekkenMaster606"]

A yearly upgrade of your videocard, and I'm talking about midrange enthusiast level cards. Will keep your graphic capabilities on par with whatever consoles are on the market.

A price comparison.

I buy 20 PS3/Xbox 360 games in one year...$1200

I buy 20 PC games and a $200 video card in one year...It's $1200. More expensive? Uhm, not really.

bloodychimp

Anyone who upgrades their video card yearly has to much money or to little sense.

PC gaming is as expensive as whatever you pretend to do.tegovoltio

Come again? 

[QUOTE="TekkenMaster606"]

A yearly upgrade of your videocard, and I'm talking about midrange enthusiast level cards. Will keep your graphic capabilities on par with whatever consoles are on the market.

 

A price comparison.

 

I buy 20 PS3/Xbox 360 games in one year...$1200

 

I buy 20 PC games and a $200 video card in one year...It's $1200. More expensive? Uhm, not really.

bloodychimp

Anyone who upgrades their video card yearly has to much money or to little sense.

Why? I can resell my video cards on eBay and make a lot of that money back, and from the money I save buying $60 console games, I am up to date. But it's not just video cards though, you can use that money to buy RAM, CPUs, whatever.

I'm just pointing out that because PC games are usually in the $30-50 range, and not the $60 one. That PC gaming is NOT EXPENSIVE. 

[QUOTE="tegovoltio"]PC gaming is as expensive as whatever you pretend to do.Narwaffle

Come again?

[QUOTE="bloodychimp"][QUOTE="TekkenMaster606"]

A yearly upgrade of your videocard, and I'm talking about midrange enthusiast level cards. Will keep your graphic capabilities on par with whatever consoles are on the market.

 

A price comparison.

 

I buy 20 PS3/Xbox 360 games in one year...$1200

 

I buy 20 PC games and a $200 video card in one year...It's $1200. More expensive? Uhm, not really.

TekkenMaster606

Anyone who upgrades their video card yearly has to much money or to little sense.

Why? I can resell my video cards on eBay and make a lot of that money back, and from the money I save buying $60 console games, I am up to date. But it's not just video cards though, you can use that money to buy RAM, CPUs, whatever.

I'm just pointing out that because PC games are usually in the $30-50 range, and not the $60 one. That PC gaming is NOT EXPENSIVE.

PC gaming can be very cheap or very expensive depending on what games you enjoy (strategy games aren't as system intensive as say FPS) and whether or not you want to be able to play everything as soon as it's released at max detail and high res.Idonomeus

[QUOTE="Narwaffle"]

[QUOTE="tegovoltio"]PC gaming is as expensive as whatever you pretend to do.tegovoltio

Come again?

I don't see how that's a weakness, but it is true. 

[QUOTE="Idonomeus"]PC gaming can be very cheap or very expensive depending on what games you enjoy (strategy games aren't as system intensive as say FPS) and whether or not you want to be able to play everything as soon as it's released at max detail and high res.True_Gamer_

[QUOTE="tegovoltio"][QUOTE="Narwaffle"]

[QUOTE="tegovoltio"]PC gaming is as expensive as whatever you pretend to do.Narwaffle

Come again?

I don't see how that's a weakness, but it is true.

[QUOTE="Idonomeus"]PC gaming can be very cheap or very expensive depending on what games you enjoy (strategy games aren't as system intensive as say FPS) and whether or not you want to be able to play everything as soon as it's released at max detail and high res.True_Gamer_

Yeah but for the most part FPS is the most system intensive genre. Strategy, RPG, Simulation, racing, sports and action/adventure generally will run on less powerful PCs than the big FPS games. There is exceptions to every rule though.

[QUOTE="Narwaffle"][QUOTE="tegovoltio"][QUOTE="Narwaffle"]

[QUOTE="tegovoltio"]PC gaming is as expensive as whatever you pretend to do.tegovoltio

Come again?

I don't see how that's a weakness, but it is true.

Console games=PC games on medium

PC games "maxed out">>>>>>>>>>>>>>Console games 

[QUOTE="True_Gamer_"][QUOTE="Idonomeus"]PC gaming can be very cheap or very expensive depending on what games you enjoy (strategy games aren't as system intensive as say FPS) and whether or not you want to be able to play everything as soon as it's released at max detail and high res.Idonomeus

Yeah but for the most part FPS is the most system intensive genre. Strategy, RPG, Simulation, racing, sports and action/adventure generally will run on less powerful PCs than the big FPS games. There is exceptions to every rule though.

Armed Assault is a simulator and it's pretty hardware intensive.

[QUOTE="bloodychimp"][QUOTE="TekkenMaster606"]

A yearly upgrade of your videocard, and I'm talking about midrange enthusiast level cards. Will keep your graphic capabilities on par with whatever consoles are on the market.

 

A price comparison.

 

I buy 20 PS3/Xbox 360 games in one year...$1200

 

I buy 20 PC games and a $200 video card in one year...It's $1200. More expensive? Uhm, not really.

TekkenMaster606

Anyone who upgrades their video card yearly has to much money or to little sense.

Why? I can resell my video cards on eBay and make a lot of that money back, and from the money I save buying $60 console games, I am up to date. But it's not just video cards though, you can use that money to buy RAM, CPUs, whatever.

I'm just pointing out that because PC games are usually in the $30-50 range, and not the $60 one. That PC gaming is NOT EXPENSIVE.

If you resell it on ebay, you aren't spending $200 for it every year, though I'm not sure why you would even bother doing that. And other components arent that expensive. You may need to upgrade RAM once for under $100 (if you just add to the ram you have already) during an entire console generation. 

[QUOTE="tegovoltio"][QUOTE="Narwaffle"][QUOTE="tegovoltio"][QUOTE="Narwaffle"]

[QUOTE="tegovoltio"]PC gaming is as expensive as whatever you pretend to do.True_Gamer_

Come again?

I don't see how that's a weakness, but it is true.

Console games=PC games on medium

PC games "maxed out">>>>>>>>>>>>>>Console games

How come hardly any other PC game looks like Gears right now? Yea PC gets updated more but you have to update as well if you want to follow thus my first comment.tegovoltio

Mainly because the developers have to take into account the difference in hardware; just as developers for consoles have to optimize graphics for owners of SDTVs and HDTVs.

[QUOTE="True_Gamer_"][QUOTE="tegovoltio"][QUOTE="Narwaffle"][QUOTE="tegovoltio"][QUOTE="Narwaffle"]

[QUOTE="tegovoltio"]PC gaming is as expensive as whatever you pretend to do.tegovoltio

Come again?

I don't see how that's a weakness, but it is true.

Console games=PC games on medium

PC games "maxed out">>>>>>>>>>>>>>Console games

 M2TW surpasses Gears in about every departement apart from individual detail...

It has higher poly count on screen

BRUTTALLY HUGE draw distance

Insane amount of textures

Insane numbers of character son screen

Higher res 

I vote for the sticky-ing of this thread, so those who get a kick out of bashing the PC for its cost think twice before posting.

:P 

The only people who say that P.C. gaming is more expensive are those who are to lazy to do research and to shop around for parts.roulettethedog

And those who are to ignorant to admit that PC gaming is affordable. 

M2TW surpasses Gears in about every departement apart from individual detail...

It has higher poly count on screen

BRUTTALLY HUGE draw distance

Insane amount of textures

Insane numbers of character son screen

Higher res

True_Gamer_

Keep going name others. PC gaming gets much more praise than it deserves. The other poster said that it's because devs. have totake time to work on the new hardware but in the meantime it means it's useless to have a rig with the latest specs.tegovoltio

Supreme Commander, Oblivion; to name a few. 

[QUOTE="True_Gamer_"][QUOTE="tegovoltio"][QUOTE="True_Gamer_"][QUOTE="tegovoltio"][QUOTE="Narwaffle"][QUOTE="tegovoltio"][QUOTE="Narwaffle"]

[QUOTE="tegovoltio"]PC gaming is as expensive as whatever you pretend to do.tegovoltio

Come again?

I don't see how that's a weakness, but it is true.

Console games=PC games on medium

PC games "maxed out">>>>>>>>>>>>>>Console games

M2TW surpasses Gears in about every departement apart from individual detail...

It has higher poly count on screen

BRUTTALLY HUGE draw distance

Insane amount of textures

Insane numbers of character son screen

Higher res

since xbox live cost you $50 a year plus $20 extra on game plus $5 plus for new maps plus the play and charge kit (you know you need it) tell me how pc gaming is expencive again?

in under 1 year I have saved the price of 1.5 years not to mention the expencise above.

a $600 pc now will beat ps3/x360 now or in 10 years time, you don't need to upgrade to keep up. consoles = geforce 7600gt = midrange going lowend once 8600 comes out.

imprezawrx500

A yearly upgrade of your videocard, and I'm talking about midrange enthusiast level cards. Will keep your graphic capabilities on par with whatever consoles are on the market.

A price comparison.

I buy 20 PS3/Xbox 360 games in one year...$1200

I buy 20 PC games and a $200 video card in one year...It's $1200. More expensive? Uhm, not really.

TekkenMaster606

[QUOTE="TekkenMaster606"]

A yearly upgrade of your videocard, and I'm talking about midrange enthusiast level cards. Will keep your graphic capabilities on par with whatever consoles are on the market.

A price comparison.

I buy 20 PS3/Xbox 360 games in one year...$1200

I buy 20 PC games and a $200 video card in one year...It's $1200. More expensive? Uhm, not really.

bloodychimp

Anyone who upgrades their video card yearly has to much money or to little sense.

If you know how to build a computer right you should have to update more then once every 2 and half years or 3, only idiots do a power upgrade each year.Zenkuso

[QUOTE="TekkenMaster606"][QUOTE="bloodychimp"][QUOTE="TekkenMaster606"]

A yearly upgrade of your videocard, and I'm talking about midrange enthusiast level cards. Will keep your graphic capabilities on par with whatever consoles are on the market.

A price comparison.

I buy 20 PS3/Xbox 360 games in one year...$1200

I buy 20 PC games and a $200 video card in one year...It's $1200. More expensive? Uhm, not really.

bloodychimp

Anyone who upgrades their video card yearly has to much money or to little sense.

Why? I can resell my video cards on eBay and make a lot of that money back, and from the money I save buying $60 console games, I am up to date. But it's not just video cards though, you can use that money to buy RAM, CPUs, whatever.

I'm just pointing out that because PC games are usually in the $30-50 range, and not the $60 one. That PC gaming is NOT EXPENSIVE.

If you resell it on ebay, you aren't spending $200 for it every year, though I'm not sure why you would even bother doing that. And other components arent that expensive. You may need to upgrade RAM once for under $100 (if you just add to the ram you have already) during an entire console generation.

[QUOTE="Zenkuso"]If you know how to build a computer right you should have to update more then once every 2 and half years or 3, only idiots do a power upgrade each year.snyper1982

Most people that upgrade once a year ain't hobbiest they are generally young gamers who want there rigs to run at the best fps at the highest settings. 

[QUOTE="True_Gamer_"][QUOTE="tegovoltio"][QUOTE="Narwaffle"][QUOTE="tegovoltio"][QUOTE="Narwaffle"]

[QUOTE="tegovoltio"]PC gaming is as expensive as whatever you pretend to do.tegovoltio

Come again?

I don't see how that's a weakness, but it is true.

Console games=PC games on medium

PC games "maxed out">>>>>>>>>>>>>>Console games

Well a decent non gaming PC that has Vista already has the RAM and the CPU its just the GPU that makes a difference... The money saved on games can make up any price difference that may come up...True_Gamer_

[QUOTE="imprezawrx500"]

since xbox live cost you $50 a year plus $20 extra on game plus $5 plus for new maps plus the play and charge kit (you know you need it) tell me how pc gaming is expencive again?

in under 1 year I have saved the price of 1.5 years not to mention the expencise above.

a $600 pc now will beat ps3/x360 now or in 10 years time, you don't need to upgrade to keep up. consoles = geforce 7600gt = midrange going lowend once 8600 comes out.

snyper1982

[QUOTE="snyper1982"][QUOTE="Zenkuso"]If you know how to build a computer right you should have to update more then once every 2 and half years or 3, only idiots do a power upgrade each year.Zenkuso

Most people that upgrade once a year ain't hobbiest they are generally young gamers who want there rigs to run at the best fps at the highest settings.

Find me a $600 PC that will last me untill 2011 ...
Find my a $400 PC that will last me untill 2011 ...
or find me a $1000 PC that will last me untill 2011 AND is better than PS360 ...
choasgod

that is exactly what console sheep don't get. my gaming system cost me $200 since the rest of my pc I use for other things and I got 2gb ram for things like design/video programs not gamingimprezawrx500