PC gaming isnt expensive

Look if you take the price of your console and add it to the price of your pc you would have enough for a med to high gaming PC. Also you do not have to upgrade every year. Just about every 2 and a half to three years. And if you do not have enough money by then get a JOB!

Then if you do pay $500 for a graphics card you get $500 graphics. So you get what you pay for. But a good $150-200 graphics card will get most of the games on max or close to it.

Plus you even save 10 bucks when you buy a game.

Soplease dont use pc gaming is expensive because well its not.

PC Gaming isn't expensive... but indeed, without a job, the number of kick ass games are overwhelming... Can't afford them all.
I got Crysis... thats it, I need to wait about 7 years before I play anything else...
I picked up weightlifting and I still luv my computers/PS2 :/

The reason why it is too expensive for me is because there is simply TOO MANY QUALITY GAMES!!!

omg jsut stop it, its true you dont need a 1337 pc to play most games, but its still alot more expensive than any console.

btw you using dolars as currency so i believe you live in the usa.

in other countries like mexico, brazil, colombia, well mostly south america (idk other places) a gaming rig can cost beyond 4k dollars (if ou want the warranty, wich you should always have).

so yes, pc gaming is expensive

omg jsut stop it, its true you dont need a 1337 pc to play most games, but its still alot more expensive than any console.

btw you using dolars as currency so i believe you live in the usa.

in other countries like mexico, brazil, colombia, well mostly south america (idk other places) a gaming rig can cost beyond 4k dollars (if ou want the warranty, wich you should always have).

so yes, pc gaming is expensive

Kaosed

You get what you pay for like I just said. PC gaming is what you make itsoif you want the best graphics then It can be very expensive. But otherwise not really.

omg jsut stop it, its true you dont need a 1337 pc to play most games, but its still alot more expensive than any console.

btw you using dolars as currency so i believe you live in the usa.

in other countries like mexico, brazil, colombia, well mostly south america (idk other places) a gaming rig can cost beyond 4k dollars (if ou want the warranty, wich you should always have).

so yes, pc gaming is expensive

Kaosed

True u can get a decent PC in the us for what like $1000 in the UK its more than double that

[QUOTE="Kaosed"]

omg jsut stop it, its true you dont need a 1337 pc to play most games, but its still alot more expensive than any console.

btw you using dolars as currency so i believe you live in the usa.

in other countries like mexico, brazil, colombia, well mostly south america (idk other places) a gaming rig can cost beyond 4k dollars (if ou want the warranty, wich you should always have).

so yes, pc gaming is expensive

ndrewn

You get what you pay for like I just said. PC gaming is what you make itsoif you want the best graphics then It can be very expensive. But otherwise not really.

if you dont want the best graphics done even bother with a pc, unless you want to play its exclusive games, wich require a very powerfull pc, wich means it costs alot of money

:(

if you dont want the best graphics done even bother with a pc, unless you want to play its exclusive games, wich require a very powerfull pc, wich means it costs alot of moneyKaosed

[QUOTE="ndrewn"][QUOTE="Kaosed"]

omg jsut stop it, its true you dont need a 1337 pc to play most games, but its still alot more expensive than any console.

btw you using dolars as currency so i believe you live in the usa.

in other countries like mexico, brazil, colombia, well mostly south america (idk other places) a gaming rig can cost beyond 4k dollars (if ou want the warranty, wich you should always have).

so yes, pc gaming is expensive

Kaosed

You get what you pay for like I just said. PC gaming is what you make itsoif you want the best graphics then It can be very expensive. But otherwise not really.

if you dont want the best graphics done even bother with a pc, unless you want to play its exclusive games, wich require a very powerfull pc, wich means it costs alot of money

:(

My computer cost around $700 which is enough to get crysis at Med-High settings, which looks better than anything on consoles.

....a half decent rig is going to cost you 800-1000 dollars...when you compare it to consoles it is more expensive...not to mention people in college will be hard pressed to keep buying new graphics cards (I know my brother gave up on his gaming computer freshman year of college)

I have doomed my computer to playing strategy games and MMOs

Try affording that in college.Verge_6

youll be able to afford after though.

Try affording that in college.Verge_6

[QUOTE="Kaosed"][QUOTE="ndrewn"][QUOTE="Kaosed"]

omg jsut stop it, its true you dont need a 1337 pc to play most games, but its still alot more expensive than any console.

btw you using dolars as currency so i believe you live in the usa.

in other countries like mexico, brazil, colombia, well mostly south america (idk other places) a gaming rig can cost beyond 4k dollars (if ou want the warranty, wich you should always have).

so yes, pc gaming is expensive

ndrewn

You get what you pay for like I just said. PC gaming is what you make itsoif you want the best graphics then It can be very expensive. But otherwise not really.

if you dont want the best graphics done even bother with a pc, unless you want to play its exclusive games, wich require a very powerfull pc, wich means it costs alot of money

:(

My computer cost around $700 which is enough to get crysis at Med-High settings, which looks better than anything on consoles.

med crysis doesnt look better than uncharted/mass effect

no denying that high quiality crysis totally smokes em both, but no.

and yes i have played crysis in both settings

[QUOTE="Verge_6"]Try affording that in college.Vandalvideo

I cann shenanigans. That, or your parents are more doting than most. Or your college gives great deals on room, board,supplies, and classes.>_>

med crysis doesnt look better than uncharted/mass effect, no denying that high quiality crysis totally smokes em both, but no.and yes i have played crysis in both settingsKaosed

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"][QUOTE="Verge_6"]Try affording that in college.Verge_6

I cann shenanigans. That, or your parents are more doting than most. Or your college gives great deals on room, board,supplies, and classes.>_>

[QUOTE="ndrewn"][QUOTE="Kaosed"][QUOTE="ndrewn"][QUOTE="Kaosed"]

omg jsut stop it, its true you dont need a 1337 pc to play most games, but its still alot more expensive than any console.

btw you using dolars as currency so i believe you live in the usa.

in other countries like mexico, brazil, colombia, well mostly south america (idk other places) a gaming rig can cost beyond 4k dollars (if ou want the warranty, wich you should always have).

so yes, pc gaming is expensive

Kaosed

You get what you pay for like I just said. PC gaming is what you make itsoif you want the best graphics then It can be very expensive. But otherwise not really.

if you dont want the best graphics done even bother with a pc, unless you want to play its exclusive games, wich require a very powerfull pc, wich means it costs alot of money

:(

My computer cost around $700 which is enough to get crysis at Med-High settings, which looks better than anything on consoles.

med crysis doesnt look better than uncharted/mass effect

no denying that high quiality crysis totally smokes em both, but no.

and yes i have played crysis in both settings

Ok Ill believe that. Yeah most console gamers play crysis on not just one setting but both. Wow nice try.

[QUOTE="Kaosed"]med crysis doesnt look better than uncharted/mass effect, no denying that high quiality crysis totally smokes em both, but no.and yes i have played crysis in both settingsVandalvideo

but in term of graphics the difference is very small, not worth the extra $$$

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"][QUOTE="Kaosed"]med crysis doesnt look better than uncharted/mass effect, no denying that high quiality crysis totally smokes em both, but no.and yes i have played crysis in both settingsKaosed

but in term of graphics the difference is very small, not worth the extra $$$

[QUOTE="Kaosed"][QUOTE="ndrewn"][QUOTE="Kaosed"][QUOTE="ndrewn"][QUOTE="Kaosed"]

omg jsut stop it, its true you dont need a 1337 pc to play most games, but its still alot more expensive than any console.

btw you using dolars as currency so i believe you live in the usa.

in other countries like mexico, brazil, colombia, well mostly south america (idk other places) a gaming rig can cost beyond 4k dollars (if ou want the warranty, wich you should always have).

so yes, pc gaming is expensive

ndrewn

You get what you pay for like I just said. PC gaming is what you make itsoif you want the best graphics then It can be very expensive. But otherwise not really.

if you dont want the best graphics done even bother with a pc, unless you want to play its exclusive games, wich require a very powerfull pc, wich means it costs alot of money

:(

My computer cost around $700 which is enough to get crysis at Med-High settings, which looks better than anything on consoles.

med crysis doesnt look better than uncharted/mass effect

no denying that high quiality crysis totally smokes em both, but no.

and yes i have played crysis in both settings

Ok Ill believe that. Yeah most console gamers play crysis on not just one setting but both. Wow nice try.

its called adjusting framerate. not obviusly playing through the whole game in both settings :|

wow now you want me to believe you have a pc? ROFL!

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"][QUOTE="Kaosed"]med crysis doesnt look better than uncharted/mass effect, no denying that high quiality crysis totally smokes em both, but no.and yes i have played crysis in both settingsKaosed

but in term of graphics the difference is very small, not worth the extra $$$

There is no difference in $ thats my point.

[QUOTE="ndrewn"][QUOTE="Kaosed"][QUOTE="ndrewn"][QUOTE="Kaosed"][QUOTE="ndrewn"][QUOTE="Kaosed"]

omg jsut stop it, its true you dont need a 1337 pc to play most games, but its still alot more expensive than any console.

btw you using dolars as currency so i believe you live in the usa.

in other countries like mexico, brazil, colombia, well mostly south america (idk other places) a gaming rig can cost beyond 4k dollars (if ou want the warranty, wich you should always have).

so yes, pc gaming is expensive

Kaosed

You get what you pay for like I just said. PC gaming is what you make itsoif you want the best graphics then It can be very expensive. But otherwise not really.

if you dont want the best graphics done even bother with a pc, unless you want to play its exclusive games, wich require a very powerfull pc, wich means it costs alot of money

:(

My computer cost around $700 which is enough to get crysis at Med-High settings, which looks better than anything on consoles.

med crysis doesnt look better than uncharted/mass effect

no denying that high quiality crysis totally smokes em both, but no.

and yes i have played crysis in both settings

Ok Ill believe that. Yeah most console gamers play crysis on not just one setting but both. Wow nice try.

its called adjusting framerate. not obviusly playing through the whole game in both settings :|

wow now you want me to believe you have a pc? ROFL!

Well I usually Adjust settings and Res.

Unfortunately my primary computer will never be a desktop machine. Laptops are far more convenient to carry around but not too great for gaming.

If I liked desktop computers I might be more inclined to put together some form of gaming rig. The last time I had a PC remotely capable of gaming was in 2002.

PC gaming is not worth it when you can get near enough the same graphics on console games, excluding Crysis, because you need a tank to run that game and lots of money. Dahaka-UK

PC gaming is not worth it when you can get near enough the same graphics on console games, excluding Crysis, because you need a tank to run that game and lots of money. Dahaka-UK

If you take the $ of your PC and console it is around 600 to 800 dollars. Do you have a pc.

PC gaming is very expensive. But, it's well worth it. TrueReligion_

I play COD4 almost max settings on 1024x768,with not that bad framerate (around 50-60).And my PC is the one i bought at 2003 lol...

P4 2.4ghz 1GB ram DDR400 with X800pro. So stop this about PC are expensives plz. I can play thousands of games,im still playing almost all games thatcame in 07 (with some exceptions) with my 5 years old PC.

Plus i can do a lot of other things than just gaming.MANY things.i guess you know what i mean

it isn't as expensive as some will say but it is more expensive in the long runRagashahs

Tell me that...here in UK PC games cost £17-£25 and console games cost £45-£50...

Does everyone forget that unlike a console you can do other stuff with PCs. That is the main reason why computers are more expensive than consoles. I do web design, and gaming with my PC, so its well worth it. The way I see it is i spent 180 bucks for my video card, so to me that beats any console in price.

I payed 600 dollars for my rig (price of ps3 when it came out), and I can play crysis on high. Which blows any other console game out the water.

PC gaming is very expensive. But, it's well worth it. TrueReligion_

Indeed.

I can play crysis on high

gatorteen

On 640 x 480 with 25 fps?

[QUOTE="TrueReligion_"]PC gaming is very expensive. But, it's well worth it. MTBare

Indeed.

I can play crysis on high

gatorteen

On 640 x 480 with 25 fps?

nope 14x9 at about 24fps, but 24fps is very playable for me

Look if you take the price of your console and add it to the price of your pc you would have enough for a med to high gaming PC. Also you do not have to upgrade every year. Just about every 2 and a half to three years. And if you do not have enough money by then get a JOB!

Then if you do pay $500 for a graphics card you get $500 graphics. So you get what you pay for. But a good $150-200 graphics card will get most of the games on max or close to it.

Plus you even save 10 bucks when you buy a game.

Soplease dont use pc gaming is expensive because well its not.

ndrewn

Typical Hermit, elitist, graphic whore ignorance.

What do you do if you have a job, but it doesnt pay well enough to buy a high end PC? What if for whatever reason, you cannot find a job? What if you are at university, and can only find thew commitment for a part-time job?

I dont want to pay £80-90 for a graphics card. I would rather spend that on about 3games. But I would need that to play thebest games, wouldnt I?What a waste of money - face it, you do that, you're getting milked.

As for the whole "PC has 100%backwards compatibility" thing and you have to buy consoles every 5 years: this is totally untrue. Consoles are beginning to offer backwards compatability nowadays, and older PC games often have issues with newer machines/operating systems. Thats besides the tachnical nightmare that PC's are. Very little do consoles (apart from 360's) have the sort of technical issues that PC's suffer from.Consoles are designed for simplicity and ease of use, and to avoid any technical hangovers. Plug it in and play.

In today's world, consoles just seem more convenient for people. It wouldnt surprise me if the whole "we hate casuals" or "casuals ruined gaming" propaganda originally came from Hermits. Often (although not always)the things I hate most about Lemmings tend to be true of Hermits.

And the belief it has the best games is purely subjective. It has the most games.

[QUOTE="ndrewn"]

Look if you take the price of your console and add it to the price of your pc you would have enough for a med to high gaming PC. Also you do not have to upgrade every year. Just about every 2 and a half to three years. And if you do not have enough money by then get a JOB!

Then if you do pay $500 for a graphics card you get $500 graphics. So you get what you pay for. But a good $150-200 graphics card will get most of the games on max or close to it.

Plus you even save 10 bucks when you buy a game.

Soplease dont use pc gaming is expensive because well its not.

Quofan

Typical Hermit, elitist, graphic whore ignorance.

What do you do if you have a job, but it doesnt pay well enough to buy a high end PC? What if for whatever reason, you cannot find a job? What if you are at university, and can only find thew commitment for a part-time job?

I dont want to pay £250 for a stupid graphics card. I would rather spend that on games. But I would need that to play thebest games, wouldnt I?What a waste of money - face it, you do that, you're getting milked.

As for the whole "PC has 100%backwards compatibility" thing and you have to buy consoles every 5 years: this is totally untrue. Consoles are beginning to offer backwards compatability nowadays, and older PC games often have issues with newer machines/operating systems. Thats besides the tachnical nightmare that PC's are. Very little do consoles (apart from 360's) have the sort of technical issues that PC's suffer from.Consoles are designed for simplicity and ease of use, and to avoid any technical hangovers. Plug it in and play.

In today's world, consoles just seem more convenient for people. It wouldnt surprise me if the whole "we hate casuals" or "casuals ruined gaming" propaganda originally came from Hermits. Often (although not always)the things I hate most about Lemmings tend to be true of Hermits.

And the belief it has the best games is purely subjective. It has the most games.

[QUOTE="Quofan"][QUOTE="ndrewn"]

Look if you take the price of your console and add it to the price of your pc you would have enough for a med to high gaming PC. Also you do not have to upgrade every year. Just about every 2 and a half to three years. And if you do not have enough money by then get a JOB!

Then if you do pay $500 for a graphics card you get $500 graphics. So you get what you pay for. But a good $150-200 graphics card will get most of the games on max or close to it.

Plus you even save 10 bucks when you buy a game.

Soplease dont use pc gaming is expensive because well its not.

Vandalvideo

Typical Hermit, elitist, graphic whore ignorance.

What do you do if you have a job, but it doesnt pay well enough to buy a high end PC? What if for whatever reason, you cannot find a job? What if you are at university, and can only find thew commitment for a part-time job?

I dont want to pay £250 for a stupid graphics card. I would rather spend that on games. But I would need that to play thebest games, wouldnt I?What a waste of money - face it, you do that, you're getting milked.

As for the whole "PC has 100%backwards compatibility" thing and you have to buy consoles every 5 years: this is totally untrue. Consoles are beginning to offer backwards compatability nowadays, and older PC games often have issues with newer machines/operating systems. Thats besides the tachnical nightmare that PC's are. Very little do consoles (apart from 360's) have the sort of technical issues that PC's suffer from.Consoles are designed for simplicity and ease of use, and to avoid any technical hangovers. Plug it in and play.

In today's world, consoles just seem more convenient for people. It wouldnt surprise me if the whole "we hate casuals" or "casuals ruined gaming" propaganda originally came from Hermits. Often (although not always)the things I hate most about Lemmings tend to be true of Hermits.

And the belief it has the best games is purely subjective. It has the most games.

I dont know what technical issues you are referring to, but last I heard, consoles dont get viruses, you dont need to adjust settings to play a game properly, And you know fine a game will run on your console. That isnt so with PC's. Many times have I bought a game when my PC matched the minimum specs or even surpassed it only to find it still wouldnt run properly. There are at least a handful of old games that won't run on my PC that worked fine on an older PC.

Maybe if you are trying to compare the 360 with the PC, you would be right (to a certain extent), but consolesare still quite a different experience.

I dont know what technical issues you are referring to, but last I heard, consoles dont get viruses, you dont need to adjust settings to play a game properly, And you know fine a game will run on your console. That isnt so with PC's. Many times have I bought a game when my PC matched the minimum specs or even surpassed it only to find it still wouldnt run properly. There are at least a handful of old games that won't run on my PC that worked fine on an older PC. Maybe if you are trying to compare the 360 with the PC, you would be right (to a certain extent), but consolesare still quite a different experience.Quofan

[QUOTE="Quofan"]I dont know what technical issues you are referring to, but last I heard, consoles dont get viruses, you dont need to adjust settings to play a game properly, And you know fine a game will run on your console. That isnt so with PC's. Many times have I bought a game when my PC matched the minimum specs or even surpassed it only to find it still wouldnt run properly. There are at least a handful of old games that won't run on my PC that worked fine on an older PC. Maybe if you are trying to compare the 360 with the PC, you would be right (to a certain extent), but consolesare still quite a different experience.Vandalvideo

These days it is easier than ever to accidentally land on a malicious website since there are more **sholes than ever buying domain names that are one or two letters off of major site's urls. There is a 99% chance that when you typo an address in the address bar of your browser you'll land on some random site from who knows where... It's like a virtual minefield.

[QUOTE="Quofan"]I dont know what technical issues you are referring to, but last I heard, consoles dont get viruses, you dont need to adjust settings to play a game properly, And you know fine a game will run on your console. That isnt so with PC's. Many times have I bought a game when my PC matched the minimum specs or even surpassed it only to find it still wouldnt run properly. There are at least a handful of old games that won't run on my PC that worked fine on an older PC. Maybe if you are trying to compare the 360 with the PC, you would be right (to a certain extent), but consolesare still quite a different experience.Vandalvideo

Like I said, the 360 obviously has its technical issues, but its a console built by a PC company with games targeted to a similar audience as PC's. Sounds about right to me :P

Nowhere did I suggest that Ive experience problems with viruses, but recently my laptops Norton randomly stopped Auto-scan. Yet i didnt touch the settings. My parents PC in the study wont work properly and runs way too slow, and they still dont klnow whats wriong with it (I keep telling them to go to PC World). It seems that there are heaps of (although mostly minor) issues that happen to the PC's in our household. I have Vista on my laptop, its set on high performance to run smooth and still webpages dont respond on occasion.

Ive never had an issue with my Nintendo Wii.

Look if you take the price of your console and add it to the price of your pc you would have enough for a med to high gaming PC. Also you do not have to upgrade every year. Just about every 2 and a half to three years. And if you do not have enough money by then get a JOB!

Then if you do pay $500 for a graphics card you get $500 graphics. So you get what you pay for. But a good $150-200 graphics card will get most of the games on max or close to it.

Plus you even save 10 bucks when you buy a game.

Soplease dont use pc gaming is expensive because well its not.

ndrewn

No, it actually is. Like you said, you get what you pay for when it comes to a pc, to get a rig running the same graphics as my ps3, $1200. My ps3-400$. Ive done my homework on parts, I was building a pc a few months back. The fact is, the simple fact, is that it is expensive. Some gamers can afford playing great rigs with awesome graphics, but most cant. End of storyjaygun007

MEGA WRONG. I payed 600 bucks for my rig, that crushes consoles.

Like I said, the 360 obviously has its technical issues, but its a console built by a PC company with games targeted to a similar audience as PC's. Sounds about right to me :PNowhere did I suggest that Ive experience problems with viruses, but recently my laptops Norton randomly stopped Auto-scan. Yet i didnt touch the settings. My parents PC in the study wont work properly and runs way too slow, and they still dont klnow whats wriong with it (I keep telling them to go to PC World). It seems that there are heaps of (although mostly minor) issues that happen to the PC's in our household. I have Vista on my laptop, its set on high performance to run smooth and still webpages dont respond on occasion.Ive never had an issue with my Nintendo WiiQuofan

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"][QUOTE="Quofan"]I dont know what technical issues you are referring to, but last I heard, consoles dont get viruses, you dont need to adjust settings to play a game properly, And you know fine a game will run on your console. That isnt so with PC's. Many times have I bought a game when my PC matched the minimum specs or even surpassed it only to find it still wouldnt run properly. There are at least a handful of old games that won't run on my PC that worked fine on an older PC. Maybe if you are trying to compare the 360 with the PC, you would be right (to a certain extent), but consolesare still quite a different experience.tm0054

These days it is easier than ever to accidentally land on a malicious website since there are more **sholes than ever buying domain names that are one or two letters off of major site's urls. There is a 99% chance that when you typo an address in the address bar of your browser you'll land on some random site from who knows where... It's like a virtual minefield.

There is more of a chances for you to get a red ring of death, then get a virus that kills your computer. The only time i get viruses is if I go to malicious sites on purpose. I have never gotten a virus when I go on the web safely.

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"][QUOTE="Quofan"]I dont know what technical issues you are referring to, but last I heard, consoles dont get viruses, you dont need to adjust settings to play a game properly, And you know fine a game will run on your console. That isnt so with PC's. Many times have I bought a game when my PC matched the minimum specs or even surpassed it only to find it still wouldnt run properly. There are at least a handful of old games that won't run on my PC that worked fine on an older PC. Maybe if you are trying to compare the 360 with the PC, you would be right (to a certain extent), but consolesare still quite a different experience.tm0054

These days it is easier than ever to accidentally land on a malicious website since there are more **sholes than ever buying domain names that are one or two letters off of major site's urls. There is a 99% chance that when you typo an address in the address bar of your browser you'll land on some random site from who knows where... It's like a virtual minefield.