The 9800 GTX+ can max almost every game out there(in DX9) and it's only 130 bucks.

DragonfireXZ95

OK.
But that's only the graphics card.
How about rest of the computer? That card is almost half of the price of a new Xbox 360 or PS3.
And even if you did build your computer for your friend for 600 bucks, it's about 2x higher price than on Xbox 360 or PS3.

So, as this topic says, PC is cheaper than console?

I built a PC that could max almost every game for a friend for 600 bucks.

DragonfireXZ95

And what are the specs if I may ask? ...and what are the "every" game you are talking about?

Since ATI Radeon HD 5970 2Gb costs itself a over $700... and ain't that the "best" on todays market?

(http://www.amazon.com/XFX-Radeon-PCIE2-0-Video-HD597ACNB9/dp/B002YCKF02/ref=sr_1_cc_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1282959242&sr=1-2-catcorr)

So, this is Xbox 360 vs. PC?

Here's what came to my mind:
Yes, you don't need to pay to play online on PC. Yes, you have mods and stuff like that. Yes, you can choose to play with keyboard and mouse or controller.

But, let's say: you don't play online with your console, only singleplayer (so, no money for Live, or if you have PS3, you can play online for free too)
You buy the console once, ($300), you buy the PC once ($1500-$2000).

You play with the same console for 4 years and you haven't upgraded it once (because you can't, except, maybe a new controller...) and the games work now as good as they did 4 years ago and they even look better.
Try to do the same with 4 year old PC...
Not a change. PC just can't handle the maximum graphics of the newest games, that you can get today. If you want to play with maximum graphics (as you said, PC has better graphics, I assume that you want to maximize your graphics on PC?), you need to upgrade your PC, and this costs you about the price of a new console.

When I open any video game's box, I like to see that there's something else as well than just the game CD / DVD.
I don't read the manuals, I might just check it from cover to cover in 10 seconds without even reading anything.

In case it's a PC game, the manual could just as well be inside the installation CD as a .pdf file, and in case of a console game, it would be downloadable through the games website, if someone really wants it.
In my opinion, manuals aren't really necessary as long as the game has a tutorial (which almost every game does), but the game box should still have something else than just the CD / DVD.

My first topic on this forum.

You bought new game and completed it.
Do you sell it or keep it?

Back in the day, I stored all of my games on the bookself and year after completing the game, I noticed that the game is still in the bookself taking dust, and I haven't touch it ever since.
So, I started to think that nowdays games most likely have value for one playthrough and after that, it just takes dust in some corner of the room.

In my opinion, if the game have no value for replay, better to sell it forward and use the money for new games, etc. .

How about you?

Did typing your post break your keyboard?

Beck1110

If something breaks from doing something it's made for, then I assume your either doing it wrong, or the device isn't worth your money.
...of course, there can be some weak ones but no, Wii won't break if you play with it online.

BattleForge? ...at least it's fantasy based RTS.
I believe it's free on Steam.

fact is the wii,ps3 and 360 aren't go anywhere for quite a whilekyacat

Since, everyone doesn't even own Full HD TV at today, they can't enjoy fully the great graphics that todays consoles can give.
Kinect and Move are on the way for casual gamers... What can new console give to players?
Since, I bet no one wants to pay for just getting new console, right? There has to be something that gets people interested.

With digital, its all or nothing, it works or it doesnt work. Only difference is the build quality. Monoprice has superb build quality and shielding, they even throw in ferrite cores which help block out interference.

ChubbyGuy40

Everyone of course sells the higher price HDMI as a "better quality", if you ask it in the store, but the truth is that it ain't.
Only "better" thing in the more expensive cable is the way it was made, but not the picture or audio quality.

Save those few hundred dollars for better screen or speakers, your cable is fine. ;)
...but if you want to update your HDMI cable, just don't buy the most expensive, cheaper does the same job. :P