PlayStation Plus memberships are up more than 200% since the launch of PlayStation 4

Is this surprising considering it was basically forced on anyone who wants to do anything online with the PS4?

I'm surprised to see both versions of the Shield so far ahead of the Asus T100 which are at the top of my most wanted mobile list. In some comparison videos I've seen by Digital Foundry it looked like the T100 was easily outperforming in most situations even with higher resolution:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPyrpBpC3QM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCCmAnKcQyw

Occasionally.

To make me buy another console it would have to be an amazing exclusive that all my friends were playing and wanted me to join in on. I don't think it's going to happen.

About 4 years old on my dad's Atari. Joust was my favorite along with Combat and Chopper Command. I thought Star Raiders was really cool but I just couldn't wrap my head around around the advanced touch pad controls mostly because I couldn't read I suppose. I was a real pleb back then.

Yes, one of my favorite features of a CRT monitor and one of the reasons I used one until just two years ago.

I agree that you don't always need to play maxed out, but you definitely need to be playing at 60 fps if it's a game that requires speed accuracy and reaction, so basically anything that isn't a strategy game or a point and click flight sim.

@bfa1509: Try http://www.logicalincrements.com/ for some ideas but you will want to favor cpu over gpu. I would suggest a 4th gen Haswell I5 and maybe an R7 265 or a 750ti.

Also don't take Logical Increments as gospel, they recommend a 50 dollar cooler with a locked I3 budget build (lol).

I definitely wouldn't spend more than something like 70 bucks on a Geforce 630 unless you can find a good deal on something used which is hit or miss. You will have to upgrade the power supply from the puny 250 watt stock one so add at least 30 to 50 bucks on to the cost. Playing any decent game and running Vista or higher really could use 4 GB ram which could add another 40 bucks to the price at which point you are spending too much money and effort on an out of date system.

You might be able to find something decent used in your local classifieds but other than that, you might as well just save up a bit and build a newer system. Even a 400 dollar budget gaming system would be a vast improvement not just to your games, but your regular stuff as well.

XBone was doomed from the start by trying to be a do everything entertainment center and trying to force Kinect on everyone while costing an extra hundred bucks for less gaming performance.

Definitely looking forward to E:D, but I'm still going to wait for the full release. The idea of spending extra for early access is so wrong.