I have been a PC gamer every since I have knee high to an Apple IIe. Though, I have owned just about every console, my heart always goes back to the PC. Great gaming moments were on the PC. My first LAN party, my first RTS, my first MMO experience, and my first pwning moment were always happy times for me. Now, I heard about how PC gaming maybe dying while console will overtake them. PC gaming is also seen as a luxury for those who can afford the finest components and can tune them to perfection. Personally PC gaming is nowhere near dead. Sure, it's in a slump with piracy on the rise, yet no obese viking lady is belting out a tune . These is no truer experience to playing an FPS on a PC. An RTS on a console is a bastardization of something I hold dear plus it's never a good idea. Sure, not everyone can buy or build at 5k PC and frankly I'm not one of those people. I just want to play a game with a little eye candy and not fear that my PC will blow up under the strain. I wonder what you D-toider out there think about PC gaming as a luxury. Do you have a huge-ass rig or just something to play Peggle on (that game is crack in game form)?
I heard gateway and another brand want to work on making "affordable" gaming computers that are better than most store bought ones (gaming wise) and you don't have to worry about building them yourself. It is supposed to inspire those to get into PC gaming without have to worry about buying individual parts or paying 2 grand to Falconware or some crap like that.
You dont need 5000 bucks to have a super nice, fast computer that can play the latest games. My computer would be considered a "top of the line gaming PC', and it cost me 1200 dollars. I could have gone cheaper and made it for under 1000, but I splurged on Hard Drive space (1.5 TB FTW)
It's definitely a luxury! I know my hardware, build my own rigs and have a salaried job, and even with all that my current setup is 2 years older than I'd want it to be.
Not complaining though, everything I want to play runs marginally well, and my life experience with PC gaming has definitely taught me patience and being happy with what I got.
If owning a PC is a luxury to you then yeah, if it isn't, then there isn't that much investment difference between buying a new PC and upgrade it to gaming status, not "OMG moar real than life" settings, but still good enough.
pc gaming is as much a luxury as you want it to be. if you want to be on top, it's gonna cost you. if you want the same graphical performance as a 360 or ps3, expect to land at the same price point, if not lower, than those consoles.
i'm a high-end guy, so i'll spend around $700 for just an upgrade (cpu, gpu and ram)
My PC is a 3 year old HP Media Center PC. It is decent with older games and a few recent ones. I know it would run Crysis and I don't want it to either. Many of the new PC titles don't really drive me to build either. So right now, I just play the classics, Maple Story and The Sims 2. Oh yeah and a few RTS.
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p.c. gaming gots a long time to go popular p.c. games still exist e.g. WOW, half life 2 gmod, and other mmorpgs and fps games so dont worry yet
I heard gateway and another brand want to work on making "affordable" gaming computers that are better than most store bought ones (gaming wise) and you don't have to worry about building them yourself. It is supposed to inspire those to get into PC gaming without have to worry about buying individual parts or paying 2 grand to Falconware or some crap like that.
Ugh...
You dont need 5000 bucks to have a super nice, fast computer that can play the latest games. My computer would be considered a "top of the line gaming PC', and it cost me 1200 dollars. I could have gone cheaper and made it for under 1000, but I splurged on Hard Drive space (1.5 TB FTW)
It's definitely a luxury! I know my hardware, build my own rigs and have a salaried job, and even with all that my current setup is 2 years older than I'd want it to be.
Not complaining though, everything I want to play runs marginally well, and my life experience with PC gaming has definitely taught me patience and being happy with what I got.
If owning a PC is a luxury to you then yeah, if it isn't, then there isn't that much investment difference between buying a new PC and upgrade it to gaming status, not "OMG moar real than life" settings, but still good enough.
Also, in before Kyousuke Nanbu rants.
pc gaming is as much a luxury as you want it to be. if you want to be on top, it's gonna cost you. if you want the same graphical performance as a 360 or ps3, expect to land at the same price point, if not lower, than those consoles.
i'm a high-end guy, so i'll spend around $700 for just an upgrade (cpu, gpu and ram)
My PC is a 3 year old HP Media Center PC. It is decent with older games and a few recent ones. I know it would run Crysis and I don't want it to either. Many of the new PC titles don't really drive me to build either. So right now, I just play the classics, Maple Story and The Sims 2. Oh yeah and a few RTS.
youkilledmyguy had a nice blog post about this subject.