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intriguing
Hmmmm....I'm pretty sure I'm not going to buy that.
That's the best picture ever!
That thing looks like a refrigerator. That being said, it will most likely cost as much as pre-built "gaming PCs".
EA hardware? If it's anywhere near as trustworthy as their software, LOL.
Honestly, while this is an obvious scam, there's some good here. I'd actually like to see game developers step up their involvement in hardware development. If PC game developers threw their weight around a little bit more, then maybe casual/semi-casual consumers would be able to figure out what to get for their needs. If that happened, then PC gaming would be in a lot better shape.
$4000?
My computer was bought from Futurshop about 3 years ago and all I did was throw in a 8800 GTS card and a new power supply and I can play Crysis on all Med setting @ about 30-35FPs.
I spent like $1200 in total.
Unless this is cheap I see them raping consumers.
"My computer was bought from Futurshop about 3 years ago and all I did was throw in a 8800 GTS card and a new power supply and I can play Crysis on all Med setting @ about 30-35FPs.
I spent like $1200 in total.
Unless this is cheap I see them raping consumers."
Although that's still a high price given the specs you run it at, that's good for an older computer. I spent about 800 bucks or so on my computer (about 6-8 months ago), and it runs Crysis fine. All Very High or High graphics settings. I can run all highest at the highest resolution, but water really kills my framerate.
@Killas2
It was the bees knees and the cat's meow 3 years ago...lol
64x2 AMD 4600+
2 gigs ram
19" LCD
Can't remember GPU card (was really junky)
Or you could build your own for 1/3 the cost
"Or you could build your own for 1/3 the cost"
Most likely true. However, EA would be shooting itself in the foot here. They should be trying to expand the PC gaming community in order to sell more copies rather than making a quick buck in a field they don't have any history with at all. Meh.. c'est la vie.
"There’s no word on whether or not this will be a one time promotion, but seeing as this is EA we’re talking about I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if they started doing this for every single PC game they publish."
So who will be buying the "The Sims 2: Teen Style Stuff" PC?
They can't do worse than Dell at it, honestly, since that's physically impossible. I'm sure it'll still be way overpriced but there's a small but appreciable chance it'll be LESS of a ripoff and won't have near as much spam and spyware prepackaged with the machine.
“We removed this exclusiveness and thought: If people want to run this on their system, why should we restrict it?”
I read: "Crysis didn't sell enough copies because nobody could run it."
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