Madden NFL 09 was the last game to come out for the Xbox. Microsoft shut down their servers a year after the last game for the Xbox came out.
Yeah, it's pretty hard to believe people are taking Sony, master of the DRM Virus as the lesser of these two evils. LOL
Lets estimate a 7 year life cycle for the next console generation.
Xbone $500, you still need a basic PC $400, and seven years of Live 7 x $60 = $420. $500 + $400 + $420 = $1320 before we even include the games. $1320 makes a decent gaming computer plus a video card upgrade later.
Now let us add in the cost of games. PC games start $10 less, and usually $20 less with early sales, if you are willing to wait for months you can get games for as little as $10 to $20. So $20 less per game seems a reasonable average savings.
If you buy one PC game a month, you save $1680 over a 7 year period. If you are a casual gamer and only buy two games a year that's still $280 in savings by buying PC games.
So if you buy a game a month you can spend $1320 + $1680 = $3000 on your PC over 7 years and still not be spending more than a console gamer. If you are a casual gamer who only buys a couple of title a year, you can spend $1320 + $280 = $1600 on your PC over 7 years and still not be spending more than a console gamer.
When you add in the cost of games and Live, PC gaming can be cheaper than console gaming.
Lets estimate a 7 year life cycle for the next console generation.
Xbone $500, you still need a basic PC $400, and seven years of Live 7 x $60 = $420. $500 + $400 + $420 = $1320 before we even include the games. $1320 makes a decent gaming computer plus a video card upgrade later.
Now let us add in the cost of games. PC games start $10 less, and usually $20 less with early sales, if you are willing to wait for months you can get games for as little as $10 to $20. So $20 less per game seems a reasonable average savings.
If you buy one PC game a month, you save $1680 over a 7 year period. If you are a casual gamer and only buy two games a year that's still $280 in savings by buying PC games.
So if you buy a game a month you can spend $1320 + $1680 = $3000 on your PC over 7 years and still not be spending more than a console gamer. If you are a casual gamer who only buys a couple of title a year, you can spend $1320 + $280 = $1600 on your PC over 7 years and still not be spending more than a console gamer.
When you add in the cost of games and Live, PC gaming can be cheaper than console gaming.
Lets estimate a 7 year life cycle for the next console generation.
Xbone $500, you still need a basic PC $400, and seven years of Live 7 x $60 = $420. $500 + $400 + $420 = $1320 before we even include the games. $1320 makes a decent gaming computer plus a video card upgrade later.
Now let us add in the cost of games. PC games start $10 less, and usually $20 less with early sales, if you are willing to wait for months you can get games for as little as $10 to $20. So $20 less per game seems a reasonable average savings.
If you buy one PC game a month, you save $1680 over a 7 year period. If you are a casual game and only buy two games a year that's still $280 in savings by buying PC games.
So if you buy a game a month you can spend $1320 + $1680 = $3000 on your PC over 7 years and still not be spending more than a console gamer. If you are a casual game who only buys a couple of title a year, you can spend $1320 + $280 = $1600 on your PC over 7 years and still not be spending more than a console gamer.
When you add in the cost of games and Live, PC gaming is cheaper than console gaming.
Who are these people, because he was the only one that brought up Sony in regards to that point/conversation.
More of a general observation about the tone of this debate. Not just here, but elsewhere. As if Sony's some kind of consumer rights advocate or something. As has been pointed out...Sony's going to be utilizing DRM in the near future, if not immediately. If they allow game installs, they will DRM it. You can bank on that.
I just don't understand the point of giving them credit for a stance they're inevitably going to break.
Yes, but that really isn't the comparison he's making. He's trying to say that PC's require upgrades while consoles don't and you get the same game, but what he's not really going into is that unless those same console games were made only for PC, or enhanced to have higher requirements, then there is no upgrade required at all. He's also failing to notice that most console games of last gen were not 1080p whereas all PC games could be. That alone may not justify the "cost", but it still invalidates his comparison.
The 8800GT came out roughly TWO YEARS after the 360.
I didn't believe it so I went to Google/Bing and typed it in and got the same results lol
http://i.imgur.com/O5dSpJ5.png
Speaking of Bioshock Infinite, it was on sale for $29.99 on Steam less than a month after it came out. How much was it new on the 360?
I don't know why people call it grammar police/nazi. It's just a simple way of calling out someone's idiocy when it comes to basic spelling. If you cannot even spell a few simple words that you should have learned by the time you reach 3rd grade, how are people going to give you any credibility to your argument.
I am not the shining beacon when it comes to grammar or spelling, as English is not my first language, but it is still easy for me to discredit an adult who cannot spell a few basic, frequently-used words.
Then again, someone just enjoy the thrill of trolling.
I didn't believe it so I went to Google/Bing and typed it in and got the same results lol
Lets estimate a 7 year life cycle for the next console generation.
Xbone $500, you still need a basic PC $400, and seven years of Live 7 x $60 = $420. $500 + $400 + $420 = $1320 before we even include the games. $1320 makes a decent gaming computer plus a video card upgrade later.
Now let us add in the cost of games. PC games start $10 less, and usually $20 less with early sales, if you are willing to wait for months you can get games for as little as $10 to $20. So $20 less per game seems a reasonable average savings.
If you buy one PC game a month, you save $1680 over a 7 year period. If you are a casual gamer and only buy two games a year that's still $280 in savings by buying PC games.
So if you buy a game a month you can spend $1320 + $1680 = $3000 on your PC over 7 years and still not be spending more than a console gamer. If you are a casual gamer who only buys a couple of title a year, you can spend $1320 + $280 = $1600 on your PC over 7 years and still not be spending more than a console gamer.
When you add in the cost of games and Live, PC gaming can be cheaper than console gaming.
what about those of us who are at a computer all day at a desk at work and want to plop down on a power recliner with a 120" screen to play games when we get home, instead of coming home and sitting at a desk to play a pc game on a 27" monitor? you can't use the same "basic pc" that you use for everything else.
and let's not forget that pc games are typically designed to be controlled with a kb/m, which even if you had that hooked up in an entertainment center, isn't the most ergonomical setup either.
i'm just glad that i don't have to compare this vs. that and can enjoy any game i want to play no matter what format it comes in. but without people who needed to pick sides, these forums would be as dead as they were before e3!
what about those of us who are at a computer all day at a desk at work and want to plop down on a power recliner with a 120" screen to play games when we get home, instead of coming home and sitting at a desk to play a pc game on a 27" monitor? you can't use the same "basic pc" that you use for everything else.
and let's not forget that pc games are typically designed to be controlled with a kb/m, which even if you had that hooked up in an entertainment center, isn't the most ergonomical setup either.
i'm just glad that i don't have to compare this vs. that and can enjoy any game i want to play no matter what format it comes in. but without people who needed to pick sides, these forums would be as dead as they were before e3!
Steam Big Picture mode is pretty fantastic for that actually. I have a HTPC in my living room that has all my Steam BP games on it and it is just like gaming on a console when I turn Big picture mode on. I personally don't use it that often just because I prefer sitting at my PC to game but when I am sick or something, it is great to have the option to lay down on the couch and fire it up.
i'm sure if there were exclusive pc games that i wanted to play i'd have a decked out htpc to game on. but there isn't. the only games i'd play on pc are on console too.