Hi Mr. Brainwashed, what if I told you I never pay above $20 for console games and have every major console release since before sept 2013? Which of course would be much sooner than I get those types of deals on a PC.

What if I also told you that consoles library >>>>>>>>>> PC...Here I will just mention developers with 15+ games a peice that are insanely awesome, most likely million+ sellers, and console exclusive. nintendo games by themselves just completely obliterate the PC exclusive library, square, konami, capcom, EA, ubisoft, Rockstar, Enix, Koei, Sony, bungie, Rare, Sega, TakeTwo Interactive,... I am sure I left out about 50% of the development houses here.

There has never been a year when console's game lineup didn't just crush the PC's lineup, and the fact that Console games market is approx 5 times larger than the non-mmo PC market kind of proves my point.

Oh and if you use ROMs you are pretty much a thief.. have fun with that. (people wonder why developers shy away from the PC crowd lol)

You are right, there is no comparison, just in electricity saving alone I can afford PSPlus (i.e. 24-36 good FREE games per year.. every year)

Consoles are nice but a PC is essential, There are very few good strategy games on console, its pretty much a whole genre you are excluded from, no Civilization, no Planetary Annihilation, no Company of Heroes, NO EVE-ONLINE.

I really like my ps3 but it could never be an alternative to a PC, only a supplement.

Also PC gaming revenue is projected to surpass console gaming in 2014 and it was pretty close in 2013.

I got my first console in 1981 (ping pong with the twiddly knobs), so lets start from there.

Consoles are nice but a PC is essential, There are very few good strategy games on console, its pretty much a whole genre you are excluded from, no Civilization, no Planetary Annihilation, no Company of Heroes, NO EVE-ONLINE.

I really like my ps3 but it could never be an alternative to a PC, only a supplement.

Also PC gaming revenue is projected to surpass console gaming in 2014 and it was pretty close in 2013.

Nope B.S. article. I know the one you speak of.

Here is a list of the top 25 game companies revenue wise

You know what you see on there mostly? Console makers and bull-**** chinese/korean/japanese MMO makers. If you take MMOs out of the PC gaming revenue, it shrinks to 1/5th the size of console gaming.

So unless you want gaming to mean "bullshit chinese/korean MMOs" then no, PC gaming is not catching up.

Gaming Broken down by segments

If by viable, you mean ****** like the Ps3, then yes.

It's not like the PC is going to lose functionality. Is going to run everything that it used too.

If you mean cutting edge, then no, you'll have to upgrade it some-something you can't do on a console.

Are console gamers really this ignorant?

What you need to understand is this:

- console: they are frozen in time for the duration of that 7 years. Thus, yes they run games, gut allways at the same sstandard of performance and graphical fidelity. Theres no way to see better textures, better post-processing effects, etc.

- PC: if you buy a just as capable machine, it will also b eusable for the same period. BUT, you will progressively have to use less post effects, as the games in the PC environment continues to evolve and push the limits everynew generation of hardware offers.

So what I am saying is, a PS3 game now will run in a quality that would be considered 'medium' by todays PC hardware. And thats fine, if the PC owner didnt chose to upgrade.

And Chosing here is the key.

You dont need to upgrade your PC machine, and if you chose not to, it will peform at "PS3" level of performance and graphical fidelity.

Take my PC.

I still use an E8400 CPU processor. Its just a Dual core. And, after 6, 7 years of use, it still delivers. I play whatever I want without complaints.

Now my GPU. I use a GTX 570. This GPU I bought like 3 years ago as an upgrade froma 9800gtx wich lasted 4 years then broke due a power outage.

So, my system is old if you compare it to the actual platforms.

But I still can play games like the recent released Tomb Rider at pretty much maximum. I play shooters near maximum as well, without complaints.

So far, my machine has not rejected any game I wished to play on it.

I could upgrade now if I wanted, porbably will do so next year by just gettign a new GPU/mobo/Ram, and using the old parts like GPU, case, HDD's, so it wont be a huge investment.

But I will uograde more out of a desire of having a new shinny than because I need to.

I smell a bottleneck

Yup, you smell right. It could perform better, will do after I upgrade some parts, but it performas fine now, so no hurry.

Yeah, even if it was an Intel Core 2 Quad (one of the powerful ones) then that's somewhat ok, there would be a bottleneck but nothing to write home about.
But that's a major bottleneck there XD

Did you know that chinese online gaming is kept strickly within their own borders?

Did you know that Chinese gaming companies do not compete with the rest of the world?

Seriously, gaming in china is basically a FULLY SEPARATE market from the rest of the world. This is why their inclusion is laughable. You can't really take and include a completely isolated and exclusionary market (i.e. china) and use it for an example on how well PC gaming as a whole is doing.

In markets where you can have both (i.e. the rest of the world) P.C. is really pretty far behind both Console gaming and mobile (phone&tablet)gaming.

I mean what you are trying to justify is comparing the sales of two products that are not even close to equal or equally available, and it is the argument of someone who is unsure of their opinion.

Oh if you followed your logic, which is pretty dumb I must admit, then gaming in general has absolutely no room for even mid-level graphics cards, because almost all of the "MMOs" that make up china's market are browser based.