DUST Search - sell PC gaming to me

Kristoff Atruin wrote:

Joseph Ridgeson wrote:

If a game is on PC or a console, I get it on PC. The reason is generally a "no matter what happens to my PC, I can play it." In a year or two when this PC is dead, I will still be able to play X-COM on my Steam. In 5 years, I can load that bad boy up no problem. In 5 years, I wouldn't necessarily be able to do that as easily with a PS3 version of X-COM. As others have mentioned, a PC is generally better if you have the same library of games. I don't mean that as a "PC Master Race!" thing because that is just silly. No one would question that a console is more powerful than an iPhone game or have "Console Master Race!" thrown in their face. A PC is generally more powerful than a console with

Total Biscuit, a PC gaming YouTuber, recently did a mailbag episode of "I am a console player; why should I get a PC?" and was fairly non-biased it in. You can find the video here.

^ This

When the new X-COM came out I was very tempted to get it on PS3, because the way they adapted it made it seem very friendly to the controller input and it seemed like it would be fun to play on the couch. But in the end I got it through Steam, because I realized that like the original X-COM it was probably a game I would play again and again for more than a decade. I know that a decade from now, whatever happens with technology, that I'll be able to load up that game that I already own onto my PC and play it. Without having to pay for it a second time, and without hoping that a hardware vendor wouldn't decide that they couldn't do compatibility with old games. In the very worst case scenario I'd be able to fire up a virtual machine and play it that way.

This is why the only games I've bought for my PS3 have been PS3 exclusives, or second hand copies of assassin's creed (which I doubt I'll want to play again 10 years from now)


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DaReaperPW Net 7 The Last Brigade 21	Posted - 2014.05.14 17:52:00 - [1] - Quote I will add this, in addition if your pc breaks, due a component failure, it is typically cheaper to fix then it is to fix a console, as most of the time you will need to just buy a new console, but if say your ram goes bad in the pc, you can get another stick for like $50 or less and put it in yourself in about 20 seconds.
DaReaperPW Net 7 The Last Brigade 21	Posted - 2014.05.14 17:55:00 - [2] - Quote Kristoff Atruin wrote: Joseph Ridgeson wrote: If a game is on PC or a console, I get it on PC. The reason is generally a "no matter what happens to my PC, I can play it." In a year or two when this PC is dead, I will still be able to play X-COM on my Steam. In 5 years, I can load that bad boy up no problem. In 5 years, I wouldn't necessarily be able to do that as easily with a PS3 version of X-COM. As others have mentioned, a PC is generally better if you have the same library of games. I don't mean that as a "PC Master Race!" thing because that is just silly. No one would question that a console is more powerful than an iPhone game or have "Console Master Race!" thrown in their face. A PC is generally more powerful than a console with Total Biscuit, a PC gaming YouTuber, recently did a mailbag episode of "I am a console player; why should I get a PC?" and was fairly non-biased it in. You can find the video here. ^ This When the new X-COM came out I was very tempted to get it on PS3, because the way they adapted it made it seem very friendly to the controller input and it seemed like it would be fun to play on the couch. But in the end I got it through Steam, because I realized that like the original X-COM it was probably a game I would play again and again for more than a decade. I know that a decade from now, whatever happens with technology, that I'll be able to load up that game that I already own onto my PC and play it. Without having to pay for it a second time, and without hoping that a hardware vendor wouldn't decide that they couldn't do compatibility with old games. In the very worst case scenario I'd be able to fire up a virtual machine and play it that way. This is why the only games I've bought for my PS3 have been PS3 exclusives, or second hand copies of assassin's creed (which I doubt I'll want to play again 10 years from now) Plus you cna emulate and find verisons of games for the pc that you can't play on console. I have a PS2, and a PS3 and a Wii, i use the pse for dvd's now, but i have a few games, if my ps2 dies and i want to play say FF10, i can just go find an emulator and download it. No need to hunt and hope that my ps3 will play the ps2 game, or the ps4 or ps5 will. I can play nes, snes, sega, etc games with zero hassles. And you cna buy an ok gaming rig for the price of a ps4
DaReaperPW Net 7 The Last Brigade 21	Posted - 2014.05.14 18:00:00 - [3] - Quote ResistanceGTA wrote: Mitch M1987 wrote: Well here is what I have to say in this matter. Pc gamming doesn't have to be that much more expensive that buying a console, for instance with the new AMD apu's that released this year you can build a pc that can game as good as a console for the same money. i went this route tho and i can play battle field 4 on ultra preset at 70fps. case: cooler master HAF922 Mobo: Asus 990fx pro Cpu AMD 8350 memory: 16gb G Skill 1866 ram ssd: 120gb samsung evo hdd: 1tb seagate barracuda 7200rpm PSU: corsair 1000watt Graphics cards: 2x gigabyte AMD radeon R9 270x 4gb Overclocked I can play any game a console can at better framerates and with higher graphics settings. i don't just use it for gaming either like you do a console so in my opinion PC is a better investment as it does more than just play games and netflix. the cost of mine was a about double what a Xbone costs tho And, if someone has no other use for a PC than gaming? I graduated from college, so, papers aren't a thing (plus I wrote my Senior Thesis in a Google Doc on my Nexus 7 and my phone). Other than papers, no one has given me a single other use for a PC. I use my laptop as a paperweight though. So, for your, roughly, $900-$1000 I can play games... seems pricey to me... PS, Blowout, your backlog argument is moot. I have around 100 games in my PS3 backlog as it is. Also, poor choice for a Dev name if the community ever turns on you. So, someone actually sell me a PC... My current rig, which i did upgrade, only cost me around $400, i got the parts on black friday and built it. An ADM FX processot, motherboard, 16GB of DD3 and an Radeion R9 270, i already had the case (can get an ok one for $60) DVD drive (about $20 with no software) and hard drive (can get one for around $50) So you coudl build a decent machine for about $400, toss in $100 for a monitor and if you want to go cheap like $40 for kb and mouse and you are all set (this does NOT include os, thats about $100) if you look around, a decent gaming rig that will play nearly everything, or even an ok laptop gamer will run $500