I'm a fan of physical stuff. Buying a game, opening the box, reading the manual, loading the CD, displaying the physical goods and placing them so they can be seen and admired and stuff. Lots of fond memories there.

This is completely wrong.

Not only are there MANY more games available on PC, most of the games you can get on consoles are better on PC because of better graphics and modding - just to name a couple of completely objective differences.

It is, of course, possible to play PC games and have the same experience of consoles, but there is much more on offer.

if a game needs to be modded, then it wasn't much of a game, now was it.

this presupposes that graphics matter, and i think any hardcore gamer will agree that graphics only need to be acceptable. they never need to be mind-blowing, and if the graphics are too good, the game is usually bad.

i know very few people who play more than a game or two regularly. the online-only crowd is the type of crowd who is highly addiction-prone.

if a game needs to be modded, then it wasn't much of a game, now was it.

as you were.

this presupposes that graphics matter, and i think any hardcore gamer will agree that graphics only need to be acceptable. they never need to be mind-blowing, and if the graphics are too good, the game is usually bad.

i know very few people who play more than a game or two regularly. the online-only crowd is the type of crowd who is highly addiction-prone.

if a game needs to be modded, then it wasn't much of a game, now was it.

as you were.

I'm aware PC's don't degrade like fruits, but it gets to the point where you don't want to play a few games on low settings at 20 fps anymore, and then you build a new PC or upgrade if you can.

In my case, I have already upgraded my video card. Within a year, I'll likely build a new PC. The build I asked about has a budget of $600 and should be able to play most games at high fps on high to medium settings for about 4 years. Can that be done, or not?

this presupposes that graphics matter, and i think any hardcore gamer will agree that graphics only need to be acceptable. they never need to be mind-blowing, and if the graphics are too good, the game is usually bad.

i know very few people who play more than a game or two regularly. the online-only crowd is the type of crowd who is highly addiction-prone.

if a game needs to be modded, then it wasn't much of a game, now was it.

as you were.

1. Entertainment is subjective.
2. No game that is modded ever needs mods. People usually only mod games that they already like.

of course it is.

and i agree. i'm sure the guys who make mods are the guys who really like that artistic aspect of their hobby.

give me the best sales pitch you've got.

One thing I forgot to mention: If you want to play online with a console you need a subscription. $40 for one year on PS, $60 for Xbox live Gold.

Holy crap. I never put two and two together and realized that's an advantage PC gaming has.

Edit: Oh wait. It's only $40 a year. Eh... I think it comes with PS Plus too. That's actually a pretty good deal considering you get a **** ton of games with PS Plus.

Double Edit: Since no one has really responded/cares to my Nintendo rant, I'm copy pasta-ing it to the OP.

The thing with PS+ counts only for the monthly (and all time) free games, everything you payed for is yours.
I like consoles for the easy starting procedure. I come home, make a coffee, sit on the couch, press the button and that's it.
Sometimes the games or the FW gets an update, so this will take a few minutes longer before starting the game.

No need for drivers, and the other stuff you have to deal with.
Yes, you have to deal with this anyway, but not that big if you only use it to "work with".
The Console is just more comfortable for me. My pc runs a couple of years now with linux what makes things much more comfortable for me too. Maybe i build a Steam OS PC for playin on PC again someday, who knows...

Yeah I was thinking about the free ones.

Nowadays drivers are no issue, windows will handle it all for you if you let it.

Even graphic drivers got a lot better with the updating, I dont remember the last time simply updating them gave me trouble. Nvidia itself will keep track of it if you use their Gforce Experience app.

Theoretically, if everything is running smooth, you dont really need to update drivers.

61 FPS

Check this out to explain the difference:

http://www.tweakguides.com/Graphics_7.html

Hay guys I still play games on PC, how about you?

PC gives you many more options and opportunities with games. Usually games that are exclusive for a certain console has a PC version too, so you're not screwed if you have a PS3 and a game comes out for Xbox that you really want.

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Try to play Uncharted, The Last of Us, Little Big Planet etc. on a PC
Or Mario Kart, Zelda and the other Nintendo stuff

"usually" <- What a joke...

Usually, they are not available for PC, except you are talking about "time-exclusives"

Try to play Uncharted, The Last of Us, Little Big Planet etc. on a PC
Or Mario Kart, Zelda and the other Nintendo stuff

"usually" <- What a joke...

Usually, they are not available for PC, except you are talking about "time-exclusives"

Try to play Uncharted, The Last of Us, Little Big Planet etc. on a PC
Or Mario Kart, Zelda and the other Nintendo stuff