How would you convert somebody to pc gaming?
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Er, what?!
Tomb Raider was released early March, and by May, I bought it for about £8 on PC. Current best price for PS3 version is still about £25.
Bioshock Infinite was released end of March, and could be had for sub £15 on PC soon after, PS3 version is still around £25-30.
I would still call these fairly new releases. Plus the prices may be even better when the big sales arrive.
Also, we are looking at advantages, and I would say all of the little indy games on PC that never see release on console are also an advantage.
Yeah it doesn't really seem a fair comparison to me, brand new releases i.e. the ones coming out for holiday season that are going to be 2 or 3 for £100 on console are not going to be 15 for £100 in the Steam sale, that will be for older titles.
PC games are cheaper and nobody is going to deny that but big releases usually cost at least £22 or so these days. IMO the real beauty of the PC is of course the back catalogue of older titles but for people who insist on always playing the latest and greatest as soon as they come out it is still quite expensive.
Of course when talking next gen consoles the waters are muddied a bit given the fact that on release there probably won't be a huge number of great games available, unlike the PC. In other words if you buy a PS4/XB1 then you probably won't be spending a fortune on games anyway because there will likely only be half a dozen must-haves at first. We also don't know for certain what the pricing model will be but I'd imagine with internet competition it won't be too bad (unlike the 16bit generation when you could get royally bent over buying the latest street fighter or whatever on the high street - £60 or whatever which allowing for inflation would be the equivalent of ~£100 today).
As a rule of thumb I'd say PC games tend to be about £20 cheaper than console versions at best so based on the actual initial investment I'd say a console with say 5-10 top notch recent games is likely to work out cheaper than a proper gaming PC with 5-10 top notch recent games.
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I do normally fly the flag for PC gaming, but with the new Sony PS4 and Xbox One on the horizon I don't see any point in building a gaming PC if playing at 1920x1080 resolution on a single screen. From what I've seen (despite inferior components compared with a top of the range gaming PC) games look pretty nice on the new consoles, or at least nice enough for me to temporarily go back to console gaming. Less hassle, no drivers updates, and graphics that to my eyes at least look as good as a fairly high end gaming PC.
I'm 99% sure I will get a PS4 and not look back to my PC for gaming (Other than maybe World of Warcraft) for at least a good couple of years until PC surpasses the consoles once more!
I'm 99% sure I will get a PS4 and not look back to my PC for gaming (Other than maybe World of Warcraft) for at least a good couple of years until PC surpasses the consoles once more!
Via the repeated use of the phrase "Glorious PC gaming master race", showering scorn on "console scrubs", and pointing out how a PC has loads more buttons than a console controller. Because more is better.
But seriously, just leave them to it. The only reason I'd want to "convert" someone would be because there's a PC exclusive I enjoy and I want to be able to talk about it with them. Which is a pretty selfish motive, so I don't.