Console Versus PC Gaming

With the hype around the next-generation consoles (namely Xbox One and PS4), I think it is an interesting conversation to visit the platform that almost none of my friends have ever considered. Now, my co-bloggers are extensive PC gamers, with experience in consoles as well.

Just about everyone I know and grew up with grew up on consoles. It is all we know and all we have ever really experienced. I love consoles and always have. That being said, consoles are a MASSIVE rip off my friends. The initial costs of a PC are significantly higher than a console. A decent gaming PC is going to cost around $1,000 (roughly, you can build one for cheaper). Compared to the $4-500 of a Xbox or Ps4, this seems insane. Consider this - a PC will last as long as an Xbox or PS, but the games are a whole different animal.

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First, consider Steam. If you are unfamiliar, think of steam as your Xbox or PS4 landing page, but for a PC. (There are others, but Steam is the easiest to work with). From Steam, you can download thousands (millions?) of games. There are tons and tons of great games with excellent (better than console) graphics, that you can download entirely free. Additionally, if you have games you want to pay $60 for because it is just SO good (Battlefield, COD, etc) they are still available for the same price or cheaper, and have better graphics than consoles. Steam also has weekly sales, as well as massive summer and winter sales where you can get the biggest and hottest games for like 70% off. You will NEVER see that for consoles.

Dear lord... its the motherload of sales.

Lets say a Console and PC both last 10 years. If you only buy 5 games a year, you're looking at close to $300 per year (hell, cut it to $180 for casual gamers) you are spending close to $3,000 on games alone over the life of a console. Compare that to the vast amount of Free to Play (F2P) PC games that are both entertaining and well developed and you see my point.

My friends, I'm afraid we have been misled our whole lives here! We could have had a better and cheaper experience all this time and we have missed it!

That being said, where the fuck are my car keys, this PS4 isn't going to go buy itself.

What do you want?! I didn't say I was gonna change.

P.S. Anyone want to start a FIFA 15 club? I was going to ask about NHL but shockingly those colossal retards at EA Sports didn't bother putting in any games modes when they released NHL15. What a buncha dicks!