Gaming PC or ps3+xbox 360

[sifo_saifo]

Should i buy PC or ps3+xbox 360 ?

is it true that will be no games for pc in 2008 ?


i love pc but PC Games Get Released After Consoles

[PrOLifIC_onE]

Originally Posted by sifo_saifo

Should i buy PC to or ps3+xbox 360 ?

You can use your PC for so much more than gaming so it's hard to say.

If you are ONLY planning on using the PC for gaming and nothing else then I would say get consoles...read on for my reasoning.

Originally Posted by sifo_saifo

is it true that will be no games for pc in 2008 ?

There will be games for the PC but many games often get delayed or canceled for the PC...so it really depends on what game(s) you are talking about.

Originally Posted by sifo_saifo

i love pc but PC Games Get Released After Consoles

Yes they do. And cheating/hacking is unfortunately becoming more and more prevalent, even with anticheat programs working hard to keep up. Consoles can't stop glitching but at least their software can't be altered with cheats/hacks like it is on PCs.

[garetjax]

Originally Posted by sifo_saifo

Should i buy PC or ps3+xbox 360 ?

is it true that will be no games for pc in 2008 ?


i love pc but PC Games Get Released After Consoles

For the price paid for a PS3 and an XBox 360 (including all your peripherals that go along with consoles, such as extra controllers, memory cards, etc.) you could put together a sweet little gaming rig that will be head and shoulders above the gaming capability of even the vaunted PS3. In my opinion, it's PC all the way. Consoles are, generally speaking, a dying breed as with each new iteration of a next generation console becomes closer to the cost of building your own gaming PC.

As to answer your question about no PC games in 2008, I would very much like to see where you received that bit of information, because quite frankly, it's BS.

[WhiteEagle]

Originally Posted by garetjax

For the price paid for a PS3 and an XBox 360 (including all your peripherals that go along with consoles, such as extra controllers, memory cards, etc.) you could put together a sweet little gaming rig that will be head and shoulders above the gaming capability of even the vaunted PS3. In my opinion, it's PC all the way. Consoles are, generally speaking, a dying breed as with each new iteration of a next generation console becomes closer to the cost of building your own gaming PC.

As to answer your question about no PC games in 2008, I would very much like to see where you received that bit of information, because quite frankly, it's BS.

You said it.

I also recommend a PC, mainly because you can upgrade it and keep it up to date, unlike a console.

[JayA55]

Originally Posted by garetjax

For the price paid for a PS3 and an XBox 360 (including all your peripherals that go along with consoles, such as extra controllers, memory cards, etc.) you could put together a sweet little gaming rig that will be head and shoulders above the gaming capability of even the vaunted PS3. In my opinion, it's PC all the way. Consoles are, generally speaking, a dying breed as with each new iteration of a next generation console becomes closer to the cost of building your own gaming PC.

As to answer your question about no PC games in 2008, I would very much like to see where you received that bit of information, because quite frankly, it's BS.

At this point it's the other way around for two big reasons. Mainly being because so many people bootleg games on the PC, which really cut into sales. Second, not a huge amount of people have gaming PCs that can handle the newer games in comparison to people with consoles.

With that, for developers there's so much more money in the console market than PC, which is why many games hit the console first, followed by PC.

As far as which to get really depends on what you're into. For RTS games no doubt build a PC, for sports the only option is console. If you're into a variety of games I would say get the console, or both. Build a PC and buy a 360 too.

[garetjax]

Originally Posted by JayA55

At this point it's the other way around for two big reasons. Mainly being because so many people bootleg games on the PC, which really cut into sales. Second, not a huge amount of people have gaming PCs that can handle the newer games in comparison to people with consoles.

The magic of a PC is not whether or not it can handle the newer games in comparison to consoles. The magic is that the PC is upgradeable, and therefore retains its longetivity far longer than a console ever will. Honestly, who still plays the Sega Saturn? Who still plays Nintendo games on the N64?

The fact of the matter is that PC's can ride with the times, whereas consoles cannot and therefore must be reiterated every couple of years. This means excess cost to the consumer as they ditch their old consoles to buy that new PS3 which retails for $399 to $499 dollars just to get that new graphics card offered in it.

In effect, consoles are a money sink and quite honestly, a wasted venture. You will forever be buying a new console (and its associated peripherals) versus buying a PC and upgrading as you go along, usually in the form of only a videocard.

And besides, you can buy a videocard these days that can run Crysis with decent frame rates for less than $200 bucks. Which, as you will no doubt concede, is a heckuva lot cheaper than buying a $500 PS3.

[JayA55]

I see where you're coming from, but the console which is $3-400 now will last you the next 3-4 years until a new one comes out. Whereas most gaming rigs will be out-dated within a shorter time frame than that, and one videocard or chip is about the price of an entire console.

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by JayA55

I see where you're coming from, but the console which is $3-400 now will last you the next 3-4 years until a new one comes out. Whereas most gaming rigs will be out-dated within a shorter time frame than that, and one videocard or chip is about the price of an entire console.

$400 Playstation 3 40GB. 1 controller and the console.
$350 Xbox 360 Premium. 1 controller and the console.

*shrugs*
I don't know, if you have a PC, a minimum of $750 of upgrades should be enough for the next 3 years to follow.

[oldman_gamer]

Rock/paper/scissors...............free!

[garetjax]

Originally Posted by JayA55

...and one videocard or chip is about the price of an entire console.

I would have to disagree with you. As mentioned before, there are plenty of videocards, both from AMD and nVidia with the ability to play current and next gen games for much less than the price of what an entire console costs.