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Need perspective on the PC & Console War: I'm undecided.

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November 13, 2013 5:29:15 AM

I need everyone's added perspective on this topic. I want BOTH the PC & CONSOLE fanboys to set their differences aside & help out a fellow Gamer. I'm having trouble deciding on whether or not to build a Gaming PC or buy Next Gen Console.

I've gone over EVERY pro argument & counter argument for both the PC & Consoles. I don't need any of you to recite the arguments. That's not why you're being summoned.

DO NOT explain the Pro's & Con's of Console or PC. I simply need everyone who reads this to tell me how they would rationalize on whatever decision they made if they were me. I'm excited over the possibility of discovering perspective I hadn't considered previously. Below will be a summary of my thoughts towards the Console & PC. Read them both then reply. I appreciate any advice & perspective that's out there & that's for helping out a fellow gamer.

MY PC MENTALITY
Invest in a PC to play games at 1080p resolution with MAX Settings. The idea was to do this alongside the lifecycle of the Next Gen Consoles or until 4k gaming became affordable. My mentality was that I'd be able to play the games that did come to the PC with "everything turned up" on high frame rates so to speak. I'm enticed by the fact that discrete GPU's are ahead of the stuff Consoles have plus the fact that my PC double as everything else I need. The problem was when I added up the total cost for me to build a PC that would game at 1920x1080 resolution on MAX settings with a minimum of 50 FPS on ALLLL games, it became double the cost of the console. I also realize the developer despite PC's having superior hardware are not gonna focus on the PCcs

MY CONSOLE MENTALITY
Invest in a Console to play most games at 1080p (upscaled or not). The idea was to spend one initial upfront fee & go right into gaming without troubling over the added cost of extra components. My mentality was that I'd be able to play the games I know I love without having to pay over the $1k mark. I'm enticed by the fact that all the games I wanna play have the highest chance of being on Console then they do on PC. Plus the fact that I can spend half of what I would on a PC to game at the same resolution. The problem is that developers tend to water down things to get them to run on the same console & while that's fine & dandy I don't know what sense it makes to go "next gen", pay over $500 only to NOT be able to do play native 1080p content on without watering down settings.

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November 13, 2013 5:57:56 AM

As you say, a big part is the Graphics quality and performance (on PCs), but another part of it is also that PCs get whole genres of games that just don't hit consoles (thinks like LoL and Dota etc, RTS's, list goes on), but consoles also get exclusives (I love the Forza series on the xbox, and I am gutted that I need to buy the new xbone to play Forza 5).

Not really sure how to answer your question other than that.
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November 13, 2013 6:04:11 AM

DO NOT explain the Pro's & Con's of Console or PC. I simply need everyone who reads this to tell me how they would rationalize on whatever decision they made if they were me??

Rationalizing it is looking at the Pro's and Con's. :\ So its a bit difficult to answer the question without doing that

Go with PC. More games (currently as the new consoles still have to get more games made etc), more functionality but bigger price for a good build.
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November 13, 2013 8:56:35 AM

ZionZA said:
DO NOT explain the Pro's & Con's of Console or PC. I simply need everyone who reads this to tell me how they would rationalize on whatever decision they made if they were me??

Rationalizing it is looking at the Pro's and Con's. :\ So its a bit difficult to answer the question without doing that

Go with PC. More games (currently as the new consoles still have to get more games made etc), more functionality but bigger price for a good build.


You're right. Throw me all the pro's & cons lol.
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November 13, 2013 9:11:49 AM

I figure I made the initial investment on my PC, now when new technology comes out it much easier for me to upgrade. But even now I'm ahead of what the consoles do. If something goes wrong with the console, you pretty much have to get a whole new one. If something on my computer breaks, that's one part that I will replace with an upgrade. It may be more expensive, especially up front, but I feel like there's more bang for the buck with pc's
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