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Originally Posted by rubecube
Dude, the laid comment was purely tongue-in-cheek. But the cost part of it is kind of my whole point. I'm not a hardcore gamer by any means. Gaming for me is what I do when I get home from work and want to shut my brain off. Even at $429 or $529, if I can get a good, solid four years out of that then I consider it a good investment.
I don't play a lot of different games (mostly just sports titles), and I wouldn't really consider it a hobby. I suck at FPS, and get pretty bored with online multiplayer stuff (mostly because I suck at those too). I also go to school full-time and work full-time, so I tend to have very little free time on evenings and weekends. I just don't see the need to be investing big bucks into something that I don't consider to be a major aspect of my life.
To me, that's where consoles come in. I don't have a problem with the hardcore gamers residing in the PC realm. I just don't get why they feel the need to come in and crap on consoles, when consoles fill a completely different niche.
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the thing is though, depending on how many games you buy in those 4-5 years you won't be saving any money over the average PC gamer. they spend more for hardware, but they can take advantage of Steam sales while console users are stuck paying full price for their games
plus, i'll always have a good desktop PC regardless of whether i game or not. i simply view it as spending the same amount that you do on a console to upgrade my PC to the point where it's a great gaming machine