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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
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
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On average, I buy maybe 2-3 games/year. This year I splurged when Origin was having a sale and ended up buying 5, but I would say I spent less than $30 on the majority of those. And like I said, the majority of those are sports games, which have been abandoned by EA as far as the PC is concerned.
Anyways, I also don't need a powerful desktop for anything PC related. I have a laptop, and it's primary uses are browsing, word processing, storing photos, downloading, etc. I got my laptop for free, but I think it's valued at about $500-$600. I believe I got my PS3 for around $249. So even if you add all of those things together and say I bought 3 games/year at full price, it comes out to around $1600 over a 4-5 year period.
How much does a decent gaming PC run you these days (not trying to be a dick, genuinely curious), and how long do they last before they become obsolete or aren't able to keep up with the games that are released?
I honestly wish I had the coin for both, because I'm sure I would rather play most non-sports titles on a PC, but since I'm mostly a casual sports gamer, a PC just doesn't make sense for me.