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    Gaming PC for the price of a PS4

    Can you really build a comparable gaming PC for the same price as a PS4?

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    Where's the bluray drive and the 8GB RAM?
    This is pretty silly given how the PS4 is mass produced. Obviously its going to be cheaper than a PC.
    Equivalent PC would probably be around R10 000. You'd need a much better CPU. Plus you'd need at least an 7850.
    On top of all that games run better on console because they are designed for console. Far less overhead. Hopefully Mantle will help PC users with that. I'm seriously considering getting a console. I'm finding PC gaming less and less worth it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DeAnt28790 View Post
    Where's the bluray drive and the 8GB RAM?
    This is pretty silly given how the PS4 is mass produced. Obviously its going to be cheaper than a PC.
    Equivalent PC would probably be around R10 000. You'd need a much better CPU. Plus you'd need at least an 7850.
    On top of all that games run better on console because they are designed for console. Far less overhead. Hopefully Mantle will help PC users with that. I'm seriously considering getting a console. I'm finding PC gaming less and less worth it.


    Personally i would never get a console over a PC,so many things i can do on PC.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DeAnt28790 View Post
    Where's the bluray drive and the 8GB RAM?
    This is pretty silly given how the PS4 is mass produced. Obviously its going to be cheaper than a PC.
    Equivalent PC would probably be around R10 000. You'd need a much better CPU. Plus you'd need at least an 7850.
    On top of all that games run better on console because they are designed for console. Far less overhead. Hopefully Mantle will help PC users with that. I'm seriously considering getting a console. I'm finding PC gaming less and less worth it.
    Making a game for a console is easier than for a PC. Hence why console games are so well optimised when they launch, (Special case is Battlefield 4, that has been a nightmare across every platform).

    I am considering a console aswell, but I won't part take in the circle jerk that both console and PC gamers are taking part in, what happened to just playing games?

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    Personally i would never get a console over a PC,so many things i can do on PC.
    ...and that is why I shall have both, for now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DCWarhound View Post


    Personally i would never get a console over a PC,so many things i can do on PC.
    Fair enough, but consoles have a shitload of excellent exclusives. Having both is the best obviously.

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    Some people spend more on their GPUs than on a console...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wlad View Post
    Fair enough, but consoles have a shitload of excellent exclusives. Having both is the best obviously.
    I don't get why they couldn't also be on PC.

    I really wanted to play halo on PC,also wanted to get GearsOfWar when i saw the mad world trailer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DCWarhound View Post
    I don't get why they couldn't also be on PC.

    I really wanted to play halo on PC,also wanted to get GearsOfWar when i saw the mad world trailer.
    So they can sell more consoles I suppose. Like now with Dead Rising 3 being an Xbone exclusives. The framerate and other technical issues with the game made me think I should rather wait for it to come to PC, but I might eventually end up buying an Xbone just for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DCWarhound View Post
    I don't get why they couldn't also be on PC.

    I really wanted to play halo on PC,also wanted to get GearsOfWar when i saw the mad world trailer.
    Halo 1 and 2 came to PC, so did the first GoW.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DCWarhound View Post
    I don't get why they couldn't also be on PC.

    I really wanted to play halo on PC,also wanted to get GearsOfWar when i saw the mad world trailer.
    Because Microsoft didn't, and still doesn't, care about PC gaming. They only care so far as Windows', DirectX's and Intel's dominance is concerned.

    They let down almost every single gamer using the Windows Live client for PC's (it was shoddy), they're switching off those servers entirely in 2015 (because they willingly let the service stagnate) and their store has no way for Steam, Origin and uPlay to have their clients on the Windows 8.1 OS - instead they're going to bombard you with a thousand $2.99 games that can be bought on a whim on the Microsoft store. They haven't cared since the desktop market started to shrink because consoles and casual gamers are more lucrative.

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