{"id":70322,"date":"2014-11-10T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=70322"},"modified":"2014-11-10T07:02:43","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T05:02:43","slug":"pc-components-which-cost-more-than-a-ps4-tv-and-game-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/70322-pc-components-which-cost-more-than-a-ps4-tv-and-game-collection","title":{"rendered":"PC components which cost more than a PS4, TV, and game collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

One joke about PC gamers needing to switch to a PlayStation 4 and you are guaranteed to get the comments rolling in, as was the case following our recent PS4 for under R5,500<\/a> article.<\/p>\n

The arguments against a need to switch were fair, notably in the case of really cheap games on Steam, and the modular nature of PCs which allows for necessity upgrades.<\/p>\n

Although I paid over R600 for Destiny on the PS4 (with a Kalahari discount voucher), and only $2 for Hotline Miami on Steam, I cannot agree with the PC component pricing argument.<\/p>\n

“For R5,500 you can get a new GTX 970”, or “my (insert graphics card) is more powerful than the PS4’s GPU” may be valid statements, but the rest of your PC did not fall from the sky into your lap. You had to pay for it.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the master race rule MyGaming, so I feel this is an argument I cannot win. However, what I can do is poke fun at you PC gamers until Jan decides to ban me from writing articles.<\/p>\n

So, you would rather let a blind man shave your balls than game on a PS4? Well, I would rather have a PS4, a TV, and a small, but diverse, game collection than a single graphics card.<\/p>\n

PC components which cost more than a console gaming setup<\/h3>\n

For the sake of the article I priced a PS4, a 40-inch LED TV, and 5 newish, big-release games.<\/p>\n