well this guy is just crazy because for £800 about $1200 i got

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, @ 2.4GHz OC @ 3.2GHz
Nvidia Geforce GTX 285, 240 cores @ 1.4GHz
4GB PC2-6400 DDR2, @ 800MHz

and this will last me for at least 3-4 years now, i can play crysis maxed at 1920 by 1080 progressive, so everything else is going to play way better maxed.

console fanboy knows nothing about PC, they see $5000 system on dell or alienware and thinks it costs that much but if he built it himself he could get it at lest for £1500.

He can't learn how to use a mouse and keyboard so he makes that an excuse? Turn him off!

This guy just isn't a PC gamer... that's pretty much it. PC games are expensive, (when you think of upgrading your rig, and then buying games for it... if you buy games... lulz hacks) but the other complaints are not much complaints at all. Saying that you can't control a PC game with a mouse and keyboard (even though he said it was a rhetorical question/statement) tells me that he just doesn't spend the time to PC game.

So I own a 360, and had owned a PS3, got rid of that overpriced piece of hardware...
Anywho. I play most of my games on my pc. The graphics kill anything on the consoles. The expensive part comes when people are trying to upgrade weak out of date computers to make them keep up. Build something good, around 800 bucks, and play it for years. In a few years drop another few hundred in and be killing it again. Pc's are highly scalable.

I have an Xbox 360 , PS3 and good gaming pc. I prefer my PC for most games but there are a few games I prefer on the consoles. In my opinion it all depends on the type of game and the conrtrols in that game. FPS games and RTS games are much easier with keyboard and mouse than console controler but most racing games are just as easy on the pc as the console. This is just my opinion.

wow a lengthy rant on the mouse and keyboard. I'm assuming he tried to play cs and was boom headshotted .5 seconds after turning the corner all day. For some reason console gamers REALLY hate fps games on pc...I wonder why.

mod communities on PC alone make it worth while

"Even the exclusive gangbusters don’t merit purchasing a new computer every six months"

These days are gone. Provide you spend a little money your gaming PC shouldn't cost you more than $800 and will be good for 3-4 years. You might have to turn a few things down a notch or two but it will still look better than any console. You also have to remember the games are $10 cheaper. So if you buy one game a month over the span of the machine you have effectively saved over half the cost of the machine.

"It’s because the game was scaled back for the console versions that it wasn’t as good as it could be"

No. The fact it is aimed at a console is why the game isn't as good as it could be. Where as the PC gamer is a wine connoisseur the console gamer buys the boxed crap from CVS.

"How the hell in the world do you use a mouse and keyboard to play a video game? To me using a mouse and keyboard with the precision a video game requires is more likely to create a wicked PowerPoint,"

He needs to try a PC FPS online and see how schooled he gets using a controller.

"The gamers."

The foul mouthed racists on xbox live that much better?

Endless free mods make PC games shine over $20, two map, map packs.

i paid $1800 for my 46" 1080p LCD TV last year. which cost more than my new rig i recently built: Q9550, 750i, 8gb ram, 650 power supply, and GTX 260, gaming mouse, 500gb Sata drive, and 24" monitor. all this BS of having to buy new hardware every 6 months does not apply nowadays. ill be gaming for years on this rig.

if you want the best platform....you pay high dollar. im perfectly fine having the Ferrari and not a Ford.

The only games i really play on PC anymore are CSS and FSX. This is mostly due to having a 46" HDTV and kick ass surround system and comfort I just cant get sitting at my PC. I wont deny that the PC can have better performance and graphics though.

I basically don't agree with anything said in that post, my rebuttal is below:
http://www.mmocrunch.com/20...

What a terrible article. I stopped reading right after he wrote something along the lines of having to buy or upgrade your PC every six months.

I built a decent rig eight months ago for a grand. Still haven't had to upgrade it and it's still running every game that's come out perfectly fine.

kthnxbai

That is the reason why i went out and bought a huge Samsung plasma to play games on. I have been a advid FPS pc fan since quake 1 in college. When i made the switch to Counter Strike nerds and no lifers began hacking the game and created aimbots, wallhacks ect which ruined it for me. Once i got used to playing cod4 on the PS3 i really enjoyed it due to the lack of hacking and cheating. I have a 22 inch lcd flat screen monitor and a kick ass gaming machine pc, but it cant compare with sitting in front a 40+ inch high quality plasma with kick ass sound. I played cod4 on my pc for a year, then i went and bought for my ps3 and i was blown away!!!!! I couldn't believe i played that game on a pc instead of my HDTV.

I will agree that consoles would not be where they are today without PC gaming however it's to the point now that PC gaming is more of a bother then a benefit. I have friends who spend 500+ dollars every few months to keep their computer up to date and more often then not they dont have to enough money to buy the GAMES they are updating their rig for. leaving me wondering what the point is.

On top of that sure PC games run at full specs on a good rig can look better and play better then on a console however the difference is so little that the average gamer would not justify the cost of being able to do this.

I like being able to buy the game put it in the tray and BOOM it works and it works well.(unless you are using a 360 and it red rings)