[MakgSnake]

Originally posted by the_artist

I actually think that the prices of having a PC and having an X-Box are actually closer than many think. Its not like the X-Box is going to be around in a few years time, as you'll have had to shell out £300 for an X-Box 2. The turn-around for new consoles is around about 3 years nowadays, and buying a new one is just the same as updgrading a PC, with the disadvantages of not being able to retain components or even software from your previous machine. The PC's position is helped with the fact that PC games are usually a lot cheaper than X-Box games (in the UK at least - as long as you don't buy at high street prices. and if you do, quite frankly you're thick enough to stop gamma rays.).

Of course consoles come down in price, but this is counter-argued by the fact that graphics cards, processors and ram also go down in price (these 3 things being the only things you really need to updgrade so often). In the long term, a PC is a very good thing tp have, especially as PCs aren't just for gaming. The few £100 or so gap that arises after the long term expendature is worth it for the diversity

You do have a point, but seriously..... RAM gets used up all the time. And PC is not used by one person but by the whole family (That is if you are like me and have one PC). If I want to play games for hours, I cannot. And PC games have bugs and sudden crashes and viruses..... and the installation and everything... Its a hassle for a guy like me alteast. For Consoles, just put the disk in and you are ready to go. In the past years PC was much much better as you could play Online, but now it can be done on Consoles too, and Console Graphics are getting better and better. And Oh yeah, I cant carry my PC around to places (Unless if I have a NoteBook = $$$), but my console yeah I can. So games are very important but all these issues are too.

Doom III and Half-Life 2 are type of games I really really excited about, but now I am 100% that both are coming on Xbox. Still I can totally see what you were saying back there. If I had the money and effort to supe up my computer, I'd be on yourside. But I am very happy with My consoles, and games like StarFox/Mario/Sly/Shenmue/ETC would never hit the PC (Well it might later in the future). Oh well.