The new Xbox Console: Xbox One... okay....

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I am 23 and ever since ive been able to afford PC games (for a long time now) and able to keep my PC upgraded I have not had the need to get a console or use my aging Wii / 360 (they are pretty dusty and havent used them since forza 3 came out, which if you are familiar with the game is a VERY long time ago). Maybe down the line I will pick up both of them when they are cheap and play the exclusives but thats about it.

My PC is already better hardware wise compared to both machines and mine is about 2 years old. Still no reason money wise to get a console over a PC since its cheaper to upgrade. Im better off spending the 400 -600 - 800 dollars (who knows at this point?) on a PC upgrade

Wait, what did you just say?

Realize that the Xbox 360 is now 8 years old. Yes, it was released in 2005. I remember that well, because I was a Microsoft retail rep then. So it cost you $300 USD then. How is spending $300 one time in 8 years cheaper than spending $400 every two years on a PC upgrade (since that's, you know, $1600)?

Before you say that it's impossible to only spend it once ... all I have to do is look at the Xbox 360 console sitting in my living room. That one was in a Wal-Mart and turned on for 24/7 for a year before I ended up getting it. I did have to do the x-clamp fix on it when it RROD'd after 3 years. And it's still going strong - I do about 20 hours of gaming on it a week. (Skyrim for the 5th time, if you must know.)

And THAT'S who Microsoft is building consoles for - the people who (like me) got tired every two years of basically having to rebuild their PC's because the newest games require the newest graphics cards - and PC's just can't keep up. Not to say that at this point we may have reached the point of diminishing returns, with SSD's and 16 GB of RAM and totally insane graphics cards - but ...

After a while you go wait a minute. This is like me taking my perfectly good car and just because someone else comes up with something new my car can't do (or do well), taking out the engine and putting in a new one. Every two years. I've been able to afford to do that for ... well, honestly more years than you've been alive (just so I can pull out my old man thing here, since it's expected of me) ... and it gets tiresome after a while.

And honestly, parents will still drop the $400 (rumored price) for the Xbox One because it's still cheaper and easier to put an electronic babysitter in their home than actually be involved with their kids.

You're misunderstanding my current PC is 2/3 years old and is better then the PS4 and Xbox one. The comment beauregard makes is spot on. I expect that between now and the next generation of consoles I do not have to spend more then 400 bucks to upgrade to get compareable or better stats then the PS5 or Xbox two (or whatever they end up calling both systems). A one time thing

The computer I had like 6 years ago I couldve upgraded but I decided to sell it and just buy a new one instead. (because the guy I sold it to gave me a really good price) Otherwise upgrades probably would not have costed not more then 400 bucks.

The reason behind this is because Consoles actually hold back game development. Since you cant upgrade a console to get new hardware game developers are forced to limit their games to the hardware of the consoles unless they are PC exclusives. Still, most PC games (even new ones) do not even reach the fulls specs of a 8 core, 8 gigs of ram and 1 / 2 gigs of video card ram usage computer (which is what most usual computers have right now as a bare minumum)

I assume now that the consoles have finally caught up that will be the new standard for a long time (again except for maybe PC exclusives that might break that barrier just a tiny tad)

Besides, you are also not calculating in the fact that PC games are cheaper and that you can get great deals through digital distributors now that are pretty much killing Gamestop and all other game retailers in the PC market (I know a lot of Game retailers do not even sell PC games anymore because they cant compete with the price of Digital Distribution)

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