From: JJH777 | #069
It doesn't though. There are so many things that are cheaper about PC gaming in the long run you are always going to save money on PC gaming unless you have to max everything. I have not upgraded my PC in 4 years and that was an upgrade to a $100 graphics card and my PC wasn't that expensive to begin with. There are like 3-4 games I can't play. Meanwhile Steam lets me buy games ridiculously cheap better than even the absolute best used game deals on consoles. That plus the fact that 1 PC gets you the entire library definitely makes it cheaper. If I want to play games from 2000-2006 on consoles I have to get a PS2 if I want to play 2000-2006 games on PC I buy them. Then there are console failure rates especially the 360's which are completely ridiculous. Games getting scratched is also a major issue for console games and really not for PC games. My original Warcraft 3 TFT disc is pretty much completely destroyed and no console would recognize it yet I can still install the game off of it. Same with my original Age of Empires disc.
You haven't upgraded in four years. I haven't bought a new Xbox 360 for five or six years. If I want to play an original Xbox game, I'll use the $120 xbox I bought eight years ago. PC gaming is certainly more convenient and I love it far more, but we're not talking about convenience. I've spent more on my PC in eight years time than I have my consoles. I spent more on my entry level $500 PC than I did on the last two generations of consoles.
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