Originally posted by: Number20
JediSage is correct. PC gaming is hard because you have to be constantly upgrading to the latest and greatest video card or some other peice of hardware the moment it comes out or you are 'out of date' and can't play the latest games. It seems to have gotten much more ridiclous in the last few years. The games I play on the PC are mostly older games, such as MS flight Simulator, Red Baron 3D, and similar stuff. But I think one of the major reasons consoles have held as strongly as they have, is because it is much cheaper to have a console than a gaming PC and keeping the gaming PC up to date.
JediSage is correct. PC gaming is hard because you have to be constantly upgrading to the latest and greatest video card or some other peice of hardware the moment it comes out or you are 'out of date' and can't play the latest games. It seems to have gotten much more ridiclous in the last few years. The games I play on the PC are mostly older games, such as MS flight Simulator, Red Baron 3D, and similar stuff. But I think one of the major reasons consoles have held as strongly as they have, is because it is much cheaper to have a console than a gaming PC and keeping the gaming PC up to date.
I've actually thought over the last few years that the pc upgrade cycle had slowed down. I haven't bought a new pc since...01, I believe. Only thing I've bought since then was a new vid card, but it wasn't keeping me from gaming on my older stuff. That being said, I can't come close to playing QIV or HL2 and other stuff that's out.