Originally posted by: Luke Skywalker
you say, "I went from a console gamer, to a PC gamer, to no gamer at all because I suddenly woke up one morning and couldn't play any of the new games I was interested in, while a few months ago they all worked beautifully. It has absolutely nothing to do with graphics. " so if its not graphics than what is it? the only thing i can think of is a hardware problem or something may have went on your computer.. either way this has nothing to do with upgrading. maybe you have to reinstall?
as for the console wars things and people being biased, i do recall someone saying "Im hearing a sony fanboy crying right now or something along those lines" Sorry but if thats not being biased i dont know what is.
and when did i say anything about sticking to older games? seriously? i said that you can play any game on the pc without all the bells and whistles on if you dont care about graphics. and NO YOUR WRONG ABOUT HAVING TO BUY NEW STUFF TO PLAY ANY NEW GAMES! i've played every new game this year with a setup i made about 2 years ago. but at least with the pc you are given a choice! im not saying you will never have to upgrade your pc, you will have to one day, just as you will have to buy a new console.
you say, "I went from a console gamer, to a PC gamer, to no gamer at all because I suddenly woke up one morning and couldn't play any of the new games I was interested in, while a few months ago they all worked beautifully. It has absolutely nothing to do with graphics. " so if its not graphics than what is it? the only thing i can think of is a hardware problem or something may have went on your computer.. either way this has nothing to do with upgrading. maybe you have to reinstall?
as for the console wars things and people being biased, i do recall someone saying "Im hearing a sony fanboy crying right now or something along those lines" Sorry but if thats not being biased i dont know what is.
and when did i say anything about sticking to older games? seriously? i said that you can play any game on the pc without all the bells and whistles on if you dont care about graphics. and NO YOUR WRONG ABOUT HAVING TO BUY NEW STUFF TO PLAY ANY NEW GAMES! i've played every new game this year with a setup i made about 2 years ago. but at least with the pc you are given a choice! im not saying you will never have to upgrade your pc, you will have to one day, just as you will have to buy a new console.
Okay, when I said "suddenly I woke up one morning and couldn't play games anymore" I meant it as a figure of speech. I was refering to my system finding itself outdated. I do not need to reinstall anything, I do in fact need an upgrade if I were to want to play most modern games. This is a fact, there is nothing in denying it. Not every game has the function to turn down all the "bells and whistles" and even when they do, you can turn it down all the way and it still plays lousily. I would have loved to play Battlefront when it came out, but it is not going to happen. Not without buying new hardware.
"NO YOUR WRONG ABOUT HAVING TO BUY NEW STUFF TO PLAY ANY NEW GAMES!" Dude, calm down! Why are you getting so bent out of shape about this. Not everybody is as big into gaming as you seem to be. When I was in highschool I was big into games, at that time I owned a SNES and a N64 and felt the Playstation sucked (I owned one of those too, but never found any games half as good as my N64 games), at that time I would have been very happy to participate in console wars. High school is now a very distant memory to me, and I could care less about pissing on other consoles. The line Ric said about the PS fanboy crying somewhere, was more of a joke, not to be taken seriously. Just an off handed comment not meant to rough up anyone feathers.
"i've played every new game this year with a setup i made about 2 years ago"
If you have played every new game this year, then you have a hell of a lot more money on your hands than I have. I also do not have the money to buy a new system every two or three years. It is just my opinion that consoles, being just a few hundred with no extra troubles are a much cheaper than a $700 dollar system every three years or so. If you do not agree with this, it is not going to hurt you. The world is not going to end. We can all live in harmony. Your PC gaming experience is a good one. Mine ended when my system, which I am quite fond of and have no intention of replacing or throwing more money into, became outdated and could not handle new games. Yes it is my fault because I did not commit to buy a new system or a new graphics card. I would much rather buy a new console system than a new computer, thus PC gaming is not worth it for me. I know plenty of others who agree with me. But hey, it is okay. PC gaming is still there, your games aren't going anywhere. And some of us still feel that sony is going to lose this round. We might be wrong. That is part of the fun and beauty of making predictions like this, you might be wrong and you can look back and say, "man, I really thought the dreamcast was going to rule."