TurksMeister

Sorry buddy – got a new job today so going out to celebrate… no more fricking plane food! Whoop!

Should be around over the weekend though

I am still rather confused as to how you can make a top of the range PC for £350… I spent twice that last year (and tbh really couldnt see much difference in what I had before!).

At no point have I said that a console is superior, merely pointed out that:

A) Its cheaper. Yes games are usually around £5 more expensive, so I would have to buy 14 before I hit you £70 extra expense threshold… although you mention you have bought most of your games on Steam – good luck selling them! suddenly the 3 games I own are worth more than all yours put together! I assume (but may be wrong) that a PS3 holds its value more than a PC does too

B) Consoles are more userfriendly – its no secret that I am a bit of a retard when it comes to computers (blew my first one up on the second day of owning it!). I can sit down, start the PS3, be playing in minutes – no problem. It took me half an hour to get my mic to work the other day. Some stupid TS3 option where I could alter my inputs… surely in this day and age it should literally plug and play?

C) More social – Good entertainment with mates round and beers

D) Quieter

E) Less intense

You have largely agreed with A and C, (while B, D and E are based on personal preference). I cannot see how you can conclude that my arguments are crap!

I would also like to add the following which are preferable for me:

– Everyone has the same kit: you dont get some kid with an ultra fast rig capping all the flags before you enter the game
– Less likely for games to be hacked (although I understand it is possible)

Thanks for reading 🙂

Please spec me a fully working PC which I can buy new for less than £279, which will play all these games in DX 11.

I am using this top range PS3 as comparrison. I am sure I can find one cheaper, but think you need as much help as possible.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-PlayStation-Slim-Console-Model/dp/B00422MS8E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1291020392&sr=8-1

Extra points if you can get a Blu Ray Player in there.

Many thanks in advance

Cool – Im in… message me when ready

I pay £10/month for 20mb broad band, with O2 (£15/m withought an O2 phone). Plus £10 ish for BT line.

It works really well.

Come on! You cannot compare it to the price of a PS3 when it came out, as much as I cannot compare the cost of a PS3 to a PC when they first came out!

I am willing to bet that the graphics on the first ever PS3 were significantly better than on the first PC.

Yes – you are right… it is an unfair comparrison… I am going to rest my briefcase here!

At work, so chosing what I reply to in limited time!

I cant help to draw back to the point that you are comparing the cost of second hand PC equipment with first hand console equipment. Yes a new controller for a Xbox 360 will cost £30 – £40 to buy from Currys but to buy online, or second hand you can easily knock 50% off the price. Consoles are cheaper.

Also factoring in money saved through selling old kit? Really? Ok… I sold my PS2 for £40… suddenly my £110 PS3 is £70. Consoles Win.

However – the most important point is that you are comparing the cost of playing a game online for a PC with playing a game with mates in your living room on aconsole… A more fair comparrison would be MP gaming on both over the internet (where you dont have to buy a second controller), and comparing MP gaming with mates in the same room (where you are surverly limited on the PC – either sharing a keyboard for bomberman type games, or buying controllers for each person at additonal cost – either cheaply for shit, or expensively for the good stuff).