Computer Or 360?, What will you get it for? Options

[Million]

what r u getting it for?

[Marxist ßastard]

Let's also not forget the whole upgrade cycle / planned obsolescence situation. I fully expect my 7800 GT to last until the "next generation" consoles (IE the PS3) come out, and wouldn't be suprised at all if it was just fine when the next X-Box comes out, thanks in no small part to the PC's superior option handling.

And when the time to upgrade does come along, I think you'll find that the trend of console prices increasing linearly won't stop anytime soon. Meanwhile, computer components are getting cheaper by the minute due to this hip new thing called a "competitive market." They're also getting ridiculously powerful, while consoles aren't encouraged to bring anything more to the table than getting their launch titles to run at 30FPS (a burden which, as the Oblivion delay proves, is increasingly falling into the hands of developers).

Additionally, if you've got an X-Box 360, but you don't already have a computer, you've got some skewed priorities. Thus, in the vast majority of cases, the price of the monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, the majority of the cooling system, hard drive, sound card, case, any additional controller cards, any additional peripherals, and DVD drive can be completely forgotten, in a few cases the price of the power supply can be cut back, and -- depending on the specific components used -- the power supply as a whole, the processor cooler, the processor, the mainboard, memory, and the video card can be salvaged, also.

This post has been edited by Marxist ßastard: Feb 17 2006, 12:47 PM