8th January 2004, 3:19 PM
Quote:Ooh so hard. Put in disk. Install. Run.
Oh, sure, there is more... you do have to keep up on patches, deal with crashing, and upgrading your PC once it gets out of date... and yes, PCs cost a lot more than consoles and get outdated at least as fast, faster if you want a top of the line system... but this doesn't change any of those facts. It does disguise the installing and running and upgrading (just buy a new one in a few years), but it won't change stuff like the old 'will this game run on my system' with any system more than a couple years old, or running out of hard drive space... and anyway dealing with PCs really isn't that hard if you want to learn!
The only legitimate complaint is price, and that is a real one. The $1500 you'll need as a minimum for a decent gaming PC is pretty steep...
You just answered most of it yourself. Less maintenance, much lower price, etc. But the one thing that you still fail to grasp is ease-of-use and practicality. How many people have their PCs right next to their tvs? How many people have their PCs and TVs set up in a way in which they can play their PCs on their TVs like they would a console? Probably none, I'm guessing. Do I need to crack out the sign language again?