[citation][nom]kawininjazx[/nom]This is why consoles are more popular: Buy a $400 XBox, plays all the games perfect for seven years or so. Buy $1200 PC, upgrades every 3 years, and there is no guarantee the game will run after you install it. As superior as PC gaming is, you have to have a bigger wallet and more tech knowledge. I work on PCs 45 hours a week and even my co-worker couldn't get L4D2 or Gotham City Imposters to run right on his PC, even after hours of research. The two games run fine on my PC which has a slower video card.[/citation]
if your co-worker actually has any pc experience like you're implying and could not figure out how to get a few pc games to work, then he is a complete idiot and has no place working with computers. As long as you meet minimum req's there is nothing complicated about pc gaming.
It can be more complicated if you start with mods etc. but that is simply an extra feature that you don't have to use, and it's becoming really easy with things like steam workshop for skyrim for example.
If you build your computer it can be cheap but you need tech knowledge. If you buy one it will be more expensive, but to play at console quality you don't need that high end of a pc. Also most people already have a laptop/pc and buy a console separately, so the cost issue is also not as simple as you make it out to be.
if your co-worker actually has any pc experience like you're implying and could not figure out how to get a few pc games to work, then he is a complete idiot and has no place working with computers. As long as you meet minimum req's there is nothing complicated about pc gaming.
It can be more complicated if you start with mods etc. but that is simply an extra feature that you don't have to use, and it's becoming really easy with things like steam workshop for skyrim for example.
If you build your computer it can be cheap but you need tech knowledge. If you buy one it will be more expensive, but to play at console quality you don't need that high end of a pc. Also most people already have a laptop/pc and buy a console separately, so the cost issue is also not as simple as you make it out to be.