TorturedChaos said:
Man glad I don't play xbox, or really online with a console at all.
As for the other argument going on here (Console vs PC - $$$) it all depends on what you get into - there are just too many variables to say x is always more expensive than y
Full blown Guitar Hero set is rather spending, but not everyone has one (I don't).
Arguing game prices is hard to do also. Almost all my console games are used. But used PC games are hard to find, and then the CD key is already activated, and all hell brakes loose. But then again you can get PC games off Steam on sale a lot too. So I see a draw there.
If we just argue game console plus input devices against tower plus input devices - I have about $300 into my PS3 plus controllers and $600 into my tower + input devices (keyboard, mouse, ps2 controller to usb adapter). And even if we through out the parts I didn't buy just for gaming (2 1TB WD black hdd's @ $80ea - no OS on them, just storage) It pulls it down to ~$440.
Console seems like it lead the way there, but when I trough in the $1500 I plan to drop on a nice shinny HDTV next spring, kinda tips the scales the other way - even compared to the 2 new flat screens I'm getting for my computer.
Now you can argue the PC is used for more than just gaming, but so is my TV and everyone keeps grouping the TV in with the console price to tip the scales in favor of the PC. And my PS3 does more than just play games. I stream media through it all the time, and its my blu-ray player.
Hell if you through in the $15/mo I pay to play WoW makes the hole $60/yr thing for the Xbox seem pretty silly.
so like I said at first - there are just too many variables to flat out say "x cost more than y". I honestly don't know which I have spent more money on - my computer or console gaming.