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I need an informed decision if i should buy a new console or save for my future pc.

EverlastEverlast
edited December 2010 in General Chat
My next paycheck is coming and i have been longing for some good games i've been wanting to play like red dead redemption, FFXIII, Heavy Rain, Mass Effect 1,2,3.

Then theres the tough and expensive choices i must make.Theres Xbox 360 which doesnt have free online gaming, but better processor and theres PS3 which has most of my friends playing, better graphics, free online lag playing. Lastly but not least i got an outdated pc hardware that to buy a new desktop would require an investment of no less than $600. Which is something i've been thinking on saving.

Im thinking of buying a used console from Gamestop (Either Xbox 360 or PS3), but i dont know if its the right decision or if i should wait and save for my PC which no longer cant run todays game! So please give me an informed advice what you would do in my place and why?

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  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited December 2010
    What no wii. It is fun too.
    Id go for the PC though.
  • RemolayRemolay
    edited December 2010
    What I know for sure, PS3 = Awesome Xbox 360= okay. New PC= Build your own for maximum awesome.
  • EverlastEverlast
    edited December 2010
    Gman5852 wrote: »
    What no wii. It is fun too.
    Id go for the PC though.

    I already got the Wii! Its frustrating enough not having many friends to play CoD:BlackOps with it. And graphics are really really bad!
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited December 2010
    NOOOOOO stupid computer misplaced my PC vote as a 360 one, dammit!
  • dentbudsdentbuds
    edited December 2010
    Everlast wrote: »
    I already got the Wii! Its frustrating enough not having many friends to play CoD:BlackOps with it. And graphics are really really bad!

    Hey, don't be dissin' the Wii. And you should have gotten GoldenEye instead of Black Ops.
  • DrRocketGeniusDrRocketGenius
    edited December 2010
    I'd save til you could buy a PS3 or 360 new, but that's just me.
  • EverlastEverlast
    edited December 2010
    dentbuds wrote: »
    Hey, don't be dissin' the Wii. And you should have gotten GoldenEye instead of Black Ops.

    i got both!!
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited December 2010
    Everlast wrote: »
    i got both!!

    Golden eye is great!
    Although i dont know much on online mode since I vowed not to play it until I beat the single player mode, and well, Im getting my but whipped on easy.
  • OrigamiOrigami
    edited December 2010
    The Wii is great! Don't be bashing it.
  • figmentPezfigmentPez
    edited December 2010
    If you shop sales on the digital distribution outlets, you can get games a boatload cheaper on PC than on consoles. You will have to give up some selection, but I find I have more games to play on PC than I have time to play them. (Plus you get PC-only gems like Minecraft and Team Fortress 2.) The cost to get a gaming PC is greater than a console (unless you count the cost of an HDTV, which I consider a requirement for 360/PS3) but I think the utility of a good PC, combined with cheaper games and more fan-made content, makes PC a superior choice.
  • taumeltaumel
    edited December 2010
    I would go for the PC.

    You won't be able to play all the PS3 and Xbox 360 exclusive titles but it gives you the best flexibility for the rest. With this budget you can even afford a GTX460, 4GB RAM, ...
  • tredlowtredlow
    edited December 2010
    Buy several Gameboy Colors. duh.

    Seriously, though, I have an awesome PC, but I'm still kicking myself for not having a console since I'm missing out on a lot of cool games, and most games I like on PC have console ports anyway (But most adventure games are only on PC I think).
  • VainamoinenVainamoinen Moderator
    edited December 2010
    There's some kind of a mistake in your headline. It is in fact impossible to buy "a new console", as all the available models are at least based on 5 year old designs, and specs haven't changed much in this half-decade. Your trigger finger might be itching, but it's really not the best time to buy a console. I don't know the console market as much as I used to, but I seriously think that after such a long time, "the next generation" is just around the corner. So, used console instead of new one is the right thing to do. You name a lot of games which are available both on console and PC, but eventually, you will have to decide which mode of control fits you better to get your question answered.

    That said, if you're choosing between PS3 and Xbox360... get a PS3. It's obviously the console for Telltale Games. :D
  • OrigamiOrigami
    edited December 2010
    I'd say get the PS3.
    It's more of an household product rather than only a gaming console.
    You can check your blu-rays on it and it has a classy design.

    But don't you have cheap bundles now with a PS3 + 2 games one of which is Uncharted 2? Great game to start your PS3 gaming with!
  • tredlowtredlow
    edited December 2010
    Oh, I know; save up until the next generation of consoles. I bought my ps2 about 2 years before the PS3 and 360 popped up, and I still regret that decision.
  • taumeltaumel
    edited December 2010
    I still favor the PC because there is just so much more you can do with it. There still exist many games for it, also enjoyable ones which aren't available on consoles. The initial hardware investment is larger but the games are cheaper then. PS3 has these titles, Xbox 360 has those, the controller of the PS3 sucks in comparison to the Xbox 360's. The PS3 might be the better allrounder of the two consoles but then again a dedicated Blu-Ray player does the job even better and cheaper. Xbox360 has quite some nice indie games. Blabla...

    All have their pros and cons. I again suggest the PC. As for the consoles, i'm unsure as it really depends on the games you want to play, i just would ignore the Wii as it sucks.

    I wonder about the impact of the new store for OSX and how much more this turns the Mac into a gaming platform. But from the hardware costs it's nothing you want, not now.
  • tredlowtredlow
    edited December 2010
    The wii is kinda like a side-console. You can buy it, but only if you already have either a good gaming PC, a 360, or a ps3.
  • taumeltaumel
    edited December 2010
    The iPhone/iPad/DS just might be the better sidekick.
  • tredlowtredlow
    edited December 2010
    taumel wrote: »
    The iPhone/iPad/DS just might be the better sidekick.

    Wouldn't the iPad be redundant, considering you already have a console/PC? I dunno, I never used it, so I'm not sure what the porting situation of it.
  • taumeltaumel
    edited December 2010
    Due to the multitouch imo it's a different experience.
  • EverlastEverlast
    edited December 2010
    taumel wrote: »
    I still favor the PC because there is just so much more you can do with it. There still exist many games for it, also enjoyable ones which aren't available on consoles. The initial hardware investment is larger but the games are cheaper then. PS3 has these titles, Xbox 360 has those, the controller of the PS3 sucks in comparison to the Xbox 360's. The PS3 might be the better allrounder of the two consoles but then again a dedicated Blu-Ray player does the job even better and cheaper. Xbox360 has quite some nice indie games. Blabla...

    All have their pros and cons. I again suggest the PC. As for the consoles, i'm unsure as it really depends on the games you want to play, i just would ignore the Wii as it sucks.

    I wonder about the impact of the new store for OSX and how much more this turns the Mac into a gaming platform. But from the hardware costs it's nothing you want, not now.

    Like this post...

    If it is a desktop, it wouldnt be an apple but a pc clone, and not a dell, HP, etc. As i would upgrade it to my liking better.
  • RemolayRemolay
    edited December 2010
    Yeah, Custom PC's are awesome, I will have one of my own eventually
  • ArmakuniArmakuni
    edited December 2010
    Save for your new PC.

    Sucks having a slow computer, not only because of games. Once you buy a fast PC and use it for a while, you'll wonder how you could stick with your old one for as long as you did :p
  • SlothboySlothboy
    edited December 2010
    tredlow wrote: »
    Oh, I know; save up until the next generation of consoles. I bought my ps2 about 2 years before the PS3 and 360 popped up, and I still regret that decision.


    Really, you regret buying a system TWO years before its replacement came out?!? Thats two full years of fun you had with that system before it became "obsolete" (not really, but thats what the manufacturers want you to think so you buy the new one). And how much did that system cost? About 300 bucks? If you break that down, you spend about 13 dollars a month on that system for the two years between when you got it and when the ps3/360 came out. I find it hard to believe you didn't get 13 bucks worth of entertainment out of that system each month.

    Lastly, your options were to buy the ps2 then or wait 2 years for the ps3. So you could buy a system and have 2 years of fun or not buy the system and wait around twiddling your thumbs for 2 years waiting on the next round of consoles. How you "still regret that decision" is beyond me.
  • tredlowtredlow
    edited December 2010
    Slothboy wrote: »
    Really, you regret buying a system TWO years before its replacement came out?!? Thats two full years of fun you had with that system before it became "obsolete" (not really, but thats what the manufacturers want you to think so you buy the new one). And how much did that system cost? About 300 bucks? If you break that down, you spend about 13 dollars a month on that system for the two years between when you got it and when the ps3/360 came out. I find it hard to believe you didn't get 13 bucks worth of entertainment out of that system each month.

    Lastly, your options were to buy the ps2 then or wait 2 years for the ps3. So you could buy a system and have 2 years of fun or not buy the system and wait around twiddling your thumbs for 2 years waiting on the next round of consoles. How you "still regret that decision" is beyond me.

    Well, my suggestion was just a joke, since they claim that the next next generation of consoles won't come out for a long time. However, I really did regret not waiting for next gen consoles.

    The thing is, years ago, my parents wanted to buy me a free console of my choice because I got good grades, or wait until new consoles come out, and I chose the PS2 (I was about 12). But then the next gen consoles, which cost more, came out 2 years later, and I could have got it for free from my parents. Sure, the PS2 was fun, but I could have afforded it with my own money.

    I guess it's not really applicable in this situation, since nobody's getting a console for free from their parents here, but I still hate 12 year old me for choosing the PS2.
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