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Originally Posted by Verbal

Never heard of LAN parties then?

These days all these games can be played online. PC's can also be updated within minutes, the new xbox is already outdated when compared to the PC. People using it will be using the same graphics card for the next 10 years and thus having a sub par experience.

Of course I have heard of LAN parties but Doom II was a long time ago, brother. And playing against strangers online is nothing compared to four chums squinting to see a splitscreen, munching each others supply of health packs.

Who cares about high end PC gaming? Nobody is developing for it because the market is too small and the benchmark is decided by what is in consoles. Most devs want their software to run on consoles too and the tech can be stretched a lot. Sure Skyrim don't look as good on the 360 but hey I paid for it 8 years ago and I still do not feel like I am missing out on much.

Conversly because most people do not have the time or money to update their rigs every year, most of the mostly widely played PC titles run on years old systems rendering the whole technology argument close to meaningless.

PC gamers can run a dull, glorified tech demo like Crysis 3 on max settings but at the end of the day most of the geniunly stunning games this year - like every year - will be coming to consoles. All my friends will be up for a game and nobody will have to worry if their Intel 600x Jabbahut will be good enough for it.