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Video Games: Your primary hobby?

More expensive but you can do a whole lot more on a computer than just video gaming, which is where you make your value back, because you're going to need a computer regardless. So think of the cost as only what you would pay extra to get the high performance computer vs a normal one. For example, my laptop was $1,000. To get the same laptop but with lower performance was like $700 so I really only paid $300 over what I would have anyways.



You also have the desktop option, which is very cheap. You can also simply take parts out and upgrade them, as needed, and not replace the whole machine.

That's my thing though. To enter into PC gaming takes the initial upfront cost. That hurts the market. If I were able to actually handle setting up a business financially and it had to be in the PC area? I would probably start out with customizable base platform PC that is about $400 or so. Able to play on TV or monitor and is upgradable as hell. Simplicity and reliability would be the goal though. Less tinkering involved. I know a lot of the gamers who love that aspect. I hate it. I want it to work every time. And when it doesn't? I want it to be cheap and fixable quick.

I had one issue with my PS4 and I sent it back and was given a new one. Problem solved.


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That's my thing though. To enter into PC gaming takes the initial upfront cost. That hurts the market. If I were able to actually handle setting up a business financially and it had to be in the PC area?

Again, everyone is going to bet a computer, regardless. Everyone. If you bought a computer plus a console you would be paying the same total price as just buying a higher performing computer.

I would probably start out with customizable base platform PC that is about $400 or so. Able to play on TV or monitor and is upgradable as hell.

They already have that. You can get a good desktop for $400.

Simplicity and reliability would be the goal though. Less tinkering involved. I know a lot of the gamers who love that aspect. I hate it. I want it to work every time. And when it doesn't? I want it to be cheap and fixable quick.

I suppose they could make the upgrading of parts in a desktop PC easier but it's actually not hard and you can simply Google how to do it and it can be done same day by just picking up the parts.

I had one issue with my PS4 and I sent it back and was given a new one. Problem solved.

Then you're waiting for it to ship out and ship back and you're getting a system that only does part of what a computer does but not as good.
 
Again, everyone is going to bet a computer, regardless. Everyone. If you bought a computer plus a console you would be paying the same total price as just buying a higher performing computer.



They already have that. You can get a good desktop for $400.



I suppose they could make the upgrading of parts in a desktop PC easier but it's actually not hard and you can simply Google how to do it and it can be done same day by just picking up the parts.



Then you're waiting for it to ship out and ship back and you're getting a system that only does part of what a computer does but not as good.

Not all costs are paid at one time. I already have a computer in my girlfriend's mac. I don't need anything there. It was free for me. So that doesn't really matter. It doesn't exist in a vacuum of course. But it doesn't matter.

Talking sheer simplicity of the process? The console is just less mental effort on my part. And I like that. I look at it like the AK47 vs m16 or the glock vs 1911 debate. You can get something that works and is nothing better than what it is designed for and does that well for a smaller price...

Or you can buy something and get exactly what you pay for. It has a lot of potential and that potential costs money. And as long as you put in a little effort it is going to be flawless and smooth as butter. It all comes down to what it is designed to do.

So? Do you want limited potential but works "out of the box" with no tuning ever really required? Do you want the unlimited potential (ish) with tuning required? What is your point A and your point B? Not saying one is better. Just saying that they have their advantages.


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So? Do you want limited potential but works "out of the box" with no tuning ever really required? Do you want the unlimited potential (ish) with tuning required? What is your point A and your point B? Not saying one is better. Just saying that they have their advantages.

For a lower performing machine with less options.
 
For a lower performing machine with less options.

Doesn't matter. Performing is what matters. At a lesser price. AR vs AK. I can buy one for $300 or one for $1000. If I don't intend to go past a certain point? The higher performance doesn't matter.

Maybe you would prefer cars? You have a finely tuned auto set for the autobahn. Mine is for driving on the highways with speed limits and where gas millage matters.


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Not my primary hobby. Have lots of things to occupy my time: weightlifting, music, reading, learning foreign languages. That said pretty much the only thing I play is Civilization. I have Call to Power and V. Been playing V recently. Because of time I only play a couple of minutes a day so one game takes weeks.
 
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