Get a PS4 is the only right answer. PC components drop price much faster and greater than a PS4. Not to mention there will be a new architecture for both the CPU and GPU, and possible, there may be DDR4. So If you are looking to build an affordable PC, or top of the line PC, this year is definitely not the right time. Snag a PS4.
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Upgrade PC or snag a PS4?
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Mango Positive
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Witcher 3... bells and whistles, or stuttering 30 FPS bare bones?
I just got my CPU and MB upgrade out of the way (i5-760 to i7-4770K), so all I have to do is wait for the next round of Nvidia cards to get something to replace my GTX 680 in time for Witcher 3. In the mean time, I got a Wii U to tide me over (and to play Mario Kart, 3D World, Pikmin 3, Zelda WW, etc). I have no doubt I'll pick up a PS4 for Uncharted, but I can wait.
I just got my CPU and MB upgrade out of the way (i5-760 to i7-4770K), so all I have to do is wait for the next round of Nvidia cards to get something to replace my GTX 680 in time for Witcher 3. In the mean time, I got a Wii U to tide me over (and to play Mario Kart, 3D World, Pikmin 3, Zelda WW, etc). I have no doubt I'll pick up a PS4 for Uncharted, but I can wait.
SSPssp
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I'm pretty new to PC gaming, and I've found it to be a lot easier than I thought it would be! I only just decided to try it out because the 750 ti made it really easy for me. I didn't need a new power supply and it runs very cool in my horrible Dell case. I've never even upgraded, let alone built a computer. Downloading updates is annoying but its always been automatic for me. Every game has run really well for me except for some Indie games that I had to get a fix for.
I really wish the 750 ti had come out when the new consoles were coming out so that way I would've held off on them and gotten them cheaper.
ramoisdead
Member
I could've snagged a PS4 for cheap this week. However, I think I might wait to score that new Destiny PS4 bundle at the end of the year.
Either that or stay on track for building a PC. Seeing that a lot of games are coming out next year, I'd suggest holding on getting a PS4 until you see the title you want actually released.
Either that or stay on track for building a PC. Seeing that a lot of games are coming out next year, I'd suggest holding on getting a PS4 until you see the title you want actually released.
This is actually more my console experience, as I only play exclusives on them, it feels like every time I turn them on they have to update.
My ps4 isn't playing either of those games...and likely for a while.
The steam thread isnt really for game discussion.. thats what the OTs are for obviously.
Mostly sales discussion in there and Steam related news.
Dunno why people keep mentioning Bloodbourne and Uncharted, those games are a year away. The Op might as well wait until they are about to be released and pull the trigger then, maybe even get a better deal than he currently can.
Why not wait and see how GTAV and AC:U run on your current PC and go from there Op? You might not need either until next year sometime and prices certainly aren't going to go up in that time.
Why not wait and see how GTAV and AC:U run on your current PC and go from there Op? You might not need either until next year sometime and prices certainly aren't going to go up in that time.
ohblahitsme
Member
I've had a PS3 for more than 5 years and I've accumulated about 15 games. I got a steam account 6 months ago and I have 150+ now. You can't beat steam sales.
Wait for 2015 then upgrade your PC.
Wait for 2015 then upgrade your PC.
krameriffic
Member
At this precise moment, pretty much. The only exclusives that I give even a modicum of a shit about on the PS4 are Infamous Second Son and Killzone Shadowfall, both of which are single player, short, campaign driven games that I've already seen most of through Twitch streams and Lets Play videos. They aren't the kind of games that really pull me to want to play them like Destiny.
Plus, I can never shake the feeling like I'm being duped by soulless corporate suits into buying a console to play exclusives. Exclusives that have no practical reason not to be available on PC.
REMAINSILLY
Member
PC, hands down. Incredible backlog of games. And the sale, my god.
REMAINSILLY
Member
no Bloddborne
Buying a console for one game? And where the multiplatform games for PC are cheaper, and on sale much more often whereas on console they're almost a constant $60?
No, thanks.
Lycanthrope
Member
Always PC 
And that's before even bothering to engage in the resolution, frame-rate, refresh-rate, graphical fidelity or on-screen activity debate.
I struggle to see consoles as anything other than something that has held the gaming industry back technologically, despite them doubtlessly being to thank for making gaming commercially successful.
Unfortunately commercial success also means over-simplification, the advent of "casualisation" of the industry and the death of innovative intellectual properties, all just to make a fast buck.
Thank the gaming gods for the indie scene and crowd-funding.
- Biggest gaming library in the world, which will always be backwards compatible (read: Oh noes, tym for new console but I can't play muh expensive collection of games on it. But that's okay, I'll just buy a handful of them again as "remastered" editions.)
- You can do pretty much anything you want to with your PC from something as simple as attaching a controller to multiple displays, using it as a media centre or any of functions PCs generally excel at.
- Game settings are largely customisable.
- You can emigrate and keep your accounts (how's that account migration on PSN these days? Oh right, non-existent but that's okay, you can just make a new account).
- Mods, if you're into that.
- Ways to fix painful bugs in games outside of having to wait weeks for a new patch.
- And, of course, it'll always be "current gen" (as opposed to console manufacturers constantly having to try and market ten years' worth of delayed progress as innovative every time they release a new console--eventually folks are going to wise up to that tactic, right?).
And that's before even bothering to engage in the resolution, frame-rate, refresh-rate, graphical fidelity or on-screen activity debate.
I struggle to see consoles as anything other than something that has held the gaming industry back technologically, despite them doubtlessly being to thank for making gaming commercially successful.
Unfortunately commercial success also means over-simplification, the advent of "casualisation" of the industry and the death of innovative intellectual properties, all just to make a fast buck.
Thank the gaming gods for the indie scene and crowd-funding.
Mysterious Stranger
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A good videocard will always out class a ps4 or xbox one in graphics.
But all depends what exclusives you like on the console.
But all depends what exclusives you like on the console.
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
PS4 now, upgrade next year for The Witcher 3.
Outside of star citizen I think you would be hard pressed to find anything on the PC that comes close to UC4.
You'd be hard-pressed to find anything on the PS4 close to that as well, since it's not out yet.
The title doesn't change hands on the whims of a single piece of software, a high-end PC factually has stronger hardware than the PS4. Pretty much every multiplat released on the two is a testament to that.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Radical thought: what if Arkham Knight was demoed on PC so that the actual release of the game on PS4 would be an upgrade rather than a downgrade.
Live Free or Die
Banned
Sounds like you need a PS4.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Grab a PS4 now, upgrade PC later down the road
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Huh?
I'm wondering why you'd need to buy a PS4 right now when Bloodborne and Uncharted aren't until 2015, probably late 2015 at that. Unless you really need Infamous and Knack.
Same goes for PC if you don't need an upgrade to play anything right now. Don't upgrade until you need to, otherwise you're wasting money.
Of course, if you want to throw money away, buy everything.
Same goes for PC if you don't need an upgrade to play anything right now. Don't upgrade until you need to, otherwise you're wasting money.
Of course, if you want to throw money away, buy everything.
A game system is more than the sum of it's parts. People keep touting the raw capability of a PC system without talking about the investment needed to get there. I just spent money on upgrading a single piece of my system that was only 100 dollars less than a new PS4. All told I've sunk more into the hardware of my PC than my PS3 and PS4 combined.
As for software sales, again people are acting as if software sales don't exist on consoles and that a person is only ever able to play a game at the 60 dollar price point. Then there was the fella upthread crowing about buying games only when they are under $5 on Steam? Really? Good luck with EA, Ubisoft, Bethesda or anyone else putting out blockbuster titles. Sure there are tons of small studio games that are that price point (and a shit ton of dlc), but they aren't coming from an original MSRP of 60 bucks.
Long story short, this argument about why one platform is better than the other gets old fast, especially when people use tired arguments that just don't make any sense, or look at the larger picture.
I wasn't aware that judging a game visually is sorely based on the hardware its running on.
cheezcake
Member
This is good advice.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Uncharted 4 is running on a PS4. Nothing on PC looks as good. It's the only logical conclusion man.
perfectsil
Member
why buy a console unless you have plenty of games you want to play on it right now? the longer you wait it may be cheaper and less time you need to pay for ps+.
cheezcake
Member
Arkham being multiplat limits it to not being able to accomplish what a first-party exclusive can. And in terms of raw power a modern PC is far more powerful than a PS4, but since Crytek left the dev space there's no real AAA devs to leverage that power, pretty disappointing.
Still all multiplats are obviously going to look much better on a high-end PC
Edit: Read that post again, no way you were being serious. Baited/10.
EternalTruth
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haha, u must be joking?!
Seriously though, all this talk of beastly PS4 exclusives and their are only three big exclusives coming out for rest of the year that I can think of: DriveClub, Last Of Us Remastered, LittleBigPlanet 3...
and two of those are cross-gen games.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
In the features that UC4 looks good (character models, animation, etc) Star citizen wont even look as good compared to any AAA shooter once they stop being cross gen (like The Division). SC It's mostly scale, but once you get close to things it wont be the next Crysis by any means.
EmptySpace
Banned
buy a ps4.
the ps4 will be 400 bucks for a long time.
but your 400-dollar gpu will be 300 next year. spend that 400 bucks on pascal instead, even on volta. by then you'll be able to play the games that will come out next year at 60 fps.
what do you want, a pc with better graphical performance with its shiny new gpu, or two systems ps4 and pc?
the ps4 will be 400 bucks for a long time.
but your 400-dollar gpu will be 300 next year. spend that 400 bucks on pascal instead, even on volta. by then you'll be able to play the games that will come out next year at 60 fps.
what do you want, a pc with better graphical performance with its shiny new gpu, or two systems ps4 and pc?
Always PC
- Biggest gaming library in the world, which will always be backwards compatible (read: Oh noes, tym for new console but I can't play muh expensive collection of games on it. But that's okay, I'll just buy a handful of them again as "remastered" editions.)
Agreed. I looked on with disgust as I couldn't believe how much people were lapping up all the remasters. Having to re-buy a game again and again is NOT a good thing. I seriously can't fathom why anyone would want to do that over and over.
Grab that PS4 now, and upgrade your PC when the 20nm GPU's come out.
I don't really understand why people are throwing stuff out like Uncharted though. Yeah it looks great but there's no way it's coming out this year, so it's basically saying "Look at the stuff you will be playing later on!" At least with the PC, you have a exclusive library just...Astronomically bigger than the PS4's.
You can count multiplats on the PS4, but with a competent PC, why would you? It's like the debate with X1/PS4 multiplats, they're inferior, even if you aren't a 60fps fan.
I don't really understand why people are throwing stuff out like Uncharted though. Yeah it looks great but there's no way it's coming out this year, so it's basically saying "Look at the stuff you will be playing later on!" At least with the PC, you have a exclusive library just...Astronomically bigger than the PS4's.
You can count multiplats on the PS4, but with a competent PC, why would you? It's like the debate with X1/PS4 multiplats, they're inferior, even if you aren't a 60fps fan.
Ps4s apparently don't depreciate nor do they have additional mandatory fees to play online, so they're only 400 bucks
UnluckyKate
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get a PS4. Build a PC when generation starts to hold game back.