PC vs PS4

CheekyC said:
How does Steam work? You download the software and purchase/play in it?
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Steam is basically like an online shop. You buy games get tied to your account. You can them install whenever you want. So if your pc blows up, you don't lose your games. Just log into your account and they all there. Yes, you download them. All digital.
 
Chevron said:
Steam is basically like an online shop. You buy games get tied to your account. You can them install whenever you want. So if your pc blows up, you don't lose your games. Just log into your account and they all there. Yes, you download them. All digital.
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OK so all the normal games from the normal publishers as well? E.g. like BF4 ?

I thought it was an environment that you play in. ALmost like a VM
 
CheekyC said:
OK so all the normal games from the normal publishers as well? E.g. like BF4 ?

I thought it was an environment that you play in. ALmost like a VM
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It is pretty much the same as an app store (like itunes, apple store, android app store). Works exactly the same, they also sell pc apps nowadays but pc games is their main thing.

You should get any pc game on there, but sometimes publishers like EA and Blizzard are dicks and only sell it in their own stores (i.e you won't find Diablo on steam)
 
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blaaislaai said:
I have a PS4 and a mid-high end PC.

But prefer the PS4 of the two, strictly a gaming machine
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I can get what u say. I need a new work pc. Mine 5 yrs old, but now i build play pc that is so much more powerful. Doesnt feel right. But then i am adressing the familys gaming need and not my work need
 
The iteration of a console is usually the worst anyway, if really want a console it's best to wait a while, in the meanwhile you can get a brand new PC
 
CheekyC said:
I can get what u say. I need a new work pc. Mine 5 yrs old, but now i build play pc that is so much more powerful. Doesnt feel right. But then i am adressing the familys gaming need and not my work need
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Why can't you do both at the same time?

Usually all you do is add a gfx card to a good work PC to make a good gaming PC.
 
Chevron said:
Why can't you do both at the same time?

Usually all you do is add a gfx card to a good work PC to make a good gaming PC.
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Yes I hear you and I thought of that too. I am out of the whole speccing a PC thing so lost track of PC technology. My work PC was very good when I bought it:
core 2 duo E6850 3GHz
2x10000rpm drives in RAID 0
2x27" monitors

And it is still pretty quick for what I do on it - software development. But I am thinking of upgrading it. Maybe I should just add RAM and SSD.

But not sure if a high-end GPU e.g. 7870 or 79xx will make it a good gaming PC. What do you think? I see BF4 needs at least this CPU @ 2.4GHz and then good GPU
 
hereticangel said:
psn also have specials :p

atm thief is R450 and tomb raider is R400 , very cheap for ps4 games!
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And on Steam you could pick up Tomb Raider for $5 in December. A triple A game that was only 9 months old at the time. Once you get quality games at these prices console will also seem way too expensive. :)
 
You "cant get into" gaming, either its in your blood or not.




PC for FPS
PS4 for 3rd person
 
I'd say PC. A lot of the XBox One games coming to PC too, so you won't loose out on that goodies and the PC have exclusives too. And way more games coming out to PC.
 
Rickster said:
You "cant get into" gaming, either its in your blood or not.




PC for FPS
PS4 for 3rd person
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well whatever dude. i havent played for 20 years and my son is keen so i want to get him going and play with him.
 
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CheekyC said:
Yes I hear you and I thought of that too. I am out of the whole speccing a PC thing so lost track of PC technology. My work PC was very good when I bought it:
core 2 duo E6850 3GHz
2x10000rpm drives in RAID 0
2x27" monitors

And it is still pretty quick for what I do on it - software development. But I am thinking of upgrading it. Maybe I should just add RAM and SSD.

But not sure if a high-end GPU e.g. 7870 or 79xx will make it a good gaming PC. What do you think? I see BF4 needs at least this CPU @ 2.4GHz and then good GPU
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That cpu is not that great, you will have to do a MB, CPU, RAM & GPU upgrade which is very doable with your budget.
 
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