worldfest said:
I don't think you understand how ideas work. You have quite a breadth of knowledge for technology, but you're stymied by this principle: [HEADING=3]There are Always Limitations for Ideas[/HEADING] You simply work around them.
No, I'm pretty sure the quote said stretch the console's capacity, not change your idea, or cut large swaths out of your idea so it'll run on the console.
And whilst there are limitations for ideas that you can work around, there are also those that you can't. No matter what you do with your idea, if it is to make a drug that'll let a normal man fly like Superman, it's not going to work. Physics, Biology, Chemistry and in general the universe are against you on that one.
[HEADING=3]PC Upgrades?[/HEADING] There are no misconceptions about a PC. No one's stupid, they know that investing money in anything will make it better, be it pc's, cars, houses, etc... But most don't upgrade their brand new vehicles; that's just silly. Everything is good enough to suffice. But why do people upgrade their houses? Why install pools and other in-home appliances? Because it raises the sticker price (value) of their house.
Uhhh... I don't know whether you're arguing with me, or agreeing with me. You claim there are no misconceptions about PCs, and what you say is true, but you WILL meet a large number of people who honestly believe you need to spend 2-3K on a rig, and then upgrade it every year after that just to game on a PC. As other people have pointed out, it exists for a reason; things used to be that way a long time back. Now, people just don't get that there's no longer 6 brands of sound cards and 4-5 graphics chips, each playing a different set of games and requiring upgrades for when next years games come out. Building a PC is also ridiculously easy, and you'll find a lot of people who'll compare it to building a car.
[HEADING=3]For Most Consumers, There Is No Incentive of Any Kind for a PC Upgrade[/HEADING] Why would I want to even open up my PC? Who cares about a slightly better textual resolution on Bioshock Infinite or Crysis 3. So is it ignorance? No. This is just how the market goes. Most consumers, like myself, put little value into having to invest time for research about PC's, and more time for $ to buy the appliances. Not to mention that most ordinary people don't want to be at their desks any longer than necessary. In fact, I already want to get off.
Uhh... Slightly better textures... Right...
Ok, so a cheaper rig than a next gen console [Can be done rather easily, an equivalent to the PS4 would cost $600 ATM, and prices'll just keep dropping, even by the time the PS4/X720 are released], that has less than a quarter of the loading time of current gen consoles, that boots up almost as fast as an Ipad, and that has textures up to 8 times the size of a console's, running at resolutions over 4 times as high as what consoles render, in addition to numerous shader and post processing effects, a wider variety of games, a wider variety of control schemes, versatility, cheaper games, mods, larger levels, more enemies, better AI and, to be honest, better everything - and its the consoles that are the economic choice?
Granted you're not going to get the most out of your PC with just a $600 rig. You'll play Crysis 3 like a PS4 would, and you'll play every current gen game way better than any console, but you're not going to max out BF3, TW2 or C3. Some people think you have to to play on the PC, but again, ignorance. You'll still get faster loading times and an alround better deal and experience than you would on a console, with the option for an upgrade later on.
As for you wanting yo get away from the desk - why do you have your PC at your desk?
It is pathetically easy to link one up to your TV, and you can get controllers and such for the PC that'll let you play your games that way too if you don't care for using a KB+M on your couch.
Even then, there are a lot of people who get all of this, yet there's still one factor that keeps them going to consoles, despite the fact that they know they can get a better experience on the PC, and thankfully this is changing; Brand name loyalty. Its not necessarily the 'advantages' of a console that gets a lot of the masses using one, its the fact that "I had a Xbox last gen, I'll get this new one, and I'm sure my friends will too so we'll play together".
Things are slowly changing, but it views on PCs haven't quite swapped yet, whilst people are still loyal to their console of choice - as shown by the stupid Xbox vs PS3 wars you'll find on some parts of the Internet.
There are, doubtless, people who understand and still choose consoles because they fit into their lifestyle better, but there are also a lot who do it for simpler reasons that don't rely on a logical choice. Both kinds exist in the world, and the more common from what I've seen is the latter, but hey, anecdotal evidence and all that.
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