PC Gaming vs Console Gaming

Welcome to DDO! Thank you for accepting this debate, and I hope we both have a great time. ==================================================================== Contention 1: Price I want to start off by adressing the price issue. Many people [mistakenly] think that PC's are much more expensive than Consoles. While this can be true, a decent PC will actually cost you about the same in the long run, even though it will cost more up front. An Xbox One and PS4 are both going to be around $400. A Wii U is around $300. The price range for a PC can vary greatly depending on the system. However, I believe that at a price point of $1000, you can get an absolutely beast PC. I went to PC Part Picker and made a parts list equalling $1000 (including the operating system and wifi adapter). This thing can play everything at ultra settings 1080p 60 FPS. Here: http://pcpartpicker.com... Ok, now that we've established the up-front costs. Let's go ahead and do some math: Xbox One: $400 PS4: $400 Wii U: $300 PC: $1000 Now, an average Console game is going to be around 60 dollars. The price of a PC game will vary quite a bit. Some are $60, but a lot are quite less. I'm going to assume that the average is around $40. The Current generation of consoles will probably end in about 6 years. So let's assume that we get around 5 games every year. In 6 years, the price will be: Xbox One: $2200 PS4: $2200 Wii U: $2100 PC: $2200 Ok. Now we have to add in the price of playing onlilne. PS4 is $50 a year and the Xbox One is $60 a year. Wii U doesn't have a subscription. PS4: $2560 Xbox one: $2560 Wii U: $2,100 PC: $2200 So as we see here, until the next generation of gaming, if you went with a PC it will be cheaper in the long run. Contention 2: Mods Mods ads tons of hours of gameplay to games that are already really awesome. Skyrim, for example, is just a much better exprience on PC due to the countless amounts of mods one can add to make the gameplay much better and more desirable. Since Consoles can't realistically have mods, this one should go to the PC. Contention 3: Backwards Compatibility The Current consoles are not backwards compatible. Can you play a PS3 game on your PS4? Nope. On PC, you can play even a game from 2000. Contention 4: Performance and Graphics I understand that graphics aren't everything. But they sure are better on PC. But more than just graphics, the performance of a PC (meaning Framerates and smooth gameplay) is much greater. Playing every game at 60 FPS on Ultra settings is a great joy. The PC's performance simply destroys the consoles. There's simply no other way to put it. And since the PC would be cheaper than the consoles in the long run, there is absolutely no reason to get a console if you are looking for the best performance. Contention 5: Exclusives Now, this argument can be used both ways. But there are more PC exclusives than Console ones. PC even has specific Genres that will never make it onto console like MMORPG games and MOBAs. The PC also features a lot of indie games. Although this can be taken both ways because there are many Console exclusives, there are more PC Exclusives than all of the consoles combined. Contention 6: E-Sports While E-sports definately exists in the Console world, the E-sports of Mobas such as League of Legends or Dota 2 and FPS games like Counter Strike: Global Offensive are much bigger and are much better organized. Call Of Duty championships on Console may be big, but it doesn't compare to the world of e-sports on PC. Conclusion: In the long run, you pay less for a system that can do so much more performance wise, has more exclusives, backwards compatibility and mods, and has a better e-sports scene. Thus, I urge you vote Pro in the debate. =========================================================================== Good Luck to my opponent.