PC Gaming vs Console Gaming

Now, I will rebut to his case. =======================================================================Argument 1: PriceI have argued extensively in my first round about the price issue. I have shown clearly that even if you were to pay 1,000 dollars for a PC (which would be a very powerful machine), it's still going to be cheaper in the long run. CConsoles themselves are sold at a loss. The hardware of the consoles is sold at a lower price than what it would be if you were to build a PC with the same specs. So how can the companies make a profit? Why is it "cheaper"? Simple. Companies like Microsoft and Sony have complete control over the ecosystem and market of their own Consoles. Allow me to explain a little further. Sony and Microsoft both have complete control over every game that ever reaches the PS4 and Xbox One. They have complete control over the online service. And with all of this control, they are able to charge their customers higher prices for things that are just much cheaper on PC. Take for example the pricing of games. Console games are almost always 60 dollars. Yes there are exceptions here and there, but for the most part, every game is going to be 60 dollars. This is because Microsoft and Sony know that you can't get this game anywhere else. A PS4 system will only work for a PS4 game. And since Sony knows that there is no other place you can buy it, you will fork up the 60 Dollars. They make a profit this way because I promise you that they aren't making a profit off of just selling the consoles. Look at playing online also. It costs $50 on PS4 and $60 on Xbox One to play online mulstiplayer. Everyone gamer today is going to want to play with friends and enjoy a multiplayer expireince. And Microsoft and Sony both know this. They charge you money, and they know that you'll pay. There's no way out of it. By maintaing a complete monoply over everything around there ecosystem with the higher priced games annd paying for multiplayer, you end up seeing that an after 1 generation of gaming, you actually would have paid just as much as you would have with a PC. The thing about a PC is that it's an open-ended platform. The sales that Steam has isn't just because Valve is a nice company; it's because there is competition in the market. It's basic economics; the more competition in a market the better it is for the consumer because we are able to choose from a variety of different products. Steam has to compete with Origin, Uplay, Good Old Games, etc. There is an actual market when it comes to PC, and that's why games are signficantly cheaper. And from the beginning, PC has always had dediccated servers. PC gamers never pay to play online. Microsoft, at one point in time, released what they called "Games for Windows" with the hope of breaking into the PC market. They charged money to play online and the service miserably failed. Now, Microsoft sticks to its console. It just couldn't break into the PC market where everybody else was offering free ways to play multiplayer games. I had already proven that PC's were cheaper in the long run in my last argument, so I tihnk it's useless to go through the math again. from round 1, we can see clearly that a PC will be cheaper than a Console with SIGNIFICANTLY better performance. Argument 2: game variety. My opponent aregues that you can't play family games on PC. Well, this is somewhat true. But what about the genres that never rmake it onto Consoles? Take for example strategy games like Civilization 5. What about MMORPG games like Final Fantasy XIV or Guild Wars 2. what about MOBAs like League of Legends and Dota 2. What aobut point and click games liek Torchlight 2 or Diablo 3? What about Indie games that simply couldn't make onto a Console or made it onto console years after PC support and the PC version is much better (i. e. Minecraft, Terraria, Faster than Light)? My opponent also argues that there are generes not on PC, and this is true. But there are a lot more generes that aren't on Console. It will come down more to personal preference, but the ability to play family games is not that much of a plus for your average gamer. Playing something League of Legends or Civilization 5 is so much more rewarding and fun. There are a lot of exclusives on PC as welll that make the platform really nice and can only be played on PC because of the keyboard and mosue support PC has. Now, about the claim of playing on a couch. Theoretically if you were to move your PC and connect it to your T. V. via HDMI and turn on Steam big picture mode, you can sit on yoru couch and play. Furthermore, you can use any type of controller you want. However, it's a fact that PC's aren't portable. You arne't going to be able to take them to your friends house. However, I would quickly like to adress that with Steam Family Sharing, you can share games to friends on your Steam Friends List, and if you go over to your friends house, they will be able to play the games you own. Argument 3:Ok, this is just the subjective idea of having fun. And I have a lot of fun on PC. I hope the judges realize all the benefits of PC and hope that they find PC Gaming more fun as well. Thank you. ===========================================================================Hoping for a good round of rebuttals =)