User blog comment:Callofduty4/Ghosts PC Title Update 11/19/13/@comment-89.100.49.34-20131120160544/@comment-3563664-20131123103723

I paid around 450€ for my current PC, and it's gonna be viable for a few more years. Doing the time I had this PC i got BF3 and a bunch of other AAA games for 5€ in the Humble Bundle, got Ghosts pre-order for 40€ thanks to keystores (EU Key), and got a shitton of indie games (though there are a lot of console exclusive great Indie titles as well) for very low prices. I fail to see where PC Gaming would be more expensive than console gaming. The graphics are still better than on console with a mediocre Gaming PC like mine.

And the reason I think those who love gaming shouldn't play on consoles is not only the ability for mods, but also the wider range of in- and output formats (Gamepad, M+K, Joystick, OCULUS RIFT! (though thats expensive again)). The main reason I find "valid" for more dedicated gamers to play on console are their friends playing there (which is something that can only really be changed when new gen consoles come out), but those with more money will usually also have a Gaming PC. I'm not exactly rich myself, as I still go to school, and yet I financed around 90% of the gaming stuff I have entirely on my own.

It is true that gaming started on Arcade machines, then went to console, and then the PC gaming started. But there were popular PC Games released as early as 1981 (probably even before that, but I don't know any right now), so it was a little before the launch of the 3rd generation of Consoles (probably most widely known of that one is the NES) And since PC gaming has just so many advantages for "dedicated" gamers and gaming, both casual and non-casual, is becoming more and more popular, the market is shifting towards PC. After all, the currently most popular game in the world (LoL) is a PC Game, as well as the previously most popular game (WoW). Just the piracy is driving away developers from PC Gaming, but they start to realize that not every pirated copy means lost money.