Windows 7 takes up less than 20GB on my laptop. Mass Effect 3 is large, but not THAT large, haha.

You're 100% dead wrong. Who the fuck said anything about a top-of-the-line PC from back then? And no, the 8800 GT was substantially better - it was a revolution in the GPU industry, with nVidia's GeForce 8 series. It also has DirectX 10 support, which is a big deal.

It's not dishonest at all. Perfectly legitimate and NOT a scam. Businesses and many workplaces give out massive discounts as well.

It was cheaper and I just wanted to show what was possible for a super-small budget. It'd be a hassle yeah, and one would have to keep only one or two games on there at a time. But it would be doable.

Can you not read? I said $300. Look. At. The. Fucking. Link.

No, it's not dishonest. I mention the price of Xbox Live as a comparison to the price of Windows.

Agreed.

Agreed. I pretty much only say things online if I'd be comfortable with people in real life knowing what I'd said.

Look at yourself and your comments in this article. By no means are you helping at all - you're responding to comments without careful analysis, making generalizations, and in general, carrying around a severely-caustic attitude.

I agree with you about the publishers. You're correct.

Umm, a Radeon HD 4650 can run any of those games at settings higher than any console, at resolutions higher than any console. That's not "barely" running. And that's a low-end GPU.

Actually, it is. You're totally incorrect. None of that is nonsense whatsoever. Read the post.

That's understandable. I applaud thee for not attacking me viciously in the comments like many others, just for challenging their statements.

Did you even read the post? The TV is where you attach the PC. That PC is NOT even $500. It's $300.

I know, but you seem to completely ignore the fact that I already fully-acknowledged your comment, multiple times, in my OP.

No, you ignored everything I wrote. Why does no one read? PC gaming comes out to be cheaper, in the long-run. Read what I wrote, carefully, and drop the bias.

Did you even read what I wrote? Read again, and DROP THE CAUSTIC ATTITUDE. I already said that this is not what most people are capable of handling. Why don't I quote myself:

Your point about PC gaming being more expensive is a common myth. It's utterly false:

"Many of them actually don't want a next gen console altogether."

First part of your comment is not true. PC gaming is actually cheaper (no one needs to constantly update - GPUs from 2006 still run modern games absolutely fine, at settings/resolutions far beyond what consoles can handle):