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In <460le6$2...@steel.interlog.com> dav...@interlog.com (Dave Glue)
writes: 
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>On 17 Oct 1995 01:02:42 -0400, a...@panix.com (AoS) wrote:
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>>Personally, I don't think that consoles will take the place of the PC
as 
>>a gaming platform anytime soon, but there are many nitch games which
I 
>>enjoy on my Playstation which won't be as good on my PC.  Most
notably, 
>>Toh Shin Den, is one of my favorite games.  That was one of the
reasons I 
>>purchased the Play Station, and I've been enjoying it ever since. 
Also, 
>>for $300 the video clips on it just blow me away!  It's like watching
a 
>>laser disc at times!
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>We've been talking about PC 3D game accelerators in this conference
>for months.  Toshiden will certainly be able to played on a PC with
>one of these cards quite handily.  I always find those PC owners who
>have rushed out to get a Playstation haven't been following the
>developments in the PC games industry one iota.
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>

Just a few items:

1)PCs are upgradeable, but that's irrelevant when you pay $200 (2/3
price of a Playstation) for a measley 4MB RAM upgrade.

2)Those of us who bought a 486 JUST LAST YEAR are already barely
getting by, and processor upgrades don't come cheap either!

3)How much are the new video cards, about $200 again?  Trade in your
sixteen-bit system and get a PSX for the SAME price.  Isn't that an
upgrade of sorts?

4)How many companies are going to make software that only runs on a
NVIDEA-equipped computer, Pentium processor, or expensive video card? 
Ever wonder why only the BIGGEST hits make the crossover into PCs? 
Awesome games for PCs are few and far between, especially arcade-style
ones, because the risk goes up with the system requirements.

5)Wow, Wipeout is being released on PC!  Let's see, I'll need $200 for
a new processor (assuming that Compaq has begun supporting a Pentium
upgrade in my model), another $180-$360 for RAM (so that I can get an
acceptable frame rate, etc, I'll probably need 12 to 16 megs), $200 for
a better video card (mine is VLB with 1/2 meg video RAM).  Too bad a
PSX-style controller hasn't been made for the PC.  I guess I'll have to
stick with the Gravis pad I already have.  Even if my estimates are a
LITTLE too high, I'm still looking at AT LEAST $500 to play Wipeout on
my PC with detail, speed, and framerate even CLOSE to the awesome PS
version.  Trust me, just playing _Hi-Octane_ on my 486/DX66 is not a
pretty sight.   

For arcade style games, the PSX DESTROYS the PC.  The only games I'm
even interested in buying for my computer are DN3D and Quake.  Before
those are released, I'll have already bought Twisted Metal, Tekken,
Jumping Flash, Wipeout, Destruction Derby, Warhawk, Battle Arena, MK3,
ESPN Extreme, and Loaded for my Playstation (and probably more than
that).  I wouldn't trade my computer for one, because there are so many
other things that I can do with it, but it just doesn't compete as a
game system.

Siv

P.S. I RUSHED out to buy a Playstation, and I work at a software store.