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NHL Off-Season 2013 |OT2| The Teemu Selanne Sweepstakes

SCHUEY F1

Unconfirmed Member
If we don't get a next-Gen Red Dead in two years I will be upset. Also while we are saying crazy things, how about this.....Valve is overrated...
 
If we don't get a next-Gen Red Dead in two years I will be upset. Also while we are saying crazy things, how about this.....Valve is overrated...

I am really surprised there hasnt been any news about a new RDR yet. I thought that game did great, you would think they would want to keep it in peoples minds.
 

DopeyFish

Not bitter, just unsweetened
Let's see.

PC = 1500
3x Xbox = 1000
TV = 500
PS3 = 500
3DS = 200

That's only 3700... Let's say 4000.

That leaves 2600 for 600 games, which comes down to about 44.- per game. Did you really buy 600 games at FULL PRICE?!?

I just honestly can't fathom how you spent that much money. Not "how dare you", but "how did you do it".

(Okay, maybe also "how dare you")

MY PC was > $5k
MY TVs were never cheaper than $1500 (I need to replace them again soon)
3DS and 10 games
PS3 and 5-10 games
PC is at 200-250 (I think)

Rest is xbox 360 and whatever

Not my worst spending habit...Just never ask how many tablets, phones and headphones I have. Please don't.
 
The Xbox only exists to ensure that there isn't a Sony PlayStatation in every living room.

Originally that is why it existed but now it is all about having an online presence in the living room and people get their entertainment from MS. MS is way beyond just trying to slow Sony down now. The 360 has badly outsold the PS3 in the US.
 

RC

Banned
MY PC was > $5k
MY TVs were never cheaper than $1500 (I need to replace them again soon)
3DS and 10 games
PS3 and 5-10 games
PC is at 200-250 (I think)

Rest is xbox 360 and whatever

Not my worst spending habit...Just never ask how many tablets, phones and headphones I have. Please don't.

So what you're trying to tell us, is that you live at Futureshop.
 

DopeyFish

Not bitter, just unsweetened
Compared to the profits brought in by WIndows and Office, it is not fucking huge.



Go back to FY 2011 before the Surface was around. The EDD's profits were still dwarfed by other divisions.

Oh so the windows phone, pixel sense (previous surface) and other random ass shit aren't bringing it down



So what you're trying to tell us, is that you live at Futureshop.

Except with quality merchandise!
 

SCHUEY F1

Unconfirmed Member
So what you're trying to tell us, is that you live at Futureshop.
:lol

Maple-Leaf-square.jpg

edit: dammit, you edited the original outside post
 

Curufinwe

Member
The Xbox only exists to ensure that there isn't a Sony PlayStatation in every living room.

Right. Only an already hugely profitable company like Microsoft could have made the gigantic, long term investment required to enter the console market and stay there for at least 15 years.
 

fallout

Member
I bet those Steam sales start to add up no matter how cheap they are.
I was worried about this, so I looked back at how much I'd spent and plotted it over time. I was pleasantly surprised at how low it was. When I saw the total number, it was a little surprising, but when I realized that I had been buying games pretty routinely off of Steam for like, 3-4 years, it wasn't all that bad.

In fact, the amount I've been spending has trended down as a result of becoming more understanding over what I'll actually play and what I won't.
 

sammich

Member
Christ Dopey.. what did you do to your PC that you spent 5k On it. O_O. I spent probably 2k tops. But i need a better vid card as my 6870 is getting too loud(HTPC) mainly. My comp is about 1.5 years old now though.
 

gaming_noob

Member
Christ Dopey.. what did you do to your PC that you spent 5k On it. O_O. I spent probably 2k tops. But i need a better vid card as my 6870 is getting too loud(HTPC) mainly. My comp is about 1.5 years old now though.

Deuce Bigalow: Whoa! Chinese Tailbar Lionfish. He's a beaut! That's an $800 fish!
Antoine Laconte: Try a grand.
Deuce Bigalow: Then you overpaid."
 

sammich

Member
Deuce Bigalow: Whoa! Chinese Tailbar Lionfish. He's a beaut! That's an $800 fish!
Antoine Laconte: Try a grand.
Deuce Bigalow: Then you overpaid."

Nah i dont think he overpaid, the nerd in me just wants to know what kind of beast it is. Im assuming a couple of titans etc. Vid cards would usually be the most expensive part.
 
Right. Only an already hugely profitable company like Microsoft could have made the gigantic, long term investment required to enter the console market and stay there for at least 15 years.

Sure only a few companies like MS could afford to do that.

My point was that MS is largely a reactionary company as industry trends pass them by and they blow their profits from WIndows and Office to play catch up elsewhere(and they usually fail spectacularly)

Sony sells 100M+ PS2s, they create the Xbox.

Apple sells millions of iPhones, iPods and iPads, we have Windows Phone, Zune and Surface with lots of losses and dead products(Zune) there too.

Xbox360 is an exception in that it actually did well and made money. The original Xbox was a money pit.
 

Curufinwe

Member
Maybe the Surface will turn it around eventually like the Xbox did. A new, faster and maybe cheaper Surface Pro with the built in Pen is pretty appealing to me.
 

DopeyFish

Not bitter, just unsweetened
Christ Dopey.. what did you do to your PC that you spent 5k On it. O_O. I spent probably 2k tops. But i need a better vid card as my 6870 is getting too loud(HTPC) mainly. My comp is about 1.5 years old now though.

Well... I spend a lot but I future proof the fuck out of it.

Also use expensive parts like rampage iv extreme (which also results in a more expensive CPU)... Spend a bit on scythe / noctua fans+HSF...Have 64 GB ram and lots of hard drives (thinking about going all SSD soon)... NAS and stuff. GPUs are pricey :(

Multi monitor 30" screen set up... Still use sound cards (for headphone amp) and dedicated NICs (surge risk mitigation)...

Replaced home network (a few and added a backup wireless node)

I do kinda add other things as i shift a lot of exterior components at same time

$5000 sounds like a lot but it really isn't >.> just going premium on everything adds a lot.

I call dibs on Dops $5000 PC when he decides to build a $20,000 one.


My last PC which cost ~$3000 I sold to my friend for $150.... Mind you it was having severe BIOS problems, but still

Oh and to the conversation above: Xbox was announced just after PS2 was released in Japan. (Like... 3 days after) but they were 18 months out before they eventually launched
 

yyzjohn

Banned
Well... I spend a lot but I future proof the fuck out of it.

Also use expensive parts like rampage iv extreme (which also results in a more expensive CPU)... Spend a bit on scythe / noctua fans+HSF...Have 64 GB ram and lots of hard drives (thinking about going all SSD soon)... NAS and stuff. GPUs are pricey :(

Multi monitor 30" screen set up... Still use sound cards (for headphone amp) and dedicated NICs (surge risk mitigation)...

Replaced home network (a few and added a backup wireless node)

I do kinda add other things as i shift a lot of exterior components at same time

$5000 sounds like a lot but it really isn't >.> just going premium on everything adds a lot.

Can you download porn more efficiently?
 
Is that 5K in the box alone or 5K plus monitor. Titan + highest intel could run 2k add a top mobo for 500 and then add an SSD or two for another 600. Ram at 16gig for 200, BDR for 100, full tower for 200, liquid cooling for 500... That runs about 4k, maybe a drawing tablet too?

Or he got a medium spec Alienware.


Edit: I see, it was an Alienware.
 

DopeyFish

Not bitter, just unsweetened
Is that 5K in the box alone or 5K plus monitor. Titan + highest intel could run 2k add a top mobo for 500 and then add an SSD or two for another 600. Ram at 16gig for 200, BDR for 100, full tower for 200, liquid cooling for 500... That runs about 4k, maybe a drawing tablet too?

Or he got a medium spec Alienware.

Nah I custom my PCs, my laptop is a $3000 Alienware

Now that's a purchase I do regret. I mean its fucking powerful, but why I bought it? I don't know.

I guess I wanted a laptop that could play crysis at ultra...
 

Heretic

Member
Well... I spend a lot but I future proof the fuck out of it.

Also use expensive parts like rampage iv extreme (which also results in a more expensive CPU)... Spend a bit on scythe / noctua fans+HSF...Have 64 GB ram and lots of hard drives (thinking about going all SSD soon)... NAS and stuff. GPUs are pricey :(

Multi monitor 30" screen set up... Still use sound cards (for headphone amp) and dedicated NICs (surge risk mitigation)...

Replaced home network (a few and added a backup wireless node)

I do kinda add other things as i shift a lot of exterior components at same time

$5000 sounds like a lot but it really isn't >.> just going premium on everything adds a lot.




My last PC which cost ~$3000 I sold to my friend for $150.... Mind you it was having severe BIOS problems, but still

Oh and to the conversation above: Xbox was announced just after PS2 was released in Japan. (Like... 3 days after) but they were 18 months out before they eventually launched

If you have a Surface Pro, please keep in mind that my birthday is next Monday!
 

DopeyFish

Not bitter, just unsweetened
Happy birthday man! I'll smoke one for you tonight bro.

lol dopey. I don't know how you could play Mario 3D Land and say it isn't great.

MARIO 3D LAND IS TERRIBLE AND YOU ARE TERRIBLE

WHAT HAPPENED TO GOOD MARIO GAMES? LIKE SUPER MARIO WORLD

And lol guys I'm not rich

I'm a dirty poor - proof?I can only go to a few leafs games a year
 

Merguson

Banned
MARIO 3D LAND IS TERRIBLE AND YOU ARE TERRIBLE

WHAT HAPPENED TO GOOD MARIO GAMES? LIKE SUPER MARIO WORLD

And lol guys I'm not rich

I'm a dirty poor - proof?I can only go to a few leafs games a year

Last time I went to a Leafs game was in 2007. What does that make me?
 

MetatronM

Unconfirmed Member
Not at all. In any way.

^ I talk to people in Xbox division all the time. Scrambling? Lol. Honestly the vibes I get from the people In the division is pure confidence.

People really need to take a step away from the PC as they are living in a fantasy.
The people on the PCs are the ones living in a fantasy here?

Xbox One is going to do just fine in North America (it was even probably going to do alright even before Microsoft reversed course on all their plans for the machine, so it's in a really good place now), but they've got severe problems in the rest of the world. FIFA pack-in is a somewhat desperate, but smart, attempt to salvage the mess that is their confused and fragmented European launch.
 
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