The only viable alternative is consoles. Expensive gaming rigs - a bit less so than PC, but for equivalent hardware, about $400 cheaper at introduction, about

The only viable alternative is consoles. Expensive gaming rigs - a bit less so than PC, but for equivalent hardware, about $400 cheaper at introduction, about equal once 1-2 years pass. Obsolete in 2 years - check Expensive software - much more so for consoles. So right now the situation is that if you go for PC gaming instead of console, you'll have about the same expense, but 100 games for PC (and a powerful general purpose computer), and maybe 5-10 on console.