[darkpuppet]

Oscar The Grouch,Nov 23 2005, 11:32 AM Wrote:Can someone please explain to me the following:

If a computer has many different types of configurations and consoles have one type, why do console versions of games cost more than their PC counterparts? 

Wouldn't there be more R&D put into compatability with PC games and therefore an increased cost?

Maybe its the standard crap car concept.  Cheap car, expensive parts/maintenance/operation.

Also, from your post on costs, a P4EE dual core is not even necessary.  We can make due with a 3200+ AMD 64 or a 3800+ AMD 64 dual core.
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you can make do with a lot less computer, but then you wouldn't be able to compare it to the xbox360. If you want to pull off what the 360 is capable of, you're going to need all the cores running at speed. A powerPC core at 3.2GHz embarrasses your AMD setup.

It's not about getting by, it's about matching the performance, which you can't do any better for performance than the 1/4 cost equivalent of the 360.

And developers are still 3 years away from being able to take full advantage of the 360.. Luckily, in 3 years, we should be able to buy a computer that is AS powerful for about the same cost as you can buy an xbox 360 today.

And games I see for the consoles costs the same as the PC versions (if not less). I don't know where you're seeing the games costing less on the PC, and more on the console (apples to apples comparison). Game costs are only going to rise too as more complicated games and longer development cycles take hold.