Originally Posted by
EvoBeardy
I see it as kinda like getting a tattoo, once you get one, you'll want another. It's a bit of a pain at first also.
I've been a PC gamer since like 92 or something, I don't include the Commodore Amiga etc.
I was heavily into online gaming during the 2000's, stopping in around 2009/2010 when BF2142 finally fizzled down and everyone jumped onto the consoles and MW hype train.
I jumped in on the Black Ops bandwagon on the 360, Forza, MW3, Blops2 (started hating it then), Ghosts (hate grew larger), and then GTAV and BF4 took over my life. All the FPS games I've played I dominated, and my competitive side was fulfilled.
I had a PC during the entirety of this point, and kept it relatively okay in terms of specs but it felt too dated to keep up with the titles at the time (Phenom II X4 then X6 with a GTX 570), so it stuck to my Anime/Movie watcher with occasional C&C or long-winded Civ V stints with my brother while my FPS/racings/etc dose got fulfilled with the console.
End of 2015 I decided it was about time to get my stuff together and built the rig I have currently, mainly for GTAV on the PC if I'm honest. GTAV became my daily passion on PC but I played with an Xbox Controller and I was adamant on FPS gaming with Mouse+KB like I used to or not at all, so continuing BF4 on the PC like I'd wanted took a hiatus. Unfortunately I stopped playing it on the console in December 2015 so my twitch reflexes and eagle eye became a pile of tosh lol.
I literally just picked up PUBG a few days ago, finally! I suck royally at it, my aim is more potato that Mr Potato Head's poop, my people spotting abilities are piss-poor but my tactics are still there thankfully. I'm addicted to hell with this game, just as I felt I would be with the countless hours of PooTube time watching it be played by others. Been feeling empty without something competitive so I'm glad I got it sorted. Just need to get back into training again and I'll feel complete haha.
As much of a pain having a new gaming PC can be, especially with learning how the new hardware works, you'll figure out the issues and they become super easy to deal with, and even mostly prevent as time goes by. It's like anything, at first it's a bit of a learning curve, but later on it because second nature almost. Your past experiences will all kick in again.
When you get immersed in just how damn pretty games can be, the gameplay experiences they offer and all of that, you won't regret a thing.
I never went onto current gen consoles, I'm on and off considering grabbing a PS4 just to play with a 'couple' of mates who have one, but when I look at their graphics and think about the fact I could buy a new 5TB HDD or something for that, all for a couple of mates who don't really game all that much nowadays, it dissipates again.
Consoles have their place, I made a statement once regarding them. But if you do decide it's all too much hassle for you later down the line, I'd be surprised.
Best of luck to you mate.