timppu: I loved it when he told the interviewer he finished The Witcher 3 twice:
Reviewer: "PS4 or Xbox?"
Superman: "PC!" (with an "Uh oh..." face)
Reviewer: "Oh wow... Was that because as a child your evil stepfather forced you to use a PC or etc. etc.?"

timppu: ...
So I guess this is how it goes. I start a thread about why I am a PC gamer, and by the end of the thread possibly end up buying a Nintendo console. I didn't foresee this when starting the thread...

anzial: Still have fond memories of playing Doom from a floppy on a 800x600 monitor attached to Intel 286 based PC lol

Panaias: ...so you will be able to find tons of interesting games.

brouer: {
NitpickerMode lock;
cout << "Didn't Doom require a 386?";
}

Mr.Mumbles: Also tons of shovelware. My god! Browsing the eShop can be a downright pain in the butt unless one knows what their looking for.

Sildring: When I built my very first PC from scratch in early 2013, I didn't have enough money for every part, even though I was aiming for a low-end system. I end up buying a Radeon HD 5450, a low consumption GPU only suitable for multimedia system, it was the worst choice one could make but it was $ 25/30 USD which made it the only affordable choice at the time. I've played games in 800*600 like I was stuck in the 90s until I got my first paycheck 9 months later xD

timppu:

timppu: Well actually when my gaming-capable PCs are taken (by my kids), I can play only on PCs that can barely or not at all run even TF2. I tried it on the backup laptop that I usually use then, and it runs very poorly on it even on low settings. I think it is mainly because that laptop has only 3GB of RAM, running TF2 on Linux Mint 20 on it.

So instead if I play on that laptop, I play very old games, like currently replaying Age of Empires 2 on it. My King Kong: The Movie retail game seems to run fine on that laptop though (its Windows XP partition; that game doesn't run on Windows 7 or later due to the copy protection), I must remember to play it at some point.

Anyway, now I am thinking that many PC gamers might buy consoles due to their kids? That would probably make sense in my case.timppu: 4 and 6 years old.

They play Team Fortress 2 more like it was Minecraft. They usually don't go play online because they get constantly killed there, so instead they e.g. run their own servers or play offline, just running around alone in empty maps, or maybe "playing" against a couple of bots in easy mode.

Damn, it is Xmas so now I am seriously considering checking the Switch prices... It would be perfect timing so that my wife doesn't question why I bought a gaming console. Duh, for the kids for Christmas!

EDIT: It is little over 300€ here at the moment, it seems. I wouldn't be surprised I buy one today at the supermarket, IF they are still available... But then I'd need to buy some game for it too, I don't think that base model comes with any games? Free ones?

So I guess this is how it goes. I start a thread about why I am a PC gamer, and by the end of the thread possibly end up buying a Nintendo console. I didn't foresee this when starting the thread...

brouer: {
NitpickerMode lock;
cout << "Didn't Doom require a 386?";
}

anzial: dude, do you really expect me to remember such details? It's been decades ago.

Orkhepaj: Here are the DOOM System Requirements (Minimum)
CPU: Intel Core i5-2400 or better / AMD FX-8320 or better
CPU SPEED: Info
RAM: 8 GB
OS: Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only)
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 (2GB) or better / AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2GB) or better
PIXEL SHADER: 5.0
VERTEX SHADER: 5.0
FREE DISK SPACE: 45 GB
DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 2048 MB

anzial: young man, you have no idea what I'm talking about lol I played the original, 1993 Doom, not this pitiful remake.