Aventus wrote:Why would anyone build a gaming pc that's similar in spec to a Xbox there would be no point. You'd end up playing most fps's games on low settings when you could play then at better settings on a console.
$500 pc doesn't mean you play on low settings.
I built a $550 PC last summer and it ran BF3 on high settings. 360/PS3 on the other hand, ran it mid settings at MOST.
If anybody wanted to play FPS with anything higher than Low-Mid settings, they wouldn't be playing on Console.
My point was about pc being economically feasible; so i'll expand on that.
BF3 - Premium Edition is still listed as $39.99 retail price, and that's not including tax. The same game for PC goes on sale probably once a month for roughly $24 (and you don't even pay tax).
Hitman Absolution; it was launched at $59.99 and dropped down to around 20$ after a month on GreenManGaming.
Even if you spend $600-800 on a pc, the amount of money you save from games will cover the difference from what you would spend on a console.
The specs for X-One include 8GB ram, AMD 8-Core CPU, GPU similar to AMD 7790, 500GB HD, and bluray. If I build those into a PC, it would probably cost around $550 (including unnecessary bluray, mobo and a case). Keep in mind that Microsoft isn't going to be putting premium parts (like the ones in PCs) into their X-One. Their launch price is $500; so what it costs to actually build one is at least half of that.

Also, there is no "better" setting on console. There are brightness and gamma settings.