{"id":9144,"date":"2018-05-07T20:58:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T20:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/blog\/?p=9144"},"modified":"2018-05-23T21:00:56","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T21:00:56","slug":"reasons-to-consider-a-gaming-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/blog\/reasons-to-consider-a-gaming-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasons to Consider a Gaming PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a console gamer or do you prefer a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/gaming\/desktops\/\"><strong>gaming PC<\/strong><\/a> experience? If you\u2019re reading this, chances are you\u2019re probably in the latter group. If you\u2019re still on the fence about whether to switch to PC gaming, allow us to give you a couple of reasons why you should consider it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free multiplayer gaming<\/strong>. If you like playing with friends or competing against others in games like <em>Fortnite<\/em> and <em>PlayerUnknown&#8217;s Battlegrounds<\/em>(PUBG) online, you can do so on a console&#8230;as long as you don\u2019t mind paying extra for it. Both Sony and Microsoft require paying extra for their subscription services if you want to play online against others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Great deals on games<\/strong>. If you\u2019re familiar with the popular digital distribution platform Steam, you may have some idea of its much anticipated Summer and Holiday sales which have achieved something of a legendary status in the gaming community. These Steam sales include steep discounts on tons of popular games in a variety of genres.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mods create new experiences<\/strong>. <em>The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim<\/em> was released more than five years ago yet thanks to mods by creative gamers that alter gameplay, you can experience games in a different way, significantly boosting replay value.<\/p>\n<p>Need more reasons? Check out the \u201c6 Reasons PC Gaming Is Better Than Console Gaming\u201d article on PC Gamer, which also includes a video review of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/gaming\/desktops\/genesis\/\">GENESIS Gaming Desktop<\/a>: <a class=\"moz-txt-link-freetext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/commentary\/360747\/6-reasons-pc-gaming-is-better-than-console-gaming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/commentary\/360747\/6-reasons-pc-gaming-is-better-than-console-gaming<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you would like additional information on one of the ORIGIN PC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/gaming\/laptops\/\"><strong>gaming <\/strong><strong>laptops<\/strong><\/a>, a custom gaming desktop customized with a Nvidia GPU or if you\u2019re interested in a VR PC, call 1-877-674-4460 to speak with a sales representative today. We offer 24\/7 customer support and worldwide shipping options. Stay up to date with the latest news by checking us out and following us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/originpc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/originpc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a console gamer or do you prefer a gaming PC experience? If you\u2019re reading this, chances are you\u2019re probably in the latter group. If you\u2019re still on the fence about whether to switch to PC gaming, allow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":9154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[611,681,341],"class_list":["post-9144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-gaming-laptops","tag-gaming-pc","tag-genesis-gaming-desktop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9144"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}