Slide 1: Hook/attention grabber--
PC gaming is better than console gaming as it can save you at least $160 per year.
Story of Redditor who saved over $2000 dollars from Apr 2013 to Dec 2013.
-http://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1s81nj/how_i_saved_2000_by_moving_to_pc/
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Slide 2: Hook/attention grabber
My story of paying approx. $14.50 per game.
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Slide 3: The Big Idea (pages 78-79)
PC gaming offers you a better experience than console gaming, with more possibilities and for less money.
You can’t hook up 2 TVs with a console. But you can hook up as many monitors as you want with a PC. They don’t even have to be the same resolution or brand.
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Slide 4: What’s in it for your audience? Explain why your topic is important or worth discussing.
Pc gaming will save you money! Are you against saving money? I invested $750 in my PC and saved $2000 on games, theoretically gaining $1250.
By gaming on a PC as opposed to a console, you will save money on every game you buy and you have a much better experience with PCs!
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Slide 5: Why should your audience listen to you? Explain your ethos (personal experience, expertise, and credibility).
I used to play on consoles until I built my PC. The change is so mind-blowing and wonderful, it physically hurts me to play on a console!
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Slide 6: Call to Adventure (pages 38-39)
What is: Anyone currently playing a console game is henceforth known as a console peasant. You are dirty, filthy, and will not be allowed near royalty.
What could be: You could become gaming royalty. By building your own PC, you will gain a wonderful connection to the higher-ups and will transform from a filthy console peasant to a PC Gaming God!
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Slide 7: Preview the three main points that will support your big idea
PC Gaming will save you money. PC Gaming offers you a much better experience. PC Gaming offers you control over what could be. You are limited only by the hardware that you can install in your system.
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Slide 8: Introduce and set up Supporting Point One
PC gaming saves gamers money.
Steam Sales and Humble Bundles
[$1553 / 107games = $14.50/game] (1/3 [37] of games are indie/non-AAA)
[71 games x $60each = $4,260]
[Savings = $2,707]
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Slide 9: Factual or emotional evidence
Thanks to Valve's Steam platform and their sales, gamers save roughly $X per year!
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Slide 10: Factual or emotional evidence
PC Gaming has saved me around $1200 in just one year.
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Slide 11: Introduce and set up Supporting Point Two
PC Gaming gives you a much better experience.
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Slide 12: Factual or emotional evidence
With a PC you have the option to use your gamepad of choice (Xbox 360, PS3, PS4, Xbox One… Even an old NES controller if you can finagle a USB to it)
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Slide 13: Factual or emotional evidence
Other peripherals, aside from your basic gamepads, can be used as well. This includes, but is not limited to, arcade controllers, joysticks, dance mats, and even instruments.
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Slide 14: Introduce and set up Supporting Point Three
PC Gaming offers you control over your hardware.
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Slide 15: Factual or emotional evidence
The only thing holding you back from having 16 monitors running your game of Battlefield 4, maxed out, at 20,480 x 2,880 is your graphics cards and the amount of PCI-e slots.
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Slide 16: Factual or emotional evidence
Even having only two monitors running at 1080p side-by-side is a big step up than being confined to one TV, with an internal resolution of only 720p.
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Slide 17: Call to Action (pages 42-43)
Before going out to build a PC (but don't let me stop you) have a pad of paper and take a note of any games you buy. Note the money amount, plus tax. Then, when you get home, check the price of the game on Steam. At the end of the month, or year depending on your buying habits, note the amount of money you could have saved by buying the games on PC. (Nintendo games do not apply. Nintendo only allows their games on their consoles.)
Steam has over 90 games that are Free to play. Not to mention literally thousands of Indie Developers will release their games for free, or for less than $5.
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Slide 18: Summarize the main points
Building a PC will a) Save you money. b) Give you a much better experience when gaming. c) Give you control over what components you want
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Slide 19: Restate big idea
PC Gaming is a much better experience and money saver than gaming on a console.
Slide 20: Clincher/new bliss (page 44)
Building a gaming PC will save you money, and will allow you to ascend to the platform of Gaming Gods. Do not let consoles drag you down and ruin your experience. You deserve a PC, a PERSONAL gaming experience, not some cookie-cutter console experience. Make it personal. Make it yours.
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