12 reasons console gaming beats PCs

43. lol? seriously? 1. no mouse and keyboard, thats why joysticks are invented for PC's... 2. playing on a tv...dude my pc is connected to a 32 Inch tv and i can get a bigger one if i wanted.. 3. you look at the requirements before u buy a game?... 4. you have to wait for the new xbox/ps3 to come out, waste of time + by the time the new console comes out you wont get much from selling it, us PC gamers dont need to give a sh*t about waiting... 5. total BS if you ask me...my friend bought a pc £300 can handle anything, he gets more FPS than me and mine (I'll admit) costs £554, he also has a laptop that costed him £250 that works as well as his pc... 6. valve are obv making the games for console aswell for money and idc about the rest of the shiz you say on 6... 7. they also make games for PC's aswell (i know you said mostly consoles) but for example FF14, thats ocmnig out for PC aswell and that will be a good game, and since i'm talking about games, PC's can actually download MMORPG's made by the Japanese, Koreans etc, consoles CANNOT do that, all they can do is play what they get given, PC has a more wider range... 8. tbh, who cares if console gets the games b4 PC humans have developed something called 'patience' and most of the main games come out on pc at the same time as console such as COD and many other games.

I have a Xbox 360 Elite and its **** compared to my PC... PC gaming is alot smoother than console gaming, its more fun, console gaming is more of the stupid serious gaming type, for example you get killed and 12 year olds start squeeking and QQ... when a pc breaks you can just repair it or buy a new part, console such as xbox you get the red ring of death..you have to send it to a different country just to get it fixed which can take weeks, basically u can do what ever you want on a pc where as console all you can do is play games, watch movies and listen to music (correct me if there are other things u can do) but you can do as much things on a console compared to a PC. Console have limited amount of memory where as PC you can add memory to it.

Argue with me all you like PC owns all.

42. This is probably the most ignorant review I've ever read. Please fire this idiot, he obviously has no idea what he's talking about. Most game systems now can be modded to have ISO files read and played on their consoles, and "Sell the old one and buy the new one."??? Seriously? The first xbox that came out was being sold for like $20.00 when the 360 came out, you really think you can get a new 360 for $20.00 these days? I think not. With computers, this can work. They can still run programs, and if parts get obsolete, you can upgrade them for a price, and probably sell the computer once you're done for higher than what you bought it for. Everyone else has stated all the ******** remarks that he said like the TV. Just plug in your computer to your damn TV and sit back and relax with a wireless keyboard and mouse with that 5.1 dolby surround sound blasting your favorite music in your ear while browsing pictures and checking your facebook at the same time while totally owning some noobs at Starcraft II all the while. You're such a ******* dip **** as well using your own stupid ******* personal opinion and stereotypes about people being fat sitting in a dark room playing World of Warcraft, because in the end you've probably tried it out, and if you haven't then you're the most ignorant hypocritical ******* I've ever read an article from. If you've even tried it once, then you're calling yourself a fat piece of **** and you can't deny that. Not everyone watches South Park either because of a lot of over exaggeration, and they usually don't try to get points across that all of it is true. I don't mind South Park, but if you're so into sitting at home with YOUR fat *** drinking a bear and watching little paper kids cuss and moon people then have fun with that while I make over six figures a year repairing and selling computers and their parts and helping people out for free at the same time.

41. No mouse and keyboard support

Ah, the very raison d'être of PC gaming. Well, guess what? Not everyone wants to play games posturing like Rick Wakeman. The joypad has been gradually refined over 20 years into the finely-honed gaming tool you see today. Pressing digital keys to move? How very 1982.

Erm newsflash you can plug control pads into pc, keys are better for FPS and BEV strategy games

2. Playing on TV

While the PC might happily spew forth images consisting of a quadrillion pixels, the real issue here is that with a console you're playing on a nice big TV in the living groom on a comfy sofa and, if you have any sense, with a 5.1 Surround Sound system. If we wanted to slouch at a desk in a dimly-lit room we'd just stay at work.

Another newsflash you can plug your PC into a TV and sound system and kick back on your sofa with your forementioned control pad or keyboard and mouse - wireless if wanted, playing in the dark is better anyway

3. It just works

Oh, how we console owners point and chuckle at PC websites where the incumbent expert attempts to explain to some poor sap that his three-month old (and thus obsolete) quad-AMD 3000 and Nvidia Orgasmo-card won't actually run Generic FPS 10 because it's got driver 1.1 instead of 1.1a. Try this: go to shop, buy game, insert disc, game runs. Bliss.

The aptly named FPS 10 game has multiple graphics options so if your dumb enough to buy a pc on par with a console then you can turn the graphics option down to minimum and you can play it after all, downloading driver 1.1a is not challenging.

4. No need for endless upgrades

Yes, the PC is hugely upgradeable - and a bloody good job, too, otherwise you'd never get to play all those games built with cutting edge technology by crazy Scandinavian ex-demo hackers. And anyway, a console is upgradeable: when the next Xbox or PlayStation comes out, we sell the old one and buy a new one. Easy.

Oh you mean games that you simply cannot play at all on console, besides any mid range pc can play almost all games on high settings and look much better than their watered down console format versions, and you confuse upgradeable with replaceable.

5. Cheaper hardware

We've heard all the arguments and excuses. Face it: if you really want a decent PC to play games (and no we don't want to build one ourselves) prices start around £500. And if you want to play games at any sort of quality, your (sigh) 'rig' is more like a grand. For that you could buy all three consoles, extra controllers and the top 10 games of the year.

1 pc is a million miles better than 3 low tech consoles, quality over quantity because you get what you pay for, having 3 consoles = cable city

6. The big 'p'

The PC is gradually becoming the ginger step-child of the developer community. Even stalwarts like Valve are moving to consoles because, let's be honest, piracy is eroding the PC world from within like a mercilessly enthusiastic cancer. It's becoming less and less viable for developers whose budgets are spiralling ever upwards. Recently the World of Goo developer suggested piracy of his game was at a rate of about 90 per cent. That **** just ain't funny any more.

Its only PS3 you can't pirate at the moment so your argument applies to XBo(llo)x 360 too - besides all that the pc still gets better games on the most part, there will always be pc's so there will always be pc developers.

7. The Japanese

They may not be to everyone's taste, but PC gamers do miss out on a whole raft of amazing games crafted by genius Japanese developers whose focus is mainly consoles. Crazy stuff like Patapon, Katamari, Okami, Vib Ribbon, PaRappa... not to mention hordes of amazing JRPGs.

Crappy *** games for children = epic fail

8. No first-party support

Because the PC is an open platform, there's no ownership and therefore no desire to drive it forward. Microsoft is way too busy with the Xbox to bother about Games For Windows, and so we either get the biggest games first with PC ports following months after, or we get exclusives that never appear on PC at all. Still, at least you have, y'know, Crysis. And Crysis 2.

Just plain wrong, you talk about consoles as if all 3 are one big happy family that share the same games, you cannot get PS3 exclusives on xbox or wii or PC and vice versa, yes we have Crysis lol - try playing that on a console, can you spell 5 frames per second?

9. The lack of patch mentality

Okay, we'll admit it - console games do get patched, but infrequently and not to any great extent. Truth is that, for the majority of console titles, when we buy our games from the shop they're actually finished. Which is nice.

You clearly really clutching at straws now because OMG are you actually claiming that pc games are not finished when they hit the shelfs, updates are to improve games - and all games across all platforms get them.

10. Innovation, innovation, innovation

It's true that, when it gets it right, PC gaming is awesome; beautiful, high-res, online fragfests. But when was the last time you played something truly innovative? Just look around you at the games coming to consoles. You may mock the Wii, but when was the last time you had a drunken four-player tennis match in your PC games room?

Oh innovation is drunk 4 player tennis on the wii?, how about cutting edge technology - pc components drive forward innovation which many years later consoles get.

11. Four-player family fun

Yes, we know PCs have been online for years, but what if you want to interact with people you actually know in the comfort of your own home? Apart from the aforementioned Wii activities, there are great quiz games like SceneIt! And Buzz, endless Mario Party games, dance mat games, Eye Toy games, karaoke games... the list goes on and on.

Anyone over 12 actually play these cheesy games, and if you really want and are sad enough you can get all this for pc, can you spell peripherals?

12. Perception

Have you ever seen that episode of South Park where the kids are playing World of Warcraft? You know the fat, pale, pizza-faced guy with the wrist support slouched in his chair? That's you that is. You are a PC gamer.

WOW players are sad and wet themselves - more than anyone else real pc gamers want to poke out the eyes of these types with a hot poker straight from the fire!

40. oh one more thing pc gaming gets better toys too.here is some links to prove it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OHcMWEzPnk

http://www.brighthub.com/video-games/pc/articles/35553.aspx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wXx3vMy_AQ

http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/nvidia-launches-3d-gaming-and-movie-tech-in-uk-598349

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNr3yGcI_V8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVz2rSO5qIU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27wHFwO5Ebo&feature=related

39. well... you can connect a computer to the TV anyway

38. lets see here console game companies as well as console hardware are slowly going bankuprt or laying people off due to high production costs. Console game devs will must likely get less funding due to high production risk to make games on console. Pc gaming is hot in a bad ression and some places in world the both pc games and pc hardware is selling like hot cakes in a resssion. Pc gaming founding is still big and good due to better returns, games like wow, free games,online games and sims are now more important than any console game.

37. I was wrong about apple, apple does have vires. However if you use your pc for only games and not go the inter you don't have to worry about vires. By the way console are computer they can be hacked and get virus too! If you can log onto the internet I bet them consoles have virous or will get them soon.

Lets see who dies first pc's or consoles. As long as there is pc's there will be games. why is that because pc gaming has army of game devs.

pc gaming ever dies hard ware companies and a ton of companies would either bankurpt or have less cash. Pc gaming is the back bone of the pc industry.

I am talking hardware companies such AMD,Invidia and Intel would be affected. What AMD has 80% of it’s hardware in consoles and they are now sinking! Hardware companies don’t make money on old parts. Not all big companies upgard hardware like pc gamers.

Hardware companies would suffer major loss or go bankuprt. They will have less money to make their hardware. This would affect console hardware prices. Chances are hardware companies would turn on console companies.

36. sorry had to edit some of my points.

I could hook up my pc to a expensive big screen HDTV is going to great use.

sony is over 3 billion in the because of those consoles. micro soft lost like 1 billion.

sorry no console game can out beat pc games in sales games such as wow,sims,guildwars,daiblo, star craft, linage, hafe life etc.

lets think here your abox and ps2 is now out of date. How much did you spend on those consoles? Now you go get a ps3 and abox360 how much did you spend.

a $200 pc now is better than a any console. the price of parts are cheap. Also those consoles eat up alot of engery making you pay for higher engery bill.

35. heck you console gamers are now just starting to find out about onlie games what a joke and you call your self hardcore gamers.

You don't even have a good mmo on your consoles. rts don't even work right. you call your self hardcomre gamers.

real gamers buy real hardware to play real games.

them consoles can't even run crysis or stalker clear skies what a joke.

34. I have to say one thing you console gamers play your action,watered down rpg's and fps and think your a gamer.

ther are genres you can only play right or found on the pc.

Even fighting games on the pc are way more adanced than any console game.

33. oh the thing about pc gaming parts get cheap real fast. so you can budget your upgarding. Just buy your parts right away.

32. 1 pc gaming has more genres not consoles. I don't see sins of the empire on consoles.

heck you can't even play an rts right on consoles.

2 I could hook up my pc to a tv too and I can play from the comfort of my own couch too.

3 I coould hook up my pc to a expensive big screen HDTV is going to great use.

however my pc monitor is alot more power than a HDTV

here is a link why

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GPI9xDmRjk&feature=related

number 4 ever time you buy a new console you are upgarding. You know that ps2 and abox is now obaslete. Howa bout that game cube.

5 well get your self another pc or laptop so one could you use it.

6 I don't have to worry about viruses then get an apple pc then!

7 I can trade in used/unwanted titles.sure you can there are shops as ebay where you can trade your games

8You install once on your computer after that you have a button to click on to play games

drm I have a few articles on drm. DRM is nothing more than big companies trying to destory pc gaming.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/DRM-Prince-Persia-PC-Securom,6687.html

http://www.azentium.com/2008/12/01/pc-gaming-in-crisis/

Not only that companies are moving away from drm.

One pc gaming strong points is that you can up grade. Pc gaming is ever growing. Pc gaming saves you alot more money.

lets think here you abox and ps2 is now out of date. How much did you spend? Now you go get a ps3 and abox360 how much did you spend.

a $200 pc now is better than a any console. the price of parts are cheap. Also those consoles eat up alot of engery making you pay for higher engery bill.

please alot of console game companies go bankurpt because of high produce duction costs.

sony is over 3 billion in the because of thos consoles. micro soft lost like 1 billion.

production costs are so high on consoles that game companieshave to go multi plat.

sorry no console game can out beat games such as wow,sims,guildwars,daiblo, star craft, linage, hafe life etc.

there game make games sales like 16 million, 9 million, in fact these game are still selling today.

hook your pc up to the tv if makes you think about work too much.

31. First:

I own 360, PS3, and a Computer. I game on all platforms.

No Keyboard/Mouse support?.. The reason UT3 failed on PS3??... This comes from someone who claims to be a gamer, more like a misinformed and unexperienced gamer. PS3 supports Keyboard and Mouse guys. UT3 on PS3 supports KM. Personally, I prefer shooters on consoles because of the challenge. I have always felt that using a mouse takes all the challenge and fun out. Sure you can connect a controller to your PC, but 'issues' don't end there.

LittleBigPlanet, Far Cry 2, UT3, are some of the console games that support user generated content (or MODs). Find another argument.

My own list:

1. More variety of games available on consoles.

2. I can play from the comfort of my own couch.

3. That expensive big screen HDTV is going to great use.

4. I don't have to worry about buying memory or video card upgrades to support the latest title to its fullest capability every 6 months.

5. I don't have to worry about someone wanting to check their email while I'm gaming.

6. I don't have to worry about disabling services, applications, Anti-Virus software to free up resources before playing.

7. I don't have to worry about viruses (yet).

8. I can trade in used/unwanted titles.

9. I don't have to install every game.

10. With DRM issues getting worse, I don't have to worry about losing that Registration Key after I get a new PC, reinstall the OS, or recover from hard drive failure.

11. I don't have to worry about upgrading hardware or software (see XP, Vista support) to play the latest game titles.

12. Big budget games flourish on consoles, while only handfuls of those titles release on PC every so many years.

13. No ALT+TAB issues.

14. I spend all day on a PC at work, last thing I want to do is jump on one when I get home.

Its all about preference. Some people like the ability to upgrade every few months to get the most bleeding edge graphics/sound. I myself, prefer to spend that money on more games.

30. 1. PCs support keyboard and mouse, good for fps, rts, etc and joypads, good for adventure, racing, sports,etc.

2. Computer monitors have higher resoultion, and you can play pc games on big moniters.

3. Valid point, but red rings of doom.

4. Being able to upgrade is good, so developers can push the limits of technology on pcs. also, you almost never need to buy a new pc, just upgrade it.

Anyway, patches are good!!! It fixes bugs in games that would not have been fixed in consoles. How can you say its bad?? And also, free mods availiable from the internet provide millions of hours of free gameplay. Also, there are tons of free pc games, which do not exist on consoles.

29. sorry here is the link

http://www.neoseeker.com/news/9341-a-future-without-consoles/

28. I like this article right here

27. do people actually get paid to write this kind of ****? i'm clearly in the wrong business if they do.

i agree the PC gaming market is shrinking but shrinking is far different than dying. there will always be games that can appeal to the masses that are just far better implemented on a PC. MMOs will be mediocre on a console and will always be better on a PC because you'd end up doing the same thing you hate about PC gaming - downloading content patches and spending hours searching for addons, mods and configuring your UI. the consoles is a horrible platform for RTSs. games like The Sims, WoW, Second Life etc can only truly be appreciated on a PC.

the funny thing is your console is pretty much just a PC with Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft's logo on it. i play console and PC games and consoles games are convenient while PC gaming is just better and more customizable. eventually console gaming is going to end up like PC games, that is having to download patches, download mods etc.

console gaming graphics will never surpass PC gaming. console graphics are only as good as that hardware cycle allows it to be. PC graphics are constantly changing with new video technology and vid cards being produced constantly. where do you think most of your graphical technology comes from? do you know who makes your console's graphics chip and do you know how they were able to make such good graphics chips and fit it in that tiny box? do you know why the chip drivers are so stable in your xbox, wii, ps3? yeah you can thank PC gamers for troubleshooting and beta testing all your hardware that was available to us years ago.

no you don't need to spend a grand on a PC, hell i can build a PC that's as good as a console for the console price with the price of parts ever decreasing. plus you get more than a console for the money, you actually get a computer........with 5x more storage space. oh you can buy a hard drive and install it in your console? well you just spent more money to buy that hard drive when you already have to pay for the original one that comes with the console.

mouse + keyboard > gamepad. you have what? 9-10 buttons to use to control your characters? i have 102 keyboard buttons and 7 mouse buttons to do everything you can faster. i can even make macros to do more things at once, keybind it to any of the conveniently located buttons and pwn face. believe me in a FPS i will win.

who says all consoles just work? please see Red Ring of Death on an Xbox360 for 'just works'. most frat bot console fanboys(much like what i suspect the author of this piece is) are just plain stupid so when you break your PC because you're being dumb you pay that nice Geek Squad guy triple your beer money for 5 mins. of work when if you took 10 mins. to learn something you could build your own PC, manage it, fix it and upgrade it yourself for free and you'd know which drivers and hardware will work for your gaming.

we don't miss out on alot of good consoles titles - that's what emulators are for.

the 25-man fun on vent while raiding can be a hell of alot more entertaining than 4 player family fun.

so somehow anyone who owns a PC and plays games on it is automatically fat and pizza-faced? i didn't know the PC was transmitting some kind of disease and somehow the halo fanboy who stays at home for days playing multi-player for hours while stuffing his face magically burns calories because he has a gamepad in his hand? wow you got me there - one of the largest gaming markets in the world (north america) must also have some of the healthiest people in the world. no way in hell are they one of the most obese nations on the planet......oh wait......

26. LOL

Who write this? Send this guy to learn something about pc's, consoles and videogames before write about it...

PC's cant play with joypad? LOL

For a FPS, joypad sucks and mouse and keyboard works so fine. On consoles you need an "auto-target" button because the joypad don't have nice precission.

I play my computer on 42" TV with my wireless joypad and 5.1 phones... and play with 5 more guys LOL

I play all games on my PC at 1080P with A.A. 4x an A.F. 16x Wich console can do this?

Cheap is x360, but not PS3... 360 is so cheap because it fails a lot You know something about red lights?

You think 600€ for a machine with a 128b and 256MB graphic card is cheap?

What about the games? Are cheaper in console too? LOL

I think is better have possibility for upgrade the machine, than buy a console outdated on his first day on market, like PS3. (I have a PS3, and I think this machine is so expensive for what it is)

Innovation... Wiimote was designed for PC, but Nintendo "stoles" this and put in a Wii. Yeah man!!! thats innovate!!!

You know something about Zalman Trimon? About OCZ NIA? How many of this you have in a console?

Definetly:

Consoles are so nice. for less than 200€, you can get a 360 and play good games. but for sure, PC is over all consoles. Maybe not your PC, but maybe yours is not a PC... Is a dinosaur LOL

25. All fun and games when you have 2 very large companies trying to kill pc gaming. Pc gamers are treated like dirt from companies. DRM is nothing more than greedy game devs who want to control the used market!