While Xbots and the Sony Defence Force argue among themselves, and Wii-mers (Wii-ers?) throw ever more ridiculous shapes pretending to play the tambourine or something, there is another group of gamers who quietly, happily, enjoy the best gaming platform yet invented - the PC.
And while, granted, some huge percentage of PCs are never used for anything other than Outlook and basic web, PCs remain the most flexible and happiest way to game. And, unlike Wii Sports, it won't cause you permanent physical damage.
1. Mouse and keyboard support
Well, duh. Console kids who have grown up with a controller in hand might argue, but there's still no better way of playing just about any game in any genre – not just shooters – than the combination of keyboard and mouse. It just works, offering orders of magnitude more precision and speed than fiddly analogue sticks.
2. High screen resolutions
While Microsoft and Sony scream about 'true HD' in their games – but in many cases don't actually deliver it – the PC has been happily running games at 1080p and above for yonks. In fact, the near-HD default res of 1,280x1,024 is very 2001; even a medium rig can handle 1,600x1,200 or more these days.
3. Free mods
Were you a raw naif, you might be forgiven for thinking that LittleBigPlanet et al single-handedly invented the idea of (nnnggh) 'user generated content'. But guess what? PC gamers have been coding mods (modifications) such as add-ons, total conversions, unofficial levels and all manner of other gubbins for… well, pretty much forever. And then distributing it for free, for the sheer love of it.
4. Upgradeable hardware
With the aforementioned higher resolutions and textures, chances are a new PC game already looks better than its console counterpart right now. But even if you can't run it with all the visuals tweaked to the max, processor and graphic cards prices drop so quickly that it's hardly bank-breaking to refit your rig in a year or so, for better graphics and more speed.
5. Cheaper games
Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo's licensing and publishing costs inevitably drive up the cost of every single game released, and even pre-owned games tend to be far pricier than the PC equivalent.
6. You're not tied to one online service
Imagine not having to rely on a single, central server such as Xbox Live or PlayStation Network whenever you go online. Imagine not having to suffer downtimes, silly licensing agreements, or daft console-restricting DRM. Oh wait… that's the PC online, isn't it?
7. No extra dosh needed for playing online
Okay, this only applies to Xbox Live, but who's to say that Sony might not start charging for PSN as it keeps haemorrhaging money? And yes, Xboxers can use the free Silver service, but really – why would you?
8. Unlimited storage space
The Xbox 360 is limited to whatever can fit on a DVD (or, if you're unlucky, more than one). The PlayStation 3 has to struggle with turgid Blu-ray access and enforced installs. PC games, meanwhile, just sit happily on the potentially unlimited storage space of your hard drive. Easy.
9. Save game hacking
Like modders, PC gamers are rabidly enthusiastic about pulling apart save games and data files, fiddling therein, and finding ingenious ways to cheat or fix corrupted files. Try doing that with your Wii.
10. Unofficial fixes for older games
PC games such as Vampire: The Masquerade often get unofficial, free, support long after publishers have gone kaput and official support is abandoned, thanks to the tireless efforts of their fans. Bug fixes, enhancements, new hardware support – it's all there.
11. Abandonware
The geek term for 'old games which you can't buy any more'. There are a huge number of classic PC titles out there from years gone by, and many thousands are available to download, legally, for free.
12. No red ring of death
Well, you only get this on the Xbox, of course, but the last thing you want your gaming machine to do is to completely konk out. At least when a PC goes wrong, it really goes wrong. Like, with fire and everything (possibly).







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elfeugo
January 14th
70. 6. & 7. Only applies to xbox live, and for $40-$50 a year, that's less than half the price of ONE online PC MMO (WoW). Once again, this IDIOT failed to tell you that in order to play most MMOs, they all have a SEPARATE monthly fee.
And coming to this again. I forgot to mention that if MMOs like WoW were available on console you would still have to pay their monthly charges. Only difference is that on PC you would not have to pay an extra $50 for something like Xbox Live on top of the internet service you are already paying for.
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elfeugo
January 14th
69. "1. Just about any genre can be played on mouse and keyboard? So I guess racing, fighting, sports, and games like Uncharted, RDR, and other sandbox games don't count."
No, you can play racing, fighting, sports, and games like Uncharted, RDR, and other sandbox games with a mouse and keyboard too. However if you really prefer you can plug in a PS3 or Xbox 360 controller. PC gamers, especially first person shooter gamers, prefer the mouse and keyboard. Just far easier to use and more versatile.
"2. Televisions handle graphics just fine, and console graphics are HD."
To simply put it. You will not look at console graphics ever again until you played games like Metro 2033 or Crysis 2 with Dx11 support, full anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering, high definition texture packs, etc. You just cannot experience HD gaming in its truest form on console.
"3. Mods are cool, but they aren't everything. They are the sprinkles on top of icing, some people like it, some don't. Most don't even care or notice."
Trust me, a heavily modded copy of GTA IV is 10x more fun than vanilla and makes your purchase more worth it.
"4. For less than the price of a video card, you can get a whole new CONSOLE! Gee what do you know? This idiot failed to tell you that it will cost you so much money in upgrades. And that upgrades lead to more ie: if you get a certain processor upgrade, you're probably going to have to get a new motherboard."
Building a good high-end gaming PC can become very expensive. However you can build a good gaming PC by buying older hardware and save hundreds of dollars. You necessarily do not need the newest line of processors or graphics card to have a good gaming PC.
"5. Game prices are a big deal for pc players, but console players have the luxury of borrowing games from friends and renting which are much cheaper."
Or you can be cool and use the Steam app and buy games when they are on sale with no tax charges. In fact, I bought over 40 games during the Steam Christmas holiday sale for less than $300. If I were to buy each of those games on console, used or not, it would have cost me a couple hundred dollars more. Now they're sitting on my Steam account just waiting to be installed at any time I choose too at no charge.
"6. & 7. Only applies to xbox live, and for $40-$50 a year, that's less than half the price of ONE online PC MMO (WoW). Once again, this IDIOT failed to tell you that in order to play most MMOs, they all have a SEPARATE monthly fee."
Right . . . a lot of MMO's that are only available on the PC. Also let's not forget all the free-play-games out there available on PC.
"8. Your PC does not have unlimited storage space, just how much you can afford."
Right, you can buy a cheap 1TB hard drive for $60 to use to store all your movies, pictures, music, game, etc. That is not a bad deal especially compared to the price of a $130 250GB Xbox 360 hard drive. But let's be honest. You truly don't use your Xbox 360 to store pictures and music now do you? No, you would use your computer for that.
"9. I can't believe this IDIOT would think that hacking and cheating is a GOOD thing to brag about. That's like saying the Crips are a better social group because they can break open a safe from 7-11 faster than your group of friends."
PC gamers have a lot more freedom with the games they buy and are able to do things like this. It's not a bad thing in fact some will say it's a blessing being able to go into the game files to fine tune the settings to optimize performance or do fun and whacky things with your saved files for a better gaming experience.
"10. I'm still waiting for the "unofficial" fix to allow me to play Red Alert online. While most console games are fixed from the get-go or a quick patch solves everything."
And PC gamers have found ways to play games like Red Alert online. For example a friend and I played Red Alert together a few weeks ago on Hamachi.
"11. XLA has great titles to play, and if you want to play old games, I guess you're going to have to go to PC."
That's right. I love being able to play the classic PS game Ghost in the Shell on my PC.
"12. Of course he's just picking on the xbox here, but I guarantee there's a 100% crash/virus/malware/spyware/BSOD/re-format of hard drive on EVERY PC used for gaming. GUARAN-*******-TEE. PC gamers will never admit that their boxes are the most hectic, problem-ridden electronics EVERY DEVELOPED."
PCs blue screen and crash for many different reasons and which most can easily be fixed, especially if you know what you are doing. Also get good virus protection and do not go on obvious malicious sites, sheesh.
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angelovenforcer
December 17th 2011
68. Let's debunk this piece of **** article one by one:
1. Just about any genre can be played on mouse and keyboard? So I guess racing, fighting, sports, and games like Uncharted, RDR, and other sandbox games don't count.
2. Televisions handle graphics just fine, and console graphics are HD.
3. Mods are cool, but they aren't everything. They are the sprinkles on top of icing, some people like it, some don't. Most don't even care or notice.
4. For less than the price of a video card, you can get a whole new CONSOLE! Gee what do you know? This idiot failed to tell you that it will cost you so much money in upgrades. And that upgrades lead to more ie: if you get a certain processor upgrade, you're probably going to have to get a new motherboard.
5. Game prices are a big deal for pc players, but console players have the luxury of borrowing games from friends and renting which are much cheaper.
6. & 7. Only applies to xbox live, and for $40-$50 a year, that's less than half the price of ONE online PC MMO (WoW). Once again, this IDIOT failed to tell you that in order to play most MMOs, they all have a SEPARATE monthly fee.
8. Your PC does not have unlimited storage space, just how much you can afford.
9. I can't believe this IDIOT would think that hacking and cheating is a GOOD thing to brag about. That's like saying the Crips are a better social group because they can break open a safe from 7-11 faster than your group of friends.
10. I'm still waiting for the "unofficial" fix to allow me to play Red Alert online. While most console games are fixed from the get-go or a quick patch solves everything.
11. XLA has great titles to play, and if you want to play old games, I guess you're going to have to go to PC.
12. Of course he's just picking on the xbox here, but I guarantee there's a 100% crash/virus/malware/spyware/BSOD/re-format of hard drive on EVERY PC used for gaming. GUARAN-*******-TEE. PC gamers will never admit that their boxes are the most hectic, problem-ridden electronics EVERY DEVELOPED.
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jdge
November 22nd 2011
67. Apparently the console guys in here have forgotten that video cards hook up to TVs now. i run BF3 in 1080i on my 42 and play on my couch through my pc with 64 players. My roommate has a ps3 and hey plays too, only with 24 players and 30 fps, mine sits abt 60-72. most the games i play on pc never came out on console or they were dumbed down to the point of childs play.
The difference between console and pc gamers is roughly 10-20 years. i havent heard a kid in voip since i quit playing on console. my rig is easily twice as powerful as a ps3 and will always be that way since ill update it every couple of years with a hundred dollar card.
The comfort part again goes back to the tv hook up and the fact that i can have whatever controller i choose plugged up. hell, i use a gamecube controller since it is easily the best console controller out to date. in addition to my ps2 controller and joystick.
really, all i had to say was battlefield 3 on pc, but i thought id clarify further.
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feight
August 12th 2010
66. world of warcraft, seriously? honestly i have to say that is hardly any reason to buy a pc... even if it were, WoWs maximum potential is easily reached with a what, 300 dollar system. the ONLY reason WoW is PC exclusive is because they lack the desire to multi-plat.
I can't blame them either, they've got a HUGE crowd of mindless click monkeys on PC alone... =/
I play on both consoles and PCs, to be honest the only reason i even game on consoles is accessibility. to play some of my favorite games that either no longer release PC versions or never have. However PC is by far the best choice for an ultimate gaming experience, not only due to far superior interchangable hardware, but as stated before its huge flexibility. When it comes to games like Dragon Age, The elder scrolls, etc. PC is the way to go due to not only the larger amount of official plug ins and mods, but the MASSIVE amount of user-created content that follows. Ive had some great experiences with console games, but the most lasting experiences were on PC. a good example is neverwinter nights. A single offline title that lasted nearly a decade for me. Even to this day theres a massive list of user content I haven't tried. Pretty much got access to hundreds of games just by purchasing the one core title. Sorry, but thats something no console game has ever done and will likely not do for a long time if ever at all...
on the emulation topic. yes the pc can emulate console games to a degree, but the unique architecture used in newer consoles makes it a waste of effort really... emulators are full of needless problems not to mention the PC has to work overtime to both emulate the console AND render the game. PCs are superior and all, but the headache of fiddling with an emulator so often to get an often unstable result just isn't worth it imo. btw fools, emulating a game doesn't mean pirating a game. it isn't illegal to pop a legal and official console disc into a PC and play the game. maybe it isn't intended, nor is it intended (for obvious reasons), but not illegal. Unless the game was ripped or downloaded without having ownership of an official copy.
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frederico02
July 22nd 2010
65. i'm sorry but your completely wrong and your a typical console kiddie who does no exploration of your own. nearly all of the consoles released can now be downloaded onto your computer as an emulated form and the ability to play all your 'favourites' for free. you may need to purchase a USB PC console-type controller for around £20 but whats good about emulators are there are so many of them , the games are free and because most consoles are **** you dont need a very good computer to emulate :) .
I have no idea what your trying to get at with the paragraph about skill . PC players also figher other PC players based on skill alone so what is your point. And i know you dont like this idea im about to mention but im afraid if console players were to play against PC players they would loose hardcore. microsoft has tried to implement networks to connect both xbox and PC players but during tests it was abandoned due to PC players winning every time due to the xbox controlers being poor in design. The analogue sticks are a thing of the past and compared to the mouse is just awful lol. you simply do not get enough moveability with the console controllers. Not to mention that PC games online are at a faster pace than console games online.
The link below is just one of reports on that project.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2010/jul/22/pc-gamers-versus-console-gamers
who cares if downloading as you put it 'abandonware' isnt legal . you probably downloaded music off ****** limewire or kazaar or sharebear which is illegal!!!
As for cheating, you have to be an very good coder to be a successful computer game hacker. you've probably never looked into game security before but ill give you a brief. there are two main pieces of software that protect the fair-play environment, these are VAC and punkbuster. only one is chosen for a game. Both do a fairly good job of detecting hackers. i Do not know how many servers are run by clans but i can assure you there are many to go on when playing online games and these often have admins if they spot anyone cheating then they can kick/ban the suspected cheater from the server
temporarily/permanently. If i have confused you then thats because your a console kiddie who does not know the first thing about computer gaming :)
ill give you that FPS has sort of dominated recently due to COD. the success of COD ment other developers jumping on the band-waggon. the reason is due to ... you guessed it!! YOU; THE CONSOLE KIDDIES!!! . because you guys represent the bigger preportion of sales and your lack of interest in other games than COD-based games, similar games to COD have been released. As for mmorpg, i have no idea how you as a console kiddie would get one for consoles unless you play that on the PC but it hasnt dominated the gaming market, it is in its own stable part where you must pay monthly ( this is due to the upcost of the highly expensive servers that hold around 40,000+ people at once) you can see why developers like blizzard and CCP now charge around £10 ish a month to play now.
Please do tell me what franchise im missing out on please do lol. im extremely satisfied with the latest instalment from DICE and EA that is battlefield bad company 2 ( a game series which actually started on the PC , note: as did COD ) .
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mankyfingers
July 13th 2010
64. From the Atari to the PS3, consoles have a larger and better catalogue of games.
Crappy gamers with money can make up for their lack of skill with expensive systems and peripherals. Consoles gamers go head to head based on skill alone.
Downloading abandonware isn't actually legal.
PC gamers can cheat by hacking. Console gamers use skill.
FPSs and MMORGs have taken over the industry and have killed originality and substance in games. Casual gamers have no problem getting into them. One is instant gratification, the other is social *******.
PC gamers miss out on legendary franchises. Console gamers know which ones I'm talking about.
I have 6 legacy systems in my house that just cost as much as a current PC that could run Crysis. So, play a vast back catalogue of great games or spend over $1000 to play one game that looks pretty but is unoriginal drek.
Oh yeah. PC gaming is clearly teh shiz.
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frederico02
March 15th 2010
63. okay where to begin. ill start with hardware just because that was the last thing i remember about you console kiddies whinein about.
not all graphics cards are £500 . infact you can pick up cheaper ones that do the job just as well as a console can for around £100 . and ill admit my rig costs around £1100 . but that will last me around 10 years and it plays the latest games with the best graphics and performance and the highest fps , if you console kiddies dont know wot fps means then thats why your using a console.
yes the ps3 and xbox can get hard drives but your paying double what you would do for a normal harddrive that goes into a comp and im going to assume its **** because i cant find any specs of the harddrive for 360 .
general hardware for the comp is alot better than the 360 . not to mention crysis never came out on kiddie consoles because it was too intensive for console players ( their consoles could not handle the required graphics and processing needed.
as for mods . crysis has a **** load of mods if you just type in "crysis mods" . so does battlefield 2 , cod4 especially ( paintball mode for you pc lads ) , free maps made by devs and users that u stupid console players have to pay for/cant use.
mods can be done on the 360 but they are limited. especially major mods. take for example most mods are compressed into .rar files ... im pretty sure a 360 cant extract a .rar file . neither does it have a cmd or directory system to find the programs.
as for playing online... well when it comes to most games on the PC you play for free . for mmorpg games like WOW or eve online you must pay monthly because thats how they get their income anyway. even then you can download some mmorpg's , mod them so that you play with your mates on a private server ( easy to do if you look it up ) .
yes you can play your hd movies but urm who cares . PC and 360 and ps3 can all watch them it doesnt matter. however for preformance PC will win .
you talk about games being supplied on 9gb dvd disks ... well you know nothing about computers because games are compressed into files which are then extracted upon installation on the computer. and who cares if a game comes with two installation disks for the PC . you can crack it so you dont need the CD anyway durrrr...
oh and if your downloading whilst playing a game... you will lag , alot! doesnt matter if its PC or 360 your still lacking internet bandwidth if someone is downloading...
computer has more ease of access ... i can download all the illegal 1080p films i want for free and all the music i want for free using private torrent sites that you console kiddies will never be invited to becuase you dont know what a torrent is lol .
keyboards and mouses give better gaming performance etc and guitar hero first came out on the computer when you had to literally pick up your keyboard , and play it like you would a guitar.
basically consoles are for people who want it all done and ready for them right away rather than better performance , better community , better online play and better graphics. the PC gaming world supports more players online that a ****y 16 player only match like in halo and crapy games like that . ive seen cod games on the PC which have 80 players in them, yes its annoying but its a bench mark that consoles wont be able to match anyway because of its **** xbox live system which matches players from all over the world creating lag . not to mention its all hosted off someones console rather than a dedicated server which can give PC players a better online performance rather than lagging out every 2 seconds ... which leads me on to say that MW2 got **** all sales with the PC community because they did not have support for dedicated servers.
**** load more applications for the PC , three monitor support for games aswell for ati cards at the moment ... yes that does mean i can have my one game spread over 3 monitors... yes it is ******* insane .
multitasking is another issue . consoles cant multi task for **** . i think at the moment you can play music and play a game or play music and web browse at the same time ? correct me if wrong but that is **** . on my comp i can , play music , play a game , burn a cd , burn a dvd , download music , download films all at the same time. this is due to consoles processer being what is called ****e.
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stevehiggs
November 28th 2009
62. 1. Mouse and keyboard support
Not a PC-only thing. I use a keyboard and mouse on my PS3.
2. High screen resolutions
Not a PC-only thing. I play 720p and 1080p games on a 32" full HD television. Playing a top end PC game at 1920x1200 would melt my motherboard.
3. Free mods
Something that'll always give PCs the edge, though the quality of most mods leaves a lot to be desired, and unless you're a fan of a particular game or genre, they never have the lasting enjoyment of proper standalone games.
4. Upgradeable hardware
Is this a reason why PCs are better, or why PCs are worse? Yes, you can upgrade the hardwarde - but in most cases you're actually forced to upgrade just to play a new game at a framerate that'll reach double figures. Console games will work on consoles for the lifetime of the machine - without the need to spend tons on costly upgrades.
5. Cheaper games
Yes, PCs gave cheaper games when you look at the MRP/RRP, but wait a while and online retailers constalty drop the prices of games. I bought Borderlands for PC for £24.99. Two weeks later it was £22.99 for the PS3. I have 11 PS3 games that set me back a total of £145. It's about sensible shopping and not rushing off to grab the latest game off the nearest shelf.
6. You're not tied to one online service
Nope, you're tied to more than one online service. Games for Windows, Steam, Impulse and Metaboli name a few. The consoles clearly have the advantage here, because being tied to one online service makes a lot more sense.
8. Unlimited storage space
"PC games, meanwhile, just sit happily on the potentially unlimited storage space of your hard drive. Easy." Yes, except you have to go through tedious, turgid installations with PC games as well, and 9 times out of 10 you need the media in the drive to play. And there's no such thing as unlimited space.
9. Save game hacking
Now this is a rather feeble case on the PC's behalf. I've never, ever seen a save-game hacking tool for a particular game supported or endorsed by game publishers.
10. Unofficial fixes for older games
Yes, fixes that are so long overdue no-one cares any longer.
11. Abandonware
Been there, done that - time to move on. And even if you are feeling nostalgic, chances are that the games will never run on a new system anyway.
12. No red ring of death
"At least when a PC goes wrong, it really goes wrong. Like, with fire and everything (possibly)".
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monkeybushes
November 12th 2009
61. PC Gaming is the Best. To the guy who says you cannot connect the PC to the computer, you can and when you say waste energy, you don't have to have both screens plugged into the tv!!! And YES you can watch a dvd at the same time as playing a game, all you need is a dvd player along side your computer connected to a different port on your tv. PC Gaming rules. Hands Down. Just think: Anything and Xbox or PS3 can do is 50x better on the PC! And also to the same guy, you can download games! You don't need a stupid DVD to play!!! It's a lot easier. And also with the patch comment, a lot of games on the PS3 and Xbox have been patched!! Hey man my 400 dollar computer plays games just as well as a ps3 or xbox, and is a laptop!!! PCs are just waaay better!!
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pixel
July 8th 2009
60. @cyberakuma
I would just like to say, your points fail. "The PS3 can do everything a PC can since you can install Linux on it, it can also do many things that a PC can not such as play PS3-exclusive games."
WTF? Linux is not for gaming at all, and then you think of how stable it is on PS3, its hard to get linux working fully on PC so I can just imagine it on PS3.
"You realize I could list thousands of console-exclusive games too right?" Do it then, I very much doubt it, keep in mind you can 100% emulate game boy, GBA, Nintendo DS, N64, NES, Dreamcast, PS1, PS2, XBOX & to answer "Where is my Wii emulator?" It is here and you can run games on higher graphics than on the wii. link to the Dolphin emulator(which does Wii & N64: http://www.dolphin-emu.com/news.php
"Actually, no it has not, arcades created many genras as well that did not exsist in PC before."
You idiot, the first ever game was made for PC so without it there would be no games, also how do you think games for console are made? on a console? NO!! on a PC!!
"That costs you a second mortgage"
Stop whining just because you can't spend $600US on a gaming rig that would outdo a console.
"No you dont(in reply to "We have the best games")" Yes, OK Starcraft (2 soon), WOW, Diablo games (3 coming soon) Heaps of RTS games you never had. anyway i was going to address the rest of your points and probably will later but i'm going to a PC lan party and I have to go, so yea
just a few for you, and don't argue when you use atrocious spelling and grammar.
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louis058
January 28th 2009
59. it seems that PCs can not only play almost ALL games that you can play on the consoles, there are also a lot more PC-exclusive games than console-exclusive games, the PC has more power too, and better graphics, if you get a good rig, and everyone has a PC anyway, but maybe not a console. Xbox Live and Playstation Network are also **** compared with things like Xfire, and even without Xfire, on the PC, you can play multiplayer for free anyway, the only two advantages the console has over the PC is that the console is cheaper (but the games for PC are cheaper... and the PC isn't just for playing games, its for watching videos, writing, making movies, going on the internet, and doing a load more stuff than playing games, so PC seems to be worth it despite the increased price) and consoles crash less apparently... (but pc errors can be easily be fixed by looking up a solution online)
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itsbobross
January 20th 2009
58. "Actually, most consoles have custom-made hardware. On top of that, the Cell CPU used in the PS3 is so efficient for certain tasks that it is going to be put into PCs."
The 360 uses what is essentially a triple core ibm power pc cpu, and a radeon 2000 series gpu. Both are grossly outdated and you can really notice the lack of performance/visual quality in games like GTA 4. The ps3 uses the cell processor and a modified geforce 7800 gpu. The cell processor may be powerful, but it is insanely complicated to design programs for it, it is very doubtful that mainstream or even workstation computers will use this type of processor in the near future.
"Sony has mad far far more than they have lost from consoles."
Explain why sony has lost 2 billion in market value.
"How is a console game selling any different from a PC game?"
www.steampowered.com
"How many pc games are DESIGNED with motion control in mind?"
How many ps3 games actually implement the six-axis well? The Wii is an exception because it isn't really a hardcore gaming platform.
"Actually, Xbox Live does this far far better than PC games do."
So you like being limited to a relatively small community that costs money to be a part of? You like paying for dlc that is free on pc?
""We have the best games"
No you dont"
Opinion
""the best genres"
Actually, you have like 3 while consoles have pretty much every genra avaliable to them."
What does this even mean, 3 genres? How many good rts's have you seen on console? mmorpgs, simulation games, compared to the number of titles for pc? There's also the vast amount of shooters, rpgs, puzzle, action, sports, strategy, racing, adventure, fighting, etc, games.
""even our game devs are the best in the gaming world"
Thats just being a fanboy."
Many major game engines used for console games were adapted from the original pc versions (the unreal engines, havok, source, etc.)
"You realize I could list thousands of console-exclusive games too right?"
Thousands? All the classic console exclusives can be emulated on pc. Many former console exclusives are ported to pc eventually. I can only list a handful of console exclusives I would actually want to play on pc (final fantasy plz come to pc)
"The PS3 can do everything a PC can since you can install Linux on it, it can also do many things that a PC can not such as play PS3-exclusive games."
So you can run windows games right? Running linux on a ps3 isn't practical and is too hard for most users to use.
The only reason I play consoles is to play face to face with my friends, and for party games.
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dreamhunk
November 27th 2008
57. here are some facts about pc gaming over consoles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-j69RnEBAc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GPI9xDmRjk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y2nJmKzOVY
no need to worry there is meny people who say that console will dy off. more and more people are online than they watching tv. Try google future consoles there is tons of topics and reasons why console gaming is dying off.
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garred101
November 27th 2008
56. Amen to that.
You can't convince the Console children that they're being milked by Microsoft for crappy quality console games. At least the PC users get the quality that they pay for.
Mouse and Keyboard>Analogue sticks
Their loss.
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cyberakuma
November 19th 2008
55. "You open up them console what do you find. Old hardware parts from 2005 that goes for the ps3 too."
Actually, most consoles have custom-made hardware. On top of that, the Cell CPU used in the PS3 is so efficient for certain tasks that it is going to be put into PCs.
"Micro soft and sony have already lost billions on consoles."
Sony has mad far far more than they have lost from consoles.
"buy the way if little big planet didn't sell well in the first few weeks in console market. It means it will bomb.
On the pc however a game could sell for years to come. It's constant flow of cash for producers."
How do you figure? Just because you said so?
How is a console game selling any different from a PC game?
"well my writing is bad but it goes to show we kids are smarter than some of you old people!!!lol"
Actually, no, it just makes you appear like an idiot.
"Take a look at motion control for the wii. Guess what pc now has motion controler for the pc."
And how many PC games can use this in any useful way?
In how many PC games does motion control work better than a keyboard?
How many pc games are DESIGNED with motion control in mind?
"However pc gamers have all the best and new tech."
Right, tech that costs far more than what a console costs PER COMPONENT. For the price of a top of the line system you could have purchased every console 3 times over.
"the hive mind would be the internet. Pc gamers need to log on to the net. Log into the hive mind. We have access to infomation, best technolies. we have huge commmunties like a borg group."
Actually, Xbox Live does this far far better than PC games do.
"We can play any console games with the use of emulators or any such programs."
So can we, I have several emulators on many of my consoles.
"We have the best games"
No you dont
"the best tech"
That costs you a second mortgage
"the best genres"
Actually, you have like 3 while consoles have pretty much every genra avaliable to them.
"even our game devs are the best in the gaming world"
Thats just being a fanboy.
"gaming has created all genres"
Actually, no it has not, arcades created many genras as well that did not exsist in PC before.
"I could go on, eough said!"
I agree, please stop talking, you are making my brain hurt and every word you type is more proof that pc-gamers don't know what they are talking about.
"check out emulators how they can run any console game."
Where is my Wii emulator?
My PSP emulator?
My Xbox 360 emulator?
Not to mention the questionable legality of using such products, especially if they require a bios file.
"you would have to be a pc gamer to even get your hands on this babby"
You realize I could list thousands of console-exclusive games too right?
"Until a console can do half the stuff of a pc don't talk to me because your wasting my time."
The PS3 can do everything a PC can since you can install Linux on it, it can also do many things that a PC can not such as play PS3-exclusive games.
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dreamhunk
November 19th 2008
54. consoles are for little kids it takes money to have a real gaming rig!Until a console can do half the stuff of a pc don't talk to me because your wasting my time.
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dervheid
November 19th 2008
53. Sorry I took so long to pick up on this again, but I HAVE a life...
I see your spelling and diction haven't improved. I would suggest that you play less games and perhaps concentrate on getting yourself at least a half-decent education.
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
You should give up on the fanboi multi-postings too. 'Dreamhunk'? Only in your own, I would imagine.
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dreamhunk
November 17th 2008
52. oh I have one more link people should look or should isay listen too
http://gametopius.com/index.php/video-games/features/250-the-death-of-the-video-game-console-market
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