are you a "pure" pc gamer?

Just wonder how many people game ONLY on a pc, and why. (or have only a maximum of 1 console)

As for me, i grew up playing a pc so i guess ill never understand the console gaming, though i do have a ps3 for exclusives.

Are you a "pure" pc gamer, and if yes, do you feel like you are missing out not playing on consoles?

I guess I am.

I started out playing on consoles (with a Sega Mega Drive), but I've been a primarily PC gamer for about 14 years. I do currently own a PlayStation 3, but only really for the exclusives.

I've always had consoles, starting with the very first Nintendo back in the day and kind of stuck to having a console ever since. Right now I have an Xbox 360 next to my PC but I hardly use it. I just have 2 reasons for still having a console, the first being that none of my real life friends are PC gamers so if I want to play with them I'm kind of forced to play on the Xbox, the second being the exclusives.

When I was a young kid I would play only computer games like Freddie Fish and Midnight Resque and then moved on to nintendo consoles. Now I'm 22 and the only game I play on PC is Unreal Tournament.

I would say so. Have a Wii, but never use it.

I'm too spoiled by the visuals and performance of PC gaming.

Too spoiled by the options in hardware.

Too spoiled by the options in software.

Too spoiled by mods.

Too spoiled by mouse and keyboard and the OPTION of a controller/mouse/joystick, etc.

Too spoiled by the numerous indie games that thrive on PC.

Too spoiled by the large number of genres and gameplay styles that exist on PC.

I'm spoiled rotten by the PC. It would be like giving up filet mignon & lobster for the shishkobob at Bob's shishkobob shack.

Not that I couldn't go for some shishkobob one in a while, but it don't beat what I usually have.

When I was a young kid I would play only computer games like Freddie Fish and Midnight Resque and then moved on to nintendo consoles. Now I'm 22 and the only game I play on PC is Unreal Tournament.

HeavyMetalKirby

Well thats cool and all but its not what i opend a topic about:lol:

I would say so. Have a Wii, but never use it.

SkyWard20

I also had a Wii but sold it after not touching it for 2 years

[QUOTE="HeavyMetalKirby"]

When I was a young kid I would play only computer games like Freddie Fish and Midnight Resque and then moved on to nintendo consoles. Now I'm 22 and the only game I play on PC is Unreal Tournament.

Jane_22

Well thats cool and all but its not what i opend a topic about:lol:

i am now. i only own my pc and game exclusively on it.

i had every system up to and including ps3 and 360 up until about a year and a half ago. when i bought a house i ended up selling everything, and i mean every last thing, about 600 seperate items, on ebay.

it is perfect that i only have a pc now cause i dont really have time for much else. i will probably never buy myself another console again although i do have a baby boy and chances are in a few years i will be picking up a wii u for him.

I started out gaming primarily on consoles with the NES, SNES, and PS2. I dabbled in PC gaming during the PS2 days and currently own a wii that i never use so yes I would say that I am a "pure" pc gamer. However, a PS3 is tempting with its excellent exclusives.

Well this gen I'm getting pretty close I have to admit. I grew up playing both on consoles and pc's, but I spent more time playing on consoles as my pc was too weak to play many of the pc games at that time. Currently though the shift in genre's along with how expensive it has gotten has left me just not liking console gaming at all. JRPG's, fighters and Action Adventures (on the 360 at least) don't seem to leave the same imagination I have had for games such as SotC, Metroid, Persona and the old Tekkens. Nintendo selling itself out to gimmicks hasn't helped much either.

I've always had at least one console and one handheld.

Though, I am finding the Handheld/PC combo more fitting as I gain new responsibilities that I need to take care of when getting older.illmatic87

Perhaps this plays a role as well as I do find myself playing a lot on handhelds.

Besides PC, I also play PS and PS2 games.

One day I might play Divinity 2 or M&B Warband,

the next day I might play Castlevania SotN or ICO

I started gaming on a SNES, then moved to a N64 and then to a PS2. I'd have to say that since the current "next-generation" consoles, I've been a PC gamer and have decided to stay this way because of numerous advantages it gives me.

Although I'm dying to play MGS4 :P

Basically, yes.

I've had both a 360 and a Wii given to me by friends. I was somewhat interested in the 360 because it has some older style JRPGS. I only managed to play through one game (Lost Odyssey). It was a good game, but it really felt like I was playing something from 1997 (which is what I was going for, but it got old). I also bought Forza Motorsport 3, which is definitely a very good game, but I got bored with it fairly quickly as racing games aren't really my thing. No shooters interested me because I have enough shooters on the PC and I prefer mouse+keyboard. I strongly dislike games like GTA and RDR. I played Assassin's Creed and found it to be mindless, quitting after about 2 hours. I wanted to make use of this free piece of hardware I recieved, but just couldn't find anything I enjoyed.

I gave the Wii to a relative after a similar experience and also because I found the graphics painful to look at. I have to say I didn't really give the Wii a fair shake, the friend who gave it to me had a collection of truly awful games and I probably should have picked up some 1st party ones, which I hear are top notch.

Overall, I greatly prefer the ability to modify my games and my gaming machine to make the best possible experience I can for myself. The PC is also home to more of the types of games I enjoy (mostly RTS, FPS, WRPG).

I would say so. Have a Wii, but never use it.

SkyWard20

Personally I game exclusively on the PC for several reasons. The main reason being I cannot stand joypad controls, I owned a 360 for about a month and absolutely hated the control scheme. Secondly I just love the flexibility of PC gaming you can just do so much more with games on the PC. Finally whilst I don't have a top of the range PC anymore my PC is still vastly better than the console hardware so I don't see the sense in paying hundreds of pounds for a console when my PC already plays games far better. So I guess you could call me a "pure" pc gamer.

I'm a gamer. Doesn't matter what it is, console, PC, board, cards. If I had unlimited funds I'd have all the consoles. As it is I have a 360 and 3 PCs, one for each of the family. I think the word "pure" is elitist. Just sayin'.

Yea, i went from pc to console and back to pc

Yea, i went from pc to console and back to pc

James161324

I'm mainly a Pc gamer but I also owned every Nintendo console out there except SNES. I really enjoy playing Wii and never stopped playing it. For me having a Pc and a Wii is the perfect balance for gaming. Although recently I have been only playing indie games on Pc like Mount and Blade, Terra, Minecraft.

Nope. As much as I love my PC, I still really like my PS3 and, to a much lesser extent, my 360.

Nope. I play a ton of fighting games lately, and while there's some good stuff on PC, I tend to spend most of my time on my PS3. Hooked up to one of my monitors, so I'm still always kinda attached to my PC...

I think I started off playing a lot of PC games, played a ton of SNES when that came out, some N64.. then went back to PC though I wasn't sure if I ever really "left".

I'm definitely a hybrid gamer, and go between bouts where I play mostly on console and where I play mostly on PC. But it's always a mix.

Yup, only pc, I have never even owned or bought another console.

We do have a Wii in the house that my wife and I mess around with from time to time but, other than that, I only play on the PC.

Consoles didn't really exist when I was young. Well, okay, there was the Intellivision and Atari but the NES didn't come out until I was a senior in high school (or there about) so there wasn't much of an opportunity to be a console gamer (I did buy an SNES in college).

When I was really young, I had a friend who had a home computer and I would play games at his house (usually very basic RPGs or space sims). Again, home computers were rare and very expensive in the mid to late 70's and the market for games wasn't huge. There was also a computer lab in my high school (early to mid 80's) and, instead of writing programs in BASIC, although we did that too, we would load games onto our floppies and mess around like any dedicated student should.

When I graduated from high school my parents bought an Apple IIe and that's when I really started playing: Pool of Radiance, Wizardry, A Bard's Tale, etc., but the game that really stood out was Wasteland. That game just rocked.

The rest, as the say, is history.

I've been playing on the PC ever since and I have zero interest in ever owning an Xbox or a Playstation or a Whatever-comes-next, unless, of course, my wife eventually wants one and then, for the sake of marital harmony, we do whatever she wants.

pretty much pure, i do have a 360 that i occasionally pull out to play but it is generally only with friends and for sports games like nhl, fifa etc.

No, I play Wii, PS2, and DS also. (Pokemon is amazing) :P

The last console I've owned was a PS2, not including handhelds.I like handhelds because it gives me something to do while my mom drags me to my relative's house where they have boring conversations about the past, which I really don't care about. :)

Anyways, I haven't touched the PS2 since I moved. It's packed away and in storage somewhere, so it's pretty safe to assume that it's gone. The only console I have is a N64. No next-gen consoles.

I just can't get the hang of using the controllers, and I don't have an HDTV available for me to play any next-generation consoles on. Besides, I've been gaming on the PC for awhile and I have family members that are more oriented toward that field, as well as friends/associates in the past.

I'm a PC man.

Anyone that is a pure pc gamer is really missing out. PC gamers pride themselves with the best games around. While it is true that they have some of the best, they miss gems like Zelda, Mario, Smash Bros, RDR, Monster Hunter, Metroid, and a bevy of other franchises. Probably the best combination would be a PC and a Nintendo system, as Nintendo first party stuff is usually absolute top notch. I couldn't imagine growing up without my Pokemon :P

I only game on PC.

Final Fantasy X is the last console game I played...that was I cannot remember how long ago.

reason? I build my rigs and I play games on them.

No, between my brother and me we have all the current systems. However, I will go there periods where I do more gaming on one system than the others and right now it's PC. When I finally pick up L.A. Noire that will probably change for a bit ;)

I just got off my PS3 from playing Zombie Apocalypse. So thats a definite hell no.

I own a Wii, but never use it (I do take a controller and Wii Sports Resorts when visiting parents to use theirs!).

I'm a PC gamer. Consoles don't interest me - the tinkering and upgrades are as much as part of why I game on PC as the games themselves.

Yes I am. I game only on my PC.

However I do own a PS1 that is gathering dust on the shelve. And occasionally I help my father out on his PS3.

I have never owned a console and never will, but I will play fighting games, supermario, supersmash, racing games, etc. with buddies.

I have more than one console but I haven't played a console game in well over 4 years o-o

I don't know really, so many free PC games (MMOs) and many console games tend to migrate over to PC eventually. Plus, the PC versions of these games are often better (for example, Team fortress 2 for xbox vs. Team Fortress 2 for PC...PC wins hands down).