Age old topic PC VS CONSOLE Lets begin......

ive been obsessing over this topic for months now. I dont see the sense in dropping 1grand on a gaming pc that will be outdated in a few months anyway. Im talking about the latest and greatest games not the lite graphic games. The Crysis's of the world im talking about. Console is better less hassle. I keep telling my self this but when i boot up my ps3 i just keep thinking of how much better the experience would be on my pc even though it is 5 years old but i can still play most games i enjoy pretty comfortably. Half-life series counter strike etc. what do u all think or do u even think about this?

PC is AMAZING! :shock:

BUT...it doesn't get all the different console games we see, especially Platformers, Fighting, etc. It manage to nab SF4 though.

If's a very particular type of machine.

As far as POWER, there is no where else to go.

Gaming PC's don't require thousands of dollars though, and even still the money gives you BETTER performance, and UNLIMITED multimedia functions.

But regardless of that I generally think that every system has games worth playing. Some less than others, but if that's the case I just wait for a price drop.

As of now though, I own a gaming PC because I don't really want to spend money on Live, or a wireless adaptor, and I don't own a PS3 because I don't really like any games for it.

Ease of use. PC loses. Badly.

I think your logic sucks thats what I think. PC's don't cost over 1000$ and don't get outdated for a whole consoles life span and more. And since you want to play the greatest graphical games then why are you settling for consoles? I don't get it.

Ease of use. PC loses. Badly.

789shadow

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Ease of use. PC loses. Badly.

JangoWuzHere

Basics!? You need to have a very good knowledge of computers before PC gaming is anywhere near as easy and immediately enjoyable as consle gaming.

Gaming PC's don't require thousands of dollars though, and even still the money gives you BETTER performance, and UNLIMITED multimedia functions.

But regardless of that I generally think that every system has games worth playing. Some less than others, but if that's the case I just wait for a price drop.

As of now though, I own a gaming PC because I don't really want to spend money on Live, or a wireless adaptor, and I don't own a PS3 because I don't really like any games for it.

treedoor

[QUOTE="JangoWuzHere"][QUOTE="789shadow"]

Ease of use. PC loses. Badly.

789shadow

Basics!? You need to have a very good knowledge of computers before PC gaming is anywhere near as easy and immediately enjoyable as consle gaming.

Why?

I have been PC gaming since I was 9, and when i was 15 I built my first PC after spending 10 minutes to read a tutorial online.

It wasn't difficult because Windows isn't hard to use, Steam isn't hard to use, and installing games is incredibly simple.

So it Begins.........

[QUOTE="JangoWuzHere"][QUOTE="789shadow"]

Ease of use. PC loses. Badly.

789shadow

Basics!? You need to have a very good knowledge of computers before PC gaming is anywhere near as easy and immediately enjoyable as consle gaming.

Ease of use for consoles and just more games period.

PC gaming machines aren't as bad as people think.

x800pro PCI-E
DDR 1 gig
Pentium 4 3 ghz w/Hyper Threading

5 year-old machine. Plays anything of the Orange Box maxed out with a wicked framerate.

Mouse and keyboard are superior interactivity to a controller in my opinion. I don't want to play FPS on a controller. Eww.

Mouse and keyboard are superior interactivity to a controller in my opinion. I don't want to play FPS on a controller. Eww.

bad_fur_day

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Mouse and keyboard are superior interactivity to a controller in my opinion. I don't want to play FPS on a controller. Eww.

FanaFall

[QUOTE="FanaFall"][QUOTE="bad_fur_day"]

Mouse and keyboard are superior interactivity to a controller in my opinion. I don't want to play FPS on a controller. Eww.

JangoWuzHere

I enjoy console gaming over PC...and i have a pretty powerful PC

What an original thread with such original and never before heard of comments..WOW...I must stay tuned to see how this goes..OR...scroll down about 2 seconds and find about 300 other threads just like it..lol

No desire to use M/KB. No desire to plug in a controller and get royaly owned. No desire to have to search for the right parts for it, and put them in and stuff. No desire to figure out how to hook it up to my TV. No desire to play sitting at a desk with m/kb. Anything else is a disadvantage. No desire to worry about if my PC can handle that game. No desire to make sure the Mods I'm DLing are virus free. No desire to get viruss and have a wrecked PC. No desire to not be able to play with my real friends, not some "friends" I meat on steam. No desire to not be able to go to gamestop and walk around and browse through tons of used games. And no desire to be called a computer geel.bronxxbombers

[QUOTE="bronxxbombers"]No desire to use M/KB. No desire to plug in a controller and get royaly owned. No desire to have to search for the right parts for it, and put them in and stuff. No desire to figure out how to hook it up to my TV. No desire to play sitting at a desk with m/kb. Anything else is a disadvantage. No desire to worry about if my PC can handle that game. No desire to make sure the Mods I'm DLing are virus free. No desire to get viruss and have a wrecked PC. No desire to not be able to play with my real friends, not some "friends" I meat on steam. No desire to not be able to go to gamestop and walk around and browse through tons of used games. And no desire to be called a computer geel.JangoWuzHere

Just leave it as "he's never tried" because you can tell from the post he's never even given PC gaming a 2nd thought.

[QUOTE="bronxxbombers"]No desire to use M/KB. No desire to plug in a controller and get royaly owned. No desire to have to search for the right parts for it, and put them in and stuff. No desire to figure out how to hook it up to my TV. No desire to play sitting at a desk with m/kb. Anything else is a disadvantage. No desire to worry about if my PC can handle that game. No desire to make sure the Mods I'm DLing are virus free. No desire to get viruss and have a wrecked PC. No desire to not be able to play with my real friends, not some "friends" I meat on steam. No desire to not be able to go to gamestop and walk around and browse through tons of used games. And no desire to be called a computer geel.JangoWuzHere

Ease of use. PC loses. Badly.

789shadow

Ive just had bad pc gaming experiences. Incompatible hardware, dll crashes, freezing, slowdown. Just not worth it IMO. Then again I owned some cheap Frankenstein computer made up of the best the 90's had to offer combined the worst of the early Millenium to form this abomination that was incapable of just about anything. I'm happy now with a Mac for computer stuff, and a 360 for gaming stuff. Keep the two seperate and there aren't any distractions when you need to work =].

Ive just had bad pc gaming experiences. Incompatible hardware, dll crashes, freezing, slowdown. Just not worth it IMO. Then again I owned some cheap Frankenstein computer made up of the best the 90's had to offer combined the worst of the early Millenium to form this abomination that was incapable of just about anything. I'm happy now with a Mac for computer stuff, and a 360 for gaming stuff. Keep the two seperate and there aren't any distractions when you need to work =].

thirdykal

Yup, that's all that needed to be said.

Here's my opinion:

Consoles > PC.

Nostalgia - Playing local coop with my family in games like TMNT, ZAMN, Mario Kart, F-Zero, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Killer Instinct and Turok; Having miniature tournaments when there wasn't enough controllers to go around; "Loser gives it up." I know some of you long time console gamers have recited these infamous words.

It's the local multi-play; Its the fact that I can split-screen with no extra dongles or boxes to lug around and no network to establish; Its the fact that the entire design philospohy for games on consoles has revolved around inclusion -- Its the fact that the evolution of the design of consoles themeselves that has focused on the idea that I can invite a buddy/family over and we can multi-play with ease -- Its the fact that the consoles have stuck with this tradition.

And lastly, Its the fact that PC developers have still failed in the area of local multiplayer whilst the consoles have adapted the PCs only way of "multiplayer" which is through networking. Two, 360 consoles is all you need for eight people; you'll need eight towers for eight PC gamers and eight gurneys to lift said towers.

console > pc

85% of pc gamers are just graphic whores, their only purpose in life is to bombard people with screens of crysis to show that pc greater than conoles. guess what graphics dont make a game. i enjoy a game like metroid prime better than crysis. the other 15% are the "elitist" who believe that they have so much skills at games. guess what no one cares about that, the majority of us just play for fun to relax for an hour or 2.

console > pc

85% of pc gamers are just graphic whores, their only purpose in life is to bombard people with screens of crysis to show that pc greater than conoles. guess what graphics dont make a game. i enjoy a game like metroid prime better than crysis. the other 15% are the "elitist" who believe that they have so much skills at games. guess what no one cares about that, the majority of us just play for fun to relax for an hour or 2.

bokiloki

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console > pc

85% of pc gamers are just graphic whores, their only purpose in life is to bombard people with screens of crysis to show that pc greater than conoles. guess what graphics dont make a game. i enjoy a game like metroid prime better than crysis. the other 15% are the "elitist" who believe that they have so much skills at games. guess what no one cares about that, the majority of us just play for fun to relax for an hour or 2.

thespywholied

thanks doggy

I got my new rig in Feb. bought and beat Crysis. Then went back to my ps3. Guys that are all over pc now have got to love rpg's or rts's. The last great games for the pc was crysis, prior to that was Doom3 and HL2. Other than that its rpgs' and rts's. I'm sorry but if your still holding on to pc gaming your really letting your gaming self down big time.

P.S. LOL at pc elitist comment above. I have a friend like that talking about how percise a mouse is all the time lol. I just tell him that yall pc throw backs call us noobs lol, but yet he's got to have something that can pin point someone in the eyeball with inorder to play lol. Grow up pc guys and stop hiding behind the mouse and keyboard and show some real skills. :) Last I checked I couldn't pinpoint shots with my rifle in real life from 30 yards or more in .222255 of a sec lol.

I got my new rig in Feb. bought and beat Crysis. Then went back to my ps3. Guys that are all over pc now have got to love rpg's or rts's. The last great games for the pc was crysis, prior to that was Doom3 and HL2. Other than that its rpgs' and rts's. I'm sorry but if your still holding on to pc gaming your really letting your gaming self down big time.

GreyFoXX4

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I got my new rig in Feb. bought and beat Crysis. Then went back to my ps3. Guys that are all over pc now have got to love rpg's or rts's. The last great games for the pc was crysis, prior to that was Doom3 and HL2. Other than that its rpgs' and rts's. I'm sorry but if your still holding on to pc gaming your really letting your gaming self down big time.

thespywholied

P.S. Forgot to list BF2 aswell in my prior post. But since having my ps3 and going back to bf2, bf2 just seems lousy now. But it was great when it first came out, I did play it for about 2 years. But there wasn't nothing else to play either on pc at the time unless Quake4 MP.

This war will never end...

PC wins because it has the msot AAA/AA titles, better graphics and performance (usually), dedicated community (mods), free online, cheaper games, better DD service and better control system

HOWEVER

Consoles win because they are cheaper (if you rarely buy games or usually rent then consoles are cheaper) and hassle free

In the end it all comes down to preference.

[QUOTE="thespywholied"]

[QUOTE="GreyFoXX4"]

I got my new rig in Feb. bought and beat Crysis. Then went back to my ps3. Guys that are all over pc now have got to love rpg's or rts's. The last great games for the pc was crysis, prior to that was Doom3 and HL2. Other than that its rpgs' and rts's. I'm sorry but if your still holding on to pc gaming your really letting your gaming self down big time.

GreyFoXX4

P.S. Forgot to list BF2 aswell in my prior post. But since having my ps3 and going back to bf2, bf2 just seems lousy now. But it was great when it first came out, I did play it for about 2 years. But there wasn't nothing else to play either on pc at the time unless Quake4 MP.

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[QUOTE="thespywholied"] Tell me sir. Did you just come out of 2007?

skrat_01

P.S. Forgot to list BF2 aswell in my prior post. But since having my ps3 and going back to bf2, bf2 just seems lousy now. But it was great when it first came out, I did play it for about 2 years. But there wasn't nothing else to play either on pc at the time unless Quake4 MP.

Hmm, I have all BF games aswell (BF 1942, BF Vietnam BF2), oh minus BF:bc cause it just sucks. Who ever thought a bf game without prone position would be good needs to be slapped lol. But na man bf2 just feels cheap and and well cheesy now. The bunny hopping, the dolphin diving and everything else just feels bad now after playing Socom, KZ2. And the game is definitly old now for sure and it pained my eyes when I played it again about a month 1/2 ago again.

As a 360 owner, PC >>>> Consoles.

PC is AMAZING! :shock:

BUT...it doesn't get all the different console games we see, especially Platformers, Fighting, etc. It manage to nab SF4 though.

If's a very particular type of machine.

As far as POWER, there is no where else to go.

SolidTy

Gamerz1569: "More AA and AAA games"

Arbitrary

Gamerz1569: "Dedicated community"

Nope. Go look at all the Halo machinima - They didn't even have professional tools and they still pulled some of the best machinima out there.

Also go look at the sheer number of Mortal Kombat/SF vs. (Things) videos. They were made on PC but these were originally console games.

cheaper games

Gamerz1569

But more expensive hardware, offset the cost.

better DD service and

Gamerz1569

No. The consoles only have one central marketplace that you go too to get all of its content, you don't have to have multiple services like Steam and GFWL to get everything the PC has to offer - I'm not knocking PCs for having this, I'm simply refuting it as a reason to knock the consoles.

better control system

Gamerz1569

Arbitrary

:)

Damn glitchspot. Gamespot = phailboat.

[QUOTE="treedoor"]

Gaming PC's don't require thousands of dollars though, and even still the money gives you BETTER performance, and UNLIMITED multimedia functions.

But regardless of that I generally think that every system has games worth playing. Some less than others, but if that's the case I just wait for a price drop.

As of now though, I own a gaming PC because I don't really want to spend money on Live, or a wireless adaptor, and I don't own a PS3 because I don't really like any games for it.

FanaFall

[QUOTE="FanaFall"][QUOTE="treedoor"]

Gaming PC's don't require thousands of dollars though, and even still the money gives you BETTER performance, and UNLIMITED multimedia functions.

But regardless of that I generally think that every system has games worth playing. Some less than others, but if that's the case I just wait for a price drop.

As of now though, I own a gaming PC because I don't really want to spend money on Live, or a wireless adaptor, and I don't own a PS3 because I don't really like any games for it.

imprezawrx500

What proof is there for the red part of your statement?

Also, the 8800GTX launched at $650 and the 8800GTS 640 was $499-550; 8800GTS 320 was $300 when new so factor in all the other components and you end up with a higher MSRP, if only slightly if your using the 8800GTS 320 and that card isn't playing games at high settings today.