Console or PC - what is your preference?

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Poll Console or PC - what is your preference? (79 votes)

100% console 22%
75% console 25% PC 14%
50% console 50% PC 5%
25% console 75% PC 28%
100% PC 32%

I used to be 75% console, but this gen I have migrated more to PC. Now I would say I'm split between the two. We'll see what happens with next gen. For me, the PC advantage has gotten smaller the last two gens. 7th gen, PC had a clear advantage. This gen, PS4 games looked stunning. They were up there with PC. PC had better performance, but this next gen will have some pretty powerful consoles. Looking forward to seeing what can be done. I might end up being a 75% console person again. Maybe not lol.

What about you, SW? Console or PC - what is your preference? Do you see that changing next gen?

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#1 R4gn4r0k
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PC by a large margin. Simply because I like the freedom it allows (use any controller, tweak any setting, free online, freedom of store you purchase from for the best deals, ...)

And it has the right games for me, being RTS and team focussed online FPS.

I'm definitely playing 50% on PC right now and 50% on PS4. But on average it'd be something like 75-25 or 80-20.

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#2  Edited By BassMan
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I would like to be 100% PC, but I have to waste money on consoles for exclusives. So, 90% PC.

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#3 deactivated-5fd4737f5f083
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I'd say it's 90% PC, 10% console. Owned a switch and xbox one X and sold the X since it was never used. Now they switch gets used in bed sometimes but the PC is for most gaming.

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#4 sakaiXx
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75% console. I only use PC to play EU V.

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50/50

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#6  Edited By DaVillain  Moderator
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Feels like we done these threads already. I think everyone knows my preference at this point so no need to explain what I prefer the most.

Voted: 25% console 75% PC

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#7  Edited By JasonOfA36
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Console is around 5-10%, rest is PC. My PS4 is collecting dust at the moment waiting for some JRPGs.

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#8 Robbie23
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90 percent console as the majority of games I play are Sony exclusives. I use my PC for photography and video editing for my business.

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#9 Telekill
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At this point in time I'm 100% console for gaming. My PC is generally used for photoshop and video editing.

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80% PC, 18% hybrid, 2% consoles

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#11 svaubel
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75% PC, 25% Consoles. If it wasnt for the Switch, it would be 100% PC

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#12  Edited By xantufrog  Moderator
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In preference, it's 100% PC, but in practice it's 75% PC because I do play games on console, especially Switch these days. I have no problem with consoles - in fact I have a small collection of the retro ones. I'd just rather play on one platform day to day, and PC is the obvious choice for me for that. It has genres I love that are basically absent from consoles...

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100% consoles and handhelds. 800+ games and counting.

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#14 Sevenizz
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Console (Xbox) 75%, PC 25%

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Right on I’m 100% console these days.

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#16 Fedor
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PC 75%, only use consoles for their exclusives.

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#17 Litchie
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I'm usually 70% PC, but Switch is pretty lame right now, so it's been about 95% PC for a few months.

Seriously thinking about waiting at least 2 years before ever getting a Nintendo system again. Nintendo are really fucking slow and let their great dormant IPs just rot away. They have to do way better to keep me away from my PC. Feels like the quality of their games peaked with GC. Got worse with Wii, even worse with Wii U, and the worst it's ever been with Switch. And the frustrating part is that all of those systems sold way better than GC. Except Wii U maybe..

Just got Blasphemous on Switch though, so it's gonna be like 80% PC for a few days forward.

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95 percent pc. 5 percent switch and ps4

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#19 Grey_Eyed_Elf
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The moment consoles went X86... I'm all in on PC.

10-12 TFLOPS vs 30TFLOPS I'm sorry but I know what I'm spending my money on, I want to play games at the best settings and framerates possible and PC is the only place for that.

I don't spend $2K on a OLED TV to run my games at 30FPS.

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#20 remiks00
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I barely play consoles anymore. More like 85% PC, 15% console for me.

I lost a lot of interest in primarily gaming on consoles the past 2 gens. It's really been more of the same to be honest (especially PlayStation & Xbox). Seems like they only have like 3 must play exclusive gems a gen, and the rest are usually style over substance, or overrated. Honestly, the Switch is the most interesting console out of all of them. I think they were really on to something compelling making it a hybrid. But the lack of raw power & Nintendo being Nintendo hurts it a bit.

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#21 ConanTheStoner
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Like 95+% PC now.

Consoles, might play a game or two per year.

PS4 is mostly a Netflix box. XBX is a Ninja Gaiden box. Switch is at some girls house until the next game I want to play drops.

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Console.. Can't be bothered with PC

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#23  Edited By HalcyonScarlet
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25% consoles, 75% PC. I still play on my Wii U and Xbox 360.

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100% PC.

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@girlusocrazy: yea, settings can be a pain and also unpredictable.

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#27 Ant_17
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Console all the way.

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PC/Playstation has been my go to for a long time. Playstation for exclusives, PC for everything else. All my bases get covered, But man, oh man do I love my PC. It's like having a gaming companion that never leaves, and you can level up at your own pace. So like a Pokemon, but it glows and you can change it's color when you want.

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#30 Speeny
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I prefer console but I'd say it's roughly 50/50 for me.

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25% console 75% PC as of now.

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#32 Jag85
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Gens 3-6 - 75% console, 25% PC

Gens 7-8 - 75% PC, 25% console

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probably 90-95% PC, the rest PS4. I don't think i've turned my PS4 on yet this year, though in part its because i've been gaming less for much of the year due to concussing myself in the spring.

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@BassMan said:

I would like to be 100% PC, but I have to waste money on consoles for exclusives. So, 90% PC.

No you don't HAVE to do anything, you CHOOSE to buy consoles, be a man an own your shit for once.

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110% console.

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I use consoles exclusively. I find it to be more simple than PC gaming.

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#37  Edited By uninspiredcup  Online
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PC unless forced otherwise.

Although I do like handhelds, 3DS was great.

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#38 Zaryia
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@i_p_daily said:

110% console.

1000% PC

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fast food or home cooked?

home cooked all the way.

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#40 BassMan
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@i_p_daily said:
@BassMan said:

I would like to be 100% PC, but I have to waste money on consoles for exclusives. So, 90% PC.

No you don't HAVE to do anything, you CHOOSE to buy consoles, be a man an own your shit for once.

I own my shit until I flush it down the toilet.

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@zaryia said:
@i_p_daily said:

110% console.

1000% mobile phone

Yeah i already knew.

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@Yams1980 said:

100% PC these days, consoles are a waste of money unless there is some specific exclusive you cannot live without. Just so many games available now and so many multi platform, playing them on anything but PC makes no sense, why punish yourself with inferior hardware?

Back in the xbox360/ps3 era, like maybe 90% PC, 10% console.

In the late 90s early 2000's with the n64/psx/ps2/xbox, maybe around 25% console, 75% PC.

The late 80s and early 90s with SNES/NES era probably 75% console, 25% PC. Consoles had a bit more games you couldn't get on PC back in those days. Not sure if its because I was a kid or just what I preferred more, but I spent more time with consoles then. Plus I had a kinda shit 386 pc in the early 90s, it wasn't until 1995 when I got a better one that could play more games.

The more mid 80s, I didn't have a console so all my gaming was done on an 8 bit Atari which was mostly considered a PC.

As far as I know, my PS4 Pro is still worth the money I paid for it. And when I get a PS5, I will get good money for it. Consoles also allow you to get games physical, which can retain their value as well. Inferior hardware for what tho? Most games play fine. I play COD and it looks great. Last of Us 2 is stunning. Ghost of Tsushima is one of the best looking games I've played, and I own a gaming PC.