Do you prefer PC games or platform games?

[QUOTE="Catpee"]

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"] JRPGs and action adventure games?Nokanhav

LOL, god no. Those are actually a couple of my least favorite.

Fighting and sports games.

Ummmmmmmmm .... Just plug your 360 controller into your PC and play the same games with 5x better graphics and frame rate.

WOW really?!

So I can play Madden 09 on my PC even though EA never released it? No....

So I can play the same version of NHL 09 on my PC even though the PC version is absolutely garbage in comparison? No....

So I can play MLB the Show 09 on PC with my 360 controller even though it doesn't exist?

So I can play Virtual Fighter 5 on PC through a buggly emulator with nobody on the other end to play me? Sweet!

Heck, I don't think an emulator even exists yet for Soul Caliber 4, BlazBlue, or the newest King of Fighters that is coming out.

I get SF4, and the jury is still out on how good it is going to be or how much community support will be out on it, other than that, you are playing fighting games through crappy emulators with next to ZERO community support, and as far as sports titles, you get the shaft as a PC user from companies like EA and Sony with terrible buggy ports that never get supported.

Yes, you can. Though, I can't say why or how because of the TOU.

[QUOTE="kidcool189"] but its obvious consoles have a better selection of sports/fighting games...Vandalvideo

When it happens, I'll be the first one to switch. But one game doesn't make a library.

Maybe if I cared about soccer, FIFA might do something for me, and even then you are showing exactly what I'm talking about. FIFA '08 for PS3 was built from the ground up on consoles and is absolutely gorgeous. FIFA '08 on PC was a PS2 port. PS2! Again, PC gets the shaft. No thanks.

Yes, you can. Though, I can't say why or how because of the TOU.

Nokanhav

Sorry, I don't steal. And if you use an emulator, you are using the limited emulator community to find opponents, so again, PC loses out.

When it happens, I'll be the first one to switch. But one game doesn't make a library.Maybe if I cared about soccer, FIFA might do something for me, and even then you are showing exactly what I'm talking about. FIFA '08 for PS3 was built from the ground up on consoles and is absolutely gorgeous. FIFA '08 on PC was a PS2 port. PS2! Again, PC gets the shaft. No thanks.Catpee

[QUOTE="Catpee"]When it happens, I'll be the first one to switch. But one game doesn't make a library.Maybe if I cared about soccer, FIFA might do something for me, and even then you are showing exactly what I'm talking about. FIFA '08 for PS3 was built from the ground up on consoles and is absolutely gorgeous. FIFA '08 on PC was a PS2 port. PS2! Again, PC gets the shaft. No thanks.Vandalvideo

You are wrong, and I just told you why. The last FIFA game released on PC was a PS2 port and PES hasn't been good in years. Every single major sport you take a backseat. Hockey, you get a vastly inferior version of the best hockey game ever created in NHL '09 for PS3 or 360, take your pick. Football, you guys don't even get Madden anymore. MLB the Show is the best licensed baseball game ever created and PC doesn't get it. Basketball is nonexistent on PC.

As far as fighting games, yeah, One Must Fall was great 100 years ago, and maybe you can name some other obscure fighting games nobody plays, but I can literally bury you in a library of fighting games popular both here and in Japan that PC never got a released title on and you guys only get through emulation (again....with no support or community).

Sorry, if PC supported my gaming habits, I would have upgraded my desktop 2 years ago when I needed to, but I haven't, and it's not because I'm ignorant or poor. When Diablo 3 is released, I'll build a new rig, but not a minute before then. Sorry, PC has nothing to offer someone like me who doesn't play FPS, RTS, or MMOs.

I was thinking about this the other day and was wondering if everyone liked platform games better. I do, because you dont have to constantly update a console, worry about it being hacked*, or pay $650.00 for it in the first place.

Cjtodd5

last time i logged onto halo i had to download updates except took longer than my pc

You are wrong, and I just told you why. The last FIFA game released on PC was a PS2 port and PES hasn't been good in years. Every single major sport you take a backseat. Hockey, you get a vastly inferior version of the best hockey game ever created in NHL '09 for PS3 or 360, take your pick. Football, you guys don't even get Madden anymore. MLB the Show is the best licensed baseball game ever created and PC doesn't get it. Basketball is nonexistent on PC.As far as fighting games, yeah, One Must Fall was great 100 years ago, and maybe you can name some other obscure fighting games nobody plays, but I can literally bury you in a library of fighting games popular both here and in Japan that PC never got a released title on and you guys only get through emulation (again....with no support or community).Sorry, if PC supported my gaming habits, I would have upgraded my desktop 2 years ago when I needed to, but I haven't, and it's not because I'm ignorant or poor. When Diablo 3 is released, I'll build a new rig, but not a minute before then. Sorry, PC has nothing to offer someone like me who doesn't play FPS, RTS, or MMOs.Catpee

consoles dead

I prefer game consoles. I like playing things other than MMORPGs, FPSs, RTSs and WRPGs. And honestly I prefer game pads. Give me the mouse superiority lecture all day, I don't care. And I don't know how to build and upgrade computers. And most of my friends play on consoles... Soo...

vashkey

Other than a few select pc exclusives, I'd much rather play on consoles. I have more friends that game on consoles and I just find XBL and PSN more enjoyable than pc gamingonline (such as steam, xfire, gamespy etc...)

Anything a console can do a PC can do better. It's that simple. BoloTheGreat

This is almost inarguable. Even the console exclusives look several times better when they're played on PC.

I like PC way better because I simply can't stand a controller for FPS games, and graphics are very important for me (consoles just simply don't have the hardware that can best a PC's graphics).

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"][QUOTE="Jamex1987"]It's more fun to play games with friends and the controller adds a lot of excitement to games. Not saying you can't play Pc games with friends but in most cases it's not that easy and requires you to install all sorts of programs.Jamex1987

I'm not sure I understand what you're talking about... what "programs" do you need to install to play online with friends? You just need to have the same game installed! Or maybe you actually want to play pirated games with friends and, damn, you need to find ways to circumvent the difficulties posed by those pesky developers!

You are wrong, and I told you why. You can't make blanket statements like "Sports games aren't good on the PC" and then turn around and suddenly exclude soccer games because you aren't interested. For many people, the sheer superiority of PES on the PC easily makes up for the lack of the recent Madden 09 title. We still have Madden 08. The major reason we didn't get Madden 09 was because people like you are ignoring the fact that these games do come to the PC, and are easily just as good if not better on the PC. If people buy them, they will come. For many, PES more than makes up for the lack of the most recent Madden title. With MLB 2k9 coming out in 09, and the dozens of other baseball games on the PC like; Mogul, Out of the ballpark 9, and Backyard Baseball among others, the PC can compete there as well. Sports games are easily competative on the PC, and for people who really like Soccer, it is the best sports platform out of all of them. And yes, NBA is on the PC. As far as fighting games go; like I said, with the addition of Street Fighter to the roster of already classical fighting games on the PC like MUGEN ( A game which has one of the biggest communities ever in the fighting genre), the genre is beginning to compete on the PC. You can go with the PC and still get plenty of sports games to whett your apetite.Vandalvideo

You cited soccer, and the last FIFA '08 was a PS2 port that scored terribly and had no support from EA. PES '08 on PC scored a 7.0 here, hardly a world beater.

You obviously don't play either of them so I have no idea why you are talking about them.

And how does PES make up for the lack of an American football game? That very idea is completely laughable to an NFL fan. You are either a fan of the NFL or you are not, and no soccer game is going to work as a stand in for a NFL title that didn't come to your platform of choice. Every word you type it just become more and more obvious you neither play sports games, watch sports, know anything about the mind of a sports fan. You act like Madden is Splinter Cell and PES is MGS and if I can't have one of them, I can always make do with the other. Seriously, it's obvious you don't know sports, so stop talking about it.

You cited soccer, and the last FIFA '08 was a PS2 port that scored terribly and had no support from EA. PES '08 on PC scored a 7.0 here, hardly a world beater.You obviously don't play either of them so I have no idea why you are talking about them.And how does PES make up for the lack of an American football game? That very idea is completely laughable to an NFL fan. You are either a fan of the NFL or you are not, and no soccer game is going to work as a stand in for a NFL title that didn't come to your platform of choice. Every word you type it just become more and more obvious you neither play sports games, watch sports, know anything about the mind of a sports fan. You act like Madden is Splinter Cell and PES is MGS and if I can't have one of them, I can always make do with the other. Seriously, it's obvious you don't know sports, so stop talking about it.Catpee

I say consoles for playing with friends and PC for accurate controls and RTSs.

[QUOTE="Catpee"]You cited soccer, and the last FIFA '08 was a PS2 port that scored terribly and had no support from EA. PES '08 on PC scored a 7.0 here, hardly a world beater.You obviously don't play either of them so I have no idea why you are talking about them.And how does PES make up for the lack of an American football game? That very idea is completely laughable to an NFL fan. You are either a fan of the NFL or you are not, and no soccer game is going to work as a stand in for a NFL title that didn't come to your platform of choice. Every word you type it just become more and more obvious you neither play sports games, watch sports, know anything about the mind of a sports fan. You act like Madden is Splinter Cell and PES is MGS and if I can't have one of them, I can always make do with the other. Seriously, it's obvious you don't know sports, so stop talking about it.Vandalvideo

Again, one title doesn't make a library. You are cherry picking. The last PES scored marginally higher on PC than it did on 360, and then you have Madden (doesn't exist on PC), MLB the Show (doesn't exist on PC), MLB2k9 was a disaster on all platforms and you would be lucky to tell the difference between the console and PC only PC again has less players, NHL '09 (garbage on PC, GOAT hockey game on console), you get NBA2k9 (same on all platforms with less players on PC) and no Live '09 at all on PC. FIFA is better on console. So this is a clear cut case of you telling me the sky is green when all I have to do is look out my window.

If PES is all you care about, then just say soccer is better on PC (and even that is debateable as FIFA has outscored PES that last 2 years straight and its better on console), but don't say "sports" as a genre, because its obvious it is not.

[QUOTE="Catpee"] I gave you more than one fighting game. As far as sports games go, FIFA and PES are superior on the PC, and there are plenty of other sports games on the PC too.Vandalvideo

[QUOTE="Catpee"]You are wrong, and I just told you why. The last FIFA game released on PC was a PS2 port and PES hasn't been good in years. Every single major sport you take a backseat. Hockey, you get a vastly inferior version of the best hockey game ever created in NHL '09 for PS3 or 360, take your pick. Football, you guys don't even get Madden anymore. MLB the Show is the best licensed baseball game ever created and PC doesn't get it. Basketball is nonexistent on PC.As far as fighting games, yeah, One Must Fall was great 100 years ago, and maybe you can name some other obscure fighting games nobody plays, but I can literally bury you in a library of fighting games popular both here and in Japan that PC never got a released title on and you guys only get through emulation (again....with no support or community).Sorry, if PC supported my gaming habits, I would have upgraded my desktop 2 years ago when I needed to, but I haven't, and it's not because I'm ignorant or poor. When Diablo 3 is released, I'll build a new rig, but not a minute before then. Sorry, PC has nothing to offer someone like me who doesn't play FPS, RTS, or MMOs.Vandalvideo

Again, one title doesn't make a library. You are cherry picking. The last PES scored marginally higher on PC than it did on 360, and then you have Madden (doesn't exist on PC), MLB the Show (doesn't exist on PC), MLB2k9 was a disaster on all platforms and you would be lucky to tell the difference between the console and PC only PC again has less players, NHL '09 (garbage on PC, GOAT hockey game on console), you get NBA2k9 (same on all platforms with less players on PC) and no Live '09 at all on PC. FIFA is better on console. So this is a clear cut case of you telling me the sky is green when all I have to do is look out my window.If PES is all you care about, then just say soccer is better on PC (and even that is debateable as FIFA has outscored PES that last 2 years straight and its better on console), but don't say "sports" as a genre, because its obvious it is not.Catpee

[QUOTE="Catpee"]Again, one title doesn't make a library. You are cherry picking. The last PES scored marginally higher on PC than it did on 360, and then you have Madden (doesn't exist on PC), MLB the Show (doesn't exist on PC), MLB2k9 was a disaster on all platforms and you would be lucky to tell the difference between the console and PC only PC again has less players, NHL '09 (garbage on PC, GOAT hockey game on console), you get NBA2k9 (same on all platforms with less players on PC) and no Live '09 at all on PC. FIFA is better on console. So this is a clear cut case of you telling me the sky is green when all I have to do is look out my window.If PES is all you care about, then just say soccer is better on PC (and even that is debateable as FIFA has outscored PES that last 2 years straight and its better on console), but don't say "sports" as a genre, because its obvious it is not.Vandalvideo

Don't prefer either :P I play 'em both.Lethalhazard

Same here

And really it comes down to whether or not YOU are happy with the sports titles on PC. I am not, which is why I don't bother upgrading my PC, but everyone started chiming in telling me PC was competitive with console in the sports gaming market, which I believe I have pointed out it is not.

EA is king in sports. It sucks in somes ways, true, but it is still no less a fact.

If you want to play licensed NFL football, you are playing EA's version of it. And they have pretty much cornered the market on hockey with their absolutely PERFECT NFL series. EA, for whatever reason believes the PC is a dead market for them, Live and Madden didn't make it out for the PC last year, and that is probably a bad sign for sports fans on PC. Either the piracy is getting to EA or they believe that the key PC gamer demographic is not a sports fan, thus their money is not worth being spent on PC as a platform. For whatever reason, sports on the PC is dying a slow and ugly death. To deny that is just lying to yourself.

And really it comes down to whether or not YOU are happy with the sports titles on PC. I am not, which is why I don't bother upgrading my PC, but everyone started chiming in telling me PC was competitive with console in the sports gaming market, which I believe I have pointed out it is not.

EA is king in sports. It sucks in somes ways, true, but it is still no less a fact.

If you want to play licensed NFL football, you are playing EA's version of it. And they have pretty much cornered the market on hockey with their absolutely PERFECT NFL series. EA, for whatever reason believes the PC is a dead market for them, Live and Madden didn't make it out for the PC last year, and that is probably a bad sign for sports fans on PC. Either the piracy is getting to EA or they believe that the key PC gamer demographic is not a sports fan, thus their money is not worth being spent on PC as a platform. For whatever reason, sports on the PC is dying a slow and ugly death. To deny that is just lying to yourself.

Catpee

[QUOTE="Jamex1987"] More people play PES on consoles you know.Vandalvideo

Even though Winning Eleven hasn't changed in years and is now being passed in both overall sales AND review scores by FIFA? Like I said, you are cherry picking to justify your PC. Call it what it is. You like FPS, MMOs, and RTS, great, but don't sell the PC as the end all of gaming because for some with gaming habits like myself, the PC really has nothing to offer that I can't get somewhere else in a more polished form.

Until D3 comes out, the PC is dead to me.

each has different strengths...i don't think consoles can ever compete with rts,mmo's on pc. consoles do a decent job with fps...but even though i have a lot of fps games in consoles, i know kb/mouse combo is better....

on the other hand, pc's can't match up to every other genre imo....aftermarket controllers suck....

Even though Winning Eleven hasn't changed in years and is now being passed in both overall sales AND review scores by FIFA? Like I said, you are cherry picking to justify your PC. Call it what it is. You like FPS, MMOs, and RTS, great, but don't sell the PC as the end all of gaming because for some with gaming habits like myself, the PC really has nothing to offer that I can't get somewhere else in a more polished form.Until D3 comes out, the PC is dead to me.Catpee

With the advent of increasing secure rom usages and limited installs... My PC gaming days are numbered.

I prefer PC games if only they control better or run alotsmoother on a PC. I prefer consoles for collecting games and not getting secure rom on my PC.

I perfer consoles better cause of the games and its easy to play with friends online ...My Pc is only ment to do work or check my facebook & chat on msn =) even though i have a fast PC with a good video card GeForce GTX 295 Running Crysis at 1900X1200 to benchmark my computer.....Night-Wolf93

[QUOTE="Jamex1987"] More people play PES on consoles you know.Vandalvideo

http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fsoftware%2Fuk%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=110032&arch=t&lyr=2008&year=2008&week=42

PC does most things better than a console. But a console is cheaper and easier to use. I prefer PC, but most gamers will want every system they can get.

[QUOTE="Night-Wolf93"]I perfer consoles better cause of the games and its easy to play with friends online ...My Pc is only ment to do work or check my facebook & chat on msn =) even though i have a fast PC with a good video card GeForce GTX 295 Running Crysis at 1900X1200 to benchmark my computer.....Aljosa23

But seriously I do smell BS, because no one would be that stupid to waste money like that.

[QUOTE="Catpee"]Again, one title doesn't make a library. You are cherry picking. The last PES scored marginally higher on PC than it did on 360, and then you have Madden (doesn't exist on PC), MLB the Show (doesn't exist on PC), MLB2k9 was a disaster on all platforms and you would be lucky to tell the difference between the console and PC only PC again has less players, NHL '09 (garbage on PC, GOAT hockey game on console), you get NBA2k9 (same on all platforms with less players on PC) and no Live '09 at all on PC. FIFA is better on console. So this is a clear cut case of you telling me the sky is green when all I have to do is look out my window.If PES is all you care about, then just say soccer is better on PC (and even that is debateable as FIFA has outscored PES that last 2 years straight and its better on console), but don't say "sports" as a genre, because its obvious it is not.Vandalvideo

Mogul is meh and Out of the Park Baseball 9 is good, but not The Show quality, Backyard Sports (all of them, not just baseball) are terrible games....TERRIBLE. Again, prove to me that baseball or soccer are better on PC if that is the game you want to play, because I have review scores from gamerankings to back up my argument and you have nothing. All the best renditions of every major sport are on console, every....single....one.....that is the definition of "best platform".

Usually the PC, though the Wii complements it nicely. PC games are simply superior, much cheaper, and longer lasting.

PC, of course.

[QUOTE="Jamex1987"][ Really? I remember looking at the UK charts and PES PC was at the bottom then disappeared after the first week.Vandalvideo

Mogul is meh and Out of the Park Baseball 9 is good, but not The Show quality, Backyard Sports (all of them, not just baseball) are terrible games....TERRIBLE. Again, prove to me that baseball or soccer are better on PC if that is the game you want to play, because I have review scores from gamerankings to back up my argument and you have nothing. All the best renditions of every major sport are on console, every....single....one.....that is the definition of "best platform".Catpee

[QUOTE="Catpee"]Mogul is meh and Out of the Park Baseball 9 is good, but not The Show quality, Backyard Sports (all of them, not just baseball) are terrible games....TERRIBLE. Again, prove to me that baseball or soccer are better on PC if that is the game you want to play, because I have review scores from gamerankings to back up my argument and you have nothing. All the best renditions of every major sport are on console, every....single....one.....that is the definition of "best platform".Vandalvideo

Cool, so you have no problem with the Halo fanboys who yell to the high heavens about how Halo proves that console FPS >>>>>>>>>>>> PC FPS even though it obviously is not.

Personally, I would rather prefer to call a spade a spade and not try to make a nonsensical argument about unfounded opinions. PC is better at some things than consoles....actually, it probably would be better at all things than consoles but developers like Bamco, SNK, EA, and Sony simply don't support it, so consoles is really all I have to work with at the moment given my taste in gaming.

[QUOTE="Jamex1987"][ according to Konami the PC represents 2% of their game sales. Maybe the majority of those PC players pirated the game because I don't see how you could think this game is more popular sitting at a computer desk.Vandalvideo

You seem to can't handle the truth. You probably think Street Fighter IV will also be more popular on PC.

Cool, so you have no problem with the Halo fanboys who yell to the high heavens about how Halo proves that console FPS >>>>>>>>>>>> PC FPS even though it obviously is not.Personally, I would rather prefer to call a spade a spade and not try to make a nonsensical argument about unfounded opinions. PC is better at some things than consoles....actually, it probably would be better at all things than consoles but developers like Bamco, SNK, EA, and Sony simply don't support it, so consoles is really all I have to work with at the moment given my taste in gamingCatpee