PC gaming VS Console gaming,which one you prefer and why?

Pc obviously.

Even exclusives are a moot point in the end. Persona 5, BotW are available via emulators, hell I played FF12:Zodiac Age years ago...even went for seconds after beating the trial/challenge thing that unlocked the no-exp/min level mode.

Emulators will run any game eventually.

I prefer PC gaming because:

1) More exclusives

2) Better versions of multiplats

3) Mods Mods Mods!!! I played GTA San Andreas as Goku from DBZ. It was so awesome being able to fly and Kamehameha!

4) Steam sales

5) Better backwards compatiblity.

6) Keyboard and mouse controls + Steam Controller = epic win

7) Can play on laptop (for mobility) or connect laptop to TV (for cinematic experience), and even switch between the two any time.

What the hell are you babbling about?

Where did you see that?

Since 87% of pc players are also console players, we can easily assume we want both.

Each of these items addresses a specific need. If the pc was the all in one gaming device that some seem to believe...We won't feel the need to buy consoles.

But the fact is that we do buy them and for a reason, but SW seem to turn a blind eye on that. As usual.

The way people talk in system wars it's easy to think it's the other way round, 87% of console gamers have gaming PC's.

I'm a PC gamer through and through, have been since I built my first PC (that was likely before a lot of people on here were born) but I've owned at least one console every generation (I do mean every gen). The way I look at these threads is if I had only one system, which would it be? That's where I get my answer from, can't speak for anyone else though.

Of course if the question is, you have to choose one system and only one!!! : then pc is the only logical and viable answer.

Now, which you prefer? is a totally different matter. I've been playing on pc starting in early eighties, and the pc back then wasn't even a viable gaming platform.

It was till the mid of nineties that the pc start to shine timidly but inexorably

I've had all main consoles at any given generation, it's only lately that i started to drop some of the mainstream systems because of lack of time and my backlog is already so huge...So had to make choices.

@DragonfireXZ95 Yes, that game is poorly optimized. There is not a single doubt about that. However, I want you to understand that in my first post where I used the words "poorly optimized" I didn't really understand what I was saying, and that wasn't the point I was actually making. My point was speaking of how badly a PC game can run on a PC if your specs are anywhere near the minimum required to play. They tell you the game will "run", but from my experiences I can say it's hard to say it even does that. Choppy FPS is so incredibly minor compared to what I've dealt with. Although I wouldn't like that either because it would hurt my eyes. At least the camera isn't lagging.

@blue_hazy_basic So... $800 vs. $1000? It's not like $800 is cheap for one game, either. I mean, I get a console for less than half of that and play tons and tons more games than that. Anyway, that's not the point, sorry.

The specs are, I believe and note I was asking for The Sims 3 with all EPs to run at max settings with minimal lag:

i5 4430 Quad Core 3.00 GHz

8GB RAM

1TB HD

ATi Radeon R9 270X

I was also recommended to get an SSD, so I got that. I bet that's where the price difference here comes from. Still, even if you take that off, it still is a pretty darn expensive device to play one game.

I was actually recommended the NVidia 750 Ti for a video card, but I did my own research and the Radeon R9 270X was said to run the last two EPs better than the 750 Ti.

PC has better graphics so PC :D

Consoles because I've use PC more with school and work related things.

PC. Here's why...

https://pcmasterrace.org/guide

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PC..... for extremely obvious reasons.....

...did you actually read those? That's a streaming app. It even says so in the article title

Well, A) Those games are not running on switch, they're running on a PC and B) streaming was not what was being argued

Not the games you brought up, and your counter argument was even weaker. Generally a system needs to be more powerful than the original system to emulate a game. And to do emulation on consoles it can often require modifications that would get your system banned, if they're even available. Outside of backward compatibility games, I don't think PS4, X1, or switch are allowing for any emulators to run

Emulation isn't illegal. And your original argument was that emulation was possible on the switch, so it seems you had no problem using it in an argument when you thought it was possible on the Switch. If someone wants to do something on PC that isn't possible on consoles, I'm not sure how that's a "weak" or "unfair" argument in a thread about their preference for PC vs console. Perhaps if you'd read your sources in the first place you wouldn't be in this predicament.

Under my skin? All asked was where you saw it, and it turns out the answer was nowhere

Someone said they played P5 and BOTW on PC and your response was that emulation was able to be done on Switch

Any current system can run any game with emulation. Someone put The Witcher 3 and Overwatch on Switch doing that. Poor argument.

And I never said it wasn't possible. I just said that it often needs you to mod or crack the console, which can get your system banned.

I don't know why PC gets your panties in such a twist

Just because you're upset doesn't mean you have to resort to insults.

and it's not a modification. Not sure what upsets you about it besides from your initial point being wrong

I'm not the one swinging around unnecessary insults. Next time just double check your sources. It's not hard.

That AMD R9 270X is your problem, it's a really weak card. You could get a GTX 1060 for a little more than the price of an bog standard Xbox One and you'll be able to play anything at 1080p/60fps on high/ultra settings. The rest of your PC is just fine, although an extra 8Gb of RAM wouldn't go amiss but that's really just buffering and not necessary.

Console since day 1 (Atari 2600). Have played on plenty high end PCs via mates and have been very impressed but I have no desire to build one.

Give me the simplicity of plug n play and knowing all games are designed for my specific box.

Something must be up with your system. You are running a 2013 video card and having choppy frames in a 2009 game?

I highly doubt it's the game, considering I ran that game with an 8800 GTX just fine way back in the day, and the 270 easily outperforms the 8800 GTX.

Are you sure you have all the newest drivers? Is the RAM seated correctly? Sometimes in older systems, RAM needs to be reseated or else it can cause system instability.

I made the jump and invested pretty big into a good pc (i7700k, 1080 etc) and boy am I happy about it. Playing single player titles that were locked on console, with uncapped frames and buttery smoothness is a great feeling. I still play my PS4, I have a large group of friends that play various multiplayer titles, but I want to stick to more and more PC life. It really has consumed me LUL

Wouldn't be too sure about that, there's no exclusive deal with Sony

Historically ive gamed on both. I loved my PC as much as i did my original XBox, PSX, PS2, Dreamcast, Saturn, N64, 360, PS3, etc.

It was not until the 8th generation of consoles that i stopped being interested in them and it was only because they simply mimicked PCs instead of doing what consoles had traditionally done and created something new. Its now to the point where i really don't care about consoles until they do something different. And IMO, that wont actually happen. I see the two merging in a sense, and consoles becoming a software solution.

Zelda = youtube.com/watch?v=LXtesU_56J0

Persona = youtube.com/watch?v=pZOB23JeIek

Zelda is running almost perfectly on PC and of course aside from some FPS issues we are seeing on Persona, the emulation is coming along quite nicely.

Emulators are legal until you step in the realm of selling them. Roms/ISO are a grey area, there's been a lot of back and forth legal battles on them. But you dont need rom/iso's to play the game, you can use the original.

Either way, like recording music, regardless of the legalities its something tens of millions of people do and i was simply demonstrating that these games can be played on PC.

I suspect you're trolling at this point, but i will say that emulators don't violate any laws. Roms can and often do but not emulators. IP law does not recognize emulation. To really understand it you have to understand what emulators are and how they work, but it makes sense.

As for the game itself, again, Roms and ISOs are more often than not illegal. But again, you can still run the game off the original disc. So there is nothing illegal about doing that.

Both suck without home theater

@GarGx1 So one minute people are telling me that I spent way too much money and that the PC has to be overpowered, and then they're telling me that my card is weak. There were people who told me that the card below it, the 750 Ti was what I needed, so I actually went slightly stronger than what people told me, which I based on my own research.

I get it, you're speaking context of playing PC games beyond The Sims 3. I don't. I just am not interested in other PC franchises. Besides, as I've said before in this topic, I don't have any spending money at the moment. If I had the money to get a new video card that costed as much as an Xbox One, I'd much sooner buy a Switch, even though I don't even see that as necessary at the moment. It will surely get more games in the long run for me than a video card.

@DragonfireXZ95 I'm not speaking of my current performance with The Sims 3. The FPS is inconsistent (not really of concern to me, especially since it doesn't look anything like the game posted earlier), there is lag, and sometimes textures and models take 15 seconds to load. But the models that take that long to load are usually custom content. It's absolutely nothing compared to running The Sims 3 on the PC I got back in 2009.

Although even pre-CC, the game never ran on this PC like I was told it was supposed to. My PC is a little wonky, starting with the RAM dying on me at one point, Windows updates not wanting to properly install at one point, and also the fact that the PC boots up with varying speeds, sometimes it will work super fast, but a lot of the times I boot it up it is varying levels of slow and there is sound distortion.

PCs are just too much trouble, I tell you.

Well, then that sounds like hard drive issues.

I'd probably just do a windows 10 reset if I were you. Or a bios update for the motherboard could resolve your issues.

If you've never done a bios update, I'd start with that. Sometimes, motherboards(depending on the manufacturer) have crappy bioses with lots of problems on release, and frequently release updates for them.

Consoles. They have the games I like, do what I need, and all my friends game on consoles.

I prefer consoles for its exclusives!

Isn't the purpose of owning a console is the fact that exclusive games matter that you cannot play anywhere else?

Both PS4 & even now, Switch offer good exclusive games now, that's the reason why I own PS4, Switch, because it has the exclusive games I wanted to play on, but my PC is also my ultimate gaming. Owning a console nowadays is just a bonus option if you see something that you wanna play if it doesn't come to PC at all.

The notion of playing games on Windows sends a shiver down my spine. I've learned over the years to treat a PC like you would a geriatrics patient. Nice and gentle. Sure, have a game of bingo now and then. Hell, go for a light jog if she's feeling sprightly. But don't push her down the stairs. That's just cruel.

My Xbox One has better graphics than my laptop. What do?

PC is better in every way.

But consoles are a guilty pleasure.

Like watching reality tv. It's not something I like to admit. It doesn't make sense. It just feels good.

PC isn't the more expensive option, it's actually cheaper, because most people need a computer anyway to do their work/browsing/whatever. So you might as well add a couple hundred bucks and play games on it too. And the games are cheaper. And the online is free.

It's overall cheaper, and you don't have to throw away boxes of old games every gen. Consoles are so wasteful, so decadent.

Consoles also help your life in a way, because it helps you seperate gaming and work.

When you're at your console, in front of the tv, it's relax time. Relax, watch tv, game, whatever.

When you'are at your desk, it's time to work, not be distracted by the game icon staring at your face.

So it makes you more productive.

Also keep in mind people have preference in form-factors. For example some people PREFER laptops or tablets.

If you prefer to do your work on a macbook or something.

Well what are you going to game on?

Console fits the console/laptop/smartphone lifestyle.

AAA games on console, work on laptop, mobile on smartphone.

It fits life better than PC gaming.

PC gaming expands to encompass everything, you play your games there, you do your work there, it becomes everything.

Are these rational reasons? Probably not.

I prefer to play console games because im not very tech savi when it comes to computers.

James

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1. Bypassing DRM is illegal in the US. Pretty hard to emulate without cracking a game.

2. Emulators are about as appetizing as running games under Linux/WINE

3. Sims 3 is optimized just fine, I suspect the problem is a dying hard drive.

4. Which illustrates my fourth point that PC ownership and mastery takes years and many trials and tribulations, the idea that a PC is "easy to use" is bullshit, it's easy to use when everything works right. When you have failing memory or failing hard drive or something else, it can be a nightmare to diagnose. You start swapping out parts hoping it fixes the problem. I switched from ATi to Nvidia cards just to get drivers to work right.

5. Console gaming is one hobby : gaming.

6. PC gaming is two hobbies : gaming and being an unpaid tech.

7. There is a reason that companies have IT departments, owning a PC isn't just buying it, the average employee spends 30 minutes per week fixing computer problems, that's 2 hours per month, 24 hours per year. And that's just for "PC owners" not PC gamers, who have much higher performance requirements and probably spend 10x that amount of time tweaking, modding, screwing around with settings and sliders, altering game files and so forth.

When all is said and done, every PC gamer has spent a huge portion of his life becoming a better computer nerd.

It's a huge investment in time, money and energy.

The same problems exist on consoles, exactly the same. What do you do when your hard drive dies on a console?? Send the whole thing back right? Hope they replace it right? How is that any different.