What makes you choose console gaming over Pc gaming or viceversa?

This gen I decided to switch to console gaming, mainly because of the HD, because of the games and because I didn't wanna spend lots of money on upgrading my Pc. So I bought an xbox 360 and also a ps2, this latter to play the games I had missed out on last gen.

So, I've been using my pc mainly for work and to play some managerial and adventure games, because the console could deliver what I needed at a very cheap price, letting me play for many years without thinking about upgrading the hardware.

Of course there are cons, like you will always get worse graphics and often worse performance than powerful but also nowadays-average Pc's.

But aside from the mouse + keyboard support and the tweaking with the game settings, I think consoles do it just right for those who just want to play games without nitpicking graphical aspects, framerates and such.

What's your thoughts? are you happy with consoles/Pc gaming and why you prefer one system over the other one?

This gen I decided to switch to console gaming, mainly because of the HDMetroid_Other_M

Consoles for the exclusives, muliplats you can get on PC and many that aren't on PC(if you don't know them, look them up) and friends.:)

[QUOTE="Metroid_Other_M"]This gen I decided to switch to console gaming, mainly because of the HDSkittles_McGee

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"][QUOTE="Metroid_Other_M"]This gen I decided to switch to console gaming, mainly because of the HDMetroid_Other_M

[QUOTE="110million"][QUOTE="Metroid_Other_M"] high definitionMetroid_Other_M

Then why did you switch to consoles for HD when PC had it all along?

I prefer console gaming because it's just less of a hassle. I play on PC sometimes, but not much.

I also can't see myself buying parts to upgrade it either.

I don't care about graphics that much and I'm not crazy about M+KB, so there's really no incentive to get into PC gaming.

I chose console gaming.

Why? I live in Bermuda. Take any price of a gaming PC, then double it. I'm not prepared to pay those prices. :lol:

[QUOTE="Metroid_Other_M"][QUOTE="110million"] Like.. the thing PC has had for 10 years.. that High Defenition?Yandere

Then why did you switch to consoles for HD when PC had it all along?

I prefer the software on consoles to that seen on the PC.

[QUOTE="Metroid_Other_M"][QUOTE="110million"] Like.. the thing PC has had for 10 years.. that High Defenition?Yandere

Then why did you switch to consoles for HD when PC had it all along?

To be fair even if PC has HD, its not like you can play on a 60 inch screen with surround sound. Thats actually one of the main things consoles have over PC's, alongside splitscreen, low cost, no hardware requirement issuesand console exclusives. PC's do have the edge on tech, online, moddingandcontrol scheme, but the lack of true exclusives really hurts when MS and Sony can pull out definitive never going anywhere else exclusives that make you want that system. Well, Sony at least, and Nintendo.

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[QUOTE="Metroid_Other_M"] yes?SPYDER0416

Then why did you switch to consoles for HD when PC had it all along?

To be fair even if PC has HD, its not like you can play on a 60 inch screen with surround sound. Thats actually one of the main things consoles have over PC's, alongside splitscreen, low cost, no hardware requirement issuesand console exclusives. PC's do have the edge on tech, online, moddingandcontrol scheme, but the lack of true exclusives really hurts when MS and Sony can pull out definitive never going anywhere else exclusives that make you want that system. Well, Sony at least, and Nintendo.

I like console gaming but it's just way too expensive. Where I live, a new console games costs $80 while a PC game costs $50 on steam, and $25 on week-end sales. Not to mention you don't have to dish out $300 for a machine that can do nothing but play games. I really don't get why people say that console gaming is so much cheaper.

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[QUOTE="Yandere"]

Then why did you switch to consoles for HD when PC had it all along?

ferret-gamer

To be fair even if PC has HD, its not like you can play on a 60 inch screen with surround sound. Thats actually one of the main things consoles have over PC's, alongside splitscreen, low cost, no hardware requirement issuesand console exclusives. PC's do have the edge on tech, online, moddingandcontrol scheme, but the lack of true exclusives really hurts when MS and Sony can pull out definitive never going anywhere else exclusives that make you want that system. Well, Sony at least, and Nintendo.

[QUOTE="Metroid_Other_M"][QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"] ...wut?110million

I like console gaming but it's just way too expensive. Where I live, a new console games costs $80 while a PC game costs $50 on steam, and $25 on week-end sales. Not to mention you don't have to dish out $300 for a machine that can do nothing but play games. I really don't get why people say that console gaming is so much cheaper.

Hanass

This gen I decided to switch to console gaming, mainly because of the HD

Metroid_Other_M

I bet any money, someone will sig this LOL :lol:

[QUOTE="110million"][QUOTE="Metroid_Other_M"] high definitionoajlu

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[QUOTE="110million"] Like.. the thing PC has had for 10 years.. that High Defenition?110million

it's safe to say that the current gen consoles can't really handle native 1080p, except in a few games

i started out with consoles this gen. But my bro moved out and took his systems and i sold my wii . so right now i am a pc gamer only . I am disappointed with it thus far . I do like the hardware online and mods . however pc has a long list i things i really don't like . I really don't like being held down to windows . its a slow buggy os . so i use ubuntu for everything els . pc games have no resale vaule cant trade them in and no retail used market . some games need huge specs due to them being poorly made. pretty much every game i got this year at launch needed an update to get them to work right . i hate all the DRM with pc games . game installs a huge these days . its like 15 gbs for empire total war and over 20 with the add on . Not many games take advantage of pcs power . dx 10 was not even taken advantage of .

if you like performance pc is great however i feel the console owner ship is a better over all experience. everything just works on a console. only thing thats bad with consoles is they are more locked down. 08 and 09 has not been a great year for pc exclusives as devs are all going console .

i started out with consoles this gen. But my bro moved out and took his systems and i sold my wii . so right now i am a pc gamer only . I am disappointed with it thus far . I do like the hardware online and mods . however pc has a long list i things i really don't like . I really don't like being held down to windows . its a slow buggy os . so i use ubuntu for everything els . pc games have no resale vaule cant trade them in and no retail used market . some games need huge specs due to them being poorly made. pretty much every game i got this year at launch needed an update to get them to work right . i hate all the DRM with pc games . game installs a huge these days . its like 15 gbs for empire total war and over 20 with the add on . Not many games take advantage of pcs power . dx 10 was not even taken advantage of .

if you like performance pc is great however i feel the console owner ship is a better over all experience. everything just works on a console. only thing thats bad with consoles is they are more locked down. 08 and 09 has not been a great year for pc exclusives as devs are all going console .

dontshackzmii

[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

i started out with consoles this gen. But my bro moved out and took his systems and i sold my wii . so right now i am a pc gamer only . I am disappointed with it thus far . I do like the hardware online and mods . however pc has a long list i things i really don't like . I really don't like being held down to windows . its a slow buggy os . so i use ubuntu for everything els . pc games have no resale vaule cant trade them in and no retail used market . some games need huge specs due to them being poorly made. pretty much every game i got this year at launch needed an update to get them to work right . i hate all the DRM with pc games . game installs a huge these days . its like 15 gbs for empire total war and over 20 with the add on . Not many games take advantage of pcs power . dx 10 was not even taken advantage of .

if you like performance pc is great however i feel the console owner ship is a better over all experience. everything just works on a console. only thing thats bad with consoles is they are more locked down. 08 and 09 has not been a great year for pc exclusives as devs are all going console .

aia89

yeah thats 3 company's to pick from. If i dontlike what they offer i can move on . But for pc gaming i am stuck with crappy windows . i have no other choice .

[QUOTE="aia89"][QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

i started out with consoles this gen. But my bro moved out and took his systems and i sold my wii . so right now i am a pc gamer only . I am disappointed with it thus far . I do like the hardware online and mods . however pc has a long list i things i really don't like . I really don't like being held down to windows . its a slow buggy os . so i use ubuntu for everything els . pc games have no resale vaule cant trade them in and no retail used market . some games need huge specs due to them being poorly made. pretty much every game i got this year at launch needed an update to get them to work right . i hate all the DRM with pc games . game installs a huge these days . its like 15 gbs for empire total war and over 20 with the add on . Not many games take advantage of pcs power . dx 10 was not even taken advantage of .

if you like performance pc is great however i feel the console owner ship is a better over all experience. everything just works on a console. only thing thats bad with consoles is they are more locked down. 08 and 09 has not been a great year for pc exclusives as devs are all going console .

dontshackzmii

yeah thats 3 company's to pick from. If i dontlike what they offer i can move on . But for pc gaming i am stuck with crappy windows . i have no other choice .

[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

[QUOTE="aia89"] you're also held down by sony, ms and nintendo eh..Skittles_McGee

yeah thats 3 company's to pick from. If i dontlike what they offer i can move on . But for pc gaming i am stuck with crappy windows . i have no other choice .

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"][QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

yeah thats 3 company's to pick from. If i dontlike what they offer i can move on . But for pc gaming i am stuck with crappy windows . i have no other choice .

dontshackzmii

...and yet for some strange reason I don't have these issues. Why is that :|

PC for better graphics and more advanced games

[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"][QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"] Um, what exactly is so bad that it affects how well you can game on your computer?Skittles_McGee

...and yet for some strange reason I don't have these issues. Why is that :|

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"]

[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"] DRM back ground apps clog registry viruses drivers and so on ferret-gamer

...and yet for some strange reason I don't have these issues. Why is that :|

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"][QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"]

...and yet for some strange reason I don't have these issues. Why is that :|

Skittles_McGee

people like it complicated :P :S

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"][QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"]

...and yet for some strange reason I don't have these issues. Why is that :|

Skittles_McGee

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"][QUOTE="ferret-gamer"] he says he usually uses ubuntu. while windows may seen normal and fast to the normal user but a good linux or bsd distro puts windows to shame. i dual boot both and there is a very noticeable difference between the responsiveness of the two.110million

Why on earth do people still think pc can't do hd. PC games play in much higher resolution!!! LMAO

Anyways, I chose both!!!!

I like console gaming better because I know I'll always meet the requirements to run the game at full :)

I like PC gaming better because it just IS better.

But I also like controllers better than kb/mouse, and I hate configuring gamepads

if the consoles were like the Snes, then I'd choose them over Pc. but do I really need to get a current gen console for these very few good exclusives they deliver every year?

nah

[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

i started out with consoles this gen. But my bro moved out and took his systems and i sold my wii . so right now i am a pc gamer only . I am disappointed with it thus far . I do like the hardware online and mods . however pc has a long list i things i really don't like . I really don't like being held down to windows . its a slow buggy os . so i use ubuntu for everything els . pc games have no resale vaule cant trade them in and no retail used market . some games need huge specs due to them being poorly made. pretty much every game i got this year at launch needed an update to get them to work right . i hate all the DRM with pc games . game installs a huge these days . its like 15 gbs for empire total war and over 20 with the add on . Not many games take advantage of pcs power . dx 10 was not even taken advantage of .

if you like performance pc is great however i feel the console owner ship is a better over all experience. everything just works on a console. only thing thats bad with consoles is they are more locked down. 08 and 09 has not been a great year for pc exclusives as devs are all going console .

mudman91878

First off, I hope english isn't your first language because that was painful to read.

Now, PC games not having resale value doesn't prevent them from having more value than console games. You pay $60 for a console game, play if for a month, maybe two, then trade it in and only get $20. So, in that case, you lose $40. Well, the vast majority of PC games can be had for less than $40 so even if you can't sell them or trade them in you've still saved more money than a console game. It's mind boggling that so many people actually think console gaming is cheaper than PC gaming when it's easily the opposite.

Game installs for PC are small considering the size of HDD's these days.

Yes, DX10 was used and DX11 will be too.

Everything works on a PC too. I can't even remember the last time I had a problem with a virus, but, game not working, etc. If you have problems like that, stop going to sites that have those things floating around. 99% of people who have PC problems it's because they caused them or went to a website that they weren't suppose to.

I don't know what games you are playing . But i have had many problems with games this year. empire total war was a mess it needed so much work. the game was not done when it came out . the sims 3 has this graphics effect bug with hair . i got crysis this year and it was buggy the menu did not even work right untill i got the update .

[QUOTE="110million"]

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"] If my game is running fine, why go to all the extra work :?Skittles_McGee

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"][QUOTE="110million"] If I wanted to go to the extra trouble, I can make a custom XP with enough barebones apps and services to only run games, MS provides a fairly easy to use kit, but you know what? Who cares, stuff runs fine already.

110million

Yeah. The only major problem I had were a few old games I had to tweak to run. Thats not really a complaint to me though since that'd be like whining that your Wii doesn't play N64 games :P

I like both, but I go with PC over Console because I play a lot of FPS' and RTS' and IMO, they work better on the PC.

[QUOTE="110million"][QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"] Yeah, exactly. And I mean I'm on Vista "teh terrible OS" (that I have yet to see all the criticism for) but my games run like they should. Why go the extra mile :PSkittles_McGee

Yeah. The only major problem I had were a few old games I had to tweak to run. Thats not really a complaint to me though since that'd be like whining that your Wii doesn't play N64 games :P

[QUOTE="110million"][QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"] Yeah, exactly. And I mean I'm on Vista "teh terrible OS" (that I have yet to see all the criticism for) but my games run like they should. Why go the extra mile :PSkittles_McGee

Yeah. The only major problem I had were a few old games I had to tweak to run. Thats not really a complaint to me though since that'd be like whining that your Wii doesn't play N64 games :P

i have win 7 its not much better then vista. its just vista with the fat cut out with a new task bar. it even looks like vista in the menus . if you use linux or osx windows is put to shame .

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"]

[QUOTE="110million"] Vista's problems were so blown out or proportion by Apple it was kind of insane.. even the general public started believing them.. I got a few friends on Vista still, and I used Server 2008 for a year, which was Vista based, and it ran wonderfully, it might have required a bit of tweaking of permissions, but it was a few minutes to fix all these "horrible" problems Vista has. 110million

Yeah. The only major problem I had were a few old games I had to tweak to run. Thats not really a complaint to me though since that'd be like whining that your Wii doesn't play N64 games :P

I don't have the necessary technical knowledge to enjoy PC gaming. So I go with consoles.

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"]

[QUOTE="110million"] Vista's problems were so blown out or proportion by Apple it was kind of insane.. even the general public started believing them.. I got a few friends on Vista still, and I used Server 2008 for a year, which was Vista based, and it ran wonderfully, it might have required a bit of tweaking of permissions, but it was a few minutes to fix all these "horrible" problems Vista has. dontshackzmii

Yeah. The only major problem I had were a few old games I had to tweak to run. Thats not really a complaint to me though since that'd be like whining that your Wii doesn't play N64 games :P

i have win 7 its not much better then vista. its just vista with the fat cut out with a new task bar. it even looks like vista in the menus . if you use linux or osx windows is put to shame .

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"]

[QUOTE="110million"] Vista's problems were so blown out or proportion by Apple it was kind of insane.. even the general public started believing them.. I got a few friends on Vista still, and I used Server 2008 for a year, which was Vista based, and it ran wonderfully, it might have required a bit of tweaking of permissions, but it was a few minutes to fix all these "horrible" problems Vista has. dontshackzmii

Yeah. The only major problem I had were a few old games I had to tweak to run. Thats not really a complaint to me though since that'd be like whining that your Wii doesn't play N64 games :P

i have win 7 its not much better then vista. its just vista with the fat cut out with a new task bar. it even looks like vista in the menus . if you use linux or osx windows is put to shame .

[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"]

Yeah. The only major problem I had were a few old games I had to tweak to run. Thats not really a complaint to me though since that'd be like whining that your Wii doesn't play N64 games :P

Skittles_McGee

i have win 7 its not much better then vista. its just vista with the fat cut out with a new task bar. it even looks like vista in the menus . if you use linux or osx windows is put to shame .

i already did look at my other posts

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"][QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

i have win 7 its not much better then vista. its just vista with the fat cut out with a new task bar. it even looks like vista in the menus . if you use linux or osx windows is put to shame .

dontshackzmii

i already did look at my other posts