Whats the better deal? A PS3 and 360 for 600, or a 600 Gaming PC?

Id get the consoles, Im not a fanboy but in most cases

2 systems>1 system

This is very easy to answer

1.PS3
2.360

[QUOTE="Hakkai007"]

[QUOTE="Messiahbolical-"] [QUOTE="General_X"][QUOTE="Messiahbolical-"]

Hmm. $600 gaming PC? I don't think so.

• $150 Windows 7 Home Edition
• $170 6gb DDR3 RAM
• $200 Intel i5 Quad Core Processor
• $155 ASUS motherboard
• $50 Seagate 500gb HDD
• $210 ATI Raceon HD 4890
• $??? Tax

Do I really need to continue? There's still a lot you'd have to buy and that's already like $800-900

People don't realize everything adds up. lol

Messiahbolical-

Wrong, hardware already goesabove and beyond what you need today.. A 4850 1gb video card can play every game out there on high or max.. That sells for $120 or less.. And that is your most expensive component..

And I'd rather have a quad core i7 at 2.6ghz than a quad core Phenom 2 running at 3.4 ghz any day.

Maybe, but that is personall preference.. And you will hardly notice a difference what so ever.

AMD processors are just meh, Intel's hyper threading just makes AMD's look like a joke.

No.. You will rarely ever see a difference in performance in less yoru simply stress testing it..

Intel > AMD any day. Yes, if I ever wanted a "budget gaming pc" I might consider AMD, but really... what's the point of a "budget gaming pc"? So you can play the games that come out in 2011-2012 on low settings in 720p with hardly any anti-aliasing? lol

... Graphic demands are on a standstill.. Crysis a game that was released at 2007 is STILL the most demanding game out there.. We have yet to see another demanding gaming outside of a incredibly inotepmized game.. And fail.. Low settings in 720p? Really? You have to point out what game out there is going to make current medium spec cards bow.. Because I have yet to see it..

ps3 it only does everything nuff said

This is very easy to answer

1.PS3
2.360

Night-Wolf93

Have fun not having the ability to do much other than game.

You won't have something to type your papers on or watch streamed videos or download them.

I will have fun playing games and browsing the internet on my PC.

[QUOTE="Night-Wolf93"]

This is very easy to answer

1.PS3
2.360

Hakkai007

Have fun not having the ability to do much other than game.

You won't have something to type your papers on or watch streamed videos or download them.

I will have fun playing games and browsing the internet on my PC.

That's what laptops are for.

Have fun with your expansion packs, and half the content of a 360/PS3 combo.

The PC because all your gaming dreams will come true.

[QUOTE="Hakkai007"]

[QUOTE="Night-Wolf93"]

This is very easy to answer

1.PS3
2.360

GioVela2010

Have fun not having the ability to do much other than game.

You won't have something to type your papers on or watch streamed videos or download them.

I will have fun playing games and browsing the internet on my PC.

That's what laptops are for.

Have fun with your expansion packs, and half the content of a 360/PS3 combo.

Have fun with your expansion packs, and half the content of a 360/PS3 combo.

GioVela2010

Half the content? My dear boy, PC gamers will never run out of games to play. Content is one of the things that PCs have over console, definitely. If you want a wanker contest, feel free to bring it out, I won't contest it. If you want an honest appraisal, then I can tell you that PC gaming just has so much content that much of it never goes under review. Again, if you want to bring out your wanker, go right ahead, but in the final analysis, it's still the one who chooses the console that loses. We PC gamers only have a limited amount of concern over this. We have too many games to be concerned about what consolites think about it.

[QUOTE="Hakkai007"]

[QUOTE="Night-Wolf93"]

This is very easy to answer

1.PS3
2.360

GioVela2010

Have fun not having the ability to do much other than game.

You won't have something to type your papers on or watch streamed videos or download them.

I will have fun playing games and browsing the internet on my PC.

That's what laptops are for.

Have fun with your expansion packs, and half the content of a 360/PS3 combo.

A laptop is a computer and you can't count it when you have to pick between the consoles or a computer.

Also there are easily many times more games on the PC compared to the 360/PS3 combo.......many many times more.

Budget build? Since when are gaming PC's budget builds? Gaming PCs are meant to be top of the line by today's standards. And I'd rather have a quad core i7 at 2.6ghz than a quad core Phenom 2 running at 3.4 ghz any day. AMD processors are just meh, Intel's hyper threading just makes AMD's look like a joke. Intel > AMD any day. Yes, if I ever wanted a "budget gaming pc" I might consider AMD, but really... what's the point of a "budget gaming pc"? So you can play the games that come out in 2011-2012 on low settings in 720p with hardly any anti-aliasing? lolMessiahbolical-

Most PC games are GPU-bound unless you run them at 640x400 or 800x600. There's not too many that are CPU-bound except maybe flight sims and even my lowly Phenom II X3 720 does just fine for those.

[QUOTE="GioVela2010"]

[QUOTE="Hakkai007"]

Have fun not having the ability to do much other than game.

You won't have something to type your papers on or watch streamed videos or download them.

I will have fun playing games and browsing the internet on my PC.

Hakkai007

That's what laptops are for.

Have fun with your expansion packs, and half the content of a 360/PS3 combo.

A laptop is a computer and you can't count it when you have to pick between the consoles or a computer.

Also there are easily many times more games on the PC compared to the 360/PS3 combo.......many many times more.

Not since the launch of 360 to Present. Nobody cares about the back catalog of old games that can be played on a $50 dollar computer purchased from a garage sell.

[QUOTE="Hakkai007"]

[QUOTE="GioVela2010"]

That's what laptops are for.

Have fun with your expansion packs, and half the content of a 360/PS3 combo.

GioVela2010

A laptop is a computer and you can't count it when you have to pick between the consoles or a computer.

Also there are easily many times more games on the PC compared to the 360/PS3 combo.......many many times more.

Not since the launch of 360 to Present. Nobody cares about the back catalog of old games that can be played on a $50 dollar computer purchased from a garage sell.

Actually, he's right.

In terms of exclusive, the PS3/360 together have one more AAAE than PC, however for AAE the consoles have 25 and the PC has 77, and as for AE the consoles have 27 combined and the PC has 81.

[QUOTE="GioVela2010"]

[QUOTE="Hakkai007"]

A laptop is a computer and you can't count it when you have to pick between the consoles or a computer.

Also there are easily many times more games on the PC compared to the 360/PS3 combo.......many many times more.

lundy86_4

Not since the launch of 360 to Present. Nobody cares about the back catalog of old games that can be played on a $50 dollar computer purchased from a garage sell.

Actually, he's right.

In terms of exclusive, the PS3/360 together have one more AAAE than PC, however for AAE the consoles have 25 and the PC has 77, and as for AE the consoles have 27 combined and the PC has 81.

The PS3/360 advantage is greater than what it's made out to be, you're forgetting games like Bayonetta, Rock Band, Guitar Hero, FIFA 10 and many many other multiplatform games that are not available for PC.

[QUOTE="lundy86_4"]

[QUOTE="GioVela2010"]

Not since the launch of 360 to Present. Nobody cares about the back catalog of old games that can be played on a $50 dollar computer purchased from a garage sell.

GioVela2010

Actually, he's right.

In terms of exclusive, the PS3/360 together have one more AAAE than PC, however for AAE the consoles have 25 and the PC has 77, and as for AE the consoles have 27 combined and the PC has 81.

The PS3/360 advantage is greater than what it's made out to be, you're forgetting games like Bayonetta, Rock Band, Guitar Hero, FIFA 10 and many many other multiplatform games that are not available for PC.

I'm well aware of them. I'm simply stating that as a single system, the PC has a very large catalogue of games, both exclusive, and/or shared with one or both of the HD consoles.

[QUOTE="GioVela2010"]

[QUOTE="lundy86_4"]

Actually, he's right.

In terms of exclusive, the PS3/360 together have one more AAAE than PC, however for AAE the consoles have 25 and the PC has 77, and as for AE the consoles have 27 combined and the PC has 81.

lundy86_4

The PS3/360 advantage is greater than what it's made out to be, you're forgetting games like Bayonetta, Rock Band, Guitar Hero, FIFA 10 and many many other multiplatform games that are not available for PC.

I'm well aware of them. I'm simply stating that as a single system, the PC has a very large catalogue of games, both exclusive, and/or shared with one or both of the HD consoles.

Well than you are aware that PS3/360 has twice as many AAA Games that arent on PC, than PC has AAA games that arent on PS3/360.

And nearly half those PC AAA games I'm talking about are expansion packs that require the main game...

[QUOTE="lundy86_4"]

[QUOTE="GioVela2010"]

The PS3/360 advantage is greater than what it's made out to be, you're forgetting games like Bayonetta, Rock Band, Guitar Hero, FIFA 10 and many many other multiplatform games that are not available for PC.

GioVela2010

I'm well aware of them. I'm simply stating that as a single system, the PC has a very large catalogue of games, both exclusive, and/or shared with one or both of the HD consoles.

Well than you are aware that PS3/360 has twice as many AAA Games that arent on PC, than PC has AAA games that arent on PS3/360.

And nearly half those PC AAA games I'm talking about are expansion packs that require the main game...

Mhmmm, definately. However for one the majority of those expansion packs offer a whole gamesworth of content. second, you're now simply limiting to AAA games. Including the AA and A category, the PC simply has a vast, vast amount of quality games.

However, i'm not trying to negate the fact that the consoles have an excellent catalogue, otherwise I wouldn't own all of them.

[QUOTE="lundy86_4"]

[QUOTE="GioVela2010"]

The PS3/360 advantage is greater than what it's made out to be, you're forgetting games like Bayonetta, Rock Band, Guitar Hero, FIFA 10 and many many other multiplatform games that are not available for PC.

GioVela2010

I'm well aware of them. I'm simply stating that as a single system, the PC has a very large catalogue of games, both exclusive, and/or shared with one or both of the HD consoles.

Well than you are aware that PS3/360 has twice as many AAA Games that arent on PC, than PC has AAA games that arent on PS3/360.

And nearly half those PC AAA games I'm talking about are expansion packs that require the main game...

[QUOTE="GioVela2010"]

[QUOTE="lundy86_4"]

I'm well aware of them. I'm simply stating that as a single system, the PC has a very large catalogue of games, both exclusive, and/or shared with one or both of the HD consoles.

lundy86_4

Well than you are aware that PS3/360 has twice as many AAA Games that arent on PC, than PC has AAA games that arent on PS3/360.

And nearly half those PC AAA games I'm talking about are expansion packs that require the main game...

Mhmmm, definately. However for one the majority of those expansion packs offer a whole gamesworth of content. second, you're now simply limiting to AAA games. Including the AA and A category, the PC simply has a vast, vast amount of quality games.

However, i'm not trying to negate the fact that the consoles have an excellent catalogue, otherwise I wouldn't own all of them.

[QUOTE="lundy86_4"]

[QUOTE="GioVela2010"]

Well than you are aware that PS3/360 has twice as many AAA Games that arent on PC, than PC has AAA games that arent on PS3/360.

And nearly half those PC AAA games I'm talking about are expansion packs that require the main game...

roxlimn

Mhmmm, definately. However for one the majority of those expansion packs offer a whole gamesworth of content. second, you're now simply limiting to AAA games. Including the AA and A category, the PC simply has a vast, vast amount of quality games.

However, i'm not trying to negate the fact that the consoles have an excellent catalogue, otherwise I wouldn't own all of them.

Yeah, the library of games that don't get reviewed by GS is probably pretty damn large.

Damn large is an understatement. Despite the disparity in titles already, there are more games that are never reviewed by any site, let alone GS, than are covered. I'd hazard that the volume of unreviewed games is from 100% to 200% over the reviewed volume, possibly more.roxlimn

True. But only a handful of those would recieve scores that would enable them to be mentioned in a forum like this. The PC and Wii are affected by this kind of stuff, but not as much as some of the posters above make it look like.

[QUOTE="GioVela2010"]

[QUOTE="lundy86_4"]

I'm well aware of them. I'm simply stating that as a single system, the PC has a very large catalogue of games, both exclusive, and/or shared with one or both of the HD consoles.

MFDOOM1983

Well than you are aware that PS3/360 has twice as many AAA Games that arent on PC, than PC has AAA games that arent on PS3/360.

And nearly half those PC AAA games I'm talking about are expansion packs that require the main game...

Theoretically, a PC would be better, but you're gonna have to upgrade it in 6 months. A console, however, would have you covered for atleast 4 years. Motion controls included, of course.64316431

For strictly games, I'll go with 360/PS3 but if that gaming PC also does every thing a computer do well, for $600 that's not a bad a deal at all.

Theoretically, a PC would be better, but you're gonna have to upgrade it in 6 months. A console, however, would have you covered for atleast 4 years. Motion controls included, of course.64316431

Wait, what?

I built mine almost 2 years ago and it still plays games well at 1920x1200. Only reason i'm upgrading is that I want to try out the GTX480/5870.

GioVela2010:

Just 5? And what are you going to do once I've provided your list of five? Are you then going to just dismiss them as being low-quality efforts, not worthy of mention? Seems a little disingenuous. In any case, here's 5:

Devil's Tuning Fork

Obey The Game

Boss Rush

Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble

Max and the Magic Marker

That's just off the top of my head. Lots more. I mean, the site hasn't even rated Maple Story or FreeStyle Street Basketball, and those are like, major hits - everyone's been playing them. On top of that, it underscores games like Demigod, League of Legends, and Mount and Blade for various reasons, usually because the reviewer caught the game in a bad state and simply never had a chance to revise the score when the game got better. Those games have like, really rabid followings.

Auditorium's been around forever, and it's cheap, and it's pretty cool. How come no one's reviewing that?

These games may or may not appeal to you - that's your call, but these games are being played, plenty of people like them and pay for them and in a conversation about content, these things are totally relevant.

I've presented you this in good faith. If you're going to be a smartass about this, I'm not going to pursue this any further with you.

glez13:

Not talking about shovelware. Talking about indie efforts, mods, various online releases. Some are bad, some are not, but even the good ones don't get mention.

GioVela2010:

Just 5? And what are you going to do once I've provided your list of five? Are you then going to just dismiss them as being low-quality efforts, not worthy of mention? Seems a little disingenuous. In any case, here's 5:

Devil's Tuning Fork

Obey The Game

Boss Rush

Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble

Max and the Magic Marker

That's just off the top of my head. Lots more. I mean, the site hasn't even rated Maple Story or FreeStyle Street Basketball, and those are like, major hits - everyone's been playing them. On top of that, it underscores games like Demigod, League of Legends, and Mount and Blade for various reasons, usually because the reviewer caught the game in a bad state and simply never had a chance to revise the score when the game got better. Those games have like, really rabid followings.

Auditorium's been around forever, and it's cheap, and it's pretty cool. How come no one's reviewing that?

These games may or may not appeal to you - that's your call, but these games are being played, plenty of people like them and pay for them and in a conversation about content, these things are totally relevant.

I've presented you this in good faith. If you're going to be a smartass about this, I'm not going to pursue this any further with you.

glez13:

Not talking about shovelware. Talking about indie efforts, mods, various online releases. Some are bad, some are not, but even the good ones don't get mention.

roxlimn

Bunch of casual filth that nobody reviews, not just Gamespot.

As always stated... you don't miss anything with PC/PS3! Just best this way!

As always stated... you don't miss anything with PC/PS3! Just best this way!

Rai

As always stated... you don't miss anything with PC/PS3! Just best this way!

Rai

Gears 2

Forza 2 & 3

Halo 3

Halo 3: ODST

B & K: Nuts & Bolts

Crackdown

Lost Odyssey

I wouldn't say you miss nothing. You do miss some real gems.

As always stated... you don't miss anything with PC/PS3! Just best this way!

Rai

Bunch of casual filth that nobody reviews, not just Gamespot.

GioVela2010

[QUOTE="GioVela2010"]Bunch of casual filth that nobody reviews, not just Gamespot.

MonsieurX

[QUOTE="MonsieurX"]

[QUOTE="GioVela2010"]Bunch of casual filth that nobody reviews, not just Gamespot.

roxlimn

Nah it's great for Folding, I'm saving lives

[QUOTE="MonsieurX"]

[QUOTE="GioVela2010"]Bunch of casual filth that nobody reviews, not just Gamespot.

roxlimn

Guys don't listen to the troll.

He does not even have the game PC he says he has.

He is only trying to flame and troll and this was proven in other threads.

[QUOTE="roxlimn"][QUOTE="MonsieurX"]And we all know that small indie games sucks so much!

Hakkai007

Guys don't listen to the troll.

He does not even have the game PC he says he has.

He is only trying to flame and troll and this was proven in other threads.

[QUOTE="Hakkai007"]

[QUOTE="roxlimn"] Yeah, the dude has no appreciation for good work. His PC's just going to waste.GioVela2010

Guys don't listen to the troll.

He does not even have the game PC he says he has.

He is only trying to flame and troll and this was proven in other threads.

Not proof to me since you could easily get a friend to log into your account or you can log in from a friend's computer.

[QUOTE="GioVela2010"]

[QUOTE="Hakkai007"]

Guys don't listen to the troll.

He does not even have the game PC he says he has.

He is only trying to flame and troll and this was proven in other threads.

Hakkai007

Not proof to me since you could easily get a friend to log into your account or you can log in from a friend's computer.

First off, I would never let my friends know I post on a videogame forum.

Secondly, I can just as easily get a friend to take a pic of his computers internals with my name on it. :|

Its weak sauce? My system cost less then 600 and plays games very nicely so don't really understand the language "weak sauce". jedikevin2

I play Crysis maxed out in DX10 1080p with 8xAA, and it doesn't look that great, my eyes start hurting from thinking about how bad it must look with a $600 computer.

Also max out STALKER in DX11 with 4xAA. Not that great looking.