Why are you compairing PC's to Consoles?

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#1 gamerjerome
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The PC is and has always been on it's own. I don't know why people are always debating which it better? PC gaming has never been as "popular" as consoles when it comes to user base. That's fine, there is room for both. Graphic wise consoles are catching up because hardware is getting cheaper to make. Although in Sony's case not cheap enough. I know very little people who only play games on PC, even if their the biggest PC fan boy ever. If they are their prob emulating console games on their PC anyways. I use my PC for a lot of other things that a consoles can't touch. Crap, look at the PS3's web browser? X360 and Media Center? Come on! If you want to compare consoles with PC's then I'm going to knock all consoles for the lack of GUI customizability, music, video and imaging editing. "and don't mention MTV Music Generator or Mario Paint", major upgrading, overclocking, higher than 1080p resolutions, game modding, user created content, huge gains in hardware graphics, "Sega 32x, please don't"

If it wasn't for the PC consoles wouldn't exist. People like things to be simple and affordable. That's fine but stop comparing the two or saying what's better. For the record the iphone has a better chance to be compared to PC gaming than a console.

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#2 c1o2d3y
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It is all gaming
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#3 HoldThePhone
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It is compared because a couple of noobs always want to start an argument.
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#4 Hathesulacon
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Crysis Graphics Nuff said

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#5 deactivated-5f4694ac412a8
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[QUOTE="gamerjerome"]

For the record the iphone has a better chance to be compared to PC gaming than a console.

At least the PS3, 360, and even in some cases the Wii, share some games together... I don't even know how you came to this ridiculous conclusion... Well, after reading your post, I sort of do.
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#6 gamerjerome
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At least the PS3, 360, and even in some cases the Wii, share some games together... I don't even know how you came to this ridiculous conclusion... Well, after reading your post, I sort of do.DeathScape666
The iphone runs off of a stripped down OS X.
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[QUOTE="DeathScape666"]At least the PS3, 360, and even in some cases the Wii, share some games together... I don't even know how you came to this ridiculous conclusion... Well, after reading your post, I sort of do.gamerjerome
The iphone runs off of a stripped down OS X.

M'kay... That still doesn't change anything I said, like, at all. PS3 and 360 are WAY more like PC than the iPhone or iTouch.
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#8 jasonheyman
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Game mods= PC

DLC= Consoles

Same diff

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#9 gamerjerome
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[QUOTE="gamerjerome"][QUOTE="DeathScape666"]At least the PS3, 360, and even in some cases the Wii, share some games together... I don't even know how you came to this ridiculous conclusion... Well, after reading your post, I sort of do.DeathScape666
The iphone runs off of a stripped down OS X.

M'kay... That still doesn't change anything I said, like, at all. PS3 and 360 are WAY more like PC than the iPhone or iTouch.

How so, you can do more with an iphone than you can with a console in short hooking up a keyboard n mouse. I'm talking main purpose not hardware.
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#10 VirtuaCast
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Are you asking GS for a Console War forum for Christmas?
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[QUOTE="DeathScape666"][QUOTE="gamerjerome"] The iphone runs off of a stripped down OS X.gamerjerome
M'kay... That still doesn't change anything I said, like, at all. PS3 and 360 are WAY more like PC than the iPhone or iTouch.

How so, you can do more with an iphone than you can with a console in short hooking up a keyboard n mouse. I'm talking main purpose not hardware.

Good point. I was speaking strictly in the games department, but what you say makes sense. ;)
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Because PCs vs PCs is just ridiculous to even hint about.
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Because PCs vs PCs is just ridiculous to even hint about.LOXO7
PC versus MAC! :surprised:
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#14 VirtuaCast
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[QUOTE="LOXO7"]Because PCs vs PCs is just ridiculous to even hint about.DeathScape666
PC versus MAC! :surprised:

Sounds like fun.

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[QUOTE="DeathScape666"][QUOTE="LOXO7"]Because PCs vs PCs is just ridiculous to even hint about.VirtuaCast

PC versus MAC! :surprised:

Sounds like fun.

Mac wins handsdown, but I still gotta do all my gaming on my PCs =/
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#16 gamerjerome
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[QUOTE="LOXO7"]Because PCs vs PCs is just ridiculous to even hint about.DeathScape666
PC versus MAC! :surprised:

lol, um yeah.. first we have to get games onto the MAC. I think their still working on that one.
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#17 HoldThePhone
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[QUOTE="DeathScape666"][QUOTE="LOXO7"]Because PCs vs PCs is just ridiculous to even hint about.gamerjerome
PC versus MAC! :surprised:

lol, um yeah.. first we have to get games onto the MAC. I think their still working on that one.

' Well all Blizzard games are compatible with Mac, and that's like the epitome of PC gaming right there...
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#18 Saturos3091
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Console graphics aren't really "catching up," as one would say. They're about the same as they were last-gen in relation to PC, and the gen before that even--a distance behind. I don't know why people compare them though, especially as platforms. They are completely different.

I can understand comparison between multiplatform games though.
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#19 gamerjerome
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Well all Blizzard games are compatible with Mac, and that's like the epitome of PC gaming right there...HoldThePhone
True. Hopefully Nvidia can stop making faulty GPUs for Mac get something in that can play more than just WOW.
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#20 Saturos3091
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[QUOTE="HoldThePhone"] Mac wins handsdown, but I still gotta do all my gaming on my PCs =/

I'm more for power and customization, and with that comes gaming. 8)
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#21 XaosII
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Because it plays the same games as consoles do, and is a valid platform for comparison.
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#22 gamerjerome
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Because it plays the same games as consoles do, and is a valid platform for comparison.XaosII
Only in the past two years. Sadly the PC seems to be getting the ports from consoles. That obviously brings down the PC because the ports are usually bad "cough GTA4"
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#23 naval
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Yeah, I agree , PCs are so much better that any comparison with consoles seems like a joke
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#24 XaosII
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[QUOTE="XaosII"]Because it plays the same games as consoles do, and is a valid platform for comparison.gamerjerome
Only in the past two years. Sadly the PC seems to be getting the ports from consoles. That obviously brings down the PC because the ports are usually bad "cough GTA4"

Which is why this console game from 1998 has only been "in the past two years."

Time challenged much?

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#25 gamerjerome
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[QUOTE="gamerjerome"][QUOTE="XaosII"]Because it plays the same games as consoles do, and is a valid platform for comparison.XaosII

Only in the past two years. Sadly the PC seems to be getting the ports from consoles. That obviously brings down the PC because the ports are usually bad "cough GTA4"

Which is why this console game from 1998 has only been "in the past two years."

Time challenged much?

Should we also compare Doom on SNES? Yeah the occasional game hit PC from console but it wasn't such a big deal till console hardware caught up with PC's for this generation.