Fine, let us help OP out then, shall we?
Consoles exist, because they have an ease of use PCs do not have, It is true that everything a console can, a PC can atleast aswell.
But PCs do require some maintenance (and no you really do not need to buy new hardware every few month, seems to be worth with consoles at this point tbh). Which alot of people do not want, so the Console exist to please the people who want to game, but do not want the hazzle of maintaining, and keep drivers up to date.
The Irony is that this gen there is only 1 company that really made a console, which was Nintendo, both the PS3 and 360 struck me as "PC light" basicly focusing on the same games PC always have, and tryied to build in some of the advantages of a PC. To varrying degrees of sucess.
Still both the 360 and PS3 is indeed a good pick for people who do not have the time to spend on PC (in my view the only real reason anyone would pick a console is "time"). Easy to use, easy to maintain, pretty much idiotproof, so very low chance of the user messing up something up that would breat the thing, unless they really went out of thier way to do so.
So the Consoles due to reasons of most other modern things "while not needed, it fits a role nothing else can do"
Cheaper offset price (altho potentially more expencive in the long haull), easier to use (none debatable), selfmaintaining (mostly none debatable), and takes far less time overall (since there is no upkeep).
Ido see However that Consoles are likely to die out, the way they are headed, in the sence we think of consoles anyways. They will likely become more and more like an universalentertainment system, integrading alot of thingsthat has 0 worthas a gaming console, tv shows, recorder, movie player, andan overall excellent library keeper. So they DO fill a spot ina great deal of peoples life.
Ofcourse a PC can do that, but since the PC is an universal tool, which cando pretty much what you want of it, due to its modular nature, it is also more complex.
*Breathes out* And no this is not a "Console gamers are dumb"post, after a long days work, it is the fewest people who wants to go home and fiddle with a pc, they just want to slap a game in, and have it play, no hazzle, no worry. Fairly logical, in my oppinion, despiteme beinga PCgamer mainly (do have a PS3, and whatya know, I use it as a universal media center in the livingroom, altho not gaming on it as much :s (due to reasons NOT directly related)
Maddie_Larkin
I agree with this post because it took the words out of my mouth. Shame the Wii and PC are getting most of my attention these days.
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