havocmerc / Member

Forum Posts Following Followers
640 6 6

Division of Labor or Specialization

Wikipedia describes the term Division of Labor or Specialization as, "The specialization of cooperative labor in specific, circumscribed tasks and roles, intended to increase the productivity of labor. Historically the growth of a more and more complex division of labor is closely associated with the growth of total output and trade, the rise of capitalism, and of the complexity of industrialization processes. Later, the division of labour reached the level of a scientifically-based management practice with the time and motion studies associated with Taylorism. Basically, it's a working society that does many different jobs. Example: A few people do farming, a few people do pottery, and a few people are blacksmiths. The society works together to make the city wealthier."

Why am I ranting about such rubbish that has nothing to do with gaming? Because it has everything to do with gaming. Over the last few years there has been a continuous debate among my fellow gamers about their preferred gaming platform. These arguments have been backed up with the usual pros and cons from all of the parties involved. There are those who prefer the Xbox 360 over the PS3 and others who prefer consoles over the pc as their ultimate gaming device.

Console games are more expensive, but one does not have to upgrade the hardware on their box to run the latest games. However, pc games are generally cheaper but in order to run the latest games efficiently then one is expected to have a top of the line system with all of the perks. The long and short of the matter is it all boils down to dollars. In my country, a top of the line gaming pc comes to around US $2000.00 and a PS3 or Xbox 360 comes to less than US $1000.00. You can do the math there. Games on the other hand cost users three to four times what they cost in the USA.

It is for this reason as well as my personal preferences that my game purchases are mixed, between the xbox 360 and my pc. I have dozens of pc games that I have collected over the last 10 years , but only a hand full of xbox 360 games (two in hand and three more on the way). My rule is simple, any game that requires higher specifications than my pc are able to provide is a candidate for my xbox360. Then there is the fact that I prefer to play first person shooters on my pc since I find it generally more satisfying to point aim and shoot using a mouse than the sticks on my controller.

So for the Medal of Honor series and Legendary that is the only way to go. For sandbox questing adventure games like the Elder Scrolls series nothing beats the pc, since key assignments are just a key tap away. Third person driving based games are the catch 22, I generally preferred to play these on my pc but it depends on if my machine can run it. However I have found that games live GTA IV and Wheelman seem to move almost effortlessly on my xbox360 and this has forced me to reconsider my preference.

That's all I have to say about that.