Bodhesatva said:
If precision is a concern, you should definitely ditch gamepads altogether and get a mouse/keyboard. In every genre where Gamepad users have been allowed to compete against Mouse/Keyboard users, the Gamepad players have been so hilariously outmatched that most companies don't make games that are cross platform anymore for that precise reason (even though Microsoft is trying agressively). Be it First Person Shooters, Real Time Strategy, or any other skill-oriented game, Game pads are profoundly inferior. That's why such an overwhelming portion of professional gaming occurs on PC games, despite the fact that consoles are a larger player pool. |
IMO, PC's are unnecessarily expensive and dated too quickly. My roomates drop $1000-2000 every 2 years so they can be up to speed on the latest games. Albeit they save money by pirating games (although they have to sacrifice multiplayer because of it), I see it as a real hassle to PC game. People call the PS3 expensive, but it is pretty damn cheap compared to what it costs to keep a PC up to date. The PC can do many genres better, shooters in quite a number of cases, and RTS's in ALL cases for instance. But playing with a mouse and keyboard on a big HDTV feels kind of akward, at least for me. PC gaming just isn't for everyone, and requires a lot of sacrifices.
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