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Barozi on 27 November 2012
Kasz216 said:
That's... not even remotely correct.

A $700 PC you buy at the same time as that $700 console will run all PC games through the exact same time period as your console. Not at maximum settings... but at greater then console settings.

As I said my personal problem is that there is always the possibility to upgrade the PC when something doesn't run as smooth or as good looking as I'd like to have it even though it would be possible by throwing more money on it.
On consoles I can say "aaw I wished the textures were a little better in this game, but well I can't change it" and just play on.



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ishiki on 27 November 2012
Barozi said:
NotStan said:
Valid point, but at the same time the actual games is where you save the money I guess, if you do decide to be the sleazebag that thinks industry owes you something, you will proceed to pirate every new release that hits the platform, being on PC it's a lot easier as compared with maybe 360 - fair enough, you have to modify your 360 for it, which you can easily, but then you run a high risk of it getting the banhammer every time you get on live.

If you do decide to take the legal route, the games (Well in EU at least) can be obtained for much cheaper through Steam, with the constant sales and like the Steam sale last week - which featured Borderlands 2 & Dishonored at £15 amongst many other titles it's a pretty cheap endeavor. Also the precision of keyboard & mouse is VERY hard to beat with the controller, along with the much better graphics due to more progressed hardware etc. But as an initial investment console is so much easier, and with not having the hassle to upgrade anything further to get the latest games at their best possible (on the set console) is pretty easy entertaining notion.

But at the same time you likely didn't bother enough for these games or you'd have already bought them at launch.
I would never wait half a year for a game I really care about, but it's nice nonetheless in case you've missed them.
You could buy them used however, which isn't that easy for PC games.
And new games on Steam are always more expensive than at retailers... in Europe at least. (Only talking about PC games here)

I'd hope that the next consoles will offer optional keyboard & mouse controls for all games (at least in singleplayer). I know PS3 theoretically supports it already but only UT3 makes use of it. Sony and MS should play the pioneers here and introduce them into their games.

in the U.S. it's normally like 5 dollars cheaper if you preorder on steam. Though there's probably preorder discounts for consoles too. If you buy a square-enix, ubisoft, Valve, others game they're 50 USD instead of 60 USD at launch.



dahuman on 27 November 2012
Cobretti2 said:
Actually to me the most single reason why console gaming is better (well was before patching was allowed to happen), was the fact the game worked out of the box due to compadibility. Which made it easy for non technical people to use.

PC game depending on your hardware etc.. could crash or not play at all. Non technical people at this point would get frustrated.

Saying all that some of my favourite franchises are on PC haha.


I can agree with that, PC gaming is more complicated, and that's why consoles are better, with PC gaming, you have to pay attention to bottlenecks, the hardwares you pick to avoid as many crashes ETC, that's why you don't want to build something dirt cheap anyways.



Barozi on 27 November 2012
dahuman said:
Barozi said:

Well the games are definitely cheaper, but you're definitely right about something.

If you're going to buy a PC you most likely won't get a cheap ass one, because if you did you'd need to replace ALL parts in a few years. So you're going to get a more expensive one that is more future proof and yet after some years you're angry that you can't run the games at full details and you buy a new CPU because on its own it's not that expensive..... and then you buy more because the GPU now sucks compared to the new CPU and so on.

So yeah PC gaming is not really cheap. Though it can be worth it.

I bought a completely new PC in 2009 for 700€ ($900 incl. tax). Because Skyrim didn't run as good I bought a new GPU (GTX 580) for 200€ ($260) even though my old one (4890HD) was still pretty good. Now I'm also buying more RAM for 35€ ($45). But then I'm thinking that my CPU (E8400 dual core overclocked to 3.6GHz) sucks compared to the other parts and even though I don't plan to replace it, I probably will next year or in two years.

And obviously the power consumption is much higher, which doesn't help in these times.

damn, still running an E8400? O_O; That's impressive, Core 2s bottleneck like bitches.

hehe yeah I can play Crysis, BF3 and Skyrim (with tons of mods *cough* my avatar *cough*) among others all maxed out.

Though it's definitely the part which holds me back the most at the moment.



dahuman on 27 November 2012
Barozi said:
NotStan said:
Valid point, but at the same time the actual games is where you save the money I guess, if you do decide to be the sleazebag that thinks industry owes you something, you will proceed to pirate every new release that hits the platform, being on PC it's a lot easier as compared with maybe 360 - fair enough, you have to modify your 360 for it, which you can easily, but then you run a high risk of it getting the banhammer every time you get on live.

If you do decide to take the legal route, the games (Well in EU at least) can be obtained for much cheaper through Steam, with the constant sales and like the Steam sale last week - which featured Borderlands 2 & Dishonored at £15 amongst many other titles it's a pretty cheap endeavor. Also the precision of keyboard & mouse is VERY hard to beat with the controller, along with the much better graphics due to more progressed hardware etc. But as an initial investment console is so much easier, and with not having the hassle to upgrade anything further to get the latest games at their best possible (on the set console) is pretty easy entertaining notion.

But at the same time you likely didn't bother enough for these games or you'd have already bought them at launch.
I would never wait half a year for a game I really care about, but it's nice nonetheless in case you've missed them.
You could buy them used however, which isn't that easy for PC games.
And new games on Steam are always more expensive than at retailers... in Europe at least. (Only talking about PC games here)

I'd hope that the next consoles will offer optional keyboard & mouse controls for all games (at least in singleplayer). I know PS3 theoretically supports it already but only UT3 makes use of it. Sony and MS should play the pioneers here and introduce them into their games.

not always true, I'm camping for AC3 sales at like 7 bucks hehehehe, it will happen.... eventually.... I have too many games I need to finish still and so many good F2P games so waiting is never an issue.



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MentalAlliance on 27 November 2012

There are too many pros and cons to both form me to boil it down to a few major reasons. For me, I'm more a console gamer by nature (mostly because the type of games I love aren't in adundance on PC), but I do have bouts where I'm loving PC gaming. I guess you can say I'm an "on again, off again" PC gamer.



TheKoreanGuy on 27 November 2012

The best thing about consoles is the games. There are so many console games not available for PC. The best thing about PCs is the sheer amount of things you can do with it. Also Steam deals.



dahuman on 27 November 2012
MentalAlliance said:

There are too many pros and cons to both form me to boil it down to a few major reasons. For me, I'm more a console gamer by nature (mostly because the type of games I love aren't in adundance on PC), but I do have bouts where I'm loving PC gaming. I guess you can say I'm an "on again, off again" PC gamer.


PLAY EVERYTHING! Well, the one pro about PC is that you technically don't need a 360 if you have friends that have them for Halo or Gears XD Finish the Story modes, thank your friends, move on lol.



ishiki on 27 November 2012
CGI-Quality said:
PC gaming is FAR more complicated, no question about that. However OP, the amount you're talking for buying a PC is completely off the charts. I blew through a ton of cash and still didn't spend close to that building my rig.


O_o wow if there's anyones PC that I thought could match it. It would be you, he for certain is off then haha.

But there's things too, for instance, when I sold my 8800 gt, to get my 560 ti, I got 50 dollars for the 8800 gt. It was still a 160 upgrade. And for me, I've turned even older computers into linux boxes, and stuff like that. Depending on the person, an older PC doesn't immediatly become trash. Lab computers etc, Tax deductions at goodwill.



Jaywood2010 on 27 November 2012

I wasn't aware that price made something better or worst. If anything wouldn't you be getting what you pay for meaning PC is better? I'm just messing around. It is all going to be opinion on what you like more. PC games have better multiplatform games due to better graphics. They can also boast about MMO and RTS exclusives etc. Steam is great for indie developers as well. On the other hand consoles have some pretty good exclusives like halo, mario, and Uncharted. So this really has to do with personal taste more than anything.