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dahuman on 16 May 2013
TheLastStarFighter said:
pezus said:
TheLastStarFighter said:
When I started University I kind of gave up on console gaming for a while. My money was better spent on liquer and whores. But I did have a good computer so I picked up Tomb Raider. It was awesome. Then I played it on my residence neighbor's Playstation. I was blown away by how much better it was. Not so much the game itself, but just so much easier and smoother and better to play. PC's have come a long way since then, but I still much prefer console gaming. Any power benifits on my PC are offset by the ease of play, the control options, the big TV and surround sound and the comfort of my couch that I enjoy on a console. I mostly only PC game for things such as RTS or MMO's.

Spoken like a true console gamer . As a PC gamer, I can do all of what you mentioned easily and way more. This is why it's stupid to say consoles>PC because of this and that, when PC can do everything consoles can and then some. At least it seems stupid when you know it can be done, and are doing it yourself.

So you can pop into Wal-Mart (or whatever you have in Iceland), pick up the latest COD, open it up, pop it in and you and your friend can grab a couple controllers as default and be shooting people from around the world in about 3 minutes?

Actually, you don't even need to do that on PC lol. Turn on computer a few days before release, pre-load on Steam days before, then once release time unlocks, just double click and you are there lol. Don't even need the trip to Wal-Mart or wait for shipping. ^_^b That's one thing I prefer on PC more than consoles actually, up to date techonology is a beautiful thing.



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dahuman on 16 May 2013
bevochan said:

Although I prefer playing single player games on PC, I prefer multiplayer games on consoles because most (if not all but 2) are on consoles.  It's hard to find PC buddies (real friends that you actually hang out with and not random people you met online) to play online. 

There is a dearth of PC friends and if you have lots of true friends that play exclusively on PC, that speaks volume about yourself too.......


I have no idea what that means, I know plenty of PC gamers IRL, and a lot of them also have consoles. The general concenses is always "if it's multiplat, buy on PC, cheaper, better."



Jaywood2010 on 16 May 2013
zarx said:

Ah this thread, it's been getting posted a lot lately. It's like every other month now.


Sorry man, I know you are a big fan of PC gaming.  I just get irritated with gamers bashing each other.  As I said, I dont think we have that problem with PC gamers on this site but Ive seen it bad on other sites.  Same goes with console gamers bashing each other.  I dont understand why people just cant have opinions and live peacefully with them.




       

zarx on 16 May 2013
JayWood2010 said:
zarx said:

Ah this thread, it's been getting posted a lot lately. It's like every other month now.


Sorry man, I know you are a big fan of PC gaming.  I just get irritated with gamers bashing each other.  As I said, I dont think we have that problem with PC gamers on this site but Ive seen it bad on other sites.  Same goes with console gamers bashing each other.  I dont understand why people just cant have opinions and live peacefully with them.


I have nothing against consoles or the content of the thread...



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Stinky on 16 May 2013

There's no doubt that my PC is miles ahead of my Xbox360 power-wise, although I'm still amazed at what they manage to squeeze out of the xbox. But I just prefer to play most games on the xbox.



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S.T.A.G.E. on 17 May 2013

The correct answer to any PC vs console specs question is who gives a shit? Most of the top games are being developed with console budgets, not PC. PC should be glad to get them. When a PC game gets lead development then that will be a focus of conversation and hopefully that PC game stays exclusive. As for console games put on the PC who cares if it isn't optimized?



Jaywood2010 on 17 May 2013
S.T.A.G.E. said:

The correct answer to any PC vs console specs question is who gives a shit? Most of the top games are being developed with console budgets, not PC. PC should be glad to get them. When a PC game gets lead development then that will be a focus of conversation and hopefully that PC game stays exclusive. As for console games put on the PC who cares if it isn't optimized?


console budgets? lol  ummm no lol  

Man i really dislike some of your comments.  





       

S.T.A.G.E. on 17 May 2013
JayWood2010 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

The correct answer to any PC vs console specs question is who gives a shit? Most of the top games are being developed with console budgets, not PC. PC should be glad to get them. When a PC game gets lead development then that will be a focus of conversation and hopefully that PC game stays exclusive. As for console games put on the PC who cares if it isn't optimized?


console budgets? lol  ummm no lol  

Man i really dislike some of your comments.  

Thats perfectly fine. Lets have the same developers make a game exclusively for PC then with the same costs.



Jaywood2010 on 17 May 2013
S.T.A.G.E. said:
JayWood2010 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

The correct answer to any PC vs console specs question is who gives a shit? Most of the top games are being developed with console budgets, not PC. PC should be glad to get them. When a PC game gets lead development then that will be a focus of conversation and hopefully that PC game stays exclusive. As for console games put on the PC who cares if it isn't optimized?


console budgets? lol  ummm no lol  

Man i really dislike some of your comments.  

Thats perfectly fine. Lets have the same developers make a game exclusively for PC then with the same costs.

Crysis, Metro, Battlefield, and Witcher.  There you go.  All scaled down for consoles.  That really wasnt hard to do.




       

S.T.A.G.E. on 17 May 2013
JayWood2010 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
JayWood2010 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

The correct answer to any PC vs console specs question is who gives a shit? Most of the top games are being developed with console budgets, not PC. PC should be glad to get them. When a PC game gets lead development then that will be a focus of conversation and hopefully that PC game stays exclusive. As for console games put on the PC who cares if it isn't optimized?


console budgets? lol  ummm no lol  

Man i really dislike some of your comments.  

Thats perfectly fine. Lets have the same developers make a game exclusively for PC then with the same costs.

Crysis, Metro, Battlefield, and Witcher.  There you go.  All scaled down for consoles.  That really wasnt hard to do.


I doubt it was, since PC by nature is where most of these games are developed, question is how far are they scaled out. My point is few PC exclusives yield fruits for such risk so I'd rather third parties not take that risk at all outside of a handful of name brands that have proven themselves to PC gamers. Battlefield has been on PC since before the gen started. I was in a clan when I was younger since 1942, I know that (Basically around the time I stopped PC gaming competitively as a in grade school). I knew the Witcher was coming to consoles with heavy hitters like Mass Effect, Dragon Age and similar RPG's were around, it was just a matter of when. CD Projekt Red needed the extra money to reinvest into other projects. Crysis....well...that game deserved to stay on PC because it is shining example of what Cryteks view of what PC gaming stands for. A game made for the hardware of the 2% if its played properly (back in 2007). Nvidia must've loved how many PC gamers came running after Crysis launched to upgrade their PC's into ungodly beasts. 

Amazing what Crytek has turned into over a gen.....just because of a little bit of money.