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There is a lot of shower ware on pc no doubt, but some great exclusives aswell. In particular. As a strategy fan. Paradox has been almost almost singlehandedly giving the struggling genre a comeback with awesome titles such as stellaris. Europa universalis iv. Hearts of iron 4 and crusader kings 2... Each of these titles have gotten me so damn hooked. I'm at 1300+hrs on hearts of iron 4 so far. They take a long time to get into, but the depth in the game mechanics is unparallelled. 



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I'm not super confident that Halo 6 is going to be that good...so I don't know if I'd change platforms just yet.



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Snoopy said:
CGI-Quality said:

Why?

I use to play games on my PC but too many things ruin it. First, I like a controller a lot more than keyboard and mouse and yes I know you can use a controller for PC, but if you want to play online you must use keyboard and mouse or else you will get owned in a lot of games. Second, there is a lot of hackers and cheaters on pc compare to consoles. Third, sometimes third party gives you really bad ports or the game just won't run properly and I have to do a lot of setup/configurations. Fourth, I find console a lot cheaper. There is more I can list, but those are just the basics.

Controller preference is personal, mouse and keyboard is more taxing to learn and master than a regular controller, in return you get an insane amount of input possibilities compared to regular controllers. Once you do master PC controls, you will learn to appreciate its possibilities when games take advantage of it. Arma 3 is a good example of an awesome millitary simulator that allows you to do an insane amount things. Leaning stance on  consoles is considered advanced, but in arma. That is one of most basic functions and the game would never be able to work with a controller without sacrificing the entire immersion and feel. 

 

Regarding cheaters and hackers.. It is true, but games themselves and steam have gotten insanely good at catching these scum and banning them. I don't feel like I see that many cheaters in a lot of games these days, and if so that is on the developers end, as all the systems to prevent such things are in place and works as best they propably can. Also consider that PC is soon gonna be the only relevant system that has free MP 

 

In terms of consoles being cheaper.. Not really. The suggested retail price for most games (except for our EA overlords and a few others) is 50 dollars instead of 60. So yeah. The PC itself is more expensive, but there is a misconception when it comes to PC hardware prices.. Most people think they need to buy a way more powerful machine than they need. That is the wrong thing to do. If you can live without 4k then you can get a pc for around 600-700 dollars and still get better graphics than on console early on (assuming you bought one when a new gen of consoles arrives) and after 3 years or so it will be on parity with consoles.. So after 6 years or so most will propably want to buy a new one or switch out bottlenecks depending on where games gets most taxing on the hardware. At this point you will have earned back your initial 100-200 dollar up front  extra purchase compared to console price. , and then some. And yes, while some games are poorly optimised on pc( looking at you batman arkham Knight), the majority is well optimised and will net you that better performance and visual fidelity compared to consoles. Half way through your system. 



Halo 6 will most definitely be on PC, it's been written in the stars for a long time.



Come back to PC, i did.
Believe i only ever owned five games for the PS4, never played. I tried, but my gaming history is pretty much PC, PC and PC.



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That would be great, then you wouldn't have to tell us 10 more years how you are an Xbox gamer which like nobody seemed to believe on VGC the last ten years.



S.T.A.G.E. said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:
If it's any consolation Halo 6 probably won't be very good.

It better be good. Halo 5 left a lot to be desired.

I thought Halo 5 was very good.  IMO, every mainline Halo game has been at least an 8/10. 



dyremose said:
Ps4 and PC combo is the way to go. If you can splouge on a switch aswell, then you will only be missing 1-2 exclusives per year from MS.

You'll miss zero exclusives, as MS has said repeatedly that there won't be any (at least, none made by them).  



S.T.A.G.E. said:

As you all know the Xbox play anywhere initiative is growing. I think I've reached my limit. The PC is starting to become a more attractive option. Halo makes the jump then so will I. I've owned every Xbox, but if this Xbox play anywhere thing is set in stone they might have just made me a PC gamer again. Gears is my favorite Xbox franchise and halo was all that was left. I think I've hit my limit. I'll still support those two Xbox games but just from another platform. To give a little bit of history in sold my GameCube when I was younger to buy my first Xbox. Since then I hadn't owned a nintnedo console. Fast forward to today the switch is my secondary console and my Xbox is pretty much just my free games box.yeah... this would be the last straw.

I've never really understood that line of thinking to be honest... The thing is, if you have the money the PC will obviously be the more attractive option, but most aren't looking to spend that much.

The truth is, if I didn't have friends who were predominantly console gamers I probably wouldn't bother with the PS4 (the one we went with) or the Xbox1 (Nintendo still has too many exclusives that I want to ignore them), as the PC receives the vast majority of games that are released on consoles, and outside of a few garbage ports they generally feature the best experience as well, with better graphics and access to community-created mods. I can't see a time where my friends will ever be interested enough to drop that much money on an enthusiast-caliber-PC.



Honestly, if that happened that would essentially be Microsoft conceding defeat in the console market and you may very well see the death of the Xbox brand shortly after I feel. If the priamry reason to buy the machine can be had elsewhere then what's the point of having the machine anyway? 

Doubt they would actually do that now though, I know that first two were released on the PC but that was back when their Xbox was getting routinely trounced and they just wanted to expose as many people as possible to Halo, since 3 they have been console exclusive and wisely so if Microsoft wants to continue shipping the Xbox brand, that said even though they have been decently reviewed and the sales have been decent the last few entries in the Halo franchise under 343 haven't exactly lit up the Xbox brand as the series seemed to under Bungie.



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