| your mother said: It's not just the issue of using keyboard and mouse. Pro gamers use the PC because there are three significant factors that trump over consoles any day: - You are not limited to a set resolution - You are not limited to a set framerate - You are not limited to a set level of graphics quality These points work to the benefit of a pro gamer on a PC. You can set your resolution to very high settings which gives you more precision in aiming. You can upgrade your equipment and/or lower visual quality to support higher framerates. Most console owners are proud of having 30 or 60fps on their FPS, touting that number like it's the holy grail of FPS framerates. I have cases where (as an example) UT2K3, set at 1600x1200 with full detail, runs at around 266fps on Antara, one of the most demanding levels due to the exterior environment - and this is actually quite common with PCs. |
PC hardware can be upgraded any time. It's the biggest asset and the biggest curse same time. No1 optimizes games for PC - software propels hardware sale. Most of games should have much lower recommended hardware specification. If you are lucky enough to stay in this race - good for you. You own the most sophisticated gaming machine on earth (pretty narrow selection of games though IMHO). Let's face the truth - only handful of PC gamers owns truly high-end machines. Right now PS3 is much more powerful than average PC (10 times?) while Wii is much weaker. This situation will change during upcoming years but right now PS3 provides the best experience not only for $500 price tag.
