pc vs consoles

[vlad321]

nine0nine said:
not really on topic but for me, consoles stopped being consoles when they started getting direct ports of PC games.

The golden era of gaming for me was the nes and snes era when you had COMPLETELY different games on console to what you had on the PC, PC games were deep, time consuming and generally solitary experiences, flight sims that needed hours of training to master, god sims where a single game lasted days and so on, console games were fast, fun and social, exactly what Sega did to the bitter end too.

Sony and especially MS ruined what console gaming was to me, now we have endless posts on message boards comparing the PS3 and 360 based upon framerates, clockspeeds, GPU power, FSAA and resolutions. this isnt what console gaming is about. We have peter moore (or whever took his place) and other execs hammering stats into our heads.

The Wii is the one true games console in my opinion, its not a PC without a keyboard like the competitors. The specs of the wii are generally unknown and nobody cares, they plug it into their telly and have a good time, regardless of gender and age, just like the nes/snes days. Instead of stats from men in suits, Nintendo have Reggie telling us we will have fun, and we do.

 

This is very very true. I couldn't tell you which games I liked back then more, PC or console simply because they were so different. Right now I can tell you exactly which system has the higher quality games without even second-guessing myself, except for thos special games on the Wii, of course.