pc vs consoles

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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.

 

Dude, I couldn't agree with you more.

But I think that the Wii will be the last console we'll see of this Golden Era, unless there's a massive shift back to basics.

It's almost becoming more and more functionality is being added to the these consoles at the expense of fun, with no letup in sight in the future.

Sure, I'm having a blast with my PS3 right now, but it's not pick-up-and-play as much as it was in the old days.

My pc...well I know it sounds a bit petty, but just waiting the minute or so for it to boot up makes me go instead to the console and get nearer to instant fun. no mucking around with tweaking the graphics etc.