shio said:
16 Reasons Why PC Gaming is Better than Console Gaming
A few years ago it wasn't advisable to put a PC in the living room because of the SDTVs. Now with HD more and more people are putting PCs below the TV, because it's just awesome.
Still doesn't change the fact that I have yet to see a single household with a PC in the living room. TWestern seems to agree with me on this one too.
If you get viruses is your own fault - you got it in a site you shouldn't have entered. In all my 4 PCs I have NEVER formatted my HDD, I can't recall any registry conflict. Game crashes are seldom and if it's happening often in a game you have it's due to you using a pirated copy and not the original. I haven't had any problem with drivers for years. IF you're a PC gamer you would always keep your PC up to date.
And I could argue that many console failures are due to the console owners. I've been PC gaming for over 10 years, and installed 100's of games on the 5-6 PCs I've owned, costing anywhere from $500-$2000. I currently run a $3,000 gaming laptop as I write this. The fact is, that as you install more and more progams, your computer will run slower due to background apps or registry conflicts due to having more & more games on your computer. Consoles never have had that problem.
And FYI: I've never pirated a PC game. Never. That still doesn't mean that after installing a few dozen games, that your computer runs slower.
If you aren't able to understand why upgrades aren't needed as much as before, you seriously need to do some research. I pity you.
I didn't disagree that upgrades are becoming less needy, but that still doesn't change the fact that there's still a prequisite of upgrading your computer to stay remotely current. If you buy a computer today, in 4 years, you'll need upgrades. Could a 4 year old computer @ $1,000 run Crysis? Heck, my brother's laptop from 2 years ago can't even run Sins of a Solar Empire.
I spent €1000, and that includes monitor and speakers, otherwise it would've cost €800 or so in early 2006. I have bought atleast 50 games so far and the average was maybe around €25, so €1300. And that's without seperating the singled-box multiple-games like Sam & Max: Season One (6 games), Myst Collection (5 games), GTR Evolution (2 games), Orange Box(5 games) and some more. And $=€ for trading exchange purposes.
So what did how much did you spend on your Xbox 360? lol
Spent $200 USD on the system, and another $100 on controllers. Between BC-compat games and X360/XBLA games, I have about 40 games myself, and still paid well below what you did for your PC + Games.
Bethesda is the same asshole as always: Ruining AAA franchises into butchered streamlined crap. Yet Fallout 3 is selling better on PC and they are releasing G.E.C.K.. Bioware, on the other hand, is actually switching more and more to PC than in the past few years: Mass Effect 2 is their first console-RPG that was announced for PC from the beginning, Dragon Age is a PC-oriented RPG, and Star Wars: Old Republic is a PC exclusive RPG.
Both are actually giving PC more support than they used to few years back.
Name the first Bioware RPG ever made for a console. Then name the year that they did it. Then tell me how many PC games, and how many Console games they've made sense then.
Gamerankings would disagree with you. I love Metacritic, don't get me wrong, but it's biggest problem is that they don't have enough PC review sites listed, and because of that a huge amount of PC games don't even hae 4 reviews. For example, in 2007, 30% of all PC games listed on Metacritic don't have enough reviews... 30% !!! And ofcourse that's not even considering the hundreds of PC games that Metacritic DOES NOT list but gamerankings does.
And if I were to goto GameRankings.com, how many PC games would come up with 80% rankings on GameRankings.com that weren't expansion packs, but unique games?
No, but Audiosurf, Spirit Engine 2 and other awesome indie stuff are. Or Spore, Crysis, and other awesome big games are. Or Arma, Battlefield Heroes and other awesome F2P games are. Or Football Manager Live, Warhammer Online and other awesome subscriptions-based games are...
You can keep your PC-based subscription games, thank you very much.
I never had a problem with my WiC copy. But whatever problem it is, if it troubled you so much you would've fixed it already. Or you just don't keep your PC healthy.
Then why did thousands of people lobby complains about EA's Spore DRM just a few months back? I'm not the only person with DRM issues, and you know it. Go look at ANY PC-gaming forum, and it's very often you'll find users with very genuine DRM issues like mine. Thanks for attacking my knoweldge of PC gaming, BTW.
Braid is coming to PC. Guitar Hero franchise is on PC, but if we are talking about the original release then doesn't matter because it was a game from before this gen started. Rock Band and Lips are not innovative lol.
Mind telling me the last time you played Guitar Hero with more than 1 person near by? There's a reason that karaoke bars are replacing their entire rigs with Rock Band/Guitar Hero games for consoles, and not PCs.
Tell that to the people that keep playing with each other for years and start being mates. There's always those stories about some getting married and such. There is no mistake here.
Some guy recently did that with Viva Pinata, and another with Rainbow Six Vegas over Live. So your point is moot. What's next, throwing in E-Harmony citations as proving that social gaming on the PC is better?
Uh hunh. What was the last game that was primarily a PC-driven game that sold 5 million copies?
Call of Duty 4. From recently released games you can expect Spore, Warhammer Online, Wrath of the Lich King and CoD: World at Wat to reach 5 millions too.
Link to prove that CoD4 sold over 5m copies on PC alone, please. Spore, Warhammer online too.
And what else? See.
Your point was the PC was the only place for video game tournaments. I just proved you wrong.
Speaking of pro gaming, it's interesting to know that by going to Major League Gaming's website, and querying most popular online tournaments brings up the top-5 list...All of which are X360 games. They're also featuring a Super Smash Brothers Brawl tournament worth $7,500.
14. Modding allowed
Mods, mods, mods. They enhance and give more bang for your money. Some even shape mediocre games into near greatness (Oblivion for example)
I certainly agree here. PC gaming is much better for this.
Dude, almost racing game on PC is wheel compatible. Any Flight Sim is joystick compatible. And even if a certain PC game is not originally gamepad compatible, you can use any of the several converters like xpadder that let's you use a gamepad on it.
Every Xbox 360 racing game is wheel comatible. Every flight sim is joystick compatible. Your argument goes out the window for versatility, since there are the same kinds of options for PC and console games.
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