MikeB on 24 April 2009
| MikeB said: "Times have changed though, the PC has much more taken the backseat. Most games I was interested in in the past would usually hit the PC first, now they usually hit the consoles first or aren't even released for the PC at all." In the past PCs were leading, not always the IBM compatibles (which sucked at gaming and pretty much everything else as well during the 80s), there was also the Amiga. Nowadays the PC is lagging behind with regard to common technology as well, namely Blu-Ray disc and heavy multi-processing (the Cell). Considering the support and large userbase, the PS3 has become by far the most interesting gaming solution to me. Grown up with the Amiga, I always disliked the inefficiency of Windows, Windowa software development and legacy compatibility related trade-offs (such as MSDOS and x86). A console provides the perfect oppertunity to lead frog and ignore such problems like Ken did, so that's also a reason why the PS3 is so interesting to me. |
Advances in living room technology also played part in this. For example great 7.1 channel audio (PC speaker sets, even those claiming to be 5.1 are really just 2.1 sets with additional speakers), large screen 1080p HDTVs, fast wireless Wi-Fi internet connection, being able to use many multiple wireless gamepads simultaneously, etc.
The PS3 serves my comfort desires much better than modern gaming PCs from such perspectives as well. I would never put a noisy high spec gaming PC in my living room. I do use my laptop in the living room, but that's no joy and pretty low spec for gaming.
