PC Gaming will reclaim the throne during the last half of this Console Gen.

[vlad321]

JaggedSac said:

vlad321 said:

 

Are you really going to argue that PSN and Live aren't absolutel failures and utterly pathetic when compared to what the PC online offerings are? Oh man, I REALLY want to see this. I predict epic lulz.

As I have stated before to you, I believe the matchmaking/party system is the future.  This is deeply ingrained into Live's infrastructure.  I would first like to know what you think the short comings are of the online systems. 

But I also must remember that I am talking to a person who thinks it is his god given right to use a product that of which he has not been given permission to use.

And LAN parties are much easier on consoles by the way.

 

I think matchmaking is retarded, it's nice to have but only as a back up to normal server choosing. It'd be nice to jump in a game of equal ranked players, however that's not always the case. More often than not you want specific mods, addons, etc. on the server with specific rules, settings, etc. Something most console players don't even understand since mods/addons/settings/etc. don't even exist the way they do on the PC.

Why PC onine is better? First off, as stated earlier, avergae Joe generally plays on consoles (not saying everyone that plays is an idiot, even I have to play so I can call games shitty), and as I stated earlier, average Joe is a fucking idiot. What's worse is that I don't have a nice little chat interface as a buffer and I have to listen to said idiots to actually communicate in the game.

Then there's the whole matchmaking thing, which completely ruins the experience. I want to join a server with the least ping, with a specific mod, with specific people, and also know that people can jump in and out at any time they want to, even if there's 1 minute on the clock or 3 more frags to be scored (obviously the jon in whenever doesn't apply to RTS games, but they don't exist on consoles anyhow, good oens at least). Yes, when the fancy strikes me I'll join a server of equally skilled people, but that takes a backseat to mods, settings, and maps.