Fun Topic. Which are better for Gaming? PC's or Consoles?

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Senlis said:

To add to shio's post, which I completely agree with.

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#10.  Did you just say that LAN is not local multiplayer.  I laughed at that.  Do you know what LAN means? Local area network.  When you hook multiple consoles together like in a Halo party, do you know what you just formed?  LAN based multiplayer (No joke, you just formed a LAN network).  LAN is local multiplayer.

LAN party is a commonly used pharse to refer to the connecting of PCs, Macs, or Consoles locally, over a small geographical area. Halo 3 via multiple connections and multiple TVs, for instance, is a LAN party.

Local multiplayer is a phrase commonly used in gaming, to refer to console gaming done via split screen on the same machine. Hero's of Might and Magic 3, for instance, is local multiplayer.

#2 (I know I go out of order).  You mentioned problems inherent to the machine.  How about the disk drive/ hard drive being inherent problems on a console.  Devices with moving parts are highly subject to hardware failure, no matter how well you make them.  This is why old cartridge based systems have a longer life than disk based systems.  On a PC, if you disk drive fails, you can buy a standard inexpensive disk drive to replace it.  The installation process is simple.  Can you say the same about consoles?

Dependability is a common issue with all hardware, and gives no advantage to either side. However, consoles do come with warranties, and built PCs do not.

Of course, digital distribution will probably make disk drives obsolete soon.  I could apply the same argument to the HDD.

DD will first happen on PC, making it impossible for the market to set the price of games, as it does in the console gaming market.

#7 One poster proved you can make a PC more powerful than the XBOX360/PS3 for 350$ without pirating the OS.  It is difficult to compete with XBOX360/PS3's price because Microsoft/Sony tends to sell their consoles at a loss.

Unfortunately, a PC as strong as the 360, sucks, and can't even run WoW at 1080p. The reason for this is that console games are based upon uniform hardware specifications, and run very efficiently even on lower specs. If you build a PC with the specs of the 360, it won't run most HD games even on normal settings. I build PCs for money. I know how much they cost.

You can spin that crap somewhere else.