"PC Gaming Puts Other Platforms to Shame in GAMES, RESPECT, and DEALS"

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TWRoO said:

shio said:

selnor said:

I have no interest in what any of that offers me. 

PC gaming doesnt offer me the most important aspect to me. Ease of use and jump in and play. And as long as Halo is not on PC at launch then I'll never consider it. 

I'm glad you like PC gaming. I dont.

Actually, it does offer that... ever heard of Steam?

Yesterday I opened Steam for the first time in about a month as I wasnted to screenshot Portal for VGC Most Wanted. I had to wait 10 minutes for Steam to update, then a further 10 minutes for Portal to update. Had I not been online it might have done it without needing to update, but who is likely to be offline nowadays unless there was a power cut or something.

Now this does highlight an advantage of PC gaming in that I was able to get my own screenshot easily without extra kit, however it took long enough, print screen it seems just records black if you use it for a full screen application, and exiting it crashed the game (running it with Photoshop open at the same time meant an atrocious framerate while playing too) I managed to get it though by restarting and playing the game in a window. Including the playing time to get to the bit I wanted (boss fight with GlaDOS) it took me almost 50 minutes to get a screenshot.

Now i'm not going to say PC gaming is terrible, but perhaps you can understand why it is a hassle to people and that there are actually some advantages to console gaming. My personal gripes with PC gaming are numerous.

Thing is, this same problem is present on consoles. I remember having not played Uncharted 2 for ages and had to wait for updates before I could play. Then there is the fact that I need to do a firmware update to log onto PSN and to check PS-Store (if an update is available).

Steam does a very good job of making PC gaming as hassle-free as possible. In fact, if you have Steam load up with Windows then it'll update whilst your doing normal PC stuff.