makingmusic476 said:
Onyxmeth said:
naznatips said:
Onyxmeth said:
demacII said:
I own a PS3 and a PC. I have played gears of war and Bio shock on my PC. I don't own a xbox 360 so those games can't be exclusive. Otherwise how would I play them without a xbox 360. |
House of the Dead 4 will be arriving this year on the 360. I already played it in the arcade however. How is that exclusive? Why wait for the 360 when I can just spend $4000 on a giant bulk of a machine with two plastic guns attached? So I guess Time Crisis 4 isn't an exclusive either. I guess Ghost Squad isn't exclusive either.
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Can you own that arcade machine for under $5,000? There is a difference between buying a single game for $10,000 + and buying a gaming platform on which you purchase individual copies of a game. Please don't be childish. |
No buddy. You don't seem to understand. I'm exaggerating my point to prove something. An arcade machine is built different and has a certain pricepoint. It is on the high end. But if you we're a millionaire, that wouldn't be much of an issue now would it? A PC is built differently and has many price points. you can not lock down a price, but let's say approximately $400 for 2 years worth of current gaming. A console is built differently. It has a set price, and all games released for that platform will play on it for the entire lifecycle of that platform. Each is different and none are comparable. I'm saying that you can't compare PC and consoles, because they are built completely different. The default setup for the PC is the mouse and keyboard. The default setup for the console is the controller(for now). The PC is constantly updateable. The console is not. All games released for a console are playable on that console. All games released for the PC are not. Consoles do not have different settings you can play games on to boost the quality or lower it. You can't mess with the framerates either. On PCs you can. It's too different. I'm not saying which is better. I'm just saying they aren't the same just because Bioshock is on both of them. Because I'm telling you that Tekken 6 will be in the arcades first, and for a few grand, you too don't have to wait for the PS3 to get it either. |
Except the arcade is not a gaming platform in the traditional sense of the term. It is not a single device on which you can play all arcade games, unlike the PC and consoles. |
So define a gaming platform in the traditional sense of the term. I grew up in the arcade era. In my day, arcade WAS THE gaming platform. There was no equal. Going to the arcade WAS THE way to play videogames. And for the right price, it can live in your home.
Oh and just so you know. that big box you play an arcade game on is not the game. Inside is a box about the size of a Wii usually that houses the game. That is why arcade games with identical control setups can swap boxes. If you've ever gone to Gameworks and seen Street Fighter III inside of a Marvel vs. Capcom box, you'll know I speak the truth.
