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Avro1958 on 30 June 2014
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Here is the thing, like some I cut my gaming teeth on the consoles I did not get into PC gaming until '94 when I bought my first PC and Warcraft 2. I pretty much became a PC gamer from then on but still played consoles.

Even though today's consoles use the same architecture they are vastly different. I honestly don't understand why the point (s) I am about to make are never really thought of -

- Console hardware is not bogged down by many different hardware combinations, (Chipsets, CPU's, Motherboards, Video Cards and so on) Consoles have a huge advantage in terms of one hardware ecosystem and this allows you to get more out of the hardware then lets say a PC. The PS4 GPU is comparable to a AMD 7850 (modified of course) and you can bet you will be getting every last bit of juice squeezed from it by the time the console is in it's last years! yet can you say the same for PC GPU's? No, the reason is AMD and Nvidia want you to keep upgrading. The hardware in a console is better utilized then the hardware in a PC.

- Console software also benefits from from the console ecosystem as it stands simply because (as said earlier) you have one hardware setup to take into account when you are building a game. If one wants to get technical at most in a current gen you have 2 maybe 3 when you take into account multi platform games (4-6 if you take into account last gen as it looks to be sticking around longer this time) That is FAR better then the ENDLESS amounts of hardware combinations, drivers, OS's and what have you. You also tend to have less overhead when coding on a console.

You have to look at Consoles and PC's as completely different beast even though they share the same architecture... they are worlds apart. Consoles are not dying, even though the XB1 seems to not be selling well it's still on pace for a very good first year.. and the PS4 is just lighting it up!

PC gaming offers some great advantages and it is where I will continue to play my FPS and RTS genres as it is IMO the best platform for them! I just don't see the PC taking the place of a dedicated gaming console (though that line is beginning to blur) anytime soon but rather continuing to coexist.


The only real threat to gaming as we know it maybe mobile. I can see handhelds being in some trouble but not consoles... not for awhile.