| Conina said: Well, an OS-upgrade on PCs is a lot easier than installing the PS4-OS on a PS3, the XBO-OS on a 360 or the WiiU-OS on the old Wii. ;) The thing is: if the main purpose of your PC is gaming, you don't need to install the newest Windows version every few years. Are there even PC games released which demand anything newer than the 8 year old Vista? Most 2013 and 2014 PC games will even run on the 13 year old Windows XP... especially those who can still run on a laptop. So yeah, a complete OS upgrade can be problematic, especially on laptops... but that's not the normal case and the upgrade process got better each new Windows version. The more frequent "normal" updates (Windows security updates, graphic card drivers, Java, Adobe Flash, Steam) run automatically or can be installed with a few mouse clicks. |
Ok, now look at everything you just mentioned in the part I bolded. How many of those clicks do you need on a game console? How many drivers or normal updates do you need? If i buy a PS4 today, put it under my bed for the next 4 years. When i plug it in, all I weill need to do is download whatever the latest update is. Just one update and thats it. On a PC, you would be installing over 100 updates. and not even talking about the compulsory ones. f you have ever installed a new OS for a PC you would know what I am talking about. And all this doesn't cover hardware specific updates that in most cases you may have to seek out and install yourself.
And lastly, because you don't "need" to do something often doesn't mean that its not something to mention. Its still a PC thing. And something that should be considered if you are going into PC gaming or remotely are considering building your own rig. Its a hassle, one easily overcome if you know your way around the internet... but one that is never shared with console gamers or streaming boxes.
