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bobobologna on 08 April 2008
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sc94597 said:
bobobologna said:
It depends.

The benefit of PC gaming is that it is the most flexible. I can play games on my 65" TV, 37" TV or 17" monitor. I can play games with just about every imaginable controller (SIXAXIS with motion controls, Wiimote, XBox360, X52 joystick/throttle, G25 racing wheel). I can play games at native resolutions, and old games will run blazing fast. Whereas Gears of War on the XBox360 is locked in at 30fps, a good PC can give you 60fps+. Whereas Doom 3/HL2 on the original XBox look like crap and will never improve in quality, they still look great on a good PC.

The downsides of PC gaming is that it is more expensive. Upgrades come more frequently than new consoles, generally every 2-3 years. It's also more hands on. For example, I have to use GlovePIE to write my own scripts to use a gamepad to play PC games that don't provide native support for gamepads (there are other programs you can use where you don't have to write a script). Also, you have to keep up with things like drivers, and game patches. Whereas you can just start up a PS3/XBox360 game and it'll automatically download the latest update, for most PC games you have to get the patches yourself.

Hey , but the actual games are cheaper.


I can find just as many deals for console games as I can for PC games.  I rarely spend more than $40 for a game, PC or console.  Not to mention you can get older used console games for pretty cheap.