| DonFerrari said: Talking in durability more in the relevance+longeivity not only not breaking (my PCs were usable for 10years and in my company we have some PCs that are over 30y in daily use... altough they are almost like consoles dedicated to a single function), like keeping the same equipment for 10 years and be sure everything will run as if as possible without any special hassle and nostalgic feelings to play really old games as they were ment when you pick your older gen stored. I haven't seem any desktop assembly as pleasing as any consoles, specially PSs, Ninties and Segas, and almost in all cases the equivalent machine will be a lot bigger and more inconvenient to put in the home looking good. But sure you can always encase it in some forgotten side drawer with enough ventilation and bluetooth/wiifi peripherics, but all that add to the bother of having a PC on the TV (altough I usually put my notebook on the tv to watch some things or use the media capabilitie through PS3). But we can't ignore that all that adds for some people not wanting to put a PC in their main room... and we don't need much "evidence" to know how uncommun is to have someone with this kind of set on the general population and that may justify a person that mainly play multiplats buying console instead of gaming pcs. |
Longevity is pretty comparable with regards to gaming, plus, PC's are backwards compatible, sure, you may have to jump through some hoops with some really old games, but you can't even go BC with the PS4/XB1, so I'm not sure how that's even a realm you want to enter into in this particular discussion. As far as the hardware remaining relevant, it's another misnomer that certain console gamer's keep bringing up, but really only shines a light on how little they know. If you somehow think that a consoles hardware is magically able to stay relevant longer than the equivalent PC hardware, that's a fallacy. And you should know better. Both PC's and console have constant updates/patches over their lifetimes. 'nuff said.
Convenience is subjective, and really not my problem. That's yours. I don't find putting a PC anywhere, inconvenient. They're easy to move, and once they're in position, I generally don't move them around very much, likewise with a console. As far as aesthetics, again, subjective. It's quite easy to find a case that's visually pleasing, as easy as it is to find a case that fits certain dimensions you're looking to fit them in. PC's require more effort (to build, if you build them yourself...but, do you build a console yourself?), sure, but the people who do it, do it well, and are very good at it.
I can and do ignore what people say, because they aren't me. They're someone else. Making broad statements about something you clearly aren't interested in, doesn't mean what you're saying doesn't have more holes than a block of swiss cheese, however.
