| greenmedic88 said: The PC/console debate is about as pointless as it is endless. They are two different demographics, with a degree of overlap that has been vastly increasing since the PS3 and 360 were released. Most of the big mainstream PC releases are published for consoles, and in the case of the 360, all of its big exclusives are eventually ported to PC. |
This is probably true, most of the big games are released multiplatform on PC, PS3 and 360. But I don't agree with the demographics being different. Sure, PC has a humongous casual group, but a great deal of the "core gamer" is the same as the consoles.
| greenmedic88 said: In this respect, ithe 360 is the least "necessary" console of the three current, if the gamer has a decent PC capable of outperforming the 360. But... one of the main reasons for playing on the 360 is the online community specific to the platform. I'm referring to RL friends who game rather than random match ups. But this is enough for many to use the 360 before the PC. |
The reason you are stating is not entirely accurate. One thing is if a guy wants to play the 360 because his RL friends are playing. But saying it's because of Xbox Live community?! Really?! Xbox Live is plagued with immature people and idiots.
Steam is not only a better online service, but also has a much more mature community. And Steam is completely free.
| greenmedic88 said: The PS3 will always have its big exclusives that will never see PC ports. Wii or 360 exclusive players or PC players can say what they want about not caring about these titles, but the louder the protests, the more likely it's an issue of pride and envy rather than simple personal tastes. |
Every platform will have their big exclusives, no one is disputing that.
| greenmedic88 said: The Wii will always have games that rely upon the motion control scheme and simple won't port well or at all to traditional controls. Imagine Wii Sports with a mouse and keyboard. No point at all. All those first party Mario releases will never be seen on any other platform, and even if they did, without the controllers, it's the difference between RE4 or MP on a pad vs. RE4 Wii or MP3. |
I agree, because the point of Wii Sports is to actually mimic the movements. But there are still exceptions, like FPS, where Kb+M is the best scheme since it offers the precision, freedom of movement and input necessary to make more frenetic and for better online competition.
| greenmedic88 said: The Crysis argument is getting old, and largely an issue of hardware envy. I played the demo (that plays fine on a PC at 1280x720, high visuals, 8xAA that cost about the same as a PS3, 360 and Wii combined) and honestly, as groundbreaking as the visuals are, the game itself is not compelling enough for me to want to play through the rest of it. I haven't paid $40 (which is ridiculously cheap for a game of this quality) to play it, because beyond the visuals (no point in even arguing that it doesn't look better than any game before it on console or PC), it just didn't pull me in. PS3 port for Crysis? Even if it looked like Uncharted, it still wouldn't play as well, and the story wouldn't be as compelling, partly because the characters of Crysis are completely wooden. The vast majority of the Crysis experience lies in the graphics. If you're not playing on a rig that can optimize them, what's the point? The underlying game itself really isn't that great. |
So Crysis is not your thing, but Crysis is not just graphics. Crysis has AMAZING gameplay, you really have to play it on Delta (It would make Solid Snake cry of shame). It is easily the best sandbox shooter ever.
