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dahuman said:
Player1x3 said:
dahuman said:
brendude13 said:
Agree with every one of them. I've recently built a gaming PC and I'm really into it, I now game on my PC as much as my PS3 and 360, but I still prefer console gaming. I still prefer having a dedicated platform that is built for gaming only, with a controller that I can use on the sofa while staring at the big TV, with a more polished and reliable experience, and with all those huge console exclusives.


You can do all that with a PC man.


I do it all the time, blue tooth is a hell of a thing -_^b

Maybe you're forgetting about the part of the huge console exclusives...
Yes everything else is possible with pc, not as convenient though. Maybe you can operate win8 with an xbox controller, definitely not win7.



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SvennoJ said:
dahuman said:
Player1x3 said:
dahuman said:
brendude13 said:
Agree with every one of them. I've recently built a gaming PC and I'm really into it, I now game on my PC as much as my PS3 and 360, but I still prefer console gaming. I still prefer having a dedicated platform that is built for gaming only, with a controller that I can use on the sofa while staring at the big TV, with a more polished and reliable experience, and with all those huge console exclusives.


You can do all that with a PC man.


I do it all the time, blue tooth is a hell of a thing -_^b

Maybe you're forgetting about the part of the huge console exclusives...
Yes everything else is possible with pc, not as convenient though. Maybe you can operate win8 with an xbox controller, definitely not win7.


but I have consoles lol



dahuman said


but I have consoles lol

Best to have em all really. I'm so damn lazy I bought Machinarium of ps+ again instead of carrying my pc over to the tv. It had been sitting on there since Steams last summer sale. Glad I did because it was a very relaxing experience on the couch and they adapted it very well to a controller.



I will tell you why PC gaming looses people to consoles

1) PC gaming is complicated. Every game may or may not work perfectly on your computer and you have to dink around with performance options to find settings where the game runs (if at all) properly on your machine.

2) PC gaming is designed for Keyboard + Mouse which are great for certain genre that evolved with such setup in mind, but terrible for many types of games designed with console controllers in mind. Easy example is fighting and action games. Sure you can get a controller... but this takes things back to point #1 which is PC gaming is complicated. Not all controllers work in all games. You might be using third party software like Xpadder to map keys, etc.

3) Local multiplayer support is nearly non-existent.

4) PC gaming is expensive. Sure the games are cheap due to Steam, but new games cost about the same and the hardware requirements to play Battlefield 3 on PC optimally are waaay higher than it costs to just play the game on X360 or PS3 for $60 + $250 for console. Just the mid-range graphic card for PC might be $200. The Display for PC can be used for console and vice versa so no cost disparity on display.

5) Console exclusive games don't come to PC at all (for instance from Nintendo or Sony) are are some of the best games created.

I am multi-console and don't ignore PC either... if my PC can play a decent game for it, I will. Rest of my gaming generally on consoles.



The main problem with PC gaming, is the cost of the system. I just built a PC for the living room, hooked up to a 50" 3d plasma, because I wanted to play Guild Wars 2 in 3d. It ended up costing me $1100, $400 for the graphics card alone (nvidia670). I love it, it's incredibly fast, and I can play a few older games like Far Cry and Half Life 2 in 3d, and emulate a bunch of other old consoles, and can play 3d blu-rays. But look at the PS3 now, for a measly $200 you get a 3d blu-ray player and access to plenty of great games, and even includes a controller. And  that's the point of consoles, giving you as much power as possible as cheaply as possible. 



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F0X said:

5 Reasons Why Console Gaming Is Perfectly Fine

1. I like to own games physically, as opposed to owning the license to play them if I've been a very good boy.

2. I hate having to fiddle with graphics setting. On consoles, you know what you're going to get. On PC, figuring out how to best run a game is comparatively complicated, especially if one doesn't want to spend much time or money finding a PC that does virtually everything.

3. Centralization. PC is like hundreds of mini-platforms built into one, and some good games simply aren't available through normal, highly reliable channels. Steam doesn't have everything... yet.

4. Less piracy. If there's one thing I hate, it's people who either don't want to pay to play, or are unwilling to play the game on the platform it was designed to be played on. To me, that's pretty shallow. I'll accept a few exceptions, but for the most part, I despise the rampant piracy on PC.

5. The community. Every PC community, even the nicest communities I've seen, strike me as dominated by people who don't deserve to be within a few miles of the nearest computer. Though to be fair, the Xbox community isn't much better. :P

1 Reason I Play PC Games Anyway

1. Mods.

You despise piracy but I'm willing to bet the songs on your ipod/music player are all pirated lol.



I came here to say that picture you posted is fucking hilarious.



pezus said:
SvennoJ said:
dahuman said:

I do it all the time, blue tooth is a hell of a thing -_^b

Maybe you're forgetting about the part of the huge console exclusives...
Yes everything else is possible with pc, not as convenient though. Maybe you can operate win8 with an xbox controller, definitely not win7.

What about the huge PC exclusives? 

You can operate Steam with a controller, and thus act like it's a dedicated gaming console lol.


PC's do not have as many worthwhile exclusives as consoles do.  

Generally, I do not like PC gamers (those who choose PC because they think it can do anything a console can do for cheaper) because of the way they act.  They tend to have a very limited view in logic and try refuting your logic with simpleminded logic that sometimes actually distracts from the real issue.

I personally do not like PC gaming as much because it ties me down to sitting at a computer with a monitor.  I tend to get uncomfortable with that, and even if you connect your PC to a TV screen, you start to make things a lot more complicated than you need it to be.  I tend to like how easily I can just get a handheld game and play it anywhere I go.  Laptops do not provide that convenience and this is why I hold console gaming above PC gaming.  

I've heard the argument already about using the console controllers and emulators for PC, but we all know that can't replace gaming on the actual console and requires a waiting period.  

Also, console gaming is really good for those who have no Internet connection, and those with a tight immediate budget (because, I don't care what you try to say, the initial costs for PC gaming is higher than console gaming if you start from zero).

However, PC gaming is definitely good for those who are interested in saving money in the long run, highest end graphics, etc.  



Lots of good points in the OP. Not a big fan of #5 on the list, but it IS possible to play PC games of yesteryear legally on sites like Steam, GameTap, and GOG.com. Honestly, this is mostly what I do, since my computer isn't exactly high-powered. But there are so many great classic PC games to play that I hardly need to chip away at the new ones.

I am and always will be a console person, but it's hard to argue with PC gaming being pretty great, especially if you can afford a great rig. I also agree with cusman about the PC being less than ideal for certain genres. For shooters, RPGs, and RTS games, it's great. For others, not so much.



MDMAlliance said:
pezus said:
SvennoJ said:
dahuman said:

I do it all the time, blue tooth is a hell of a thing -_^b

Maybe you're forgetting about the part of the huge console exclusives...
Yes everything else is possible with pc, not as convenient though. Maybe you can operate win8 with an xbox controller, definitely not win7.

What about the huge PC exclusives? 

You can operate Steam with a controller, and thus act like it's a dedicated gaming console lol.


PC's do not have as many worthwhile exclusives as consoles do.  


 

XCOM. (my favorite game at the moment)

Civilization

War Of the Roses

Mount and Blade

Total War.

Carrier Command

FTL

Torchlight 2

Tribes

ARMA

DOTA 2

League Of Legends

HoN

I could go on and on about it. but even with that said, PC gaming never was about exclusives, its exploiting all the untapped potential of games.