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I wouldn't call it much of a stipulation... someone on the low end of the low in terms of hardware is unlikely to know much about tweaking the settings unless they are a masochist or stuck with an extremely poor computer for gaming due to circumstance. Furthermore I never mentioned the Xbox 360. I was actually using what would be considered one of the best case scenarios for the lil chipset that could. Had I used something like Warhammer or Supreme Commander the situation would have been vastly different.



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Squilliam said:
I wouldn't call it much of a stipulation... someone on the low end of the low in terms of hardware is unlikely to know much about tweaking the settings unless they are a masochist or stuck with an extremely poor computer for gaming due to circumstance.

 

Almost every computer game available now will automatically adjust the best settings for your computer.  That's pretty pointless.  Simply but dropping the resolution to the 800x600 or 640x480 results will dramatically improve.



all i care about are the 80+ ones and its almost equal between them and ps3 may take the lead with God of War 3, Killzone2, GT5, inFamous etc.



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786_ali said:
all i care about are the 80+ ones and its almost equal between them and ps3 may take the lead with God of War 3, Killzone2, GT5, inFamous etc.

 

 Exactly,you buy the system that YOU think has more bang for your buck. You like the system`s exclusive games and you buy them. That is great.

For me,I like that MS gives me all the Pc games on my 360 so I don`t have to upgrade my Pc. I like the exclusive games MS gives to the 360 and I like online play.

But tell me...when MS stops the Pc ports of 360 games,what will happen? MS closed Age of Empires and Flight Sym developers and are not interested in Pc gaming any more. They are not making money off Pc games,but they are making money off 360 games (royaltes,online fees,downloads).

The way I see it,they are going to jam all Pc exclusives in Games for Windows and say "goodbye Apple OS" and save all the good games exclusivly for the 360 (goodbye Sony). Was that difficult? Will that be difficult?

Pc piracy and expensive optimisation of Pc games (many systems around,many parts,many bugs -> GTA4) are an Ace for MS,that will be very valuable in the long run. Casual gamers buy games (see Wii) and trust me,when they look at the price and games of the 360 (not now,in the future) they will buy a 360 and NOT a Pc and buy games for the 360 and NOT for Pc.

Hardcore gamers buy Pc games,but they also can/will pirate Pc games because they have the know-how and in short,is very easy to pirate Pc games. So the future sales of Pc games is not that bright,because if you are not WOW and have a subscription based game,you will not generate impressive sales. Plus,you have the game`s budget to recoup and make a profit. Why is MS leaving the Pc market if they have profit? They don`t have it,that was the point.

I am not Patcher,but you can`t say I speak false. Pc revenue is down every year to year and is going to get worse,because even the hardcore players that are paying for Pc games move to console to save the upgrading cost,while the ones the upgrade pirate to...you gueast it...save the upgrading cost (recouperate).

And these words are from the mouth of a hardcore Pc gamer that will play Starcraft 2,Diablo 3 and...more Pc exclusives and that is it...I have my cheap 360 for everything else.



PC/360 was one of my initial arguments against the 360....

then I saw games like LO that would never get a port to PC so I started noticing 360 a bit more.

Then I was considering getting a new PC.

then came ridiculous price tags and I didn't care about the library of exclusives anymore... bought a 360

Then recieved a gaming PC for my birthday :p



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Hephaestos said:
PC/360 was one of my initial arguments against the 360....

then I saw games like LO that would never get a port to PC so I started noticing 360 a bit more.

Then I was considering getting a new PC.

then came ridiculous price tags and I didn't care about the library of exclusives anymore... bought a 360

Then recieved a gaming PC for my birthday :p

Best of both worlds, aint it?



Rpruett said:
Squilliam said:
I wouldn't call it much of a stipulation... someone on the low end of the low in terms of hardware is unlikely to know much about tweaking the settings unless they are a masochist or stuck with an extremely poor computer for gaming due to circumstance.

 

Almost every computer game available now will automatically adjust the best settings for your computer.  That's pretty pointless.  Simply but dropping the resolution to the 800x600 or 640x480 results will dramatically improve.

Your whole entire premise for arguing in this thread has been the claim that, "I can play that on PC so why buy the 360?"

You then make even more ridiculus assumptions that gamers accept integrated graphics and games at their lowest resolutions and settings.

Did you ever once stop and think your argument through?  The people who buy PC's with integrated graphics, the ones that don't care about high details and high resolutions, the ones that you are arguing for so profusely, are NOT the ones that would even consider an HD console or its games in the first place!

The whole reason people try to say "Well I can just play that on my PC," is because they own a gaming PC that is meant for playing games very well and do not see a point in a console.  However, the people that do not care about HD gaming, the ones you are constantly arguing on their behalf, would never even care for this comparison in the first place.  Gaming to those users is a casual afterthought.  If they really meant to do a lot gaming on (or equivalent to a console's gaming use), they would have purchased or built a PC capable of doing that at great performance levels.

Basically, if I have to sum this whole thing up in one sentence for you to get the point, "You are arguing for the wrong crowd, in the wrong context, and with the wrong claims."



nightsurge said:
Rpruett said:
Squilliam said:
I wouldn't call it much of a stipulation... someone on the low end of the low in terms of hardware is unlikely to know much about tweaking the settings unless they are a masochist or stuck with an extremely poor computer for gaming due to circumstance.

 

Almost every computer game available now will automatically adjust the best settings for your computer.  That's pretty pointless.  Simply but dropping the resolution to the 800x600 or 640x480 results will dramatically improve.

Your whole entire premise for arguing in this thread has been the claim that, "I can play that on PC so why buy the 360?"

You then make even more ridiculus assumptions that gamers accept integrated graphics and games at their lowest resolutions and settings.

Did you ever once stop and think your argument through?  The people who buy PC's with integrated graphics, the ones that don't care about high details and high resolutions, the ones that you are arguing for so profusely, are NOT the ones that would even consider an HD console or its games in the first place!

 


Is this fact?  So just to double check your logic here.    If you purchase cheap PC, you = not willing to consider an HD console.  Correct?   Superb point.     

Average people don't go out and specifically buy PC's with/for integrated graphics. They go out and purchase a new PC and just want something that is solid and on the cheap side. Your assertion was that people couldn't play games with integrated graphics (Which you were proven wrong)The point that was being made was that someone who has a newer PC,  will be able to not be very concerned with their ability to run many of the newer games on the market and almost every good PC/360 game.

 

The whole reason people try to say "Well I can just play that on my PC," is because they own a gaming PC that is meant for playing games very well and do not see a point in a console. 

Really?  My brother doesn't own a gaming PC. His PC is probably 3 - 4 years old.  Yet he plays Mass Effect, Gears of War, Oblivion, etc. 

 

However, the people that do not care about HD gaming, the ones you are constantly arguing on their behalf, would never even care for this comparison in the first place.  Gaming to those users is a casual afterthought.  If they really meant to do a lot gaming on (or equivalent to a console's gaming use), they would have purchased or built a PC capable of doing that at great performance levels.

 

Since when am I arguing on the behalf of people who do not care about HD gaming?   I'm arguing on the behalf of people who have a relatively newer PC (For whatever purpose they desire) regardless of quality who are objectively looking at what games they want to play.  

And what system would they go out and purchase. 

 

Basically, if I have to sum this whole thing up in one sentence for you to get the point, "You are arguing for the wrong crowd, in the wrong context, and with the wrong claims."

 

You haven't summed anything up.  You have been proven categorically wrong on various areas.  You seem to believe that being 20 years old and 'building' computers makes you a wizard of some sort.  Delusion is the term we  would use to reference yourself. 

 

 



Rpruett said:
nightsurge said:
Rpruett said:
Squilliam said:
I wouldn't call it much of a stipulation... someone on the low end of the low in terms of hardware is unlikely to know much about tweaking the settings unless they are a masochist or stuck with an extremely poor computer for gaming due to circumstance.

 

Almost every computer game available now will automatically adjust the best settings for your computer.  That's pretty pointless.  Simply but dropping the resolution to the 800x600 or 640x480 results will dramatically improve.

Your whole entire premise for arguing in this thread has been the claim that, "I can play that on PC so why buy the 360?"

You then make even more ridiculus assumptions that gamers accept integrated graphics and games at their lowest resolutions and settings.

Did you ever once stop and think your argument through?  The people who buy PC's with integrated graphics, the ones that don't care about high details and high resolutions, the ones that you are arguing for so profusely, are NOT the ones that would even consider an HD console or its games in the first place!

 


Is this fact?  So just to double check your logic here.    If you purchase cheap PC, you = not willing to consider an HD console.  Correct?   Superb point.  

You seriously don't understand english, do you.  Or logic for that matter.  This whole time you are talking about how people with integrated chipsets don't care about good graphics and the enjoyment of the game at lowest resolution and settings is the same for these individuals.  That is what you said countless times, which is exactly what I said.  If you want to generalize it that way, go ahead... it's what you were saying after all.

Average people don't go out and specifically buy PC's with/for integrated graphics. They go out and purchase a new PC and just want something that is solid and on the cheap side. Your assertion was that people couldn't play games with integrated graphics (Which you were proven wrong).  The point that was being made was that someone who has a newer PC,  will be able to not be very concerned with their ability to run many of the newer games on the market and almost every good PC/360 game.

My assertion was that people could not play games at high detail and resolution comparable to an HD console (which I was right every time and never once proven wrong on this respect, since you always ignored the point or tried to spin it off into a different argument)

The whole reason people try to say "Well I can just play that on my PC," is because they own a gaming PC that is meant for playing games very well and do not see a point in a console. 

Really?  My brother doesn't own a gaming PC. His PC is probably 3 - 4 years old.  Yet he plays Mass Effect, Gears of War, Oblivion, etc. 

What's his specs?  Oblivion and Gears of War are not friendly on the hardware.  But if it still plays decent games today, he either upgraded it, or the original specs were rather high for 3-4 years ago.  And again, you are comparing people who don't care about HD graphics with people who do (seriously... don't you GET IT?).

 

However, the people that do not care about HD gaming, the ones you are constantly arguing on their behalf, would never even care for this comparison in the first place.  Gaming to those users is a casual afterthought.  If they really meant to do a lot gaming on (or equivalent to a console's gaming use), they would have purchased or built a PC capable of doing that at great performance levels.

 

Since when am I arguing on the behalf of people who do not care about HD gaming?   I'm arguing on the behalf of people who have a relatively newer PC (For whatever purpose they desire) regardless of quality who are objectively looking at what games they want to play.  

And what system would they go out and purchase.

Really?  All your points seem to revolve around the sole fact that integrated graphics can run games (even if it is at the lowest settings).  All I am saying is that all those arguments don't even apply to this situation at all.... only a small amount of people would prefer to "game" on integrated graphics playing the same games that are available at much better resolution and detail on consoles or better PCs.  You honestly think that the majority of individuals everywhere don't want or care for better graphics?  So we should stick with VHS, record tapes, and tube TVs?  I'm making an unbased, rampant, highly exaggerated generalization here.  Sound familiar?  *cough* Rpruett *cough*

 

Basically, if I have to sum this whole thing up in one sentence for you to get the point, "You are arguing for the wrong crowd, in the wrong context, and with the wrong claims."

 

You haven't summed anything up.  You have been proven categorically wrong on various areas.  You seem to believe that being 20 years old and 'building' computers makes you a wizard of some sort.  Delusion is the term we  would use to reference yourself.

Bolded in red.  That's called a summary.  You should have learned about it in elementary.  Although, given your flawed concepts and your inability to read thoroughly or think logicly, you probably haven't reached that level of maturity yet.  Also, I have not been proven wrong even once.  We (Squilliam, myself, other various users) keep showing you how badly integrated graphics perform, and how people who are even comparing it to HD consoles in the first place would prefer the better graphics and detail available on consoles, and you just keep making exceptions and trying to jump onto different topics/arguments that still do not apply to this situation.

 

 

Wow, Squilliam, there is just no saving this guy. He's lost in his own little world where all his points and all his thoughts are 100% truth...

At least this guy's thinking is not the majority.  Imagine if all game producers started saying "These are our audience, the ones with crappy integrated video chipsets.  Lets make our games so they look like crap just to run on those PCs! Who cares about the much MUCH larger audience that wants better graphics and higher resolutions!"

 



Onyxmeth said:

As funny as this is, I'm not including Arcade games. I wanted to make this as unbiased as possible so no one could come in here putting this in a negative light. A lot of people don't think they should count, so I'm giving them their own section later and everyone will see which console has more exclusives in that area also. What I've done is to use fair criteria, but all of which cannot realistically be disputed. XBLA has always been known as a huge 360 advantage but retail games have not for some reason. This is correcting that misconception.

 

If by as unbiased as possible you mean "counting dogshit that has 60% or less average ratings just as much as those that have 90% or above to help the 360 have a larger number of exclusives," then you have indeed done your job. However, if you want to do an ACTUAL unbiased survey of the market where games that are actually good are the only ones that count, then your precious 360 seems to do more poorly than your bullshit biased survey would indicate.