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nightsurge on 04 June 2009

Gnizmo and my's dispute has been settled. It appears he has a different video card than originally thought, thus his claims are more than accurate (as were mine, talking of the video card he technically did not have).



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CaseyDDR on 04 June 2009
Don86 said:
max power said:
Don86 said:
max power said:
selnor said:
LOL

@OP

Can I sit down on my couch to watch my movies? Can I sit down on my couch and play my games?
Can I play Halo 3 without a 360? Can I play Forza 3 without my 360? Or even Crackdown 2 or ODST? Halo Reach? Ninja Gaiden 2? Ninja Blade? Soul Calibur 4? Lost Odyssey?

Etc etc. I choose all of the above over £50 PC gaming.

Well, you certainly can hook up a computer to a TV.  Even play with a controller, too.

And can you play Portal Prelude?  Crysis?  Starcraft 2?  Every platform has its exclusives.  And frankly, most PC gamers are less than impressed by the 3 Halo's you mentioned, because we've played, you know, GOOD first person shooters.  :-o

 

PC > Console for FPS and RTS, mostly due to the control scheme (and history).  I prefer console for most everything else, though.

Don't you think it looks wierd for a PC to be in your living room? i think it's too big,troublesome & wierd to be placed in a living room.

No.  It's a box.  You're just used to one box and not another.  If you had a PC sitting next to your TV for 20 years and a console sitting at your desk, you'd probably be saying the opposite.  And you can even buy smaller cases that might fit better into a home entertainment unit.

 

Maximum PC even recently had a feature on building a living room PC
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/pdf_archives/may_2009_build_ultimate_tv_movie_pc

it's still not a conventional PC.I am sure most people wont go through the trouble to find and build it as another reason is that there is not much party friendly/local multiplayer games like consoles and u will be the entire TV for yourself. Great if you live alone, but what about those with family members? and if i'm not wrong for this kind of casing, the PSU selection available will quite limited in power capping the option to upgrade it.. 

that's what the Wii is for :) 



The Halo francise is the most overrated bland game to ever hit the console market. It provides a bad name to all FPS that even showed effort at creating an original entertaining plot.

I probably have more ps3 games than you :/