PC vs. Console

After playing games like battlefield 3 , COD MW 3 , Far Cry 2 , Crysis Warhead and resident evil 5 on highest setting in HD Monitor on my Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5870 , i never felt like playing game on consoles except exclusive titles like Gears of Wars and Forza Motorsport 4 .
And PC have the advantage of strategy genre which is highly unlikely to be replaceable in any future consoles . PC gaming will only increase in near future as more middle class family will be able to afford PC's in countries like India,brazil,China,Indonesia ....
With mid-range graphics card able to run most of the games in medium settings their will more buyers who will opt to include graphics card as part of their built .

RoasterMen said:

Just to add, if your console's GPU breaks down, theres no chance to play again and you need to get a new one.

Replacement Xbox costs less than my gpu in my pc.

Graff said:

My grandfather is a legit hardcore solitaire player.

My dad is the same. Every time I upgraded the OS for him, his first question was 'Does it have Solitaire?'

Zepher said:

Replacement Xbox costs less than my gpu in my pc.

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Basically this argument tends to always break into established 'rationales'.

Those who can't afford a PC tend to back the consoles.
Those who've really only played on PC will tend to back PCs.

Those who have both know the pros and cons to each, but ultimately still have a preference. I'm sure if a high-end gaming PC was also an option for some console only users, you would suddenly lose said few console only users.

Cost often plays a big part in these threads 'preferences'



If you didn't already have a PC, it is cheaper for a console 'setup' vs a whole 'new' PC setup. Most people will at least have an existing TV, maybe a surround setup too. For the cost of a GPU, you can buy a console and be up and gaming.

While it is possible to buy console level capable PC's for the same, or even lower price than a console - but buying a 'decent specced' (better quality than an xbox) PC with all that it entails, can often cost more.

And as far as ports go - ports still look much better on a decent PC.

Like I always say in these threads, I have both. I enjoy both. But even if i didn't - at least I'd still get to game one way or the other, which to me is ultimately the point.

Im a huge fan of JRPGs and sadly, the PC is lacking pretty badly in that genre.
Picked up a PS3 to fill that gap, but even it doesn't have a huge library to choose from, but some of its other exclusives make up for it.


Having spent time with both, I must say I do really like the exclusive titles the consoles (PS3 in my case) have, and the convience they offer. You must admit, some PC games take a bit of tweaking, ini alterations, or sometimes mods to gert working well. No issues like that with a console.
Just have a seat on the couch as they are plug and play.

But, PC is so much better visually, performance wise etc.

they certainly both have advantages and disadvantages. And I would agree, for many it really comes down to the cost.
Which is also why I waited so long to get a console. It was console or gaming PC. I built the PC first since it is and always will be my 1st choice for gaming.
But I also enjoy and recognize the advantages of my console as well.
Both is the best option if you can. There are many games on console that never make it to PC and are worth playing.
Especially if like me your into JRPG titles.

Consoles are basically a dumbed-down computer. They are cheaper, but graphics tend to suck after a while as consoles are improved much much slower than computer components.

The entire point of a console is cheap entertainment for the masses. The games tend to be dumb on average (shooters, arcade-like in 3D, racing games). And of course they are A LOT more common and used than gaming computers.

Computers are better at everything and have much wider range of less-mass-entertainment titles.
But require you to use your brain and learn some basic concepts to buy/assemble/operate them correctly, not everyone can or wants to do that (especially parents and teenagers). And note that you don't need to dump so much more than a console plus a few games worth of cash to have a good gaming rig with a single screen (especially if you buy used components), those that SLI 4 GTX 690 to play BF3 at a hundred zillion fps on four huge 120Hz screens with 3D glasses are a minority in PC gamers as well.

AstaLaVista said:

Being old I just wish there was a way that I could use a mouse and keyboard (at least a mouse) when playing on the Xbox 360

I don't know what happened as I started playing the original ghost recon on the first Xbox but then I found the game for PC and well... that was all she wrote for me and couldn't get back to the controllers anymore. Don't get me wrong, I do find playing games like Gran Turismo on the PS2 extremely fun but when it comes to having to aim with one button while pushing another to shoot, well, I just can't do it anymore!

Get a xim3 and a wired controller, then you plug a mouse and keyboard into the xim3 and game with that.
My friend bought one and it works good. I borrowed it from him months ago since he doesn't use it and I used it with black ops since I can't aim worth shit with the thumb sticks.


Edit: they now have a new unit that is cheaper but requires a pc for initial setup.
http://store.xim3.com/XIM3_p_12.html