Super Toast said:
MR T3D said:
[PC games are rather innovative, but this guy saw 'fanboy rage']
Once again, plenty of people like CoD4. And just because you can do more with a PC doesn't mean that consoles are crap. Consoles are easier to use, less expensive and get more games. If you deny any of these facts, then you're a helpless fanboy. I'm a PC and console gamer, while you've probably never even seen a console. Try both first.
I play both console and PC. Also, its a shame I worded my post in a way that makes it sound to you that I'm just a fanboy whom never touches the PC, because that's just not true. I said that its 'inferior' as in "of less value" which, when I look at it, it is. still of value, but not as much.
Yeah, its easier to press A button to turn on the device, wait for dashboard/XMB to boot up, then sign in, then press play game, than it is to push a button on a PC wait for windows to boot (that does take longer, but I can be patient) then click on the shotrcut to my game. installing a game isn't hard either, neither is doing some option adjustments, and with a digital distribution service, its browse, buy and wait for download, the I'm gravy. for someone like me, the technical competence needed to game on PC isn't really harder than the console
Hell, when stuff goes awry on console, such as 'disk read error' then you're wondering if that game you like now has a scratch on its disk, or your console is broken (my old 360 had done both, break and damage disks). no option tweaks or patches are going to fix it. That's much worse.
Price: this depends on many variables, there are a lot more factors than "200-300 for console is smaller number than gaming PC's price" (Imma use $800 for this, the price of my freind's new tower he bought a couple months ago, it runs games GREAT) to get into the PC gaming.
**the display is a X-factor, so we'll factor that out, as a 3D HDTV could be used, very pricey, or a 20" CRT you had laying around, and an expensive monitor, or a freebie from someone getting new stuff for their office could also be used, its too much of a variable to analyze)**
-You still need a PC that's at least 400$
(oh, my, the difference is down to 100-200$)
-Games: they're cheaper on the PC, many AAA recent titles run for 50$ while new, and price drop faster on PC, and then there are digital retailer sales which can get you that new game for 10$. with stuff like that, getting 15 games will put the two systems at the same cost, with more favouring the PC. I bought 2 very excellent games released this year (STALKER CoP and Starcraft 2) for the price of 1 fairly fun console game (HALO: Reach). the superiour value and gameplay goes to the combo of STALKER and starcraft, from my point of view, the console game is 'inferior'.
um, just no on the 'more games' front, as there is a HUGE number of new games on PC that just aren't on a console. the mountain of flash games, the MMO market, the simulator niche marker (quite a few VERY high-quality games there), RTS's like SC2, and then there are the total conversion mods, free, and which often do more to the original game than many devs change with (bi)annual sequels. check out some of the custom games for SC2, from sentry scramble to star battle, to the numerous DOTA-likes and RPG's (even one just like FF).
So yeah.
