MrDeckard said:
Well, so much for not responding. Guess I just can't resist making a counter-point.
I didn't "refute" your claims because they were so ludicrous I didn't see a point. You lambast the OP for her/his personal experiences with the hardware, implying that she/he is CLEARLY at fault for all the woes she/he faced. Then, you go to speaking on your own experiences and follow that up by saying, in effect, "Don't try to tell me your experiences. I'm right and that's that."
Beyond the blatant hypocrisy of the statement, it also seems to imply a sense if insecurity in opinion. Why are you so afraid of someone saying something different than you? Are you afraid you'll change your mind? Does it scare you to lose your loyalty to the Microsoft brand?
You know what? Screw it. I'm going to go ahead and "refute" your "claims". Let's take them in kind, shall we?
Mods.
Most are "cheats" and not a one improves the game at all? Pardon me while I have a hearty laugh.....
Okay, back to the discussion. This is laughable because, if you
actually knew "about all the mods [we're] so dying to tell [you] about", then you'd never say what you said. There are hundreds of mods out there that were made by the community for the sole purpose of making the core game better because the developers failed to fix it.
Take Borderlands. The PC build was fundamentally broken. (one could argue all builds were, but whatever) Yet, Gearbox never bothered to do a damn thing to address the issues. So the community stepped up to do what Gearbox was too lazy and untalented to do themselves. As a result, the PC build became far better than the console builds.
Because of mods.
This doesn't even begin to address the thousands of mods that do more than just add to the game, but are more often than not full games in their own right. In some cases, full conversions. Like the one I'm prepping to play tonight called Cry of Fear. A full-conversion mod of Half-Life.
Granted, not all mods are of what one might call "good quality", but the same statement applies to everything, so it doesn't really matter.
RROD
You and "many others" may not have a problem with the RROD, but just as many or more do. I have yet to come across someone, save yourself, who was "okay" with their Xbox RROD'ing. And while I think the OP may have been going a bit too far with the rant, going into the realm of hyperbole, I do feel her/his pain. Especially given that, just like if your harddrive dies on your PC, you have to go through a reinstall process with your games. Except, in the case of the 360, you
also have to transfer the access rights for the games from your old console profile to your new console. Which is a hassle that's often made worse by only being able to do this once a year or so.
Power to Price
I know you said you "really don't feel like debating this one", but if that were true then why bother starting the argument with a "claim"?
Speaking of which, this "claim" would have had merit....four years ago. Today, I can
easily[/b] build a gaming machine, from scratch, that'll play any game out today for less than what it'll cost you to get an Xbox, a controller, and a year of Live. And, it'll be drastically more powerful than your 360.
Yes, it would most likely be a desktop, but there are desktops that are small enough that they even look like a console. Add to that the fact that you can easily hook it up to your TV instead of a monitor, and...well...what's the point of a console at that point? I have my rig hooked up to a monitor and my big-screen TV. So I can do work on the monitor while I sit back and relax on my couch to play a game on the big screen.
PCs are only as reliable as the user. If you're careless, ignorant to the ins-and-outs of basic computer functionality, and download of lot of illegal data, then of course you'll have issues. If you're careful, have a basic level of knowledge on computers, and are mindful of what you put on your machine, you'll be just fine. Just like with a console. (though, one could argue that with your PC, you can more easily address any issues that come up because, if you built it yourself, you know what's in it. with a console, if it goes awry, you're SOL)
PCs have no more issues with their GPUs than consoles do. Maybe you don't realize this but consoles have graphics cards too. And, just like a PC, if you don't take care of it, it'll break.
I've no idea what you're on about with your "There is always a problem.....with the in-game content" Would seem to me consoles have just as many "problems" in this regard as PCs do.
Also, "install" and "performance". Pardon me while I laugh again....
Maybe you haven't noticed, but a LOT of console games now require you to install it to your hard drive. In most cases, to help with it's "performance". So the irony of your statement is doubly funny.
Exclusives and Live
As for this, well, most of what you said is opinion. I don't refute opinion. It's a fair point you've made, given that there are lots of exclusives to PC that I can't get on a 360 as well.
However, I will argue that Live is only "accessible" and only has "good servers" if you're playing the newest, most popular titles of the day. If your game of choice isn't quite as popular or is more than 2 years old, it tends to have terrible servers, shoddy match-making, and little to no support on Microsofts end.
(though, I would still argue that "excellent service" isn't a term I'd use for Live as, for one example, after SEVEN YEARS they've still not fixed the damn party-chat system. that thing crashes more than a Windows phone. ironically.)
All that said, I don't take issue with you playing your Xbox. Nor you preferring it to another platform. We all like to game, so what does it matter what platform we use? Like I had said, I game on both. But if you're gonna call someone (the OP) out on their gripes over something, make sure you can validate your claims before you lambast them for theirs.
