PC gaming is dead to me now.

[predatorpulse7]

You know what I like? Not having to tweak around setting just to get a new game to work on my PS3. Yeah I have to deal with annoying updates from time to time, but most of the time I just pop the game in and start. And for games that require more finesse than a controller can give me, I can just plug in a keyboard and mouse.

Not to rag on PC gamers, but there's just too much updating, and tweaking, and looking up help on message boards that I spend more time getting a game to run than I do playing.

Jesus,same cliches about PC gaming repeated over and over again. If it were this hard do you think ANYBODY would take PC gaming, if at every corner I had to adjust something to play the game at hand?

I must've bought over 30 games since I bought my pc in mid 2009 and I had problems(that got fixed in a couple of minutes) with maybe 3 or 4.

Updating(I think you mean drivers for such and such) is RARE yet some here talk about it like we pc owners update daily. Drivers for graphics or sound cards(since these matter in gaming) don't come out every week, in fact it's usually once every 2 months, sometimes even more. And even then, it takes 10 minutes(of waiting a loading bar to fill) to get it done.

Pc gaming brings you many advantages, some great, some negligible but trust me, we don't spend a ton of time before getting to play. Personal example: I bought Arkham City, installed it in 15 minutes, logged in to the crappy GFWL, the game updated via automatic download and I have been playing since. The whole process lasted maybe 20-25 minutes on my machine. ONCE. If these 20 minutes are such a chore for many, then I guess you can pick another platform.

 

[Doclector]

And this is the exact reason I daren't buy any PC games that aren't, well, old. Besides the relativly low risk that they won't work, I can damn near guarantee I won't have to sign up for steam/etc, and there won't be too much DRM BS to go through.

Now don't get me wrong, I don't take offence to people who can be arsed with such stuff in order to play PC games, but at the same time, PC gamers need to recognise that not everyone wants to put such effort into playing games.

Yeah, console gaming isn't perfect, but neither is PC, or mobile, or handheld, everywhere you can, and everywhere you will be able to play games will have advantages and disadvantages, so the assumption that one platform is objectively better than another will always fall flat on it's face.

 

[veloper]

I suppose PC gaming isn't for people who don't have affinity with technology.
I don't consider it difficult to build and configure a PC that will run games without hassle, but some people do. I even enjoy tinkering, though in the last 10 years there's rarely anything that needs fixing, beyond speed upgrades.

If you want to know why some PC gamers act elitist, this difference is the main reason.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Bye then.

If you want to swap complexity for homogenized comfort, we won't stop you. Say goodbye to mods, Free DLC, Indie games and backwards compatability though.

 

[Lukeje]

Call me lazy, call me even stupid for not trying hard enough, say that it's all my fault, but honestly, I don't care anymore. I'm sick and tired of trying to fix this problem or that. Tired of it being my PC's fault the game doesn't work. Tired of my anti virus freezing up the game. Or having to re-install my sound card to get sound to work in Bioshock (which hasn't done it).

That's the meta-game of PC gaming. It gives even more value for money than the longest RPG, and much greater satisfaction than solving the hardest puzzle game.

 

[DracoSuave]

Call me lazy, call me even stupid for not trying hard enough, say that it's all my fault, but honestly, I don't care anymore. I'm sick and tired of trying to fix this problem or that. Tired of it being my PC's fault the game doesn't work. Tired of my anti virus freezing up the game. Or having to re-install my sound card to get sound to work in Bioshock (which hasn't done it).

That's the meta-game of PC gaming. It gives even more value for money than the longest RPG, and much greater satisfaction than solving the hardest puzzle game.

I dunno, seems grindy and repetitive, they haven't added any new feature to this format since plug-and-play

 

[Dimitriov]

Here's the thing... who doesn't use a goddamn computer all the time anyway?

Oh right it's 2012 we all do. So we have computers, and ideally they work... despite what some people seem to think it isn't some amazing step to go from there to playing games.

It isn't that expensive, it isn't that complicated, and drivers? Pfft. I update drivers maybe twice a year.

Major computer problems? maybe once every few years. But again, we all use computers anyway.


I really just don't understand console gaming as a 'thing.'



The only real joys I have ever gotten out of consoles were playing multi-player games with people in the same room... everything else just feels like it would be better with a mouse and keyboard.

Admittedly I have been playing pc games pretty regularly since DOS, but I am really no techie, I can just use the internet when I need to.

Not to mention that, with a little work, I can play just about any game ever made for any system with my pc... the PS3? Not so much D:<

 

[Phishfood]

This is going to be a nice big cuddly friendly sort of thread. I can tell.

Funny thing. I play on a PC despite knowing bugger all about PCs in general. And yet I rarely experience any of the troubles that other people describe.

Maybe that is the reason In my experience the most dangerous PC user is the one that THINKS they know what they are doing.

@op

Can't say I've ever had anything like those sorts of problems. I've had to reinstall steam a couple times over the years, occasionally had to update drivers to get games to work *cough*RAGE*cough* but never to the point of reinstalling drivers, the bulk of games have just run fine. Except Saints Row 3, but I identified the cause of that problem being my computer crashing partway through the download.

Well, there are similar stories on both sides of the fence. In fact, when it comes to electronics I can find someone for every brand that says "I bought X different products from Y and every single one broke" and another person that says "I bought X from Y 100,000 years ago and it still works great!". Sounds like you just have some bad luck, or cheap B grade PC parts.

 

[USSR]

Goodbye.

I suppose PC gaming isn't for people who don't have affinity with technology.

I agree.
Most likely his problem.

 

[Smooth Operator]

It's true PC gaming is not for the lazy, if you want a leisurely experience then you will most often be disappointed.

 

[JoesshittyOs]

Yeah, I'm gonna have to jump the boat with you here.

I can't even get a mod to work on Minecraft, I'm that hopeless. The thought of putting 900 or so bucks into a decent gaming PC only to find walls of requirements and tinkering just to get a game to work scares me.

Console is fine. I love Console. No work, only games.

And this is the exact reason I daren't buy any PC games that aren't, well, old. Besides the relativly low risk that they won't work, I can damn near guarantee I won't have to sign up for steam/etc, and there won't be too much DRM BS to go through.

Honestly, Steam is pretty damn good.

I use it to download old games that I missed on my Piece o'shit labtop and I've not once had a problem with it. It's simple and easy to use. And it treats you like a lady.

 

[SunyiNyufi]

That's the meta-game of PC gaming. It gives even more value for money than the longest RPG, and much greater satisfaction than solving the hardest puzzle game.

This. Sometimes I even try to fix not-game-breaking bugs just because I'm interested in how to fix it.

But I can understand it would get frustrated if every other game wouldn't run at all. I have a fairly old PC, and out of the 7 games installed (not counting things like Limbo and Desktop Dungeons) 5 worked almost perfectly right after install, and one of those games is Skyrim, which gave pretty much everyone problems, while I only have some occasional glitch here and there. Guess I'm just lucky.

 

[Nalbis]

I used to be the same as OP, say I was a PC gamer and bash consoles. But then I got my hands on a 360 and it changed my views. Now if I was asked what I prefer I'd actually say console over PC.

The only time I will use my PC to game now is for TF2, CS, and other fancy RPG's like The Witcher. I don't play RTS or the DOTA clones so really anything that isn't competitive PC or an MMO I will purchase and play on my console. I find the experience more relaxed and enjoyable - I'm sorry I don't care how comfortable your computer chair is, you cannot beat a good ol' arm chair or sofa. I also find the CoD games more challenging and enjoyable on console. I don't know why, there's just something far more satisfying about running round a corner and killing 5 people on a pad than on the PC (this is coming from a vet PC-FPS PoV though) it almost feels more skilled...

But that's just me.

 

[weker]

I don't fully understand why you would post this tantrum, as it really doesn't have much discussion value. I mean so what you had a bad day so your not going to PC game... fair enough, that is the only thing I see as a downside to PC gaming really is you have to work to have your games soo much better. I always find the effort of bug and such worth it for a more open controls, mods, graphics, community and just a better all round experience.

 

[Uncompetative]

About seven years ago if you were to ask me if I was a PC gamer, I'd stand tall and arrogant waving a flag and say "yes" then go on to denounce console gaming for its inferiority and pretty much say anything else imaginable that would embarrass the crap out of me today. But over the years I've slowly and surely moved away from PC, starting around the time the PS3 dropped in price to something reasonable, and now I won't even buy "must buy only" games for the PC such as Skyrim and such.

I try to think back to why this has happened and today after spending eight hours pulling my hair trying to get games on steam to work I've realized why.

The truth is, I just can't take it anymore.

Call me lazy, call me even stupid for not trying hard enough, say that it's all my fault, but honestly, I don't care anymore. I'm sick and tired of trying to fix this problem or that. Tired of it being my PC's fault the game doesn't work. Tired of my anti virus freezing up the game. Or having to re-install my sound card to get sound to work in Bioshock (which hasn't done it).

I am just sick and tired of spending all day, all fucking day on this forum and that, sometimes going on weeks trying to hunt down that one stupid reason a game isn't working when it should.

Today, every fucking game on my Steam library wasn't working. After five hours of trying to figure out what was going on and nearly deciding to reformat my PC (again for the 3rd time this month) I find out Steam has been down with certain clients and had decided not to let anyone know. I had to find out about this in some back alley of the google search engine after the 17 page. So, fuck you PC gaming. I have my Xbox 360, I have my PS3. SWTOR ended up sucking anyways no thanks to it being a rip off clone to an MMO that's over seven years old and shouldn't matter anymore. And since Diablo 3 isn't coming to any console, I say I care less to that too.

I'm done, thank you really for nothing but years and years worth of head aches...So long, farewell, good.....fucking.....bye



Wow, that felt....GOOD! XD

Hooray!

Welcome to a wonderful world of sanity.

 

[LiquidSolstice]

Just a heads up to all the dipshits who are saying "enjoy your red rings" and all that, the newer 360s don't red-ring anymore (at least not in the same volume). Hell, before the newer Slim models came out, they stopped red-ringing (I still have the original all-black "Elite" model, it's coming up on 4 years now and it's still rocking on)

The response from PC gamers here has been typical; "you're too stupid to use a pc gtfo". And they wonder where the reputation of being obnoxious elitist pricks comes from?

Here's the deal. I buy a console. I know that games will continue to be pumped out for it for quite some time. I know the online system will always be consistent. I know there is no DRM involved. I buy the game, and I play it, it's as simple as that. I don't even have to install it to the hard drive and waste a single second if I don't want to.

I know that there are no system requirements. I know that there are no "catches". I know that when I turn on my Xbox, at no point are my crucial work files on my computer hard ever at any sort of danger. I know that the 360 I bought 4 years ago will eventually get refreshed to a newer model, but I also know that I don't need to spend a penny to make newer games work because of it.

PC gaming has its plusses, but for many people, it's not an economic or long-term solution, and frankly, the attitude of PC gamers alone makes me not want to play.