Laggyteabag said:
A few years ago I used to think that the 360 was the pinnacle of gaming technology, I used to think that the pad was the best way to play, and I thought that the PC was only for games like World of Warcraft, and FPS games on a PC were a joke and inferior to their console counterparts.
I love how it's past tense, I'm expecting new found knowledge in the rest of this OP.
Laggyteabag said:
Around January last year I purchased a £400 gaming PC (No Monitor or Windows needed), and I only played on it for games such as World of Warcraft, now however I play most of my games on the PC. Today I went back onto my Xbox, and no matter how hard I tried I just found that the pad was so difficult and awkward to control compared to a keyboard and mouse, I just don't see how I played a console. I just don't see any benefits of buying a game for the console any more, they're more expensive, they're harder to control, no mod support, less frequent updates, and they just look plainly worse in comparison. I used to love my 360, but now I neglect it because now its just simply bad.
Mmm, the trick is, to buy a new console 'immediately' when it comes out, then you can justify the total life span as cost/age, the greater the age, the more it works out in your favour, and in the very beginning, consoles are technically cheaper than buying a whole new gaming pc with superior graphics (maybe not equal, but I've never looked at mimicing a console with a PC). for FPS, RTS I think a PC is virtually unmatched in terms of controls, and 90% of the time in graphics, but for platformers, racing games, fighting games, the console seems to be a better seleciton.
Laggyteabag said:
I looked on Wikipedia a few minutes ago and saw that the 360 was released on the 22nd of November 2005, how the hell is it still being supported, its just old! The sooner we move onto a new generation, the better, I just don't see how a 7 year old piece of hardware is acceptable in this day and age.
Well its acceptable because of the (lack of) competition, the PS3 'is' better, in multiple ways, but its a moot point if your favourite games are on the 360, and since there isn't anything better/newer to buy, developers keep making games for the 360/PS3. I agree, it isn't really acceptable, especially when compared to the PC, the consoles sort of lurch forward in very slow and big steps, while the PC runs quickly in tiny steps, which almost always means its ahead, or won't be behind for more than 6-12 months.
Who knows, the 720 and PS4 could be coming as soon as 2013, or as late as 2016, consoles don't make them money, which is all they care about, so as long as they can milk these consoles, they will, until one of them looks like they'll be releasing another console, then we'll finally get something (but don't be dissappointed when it turns out not to be as good as it should be either).
The old boys got a few more years yet.
