What's wrong with PC gamers?

[Horticulture]

I recently read a PC gaming magazine and a console gaming magazine. After reading them I realized the PC gaming referenced "console tards" several times and upholding the keyboard/mouse as the better control scheme. The console gaming magazine talked about console games. That got me thinking that PC gamers defend their PC's against consoles far more than console owners defend against other consoles. Why do PC gamers feel like their PC's need defending? It seems to me that console gamers want to game while PC gamers want to defend their investment and act superior to other gamers, like their afraid they paid for a console that really isn't all that fun. Why can't PC gamers be happy they have a great system to play games on in addition to utilitarian tasks? Only PC gamers vehemently defend their controller. Most console gamers will only defend their controller for a little while after provoked before getting back to gaming. So why the hate PC gamers, why?

I respectfully disagree with your unsubstantiated and questionably formatted generalizations.

 

[lacktheknack]

I... don't hate? I laugh at people who think console graphics are better than PC graphics, but each to their own...

 

[Bobbovski]

Mainly because most PC gamers are elitist pricks who think that all of their games are more intelligent (I think Counter-Strike destroys this point with an atomic bomb). They have better hardware, but I can honestly say I have never played anything fun on a PC.

How many PC games have you played? And which ones?

Well, when I'm not having fun, I'm not keeping track. The only PC games that stood out as good were the Valve games, which I already have on console. The only other thing I'd consider getting on PC is Fallout 3 simply for the mods.

Ok, fair enough. Sounds like we're pretty much opposites to each other. I don't have allot of fun when I play console games and all my favorite games are on the PC =P. Console games just feel bland to me for some reason. But that's just my opinion.

 

[ShotgunSmoke]

Because PC gaming is for the elit...

My god if anyone quote yahtzee I will be pissed..

Oh, sorry.

 

[not a zaar]

Every platform has its share of idiot loudmouths. You made the mistake of listening to some of PC's.

 

[Numb1lp]

That one magazine doesn't speak for all of us.

 

[CanadianWolverine]

You know what I always find funny about these kinds of threads? That more than likely, anyone taking the time to type up something in support of Consoles is doing so from a Personal Computer of some kind. *shrug*

 

[Captain_Caveman]

I recently read a PC gaming magazine and a console gaming magazine. After reading them I realized the PC gaming referenced "console tards" several times and upholding the keyboard/mouse as the better control scheme. The console gaming magazine talked about console games. That got me thinking that PC gamers defend their PC's against consoles far more than console owners defend against other consoles. Why do PC gamers feel like their PC's need defending? It seems to me that console gamers want to game while PC gamers want to defend their investment and act superior to other gamers, like their afraid they paid for a console that really isn't all that fun. Why can't PC gamers be happy they have a great system to play games on in addition to utilitarian tasks? Only PC gamers vehemently defend their controller. Most console gamers will only defend their controller for a little while after provoked before getting back to gaming. So why the hate PC gamers, why?

I DEMAND TO KNOW THE NAME OF THIS PC MAGAZINE!!! YOU HAVE FABRICATED THIS STORY SIR!!!

 

[lostclause]

I'm a console user and I occasionally refer to myself as a 'console tard'. I'm perfectly willing to admit that the controller is the simpler interface and, for me, that's good. I like the fact that everything is close together and you don't have to flail around mashing random keys. It feels more natural to me. However that simplicity brings limits, which is why the pc is still used for more complex games like rts's, and crysis. This seems to be what pc gamers don't like.

 

[lostclause]

Groups of people always make fun of their inferiors, or their perceived inferiors.
Australia - New Zealand

We may be inferior but at least we have an 18+ rating

 

[Ryuk2]

I don't defend PC. I think that PC is better, but i haven't actually played Xbox or PS3. I liked NES and PS1, but when i got PC every console was just non existent to me.

 

[Gildan Bladeborn]

I find it hard to credit that the thread starter honestly thinks the console fanboys aren't just as defensive about their chosen platform - the difference is they tend to vilify and denigrate all the other consoles, their exclusive titles, and the people who own them. Forums devoted solely to gaming are a veritable wasteland where the rare glimmering light of reason is drowned out by a sea of morons who can't type to save their lives, insulting each other in a manner that makes kindergarten students bickering somehow look sophisticated and witty.

As for why PC gamers do that, ask yourself this question: When has a franchise ever been 'dumbed-down' for the PC? Therein lies the answer.

 

[Lord George]

I have never needed to defend PC gaming, I'm quite secure in its superiority

 

[Gildan Bladeborn]

I've never seen console fanboyism against PC's, but it's not unreasonable.

Read through the posts of this man PS3 fanboy [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/view/Indigo_dingo] and change your sentence quick!

In fact;
[HEADING=3] Everyone here who claims not to have seen a console Fanboy should read through Indigo_Dingos' [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/view/Indigo_dingo] posts.[/HEADING] Not all of 'em (over 9000? thats insane!) but keep an eye out for the threads that seem like they would invoke fanboyism (best console threads, PC threads etc.)

Ah yes, him. I lurked for a good while before I eventually signed up for a forum account and there was no more surefire way to make me exceptionally angry than to see his name come up in a thread. It always shocked me when I would read one of his posts that wasn't divisive and inflammatory while asserting the superiority of the PS3 to everything.

It was a good day indeed when he was finally banned.

 

[PhantomCritic]

I do a fair mix of pc and console gaming myself but I see your point on how unreasonable it is for people to dub pc gamers as "tards"

 

[Gildan Bladeborn]

wasn't divisive and inflammatory while asserting the superiority of the PS3 to everything.

Wait, what!? He actually did that sometimes? Show me where man.

I was shocked too! It was in a thread about possible villains for the next Batman film (darned if I remember the title).

 

[Supreme Unleaded]

Groups of people always make fun of their inferiors, or their perceived inferiors.

England - the rest of the UK
America - Canada
Australia - New Zealand
PC gamers - console gamers
Hardcore gamers - casual gamers
Everyone who doesn't own a Wii - everyone who owns a Wii
Techies - users
Republicans - Democrats
Sheits(sp?) - Sunnis(sp?)
Nazis - Jews
North Koria - South Koria
Xbots - PS3 Tards
This list could get very, very long. It's just how people are, and it's certainly not a characteristic particular to PC gamers.

I just had to make that list longer, and you know its all true

 

[Xojins]

If you think PC gamers are the only ones who defend their console like that, you're sorely mistaken. Xbox, Playstation, and Nintendo owners do this a lot as well.

 

[T5seconds]

I bought a ps3 bout a week ago and found out that today?s consoles are computers that have been optimized for gaming so I call bullshit with this because there not consoles they ARE computers with fucking remotes...

Making my fucking download mgs 4 *sigh*

 

[Housebroken Lunatic]

But it is, that undeniable fact.

It is?

This question lay the groundwork for an interesting showdown if you ask me. Let's say we could take an FPS game and let the elite in PC users use mouse and keyboard, and link them to the elite in console gaming using a game controller, pitting them against eachother.

Now I for one can attest to that it's easier to use a mouse and keyboard, but I've seen some people becoming pretty fucking wicked at playing FPS games with game controllers.

Would be interesting to see that showdown. Interesting indeed...