Sell gaming pc and go to console?

Consoles are worth it for exclusives and if you prefer the ease of use over the lack of performance and visuals.

Personally, I do almost all of my gaming on consoles, mainly because I bought a 360 before I had a proper gaming PC and I ended up getting into games like Halo 3.

What I tend to do now is buy the game on the 360, and if it's really good (Say Mass Effect 2 or Oblivion) I'll grab it cheap for the PC and mod the hell out of it or just play it again with all the performance benefits. It's like breathing new life into it.
 
PC Gaming cant die, if it did console's would follow shortly afterwards

PC gaming and the equipment used by the average PC gamer (even more so for top end gaming specs) are at the forefront of technology, the same technology today that will be in a console in the next generation of consoles.

I started with PC gaming, changed for console for ease of use/playing with mates online. However when you want that richer experience with all the bell and whistles then PC gaming will always be where its at. Consoles are mainstream, and i'd be suprised with anyone on these forums claiming to be mainstream with regard to their tech.

As i see it we are all beta testers on-mass for the consoles of the future, every high end graphcs card you buy today, helps pay for the research into next generation in performance and the specifications and features on your graphics card today will (in part at least) be featured in the new consoles in future years

PC gaming therefore will always remain at the crest of gaming, even if not at the convenience and ease of use

My penny's worth, and i still wouldn't get rid of my 360
 
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I wouldn't bother selling your PC. You wont get much for it anyway, unless it's the latest tech (SandyBridge) etc then you wont get much for it.

Just keep it and maybe one day you will go back to it and enjoy it again. It's still plenty powerful enough and will be for a while.

Save up for the telly. (Why a 37" when 40" are just as cheap)

You can get a good telly for next to nothing these days providing you don't go to chicken curries or it's sister Prawn.Cracker world!
 
I agree with the lul of recent great games - I thinks thats because a few years ago there was loads of Great Games, I think we were very lucky and was spoilt for choice with new great ones coming out all the time - and the quality of the exisitng ones kept you playing them for longer. You therefore expect that constantly

I have been playing the first Crysis again - if you havent played it for a while you forget how good it is - makes 2 look like a mockery if you ask me.
Its so well thought out, the enemy on harder diffculty levels properly try and hunt you down to a point and almost properly dodge your fire and you play vast open areas with still stunning graphics!! Now runs lovely maxed @ 16qAA GREAT GAME !!

There has not been a Half Life out for absolute ages - Half Life2 and the 2 follow ups I cant remember the names were fantastic to play!! Loved them I thought we were due at least 1 more
Oblivion - WOW amazing game - blew my mind, never played anything like that before (we have skyrim coming - cant wait)

This is just a few of many many great games I have played over the last 5 years and at one point you felt spoilt for choice, stop that 1, and start this 1 just because it was newer!

I think lately there have been a few excellent games Mafia 2, Dragon Age 2 that get your attention for a few weeks but they are very short and you complete them quickly.

I find myself always drawn back to playing BC2 and I get a great FPS fix from it and the internsity at times is like no other game I have ever played.

However to give up on PC gaming I think would be a mistake, I doubt there is a console game that will give you the gratification of some of the games I have just mentioned. Even if BF3 is very similar to BC2 then thats not terrible as BC2 is awesome - just dont play it every day and you will enjoy it more when you do.

I think between Skyrim and BF3 this winter is mostly cared for gaming wise (I hope so anyway) and for the £70 outlay there should be at least 3 months + of new Great Gaming Again!!
 
Don't do it :) I'm coming from the opposite side.. I sold my gaming PC, bought a PS3 and a laptop and convinced myself I didn't need PC gaming..

Well now I'm buying a newly specced pc and look forward to playing the games I missed + Skyrim, Diablo, Battlefield etc..

In the end though - I feel both would be good. I've got a ps3 for god of war, heavy rain.. and other such stuff and a PC for the proper games :)

So save up and keep the pc?
 
PC gaming is far superior to a console. Just look at the number of mods available for games such as Fallout, Stalker, Oblivion, FS X etc. PC gaming is by no means dead.

I have a PS3 and hardly ever use it. Games such as GT5 are extremely frustrating due to abysmal load times and graphics cannot get anywhere near a PC's.
 
I have been in the same situation in the past and i have sold my pc and bought an xbox and god it was one of the worst decisions of my life. I couldnt get into gaming on the console and thought all of the games were pretty crap compared to pc. Also the extra abilities such as mods on pc make the games so much more fun.

If you are completly sure you want to get into console gaming then go for it but in my experience i have always gone back to pc gaming.
 
I disagree with those that say PC gaming is superior to console it is not by a long shot, with PC's you have to mess about with updates, glitches, bugs, crashing, blue screens, memory dumps, poor fps, etc etc tons of issues with playing on PC I know from experience. Even with Steam i have had issues.

With console gaming just put the disc in and away you go simple and with the Xbox 360 you have the best online system in the world an amazing interface and no issues with things running in the background or memory concerns.

I originally used to be a pc gamer full time, even now I built a new rig only because my graphics card died a 9800gt wasnt cheap! And then my motherboard died on me so yeah over £400 on new parts!

The way I see it sometimes its best to have both a gaming pc and a games console then you can choose for yourself which one you prefer me I have done exactly that Xbox 360 and gaming pc sorted :-)
 
Yeah im too going the reverse of you :P

I got bored of the consoles. The overpriced DLC and games on the store, the lack of special offers/sales, the badly ported games. It all sucked.

So now im saving up to come to PC really...

Ill keep my PS3 for certain console and ps3 exclusives though
 
Cheaper and more cost effective gaming on consoles, PC's use tons more power than consoles for a start sure the games might be a tenner cheaper but then the cost of new parts is significantly more...Then you have the problem with some games optimised for either amd or intel...
 
People have been crying the death of PC gaming for over 2 decades, they all have their points of argument, they're all wrong of course.
It's only dead when:
a) Gaming PC's aren't manufactured any more
b) PC games are developed any more

Consoles are great, PC's are great, if one suits your lifestyle or current gaming mojo then get it. Try justifying it without bespoiling the other option though, it's an old and tired trait.
 
I think the best option would be to save for the TV then run the rig through the TV, you know there will be big offers on LED tvs for the xmas holidays. Yes you may need to buy a wireless keyboard and mouse but your rig would essentially become a htpc and games console combined.

With a lot of TV now available "on demand" online it makes more sense to have a pc connected to the tv.

I don't really get what saiyan is on about. Consoles still patch their games, my first xbox lasted literally 1 year before it "red ringed" as did my bros and our replacement xboxs faired just as badly. You could complain about installing games to the pc but the ps3 does this too to compensate for the low read speed of Blu-ray. Xbox live still has issues and you have to pay to play online join parties with your friends. Each system has it's bugs to bare.

In my eyes if you want to game you have to pay the "gaming tax". An xbox is what £150 with 1 year of live gold you're talking closer to £200. You have paid that already on your computers gfx card.

Saiyan saying that games can favour certain configs is true but he is also has a thread complaining that his rig isn't playing WOW properly as his FPS are between 30-60. BF3 when released on consoles will be 30 FPS max if you use your PC it's capable of much more not to mention the quality of the graphics will be better.
 
I think games in general have become a "follow this line". I may be old school but when doom came out you had to back track all the time to find the door you just got a key for. The worst thing was they didn't let you know which doors needed keys on the map so you had to use your memory...... not just the pc's!!!!
 
honosuseri said:
I think the best option would be to save for the TV then run the rig through the TV, you know there will be big offers on LED tvs for the xmas holidays. Yes you may need to buy a wireless keyboard and mouse but your rig would essentially become a htpc and games console combined.
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exactly the set up i have my friend ;) Trust wireless desktop set, use my xbox 360 controller for all my PC gaming ( difficult to balance a keyboard & mouse while sprawled out on the sofa lol) on a nice 37" HD TV. For more up close and personal browsing tho i always use my i5 lappy

Everyone has there own flavour though, thats just mine.
 
I've had a Spectrum, Amiga, Atari Lynx, Super NES,Gameboy (6),N64, PS1, PS2 and finally PS3.
Of all the systems I have played over the last 25 years, only one has lasted me more then 3 years, and thats the PC. Nothing beats it, there is no other platform like it, and because it always evolves, adapts, it will be kicking sand in the faces of the latest "next gen" console for a long time to come.
 
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To tell you the truth, I used to play COD4 and CSS on PC. Then i switched to PS3 and i thought like you, why doesnt the ps3 support the mouse, but after a while you get used to the analog sticks and now I'm in the top 100 on the leaderboards on black ops on ps3 :) Now i really want to play some pc games again!
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If someone ties a ball and chain to your foot you'll also get used to it after a while. Doesn't mean it's good by a long shot!
 
King Damager said:
Buy Oblivion/Fallout 3, and do any modding to the game that you can't do on the xbox/ps3 and tell me PC gaming is dead... alternatively, compare your experience of a racing game or flight sim with eyefinity against a console, or what's more try playing anything like Shogun 2/Age of Empires...

Saying that, if you aren't particularly interested in the relevant games then there's nothing really wrong with downgrading.... On the other hand, just make sure you think about all the other possibilities and benefits first!

For the record, I have 360 and Gaming PC... I play everything I own except 360 exclusives, kinect and Lips/singstar (at parties) on my PC, and what's more much prefer FPS'/Racing games/RPG's on the pc...

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No thanks I find going back to older games boring, always lol when I see this modding argument.
Nobody is saying it's totally dead because it obviously isn't but where's real fifa where's marvel vs capcom where's dark souls, red dead redemption demons souls and countless other games I could mention that don't come to pc are delayed releases on pc or are shoddy console ports than end up playing worse than on console.
It's about the software there's no fanboy stuff going on here so don't get me wrong I yearn for the 1997-2006 PC days again, at least there's battlefield 3 to inject and keep the pc barely alive.
 
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No thanks I find going back to older games boring, always lol when I see this modding argument.
Nobody is saying it's totally dead because it obviously isn't but where's real fifa where's marvel vs capcom where's dark souls, red dead redemption demons souls and countless other games I could mention that don't come to pc are delayed releases on pc or are shoddy console ports than end up playing worse than on console.
It's about the software there's no fanboy stuff going on here so don't get me wrong I yearn for the 1997-2006 PC days again, at least there's battlefield 3 to inject and keep the pc barely alive.
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Out of the games you mentioned, only Red Dead Redemption is interesting, and a shame it didn't come out on PC.

I could start listing PC only games that aren't coming out on consoles, but then no doubt you wouldn't be interested in playing these games. Most games these days have reasonable to good PC ports anyway, its not like 2005 when most ports were crap. Within in the last 6- 7 years, PC gaming has never had it so good imo.
 
why are older games boring?? is watching tv programmes you have seen before boring,
if they are quality they are still entertaining second or third time round

there is no way you could play crysis absolutely maxed out at 16xqaa and 60fps when it was new, therefore you have never played the game properly in my opinion! Never seen its full glory therefore never fully played it!!

The game experience is the at least 50% dominated by the looks and feel of it - trust me it is still a wonder to behold and is much better to play than most other more recent games I have tried Fear 3/Witcher 2/etc.
 
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