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danza said:
You could look at the whole PC VS console argument like this - most people have and need a pc. How much more do you have to spend on that base PC to exceed the performance of a console? Not much. Looking at mine, it cost me about £120 for a PC that is far more powerful/better for gaming than a console over the 'base' requirements I'd need for a PC. So why bother with both, when you can have a PC that does the job better?
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I prefer to kick back on my sofa while I game rather than hunched over a desk :)

It also means I don't need to spend any more money on a PC that is used for web browsing and film/tv/music
 
deko said:
Crysis 2 plays happily on either console.
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You are missing the point. Crysis was a PC exclusive (at least the CryEngine 2 version was) as is Uncharted 3 (to PS3). That's the comparison.


I was using a comparitive game in Crysis to show how his point was pointless (bit of an oxymoron).
 
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Good price on the 160gb PS3. Still doesn't beat getting the LBP2 320gb PS3 bundle last summer for £160 from Gamestation :D

When Sony change the PS3 bundles around again in the next few months, watch HotUKDeals as there will probably be similar huge discounts to clear old stock!

Edit: the discount on the Wii is pretty poor though! Wouldn't have minded an old style black one for playing Gamecube games and the better Wii exclusives.
 
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Mason- said:
You are missing the point. Crysis was a PC exclusive (at least the CryEngine 2 version was) as is Uncharted 3 (to PS3). That's the comparison.


I was using a comparitive game in Crysis to show how his point was pointless (bit of an oxymoron).
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Congratulations on missing the point I was making.

Did I say running that game? No I didn't.

I was saying how it's amazing that the so called old tech can produce a game like uncharted 3. And I will quiet happily take this game as it looks stunning.

I didn't say good luck running uncharted 3, I said good luck running a game like that, as in a game with similar level of graphics and looking like that on 7/8 year old PC hardware.
 
anticonscience said:
Congratulations on missing the point I was making.

Did I say running that game? No I didn't.

I was saying how it's amazing that the so called old tech can produce a game like uncharted 3. And I will quiet happily take this game as it looks stunning.

I didn't say good luck running uncharted 3, I said good luck running a game like that, as in a game with similar level of graphics and looking like that on 7/8 year old PC hardware.
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No, I'm not missing the point. I don't care about what you're trying to say, I care about how you're trying to say it. It is a PS3 exclusive, the game was made fairly recently, FOR old hardware. You can run loads of games made today on 7-8 year old PC hardware quite easily. Besides, the PS3 was released in november 2006, which makes it a 5 years + 2 month old piece of kit. And I firmly believed if you made a game today, based SOLELY on the 5 years + 2 month old hardware, as an exclusive it would look on par if not better.
 
I decided to avoid it, it wasn't that well advertised at my local shop and I doubt I'd really get that much from it.

£150 + £20 for another controller and then another £100 for three games? Quickly adds up.

And, I need to buy a new bed (oh yea - I either have such exuberant sex with hotties, or have one awkward fumble with a total fatty... either way, my bed broke).
 
Ahleckz said:
I decided to avoid it, it wasn't that well advertised at my local shop and I doubt I'd really get that much from it.

£150 + £20 for another controller and then another £100 for three games? Quickly adds up.

And, I need to buy a new bed (oh yea - I either have such exuberant sex with hotties, or have one awkward fumble with a total fatty... either way, my bed broke).
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That's happened to me before.

I blame the fatties.
 
I didn't say good luck running uncharted 3, I said good luck running a game like that, as in a game with similar level of graphics and looking like that on 7/8 year old PC hardware.
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but a ps3 is 7 year old pc hardware? by getting it to run on a ps3 they have achieved getting it to run on a 7 year old pc.

hell an amd fusion chip for £100 can run crysis at 1080p on medium settings at 31fps. APU's are bypassing a consoles ability and they have a dedicated graphics card whilst doing more than gaming with a pc.

if anything your post proves just how desperately a new generation is needed.
 
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Redz said:
That's all I use my PS3 for, playing films.
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I use it for charging stuff from USB as well.

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People are forgetting here that yes the average PCs will run older games well but new games require top spec hardware to run at above average.

Just look in the PC gaming section on any forum to see people with a PC which cost £1K + 2 years ago brought to its knees by the latest title.

Consoles run new titles without fuss or worry. They are also small and quieter than your average budget PC unless you want to splash £100 on a decent case and quiet cooling.

If you buy a console you know every title, even the latest titles or games 2-4 years away, are optimized (ok some not quite as well optimized as others) for the console and will 100% work.

If you buy a gaming PC you know all the older games should work, assuming you buy enough power, but no guarantees future titles will run as sweet. With consoles the newer games get better with age on legacy hardware, with PCs newer games get worse on legacy hardware.

Crysis and Oblivion are two games which I remember crippling the above average / upper end PC at the time and it took a couple of years before the average PC could run them comfortably. Mid to Lower end PCs just rolled over with those games. Never had that problem with the console versions, even thought they were based on what could be considered low end PC hardware.
 
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Console game programmers design the game around the capabilities of the console it will run on whereas PC game programmers design games as they want them to look/run without the restriction of designing it for a specific hardware makeup.

What I am trying to say is that, of course a console will run the latest games as they are designed for the specific console requirements whereas the latest PC game is designed for the latest hardware and beyond if you want to use the highest detail settings.
 
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