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Next gen Consoles Vs PC?
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I'm sure there's a way to launch Steam with big picture mode on Windows load?
I'm convinced that Steam/Valve are working on a "Steam Box" that runs customised linux distro.
IlovemyPC?
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I haven't messed with Steam big picture mode, so I don't want to go overboard lol.
Wouldn't pretty much the vast majority of games on the Steam Box (If it's to run Linux) be incompatible since their DirectX and not openGL?
Conversely, I am embarrassed at you.
But, you can't, uh, embarrassed at, I don't even.
That makes it worse.
Very much so, but I think they'd be working on sorting that out if they wish to make a "Steam Box". I think it all started with their OSX Steam Client. The list of games that work on OSX is growing all the time.
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That makes it worse.
contribute or stop nit picking at posts.
PC gone mad?
Are you telling me I can get home, dive on to my sofa like the console playing winner I am, pick up my controller, press two buttons, and then be in a game
Well, I know you're trolling but you should be able to read my post back and see that's absolutely not what I'm telling you
Pcs are more maintenance
That's subjective! I don't seem to get mass problems with performance/drivers/failures that appears to be for some people from reading the PC section.
Consoles will end up like cheap PC's, nothing wrong with that.
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Neither do I. It really confuses me when I hear of some people getting abused by problems like that.
I can't see it being anything other than user error for the most part.
Well, I know you're trolling but you should be able to read my post back and see that's absolutely not what I'm telling you
That's subjective! I don't seem to get mass problems with performance/drivers/failures that appears to be for some people from reading the PC section.
True, although I think that most will agree with me
Why are you telling me what to do?
Maybe he thought you were into that?
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Cleec, it's just you that gets so many problems
All I've had in about 4 years is 2 GPU's go, which was annoying, but meh.
All I've had in about 4 years is 2 GPU's go, which was annoying, but meh.
I know I don't! PCs are easy for me. I don't even switch mine off, I just let hibernate so I get a pretty much instant boot when I come back.True, although I think that most will agree with me
I've got both xbox 360 and PS3 controllers connected to my PC, 3 2560x1440 monitors, and a 1080p TV connected too.
It doesn't feel like I have to any maintenance on my PC games wise, at all. Very straight forward and problem free for me.
The most I've had in the way of problems is a few hard disks playing up due to a dodgy cable.
But then look at all those PS3s and 360s with YLOD/RROD problems. I'd rather my dodgy hard disk cable than that.
Maybe he thought you were into that?
Oh dear, I certainly hope not *covers bum*.
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LolCleec, it's just you that gets so many problems
All I've had in about 4 years is 2 GPU's go, which was annoying, but meh.
I'd cover every hole
I'm not saying PCs will have more problems, I'm just saying they'll be more maintenance than a console. For example, more driver updates, antivirus etc. these are hardly the most difficult things in the world, but they still are things that the PC needs taken care if that the consoles don't.
I reckon that while my PS3 worked, I messed around with software on it than I did on my PC. Same probably goes for my PS Vita.
I don't run an Antivirus, windows' built in security is more than enough, and I don't herp derp and download all manner of crap from any site that has a download button on it.
The most valid "driver updates" part would be GPU drivers. I don't bother updating them on a monthly basis unless some big changes come with them, but outside of graphics drivers there's really no reason to regularly update other drivers.
For everything but the GPU, I will install drivers with windows and then not touch them again, I've never really found a need to (excluding when/if I get something new that needs drivers to be installed).
That's why I was saying before, consoles are very much like PCs in that regard. Mandatory firmware updates, mandatory game updates of the kind that lock you out of the game/PSN until you perform them.
I would say that from a game playing perspective, they are very much the same. Consoles will generally have minor bug fixes left for a firmware update, so I look at new firmware releases as being the exact equivalent of driver updates and windows updates rolled in to one.
So instead of being able to independently update each bit of software yourself, it all comes at once when a bug is deemed big enough to warrant a quick turn around on a fix.
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PC's are better than consoles, because it's one tool to do many tasks. Office, storing and editing photos and video, browsing, communication, gaming etc.
The problem is, the majority of gamers these days use consoles, there are very few games being released purely for PC, which is a shame because traditional (this is a generalisation) PC games seem to be aimed at a more mature audience. Baldurs Gate 2, Laser Squad and The Witcher 1 being a prime example.
As the majority of people use consoles, software developers will go where the money is, like most businesses.
When I ask why are consoles so good I nearly always get the same answer 'plug & play'
I suspect PC's will become even more elitest than they are now, and if there is less money in it than there was, the likes of nVidia and Intel will look for different markets, such as the CPU in the Nexus 7 (in nVidia's case).
Like it or not, consoles and tablet PC's are the future, I suspect top end PC's will become 'unfashionable' just like high quality Hi-Fi stack systems have.
I have actually 'thrown' an 20+ year old Pioneer stereo away, that produced better sound than my PC, because it was too bulky, and no one wanted it.
The problem is, the majority of gamers these days use consoles, there are very few games being released purely for PC, which is a shame because traditional (this is a generalisation) PC games seem to be aimed at a more mature audience. Baldurs Gate 2, Laser Squad and The Witcher 1 being a prime example.
As the majority of people use consoles, software developers will go where the money is, like most businesses.
When I ask why are consoles so good I nearly always get the same answer 'plug & play'
I suspect PC's will become even more elitest than they are now, and if there is less money in it than there was, the likes of nVidia and Intel will look for different markets, such as the CPU in the Nexus 7 (in nVidia's case).
Like it or not, consoles and tablet PC's are the future, I suspect top end PC's will become 'unfashionable' just like high quality Hi-Fi stack systems have.
I have actually 'thrown' an 20+ year old Pioneer stereo away, that produced better sound than my PC, because it was too bulky, and no one wanted it.