PC and Console fan boys, Whats the deal ?

Dicehunter · 29 Oct 2014 at 00:16

So I've noticed as of late there's a growing trend of console owners making all sorts of amazing claims about what their little boxes can do and often console owners start screaming at PC owners and not just on forums but actually face to face.

I've actually seen this when a GAME employee was informing a guy of which platform to get a particular game because he was asked "which platform do you think this game is graphically better on", Naturally the employee said the PC and the person in favour of the console literally started shouting at the guy, Was very embarrassing to witness.

Why is this a growing trend among console fans that they feel the need to do this ?

I'm about to buy an XB1 for the Halo series as I'm a big fan but would never start a screaming match over a game because for 1 I'm an adult and 2 it's pretty pathetic.

Thoughts ?

ImMrChris · 29 Oct 2014 at 00:19

i had to laugh when a friends m8 said "I'm a pro gamer" with Halo on ps3 i was like with autoaim and a pad real hardcore there fella! lolz

i guess that makes me a PC fanboy consoles are for the boys imo

Feef · 29 Oct 2014 at 00:19

Thread title implies both sides being guilty of this, OP reads as rather more biased

Never noticed it, and I'm living in a country where half the adverts I see on TV/online or even hear on the radio are about video games. Doesn't strike me as anything new though, pointless fanboy arguments have been around as long as I've played games.

mattyfez · 29 Oct 2014 at 00:20

Haters gonna hate I guess.

Dicehunter · 29 Oct 2014 at 00:22

Feef said:
Thread title implies both sides being guilty of this, OP reads as rather more biased

Never noticed it, and I'm living in a country where half the adverts I see on TV/online or even hear on the radio are about video games. Doesn't strike me as anything new though, pointless fanboy arguments have been around as long as I've played games.

Yeah I think I am a little more biased towards PC because in all honesty all the really immature behaviour I've seen is from the "Console Pro L33T"

grudas · 29 Oct 2014 at 00:22

I think consoles are great for racing games, but the rest IMO just "work" better on PC! Fps especially! I've got nothing against either one of them and having rage attacks over something like that is just nuts

Dicehunter · 29 Oct 2014 at 00:26

grudas said:
I think consoles are great for racing games, but the rest IMO just "work" better on PC! Fps especially! I've got nothing against either one of them and having rage attacks over something like that is just nuts

Indeed, I've just ordered myself an XB1 so I can do campaign co-op on the halo collection with a mate in the states but it amazes me when I hear people say incredibly stupid things like "Consoles can do 4K 60fps no problem they are just holding back until better TV's are released" No joke I have actually heard that one :eek:

mattyfez · 29 Oct 2014 at 00:26

grudas said:
I think consoles are great for racing games, but the rest IMO just "work" better on PC! Fps especially! I've got nothing against either one of them and having rage attacks over something like that is just nuts

X box pad is pretty essential for pc racing games, I just wish there was a decent gran tourismo competitor on pc, there's a few that are close but not quite as good.

KautoStar · 29 Oct 2014 at 00:29

mattyfez said:
X box pad is pretty essential for pc racing games.

Eh?

Robbo · 29 Oct 2014 at 00:33

Some people will always try and convince themselves what they have is the "best", it's the same with AMD and Nvidia (some of those guys are crazy), iPhone vs Android, even cars to a lesser extent.

My take on gaming is that it's better to have both a PC and the various consoles. There are amazing console games that you can't get on a PC, and vice versa, I tend to favour PC for online games, but they're all very good these days. Critically, much of it is personal preference too.

grudas · 29 Oct 2014 at 00:34

Robbo said:
People will always try and convince themselves what they have is the "best", it's the same with AMD and Nvidia (some of those guys are crazy), iPhone vs Android, even cars to a lesser extent.

My take on gaming is that it's better to have both a PC and the various consoles. There are amazing console games that you can't get on a PC, and vice versa, I tend to favour PC for online games, but they're all very good these days. Critically, much of it is personal preference too.

Apple sucks!

<3

V F · 29 Oct 2014 at 00:36

Religion = All goes to pot.
Politics = All goes to pot.
Consoles = All goes to pot.
AMD vs NVIDIA = All goes to pot.
Apple vs Microsoft = All goes to pot.
Windows vs OS X = All goes to pot.
AMD vs Intel….

Football teams = All goes to pot.
Two opposites = All goes to pot.

Do people change?

Dyson · 29 Oct 2014 at 00:42

Not a new phenomenon by any means. It's weird, can't understand it.

Amnesia · 29 Oct 2014 at 00:51

I'm sure it's been like this for a while.

V F · 29 Oct 2014 at 00:54

I'm curious though, Dicehunter. What age group were they?

Rexton · 29 Oct 2014 at 01:37

I work in my local Tesco electric department and you would be surprised how aggressive some people can be.

A frequent example is when customers find out I'm a PC gamer after asking what platform I prefer. It's like YouTube comments culture has transferred to real life, they can get seriously insulting at times and I've lost count of how many times I've had to call a manager/security to defuse situations.

They really do shout/scream at you over this (which is weird because I'm a very broad 6'5" guy)

I really don't get it, how people can become pieces of crap over something so insignificant like what platform you play games on in your spare time.

Dicehunter · 29 Oct 2014 at 01:38

V F said:
I'm curious though, Dicehunter. What age group were they?

The employee must have been mid 30's and the buyer must have been around the same age just from a glance though.

Rexton said:
I work in my local Tesco electric department and you would be surprised how aggressive some people can be.

A frequent example is when customers find out I'm a PC gamer after asking what platform I prefer. It's like YouTube comments culture has transferred to real life, they can get seriously insulting at times and I've lost count of how many times I've had to call a manager/security to defuse situations.

They really do shout/scream at you over this (which is weird because I'm a very broad 6'5" guy)

I really don't get it, how people can become pieces of crap over something so insignificant like what platform you play games on in your spare time.

I'm guessing it's down to immaturity and I think it's some sort of problem within society and showing respect to your fellow man/woman which a lot of people tend not to do anymore.

Curio · 29 Oct 2014 at 02:07

It's all part of being young and having no real responsibilities/perspective in life. When I was younger I was a rabid 3dfx fanboy and got into so many heated forum debates about nVidia v 3dfx......it's quite pathetic looking back. Then life happened

Also, any sane person knows that you really need both a PC and a console to take advantages of the strengths of each. I've always had both; PC for fps, rpg, rts, and Nintendo for Mario and Zelda.

Monkeynut · 29 Oct 2014 at 02:43

I don't see why people need to be tribal tbh. I've recently replaced my PS3, and in doing so, decided to pick up some games for it. It makes Steam Sales look expensive. Loads of great titles for sod all because they're a couple of years old and the PS4 is out.