Feeling like something is missing

Leprechaun312

Leprechaun312

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Basically i am a pc gamer, have been since i got my first computer. However when i got my first pc i had the ps2 and then the 360 when it came out so i wasn't a pure pc gamer. I have since sold my 360 and have no other consoles and basically i am just a pc gamer however with the release of the new consoles from sony and microsoft and playing mass effect trilogy using an xbox controller i feel as if i am missing having a console to play when i get bored of dota, lol and other non console like games.

does anyone feel like this?

Also one of the reasons i felt no need to buy one when they were released was the price. 500 quid plus 40-60 per game i felt was ridiculous when i can wait for steam sales and pay £1 and get the entirety of steam's catalog. So is it justifiable to spend probably £700 quid for a new console with 6-7 games which is what my gaming pc cost when i bought it?
 
No. I have a good PC and a PS3 and i can't see what either the PS4 or Xbox One have to offer.

I have more PC games bought on Steam/Origin from sales than i will ever have time to play, and my PC can put out better graphics and better frame rates than the new consoles.

My PS3 sits under my TV and plays blu rays..

Unless either of the new consoles get some real must have exclusives, they are pointless for someone with a good gaming PC
 
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Jono8 said:
No. I have a good PC and a PS3 and i can't see what either the PS4 or Xbox One have to offer.

I have more PC games bought on Steam/Origin from sales than i will ever have time to play, and my PC can put out better graphics and better frame rates than the new consoles.

My PS3 sits under my TV and plays blu rays..

Unless either new console get some real must have exclusives, they are pointless for someone with a good gaming PC
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you see this is pretty much the same realization i had, my xbox sat and did nothing, and most of the games i wanted came out on the pc anyway (however mass effect has no controller support for the pc in any of the games, which was a kick in the balls) So i sold it thinking its for the best, i can cash out and spend the money on other stuff that i need

The only real exclusives that come to mind are halo, gears of war and Kill zone, and they dont really interest me enough as they are all shooters
 
as with you, i dont see the point in spending 40-60 quid a game when i can get them for far less.

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id spend far too much if i had a console.
 
I've felt like this recently, all week I've just came home from work and watched twitch.tv till I get in bed, only game I've played was Hearthstone yesterday for about 2 hours that's it.

I want to game but I just look at my games on steam constantly and nothing takes my fancy.
 
I moved from xbox to pc late-ish last year and the only game im sort of missing is a boxing/ufc type of game (might be one around but i havent come across one yet) i like to go on them when i want to unwind other than that i dont really miss my console its in the cupboard for when the missus's nephews come around (they aint going anywhere near my pc to play games)
 
I don't think that many exclusives will come out on consoles anyway. Most of the games will be on the PC as well. The PC can run games much faster and look better than the new gen consoles anyway.
I have swapped back and forth from consoles to PC many times within the PS3's lifetime and always go back to the PC. If you go back to the consoles then within a few months you will get bored and go back to the PC so save yourself the hassle and money.

I used to to play the PS2 and Gamecube and loved it due to the fact that most of the games run @ 60fps and there were so many exclusives and RPG's, but from the PS3 onwards this seems to have dried up and the frame rate has dropped due to the change to HD tv's.
 
caz32 said:
I want to game but I just look at my games on steam constantly and nothing takes my fancy.
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This 'decision paralysis' lethargy seems quite common, and I'm a victim of it too at times.

Best advice I have is not to talk yourself out of playing a game. I'll look through various games and dismiss them for reasons such as:
-Too deep, would be hard to get in to
-It's a sequel, I want to play the original first to better appreciate the lore
-It's an old game in the series, I'd be better off playing a more recent incarnation [note the paradox with the above!]
-There's something in the screenshots/description I don't like the sound of (I'm not a fan of the horror genre, so a level with ghosts or whatever might put me off)
-It has mediocre reviews

But why even put yourself through that? Just try a game, even if you don't like it at least you know for certain and the time you spent on it would have been spent scrolling through your Steam list thinking up crappy reasons why you don't want to play games X, Y and Z!
 
Nothing much takes my fancy either these days. Have only played DayZ, Metal Gear Rising & GRID for quite a while now. Some gems like Civ 5, XCOM & Skyrim pull me back in after each set of games are done with or bored of. Looking forward to Elder Scrolls Online and Watchdogs this year though.

Could never get rid of my PS2 however, the amount of money and cars I own on Gran Turismo 3 on a 12 odd year old save is absolutely nuts! :p

Not played it for a few months now though... :(

HangTime said:
This 'decision paralysis' lethargy seems quite common, and I'm a victim of it too at times.

Best advice I have is not to talk yourself out of playing a game. I'll look through various games and dismiss them for reasons such as:
-Too deep, would be hard to get in to
-It's a sequel, I want to play the original first to better appreciate the lore
-It's an old game in the series, I'd be better off playing a more recent incarnation [note the paradox with the above!]
-There's something in the screenshots/description I don't like the sound of (I'm not a fan of the horror genre, so a level with ghosts or whatever might put me off)
-It has mediocre reviews

But why even put yourself through that? Just try a game, even if you don't like it at least you know for certain and the time you spent on it would have been spent scrolling through your Steam list thinking up crappy reasons why you don't want to play games X, Y and Z!
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Definitely this, I've found a ton of gems through just forcing myself to launch titles (that I usually don't even realise I have) that seem crap.
 
Back on topic I haven't felt that way for years if at all. Only times I can recall really craving a console was maybe back when the Wii first came out and you had to join a waiting list to get one, and wanting something to play a decent version of FIFA on about five years ago when they stopped updating the PC version properly.
 
Moving to PC was the best thing I ever did in this regard, I'm glad I am no longer a dirty console peasant and am now a member of the glorious PC master race :p

That aside, though, I agree with the general consensus here - why play on consoles if you have a good gaming PC? There are literally no benefits of console gaming over PC gaming these days as even if building a PC does cost more money than buying a console, the games on PC can be bought for so much cheaper in sales and the like - just this past Steam sale I got around 10 or so games for around £20.

I could definitely not go back to console gaming now, I tried playing on my Xbox 360 again a couple of months ago (simply because I wasn't where my rig is at) and it just felt so... bad. The graphics were rubbish, the framerate was noticeably bad and the whole experience just felt wrong; it was like eating at McDonalds compared to a good, high-end restaurant.
 
HangTime said:
This 'decision paralysis' lethargy seems quite common, and I'm a victim of it too at times.

Best advice I have is not to talk yourself out of playing a game. I'll look through various games and dismiss them for reasons such as:
-Too deep, would be hard to get in to
-It's a sequel, I want to play the original first to better appreciate the lore
-It's an old game in the series, I'd be better off playing a more recent incarnation [note the paradox with the above!]
-There's something in the screenshots/description I don't like the sound of (I'm not a fan of the horror genre, so a level with ghosts or whatever might put me off)
-It has mediocre reviews

But why even put yourself through that? Just try a game, even if you don't like it at least you know for certain and the time you spent on it would have been spent scrolling through your Steam list thinking up crappy reasons why you don't want to play games X, Y and Z!
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Ill give it a go, but to be fair, I've played nearly all the games in my steam list.. there are some that I have gotten in Humble Bundles which like I've read up on but bought the bundle for a different game.. (its hard to explain, bought the bundle for the one game and seen the others as 'extras' that I've heard of but probably wouldn't play?) lol

Jonny Chee said:
I have a PS4 but will also still game on my PC. Best of both worlds as they both have their merits. :)
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This is another thing I'm interested in, at the minute I'm just playing my 3DS, highly contemplating on getting a Wii U or something because Nintendo make really fun games but I know that I'm in a rut which I'll eventually come out of.. its annoying
 
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PhysicsMan94 said:
Moving to PC was the best thing I ever did in this regard, I'm glad I am no longer a dirty console peasant and am now a member of the glorious PC master race :p

That aside, though, I agree with the general consensus here - why play on consoles if you have a good gaming PC? There are literally no benefits of console gaming over PC gaming these days as even if building a PC does cost more money than buying a console, the games on PC can be bought for so much cheaper in sales and the like - just this past Steam sale I got around 10 or so games for around £20.

I could definitely not go back to console gaming now, I tried playing on my Xbox 360 again a couple of months ago (simply because I wasn't where my rig is at) and it just felt so... bad. The graphics were rubbish, the framerate was noticeably bad and the whole experience just felt wrong; it was like eating at McDonalds compared to a good, high-end restaurant.
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Benefits of console gaming is it is a simpler experience and I can see why people prefer it. Less messing about with drivers, settings, DRM etc

Not for me though, PC all the way:D plus I like to revisit a lot of older titles
 
I have that often.
What I do, I play a game I haven't played for a long time, but have it installed.
I took a break from playing mmo's and for a month I was playing old RTS and turn based strategies. Quite good therapy, had some glorious fun playing C&C ( first game in series ).
 
I'm a gamer, though I primarily use the PC. I don't get this rigid "I'm a PC gamer" mentality.

There are games I cannot play on the PC that I don't wish to miss out on. I also enjoy having friends round, grabbing four controllers and just messing about in front of the TV. Without a console I'd miss out on gaming experiences I don't want to.
 
Never looked back since selling my PS2 just after launch (at a fat profit too!) and spending it on a PC build, that said, the money I've spent on PC hardware since would probably far outweigh the cost difference of the games not to mention consoles - generally - are just much easier to pick up and play, none of the faff of drivers / patches or discovering for example your new game needs more ram, a better gfx card or whatever to make it playable!
 
I am a PC gamer, I sold my PC and went to 360 for a good couple of years. But recently got back into it. I'm pretty cack at sitting at my desk to play games. As I often play on the 360 pad and display to my 50" plasma. So it's just a glorious console.

But even after this time being back into PC gaming, I'm only just getting back into using mouse and keyboard. Sadly, at the moment I just have NO time to play games.
 
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