"PC Games" Forum!

Darkwave · 17 Nov 2007 at 18:28

Neoni said:
imho after years of gaming console gaming in my eyes is the best option in terms of not worrying if your gonna have driver problems, hardware problems etc, i do like pc gaming but i dont see the point anymore after buying an xbox 360.

If you don't know how or can't be bothered then fine, but why make such a fanboyish thread? :confused:

Personally, I think that both platforms have their good sides and their bad sides.

For example: For me the increased graphical fidelity and better controls I get on the PC offset the sometimes annoying need to tweak and fix things, whereas on the Xbox 360 the simplicity and casualness of it makes up for the fact that the graphics are poor in comparison to the PC and that the controls are limited.

Margaret · 17 Nov 2007 at 18:30

5bjoshua said:
Also it's just basically a hole you fill up with money every month for new hardware.

Try every 12 months or so and you'd probably be right.

I bet there's loads and loads of people laughing with their year old 8800GTX/C2D setups still.

That's IF you want the best of the best that is, otherwise you won't have to upgrade as often, heck them early adopters of C2D/8800 GTX cards ain't gonna be outdated until like February 2008. (Not including the 8800GTS which probably won't be too big an improvement)

My next upgrade will be in May time probably, that means my current PC except the graphics card and one hard drive will be 17 months old.

Logsi · 17 Nov 2007 at 18:44

Ulfhedjinn said:

I wasn't, i just had an urge to buy new hardware every month.

It was more the fact that i bought a X1900XT-X then 6 months down the like i sold it for £100 when i bought it for £300. That was the last straw.

Josh

EDIT- I have gone mac, so ill never go back again. Im more than happy, havn't spent any money on them.

chaparral · 17 Nov 2007 at 18:55

Neoni said:
Seems very dull and boring in there, all wanting mass effect. and talk of assassins creed next year, oh how i love the fact us console gamers come first, we may not have crysis, but with mass effect on the verge! who cares?

Im glad i made the right choice!

-Neoni! - Happy xbox owner.

I guess i be playing Unreal Tournament III on my PC next week....

So when will you be playing it on your console ???

macca672 · 17 Nov 2007 at 18:58

I am useless at playing FPS with a control pad so I use my pc for those and 360 for whatever else now. As said before tho, the PC is far too versataile to do away with completely. I use it for all my music, films etc.

Neoni · 17 Nov 2007 at 18:58

chaparral said:
I guess i be playing Unreal Tournament III on my PC next week....

So when will you be playing it on your console ???

thats the only thing ill miss, is UT3, i did love ut2004

Neoni · 17 Nov 2007 at 18:59

Ulfhedjinn said:
If you don't know how or can't be bothered then fine, but why make such a fanboyish thread?

Personally, I think that both platforms have their good sides and their bad sides.

For example: For me the increased graphical fidelity and better controls I get on the PC offset the sometimes annoying need to tweak and fix things, whereas on the Xbox 360 the simplicity and casualness of it makes up for the fact that the graphics are poor in comparison to the PC and that the controls are limited.

yeh i know this. i just think atm pc gaming has declined

Inoshishi · 17 Nov 2007 at 19:01

chaparral said:
I guess i be playing Unreal Tournament III on my PC next week....

So when will you be playing it on your console ???

With a bit of luck before the end of December on the PS3

Neoni · 17 Nov 2007 at 19:03

Inoshishi said:
With a bit of luck before the end of December on the PS3

any idea on xbox release times?

chaparral · 17 Nov 2007 at 19:06

Neoni said:
any idea on xbox release times?

Unreal Tournament III Due for release on

28/03/2008 (xbox360)
31/03/2008 (PS3)
23/11/2007 (PC)

But none of these console dates are confirm..(I seen another website say 28 feb for PS3 )

Inoshishi · 17 Nov 2007 at 19:06

Neoni said:
any idea on xbox release times?

From what i've read they've not started work on it yet, they wanted to get PS3 out of the door first.

It's not like they have to make an entire game from the ground up though, so i'd guess within the next six months.

Edit: See Here

Darkwave · 17 Nov 2007 at 19:22

5bjoshua said:
I wasn't, i just had an urge to buy new hardware every month.

That's a self control issue, not a PC issue.

Neoni said:
yeh i know this. i just think atm pc gaming has declined

I would've agreed before this month.

Tom84 · 17 Nov 2007 at 19:35

Neoni said:
Seems very dull and boring in there, all wanting mass effect. and talk of assassins creed next year, oh how i love the fact us console gamers come first, we may not have crysis, but with mass effect on the verge! who cares?

Im glad i made the right choice!

-Neoni! - Happy xbox owner.

PC gaming at the moment has never been better - Crysis, BioShock, COD4, GOW, UT3 to name a few

Fair enough that only Crysis out of that lot is a PC exclusive but all the others run far superior to their console ports (depending on the hardware of course)

Put it this way after Christmas I'll have purchased far more PC games than console games over the festive period and I own both a 360 and PS3!

Darkwave · 17 Nov 2007 at 19:42

Tom84 said:
only Crysis out of that lot is a PC exclusive

Why is everyone forgetting The Witcher?

Robert1986 · 17 Nov 2007 at 19:54

Gamers are gamers, doesn't matter platform you play on. We aren't enemies fighting each other for world domination. Consoles are trying so hard to do what pcs have been doing for years. PC gaming will always be first and consoles will always be playing catch up. Its just a fact.

Tom84 · 17 Nov 2007 at 20:01

Ulfhedjinn said:
Why is everyone forgetting The Witcher?

It's not my type of game that's why

Darkwave · 17 Nov 2007 at 20:01

Robert1986 said:
Gamers are gamers, doesn't matter platform you play on. We aren't enemies fighting each other for world domination. Consoles are trying so hard to do what pcs have been doing for years. PC gaming will always be first and consoles will always be playing catch up. Its just a fact.

Consoles have been around since the early 1970's you know.

Tom84 said:
It's not my type of game that's why

Heresy! The Witcher is the greatest!

DanMc07 · 18 Nov 2007 at 10:24

macca672 said:
I am useless at playing FPS with a control pad so I use my pc for those and 360 for whatever else now. As said before tho, the PC is far too versataile to do away with completely. I use it for all my music, films etc.

Agree with your completely. The posibility of better graphics, mods, can input contoll pads the likes of N64, PS2, 360 etc. Aswell as better FPS controlls on with M/K. There are a fair few games out there already that are good for the PC

Inazuma · 18 Nov 2007 at 11:53

Neoni said:
Seems very dull and boring in there, all wanting mass effect. and talk of assassins creed next year, oh how i love the fact us console gamers come first, we may not have crysis, but with mass effect on the verge! who cares?

Im glad i made the right choice!

-Neoni! - Happy xbox owner.

Get out!

wannabedamned · 18 Nov 2007 at 12:00

Ulfhedjinn said:
Heresy! The Witcher is the greatest!

I saw this game advertised along time ago, Watched it in various stages of development, And wanted to play it ever since. Unfortunately, I got myself a 360, and I'm still stuck on a crappy 5200 graphics card. So Simply put, Although I'm dying to play it. I haven't. I know I'm missing out, I really am. I have regrets because I want to play, but I find solace in the fact I have my 360 and some nice games on the horizon.