PC gaming compared to console gaming
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Techman, right on the sports games from Ea. I chase the best system to play the likes of Nhl, madden, and to a lesser extent fifa, why a ps3 was a no brainer.
Social, multiplayer aside though, which was allways niche on the pc in the series heydays on the platform, nhl realy charged forward in terms of graphics/engine development and features when it was being lead designed on the pc 99-2002.
Totally different game year on year, thats the problem with the series on the ps3... love it as i do, since 09 it's gone sidewards. If the money were still around the pc market as it was during the late 90's, iv'e no doubt we'd be seeing a photo realistic nhl by now.
Social, multiplayer aside though, which was allways niche on the pc in the series heydays on the platform, nhl realy charged forward in terms of graphics/engine development and features when it was being lead designed on the pc 99-2002.
Totally different game year on year, thats the problem with the series on the ps3... love it as i do, since 09 it's gone sidewards. If the money were still around the pc market as it was during the late 90's, iv'e no doubt we'd be seeing a photo realistic nhl by now.
Yup
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games
All those millions of people playing an inferior platform, all that money wasted on console gaming while PC gaming is the king
LOL @ this thread
16 million bought the sims on the PC epic gaming
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Graphically, an Xbox 360 cannot compete with a 386 CPU. The 486 CPU's are hugely better.
PC all the way, a lot more patches, mods, you can mod the games within the setup files as well. I do not have a console and the only games I play on a friends console is PES and Grand Turismo. But if GT was on PC I would play it on PC. Probably if I had a PS3 controller for my PC I would play PES on the pc as well.
Epic Fail!
I have read the OP's post but not the rest but fancy giving my 2 cents.
1st thing to note is you have bought/built yourself a good looking rig. Your machine will be capable of pushing around dramatically more information on screen than the current consoles. Consoles run off TVs and i think only go upto 780p (maybe 1080?) you will be able to push much higher resolutions and put a good level of AA and AF to make it look even better. You are running 3 monitors and i am not sure how that will push your system.
The PC also benefits from keyboard and mouse this is a much better form of control than console joypads for most game types especially FPS, RTS and MMO games. If you are new to PCs it may take a while to get used to but it will be worth the time investment.
The PC is particularly strong with simulations and RTS, consoles do not do well with simulations or RTS type games at all. PC also has a very strong modding community this adds life and variation to your games, i can not count the number of mods I have played on Civ4.
Downloaded game sales now make more money on PC than hard copies. This is something you can benefit from if you have a good connection. While some still prefer a boxed copy I am one of many who loves just being able to click buy on steam and playing the game a few hours later.
Those are the main benefits I can think of and for me they far outway the negatives:
Being a PC gamer is more expensive in terms of hardware, it would be much cheaper to just buy the newest playstation/xbox every 5/8 years.
Consoles are much more user friendly: buy a game, stick it in and it will work, it can be harder to get games to work on the PC be it a really old game built for an old OS or a new game and your system is a bit old.
While PCs have some exclusive titles (MMOs Simluators and RTS mainly) it is easier to sell a lot to consoles so some pulishers focus on these platforms. This can mean poor ports (i.e. they don't bother to make use of the PCs extra capacilites) or no PC version at all (Red Dead Redemption for example).
Consoles can be more (RL) social ie getting some mates in some beer and playing FIFA or Sonic and Mario at the Olympics. You can't really do this on PC
1st thing to note is you have bought/built yourself a good looking rig. Your machine will be capable of pushing around dramatically more information on screen than the current consoles. Consoles run off TVs and i think only go upto 780p (maybe 1080?) you will be able to push much higher resolutions and put a good level of AA and AF to make it look even better. You are running 3 monitors and i am not sure how that will push your system.
The PC also benefits from keyboard and mouse this is a much better form of control than console joypads for most game types especially FPS, RTS and MMO games. If you are new to PCs it may take a while to get used to but it will be worth the time investment.
The PC is particularly strong with simulations and RTS, consoles do not do well with simulations or RTS type games at all. PC also has a very strong modding community this adds life and variation to your games, i can not count the number of mods I have played on Civ4.
Downloaded game sales now make more money on PC than hard copies. This is something you can benefit from if you have a good connection. While some still prefer a boxed copy I am one of many who loves just being able to click buy on steam and playing the game a few hours later.
Those are the main benefits I can think of and for me they far outway the negatives:
Being a PC gamer is more expensive in terms of hardware, it would be much cheaper to just buy the newest playstation/xbox every 5/8 years.
Consoles are much more user friendly: buy a game, stick it in and it will work, it can be harder to get games to work on the PC be it a really old game built for an old OS or a new game and your system is a bit old.
While PCs have some exclusive titles (MMOs Simluators and RTS mainly) it is easier to sell a lot to consoles so some pulishers focus on these platforms. This can mean poor ports (i.e. they don't bother to make use of the PCs extra capacilites) or no PC version at all (Red Dead Redemption for example).
Consoles can be more (RL) social ie getting some mates in some beer and playing FIFA or Sonic and Mario at the Olympics. You can't really do this on PC
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pc gaming is by far the best.
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Yeah. We should all go off and play some proper games like "Nintendogs", "Pokemon red and blue", or "Dr. Kawashima's brain training."
Popular doesn't necessarily mean good.
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Pac-Man (7 million)
Grand Theft Auto IV (4.356 million approximately: 3.29 million in US, at least 1 million in UK,[30] 59,893 and 6,210 Platinum in Japan)
Pac-Man is better than GTA IV
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Also there are more Ford Fiesta owners than Porsche 911 owners.
Graphics are far far better on the PC...
I own a few of the same games for my PS3 & PC
In my opinion... and some of the reasons I'm now selling my Steam account (with 30 odd games inc. Black Plops) ¬_¬
PC gaming:
+ Great for FPS and MMORPG games (mouse and keyboard control over stupid d-pad)
+ Games are cheaper
+ New digital distribution option is convenient
- New digital distribution option is restrictive (no selling, trading etc of old games, no refunds!)
- Ridiculously expensive. Have to upgrade your system every frikkin year. Decent graphics cards cost ast much as an entire games console.
- Bugs bugs bugs, endless this crash, that crash, fix this file, install this patch, try this setting.
- Keyboard and mouse only good for a few types of games, everything else is better with a controller
Console gaming:
+ Cheap as chips compared to a "decent gaming rig" (£200 compared to £800 - wtf?)
+ Games are still on disc (sell, trade or refund easily)
+ Graphics are awesome. Your now 4 year old console (PS3) will handle the latest games. Your 4 year old PC won't even handle Windows 7 Solitaire without risk of meltdown.
+ Portable
+ True multiplayer (with REAL, LIVING friends lol)
- Games are slightly more expensive
- FPS games are difficult but playable still
- Typing messages is a pain
PC gaming:
+ Great for FPS and MMORPG games (mouse and keyboard control over stupid d-pad)
+ Games are cheaper
+ New digital distribution option is convenient
- New digital distribution option is restrictive (no selling, trading etc of old games, no refunds!)
- Ridiculously expensive. Have to upgrade your system every frikkin year. Decent graphics cards cost ast much as an entire games console.
- Bugs bugs bugs, endless this crash, that crash, fix this file, install this patch, try this setting.
- Keyboard and mouse only good for a few types of games, everything else is better with a controller
Console gaming:
+ Cheap as chips compared to a "decent gaming rig" (£200 compared to £800 - wtf?)
+ Games are still on disc (sell, trade or refund easily)
+ Graphics are awesome. Your now 4 year old console (PS3) will handle the latest games. Your 4 year old PC won't even handle Windows 7 Solitaire without risk of meltdown.
+ Portable
+ True multiplayer (with REAL, LIVING friends lol)
- Games are slightly more expensive
- FPS games are difficult but playable still
- Typing messages is a pain
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Yes, MUCH better for virtually every type of game unless it's a crappy port. The problem is, *some* PC games are stuck with crappy graphics due to limitations of the current gen of consoles, I mean some half decent laptops can run console ports better then the consoles.
One example of a game that is a million times better then the console version.
Dragon Age.
I completed this on the 360 and thought it was pretty good. It was going cheap for the PC so I bought it. Wow, it is literally a million times better on a decent spec PC, a completely different experience.
+ Faster loading times
+ MUCH better graphics
+ Control scheme is a million times better, you can do everything with just a mouse.
These three major factors make a HUGE difference, and now DA is ranked very close to the top of my favourite rpg list.
Score:
360 - 83%
PC - 95%
I've just got both the Mass Effect games, both of which I've completed on the 360, I have a feeling these will be a country mile better too.