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PC vs Console for gaming.
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Get ya self a decent pc, get yaself a 360/ps3/Wii (360 being my choice though i own a 360 and ps3 and Wii comes next year sometime lol) and get the best of both worlds lol
jsut my opinion, but if you dont do that then you're missing out on a hell of a lot of good gaming
such as ? and tbh i am very put off by all the failing xbox 360's whats the point if its just going to break then eventually you have no more warranty waste of money.
The only games that would make me get it would be 3d fighters with 0 lag especially fight night but they lag right just enough to make it frustrating
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have to say for me in the past it was the games that sold the console for me, usually 1 killer game was all that was needed for me to get a console.
bought the normal Nintendo 8 bit console just because super mario was on it.
bought a super nintendo because street fighter 2 was on it.
bought a nintendo 64 because it had (and to me still has) the best wrestling games on it, the wcw vs nwo game and that other wwf wrestling game too.
bought the dreamcast because it had marvel vs capcom 2 and other fighters i wanted as well as streetfighter 3.
none of the new consoles have games that i really like, there was gears of war but thats out on pc now so meh.
very subjective topic this, choice of pc vs console will always vary from person to person.
bought the normal Nintendo 8 bit console just because super mario was on it.
bought a super nintendo because street fighter 2 was on it.
bought a nintendo 64 because it had (and to me still has) the best wrestling games on it, the wcw vs nwo game and that other wwf wrestling game too.
bought the dreamcast because it had marvel vs capcom 2 and other fighters i wanted as well as streetfighter 3.
none of the new consoles have games that i really like, there was gears of war but thats out on pc now so meh.
very subjective topic this, choice of pc vs console will always vary from person to person.
PCs for me all the way.
Trouble is you have to look at the software as well as the hardware.
Know nothing business centered suits tend to dominate the games software market now. There are few PC enthusiasts writing decent deep innovative games for other PC enthusiasts anymore.
Of course there are still the odd few old style heroes like Brad Wardell producing games like the GalCiv series over at Stardock. Most producers however just want to kill off the PC with all its problems and optimize profits with expensive to buy, dumbed down, short of content, unsupported after launch, unoriginal, mass appeal tat on as few hardware platforms as possible, and certainly not on a hardware platform as complex as the PC. For example Oblivion was, no is, imho a great game but that game's interface was pure console crap ported to the PC.
When I buy a PC game I expect to get massive usage and replayability out of it. My son bought Bioshock recently and I was shocked he finished it in a weekend.
Entire genres of PC game are in danger of going for good.
Now I'm going back to my game of MOO2.
Trouble is you have to look at the software as well as the hardware.
Know nothing business centered suits tend to dominate the games software market now. There are few PC enthusiasts writing decent deep innovative games for other PC enthusiasts anymore.
Of course there are still the odd few old style heroes like Brad Wardell producing games like the GalCiv series over at Stardock. Most producers however just want to kill off the PC with all its problems and optimize profits with expensive to buy, dumbed down, short of content, unsupported after launch, unoriginal, mass appeal tat on as few hardware platforms as possible, and certainly not on a hardware platform as complex as the PC. For example Oblivion was, no is, imho a great game but that game's interface was pure console crap ported to the PC.
When I buy a PC game I expect to get massive usage and replayability out of it. My son bought Bioshock recently and I was shocked he finished it in a weekend.
Entire genres of PC game are in danger of going for good.
Now I'm going back to my game of MOO2.
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you can get an actual 360 controller for the pc.
also, the keyboard isn't hard to use at all for gaming, there's no need to be able to touchtype at all, as you are only using 4 movement keys and maybe one or two others, and the mouse is easier to use accurately than a joystick.
also, the keyboard isn't hard to use at all for gaming, there's no need to be able to touchtype at all, as you are only using 4 movement keys and maybe one or two others, and the mouse is easier to use accurately than a joystick.
You dont need to touch type to play games with the keyboard and mouse. Most FPS games use the WSAD layout for forward, backward, strafe left, strafe right.
Once you place your fingers on W A and D you never really need to look down as your thumb should be "on" space bar which is usually jump and crouch is usually Ctrl or Shift which is where your pinky would normally sit. Reload would just need a quick short movement to R
and Obviously mouse for look/fire and maybe change weapon.
Consoles better for:
FootballES
Driving:Forza etc
You can just as easily use a xbox 360 controller on a pc
Most footy and racing games are available on pc anyway apart from the odd console exclusive ones like Forza, PGR & Gran Turismo.