Soldato
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I was a PC gamer for about a decade up until the PS2 came out. I realized then that PC gaming was dead (for me anyway)
Consoles are easier to setup.
Consoles do not require expensive upgrades periodically to maintain playability
Consoles have just as good if not a better selection of games than PCs
Console control systems are as good if not better in many cases to KB/M
Consoles are more social, you can invite a bunch of mates round hand out a few controllers and get going. No need for a console and scene each + the hassle of transporting and setting up kit.
Consoles can be played on the Sofa.
Also I find the statements from PC gamers about Console FPS games requiring little skill to play + auto aim makes it easier followed by *****ing about how the keyboard and mouse is better and they would have won had they been using KB/M.
If console games required no skill and the auto aim made killing easy then surely you PC FPS gaming gods would have been creaming yourselves over how easy it is to get seriously high K/D ratios in console games. Further more the True-Skill leveling system used in Games like COD4 and Halo2/3 would have everyone sitting at the same level as the lack of skill required and the auto aim would balance the games out so you would inherently lose as much as you win. However this is not the case.
The fact is Games like Halo and COD do require skill and practice, and if you put in the practice with the control pad you will find that it is a very good control mechanism on par with the KB/M. In fact I actually prefer it to the KB/M.
Another thing that PC gamers often do not seem to understand Great Graphics != Great game.
Yes the graphical prowess of the console is lower than the PC, but they are by no means poor and thus far each generation of consoles have peaked in their graphical display at about the time their replacement appears on the shelves. Where as with a PC you buy your PC it will run a few games, but in 5 years time that same PC is hardly likely to run any new games, let alone give you reasonable playability or demonstrate the game in its full glory.
Consoles are easier to setup.
Consoles do not require expensive upgrades periodically to maintain playability
Consoles have just as good if not a better selection of games than PCs
Console control systems are as good if not better in many cases to KB/M
Consoles are more social, you can invite a bunch of mates round hand out a few controllers and get going. No need for a console and scene each + the hassle of transporting and setting up kit.
Consoles can be played on the Sofa.
Also I find the statements from PC gamers about Console FPS games requiring little skill to play + auto aim makes it easier followed by *****ing about how the keyboard and mouse is better and they would have won had they been using KB/M.
If console games required no skill and the auto aim made killing easy then surely you PC FPS gaming gods would have been creaming yourselves over how easy it is to get seriously high K/D ratios in console games. Further more the True-Skill leveling system used in Games like COD4 and Halo2/3 would have everyone sitting at the same level as the lack of skill required and the auto aim would balance the games out so you would inherently lose as much as you win. However this is not the case.
The fact is Games like Halo and COD do require skill and practice, and if you put in the practice with the control pad you will find that it is a very good control mechanism on par with the KB/M. In fact I actually prefer it to the KB/M.
Another thing that PC gamers often do not seem to understand Great Graphics != Great game.
Yes the graphical prowess of the console is lower than the PC, but they are by no means poor and thus far each generation of consoles have peaked in their graphical display at about the time their replacement appears on the shelves. Where as with a PC you buy your PC it will run a few games, but in 5 years time that same PC is hardly likely to run any new games, let alone give you reasonable playability or demonstrate the game in its full glory.
Promod doesn't exist on consoles, and on consoles CoD4 has auto aim 
It's hard to say a game needs skill when it has autoaim, IMHO.
The auto aim doesn't do anything other than make targeting as easy as it is with a mouse imo anyway.
