Console and PC - if only to choose

[bobin8ter]

I haven't been around for a while (had to focus on girl and school), but now I am thinking of getting back in PC gaming.

I was chatting with some friends/people, and there general feeling was that console is better than PC Gaming cuz:

1) Cheeper - console = $300-600 - a really good PC Graphics Card can cost that much. Also, everytime a new PC game comes out - you gotta upgrade the graphics card and maybe other things, which makes it more expensive.

2) Can use a keyboard and mouse with some of the consoles, and most PC games have a console version.

3) Consoles are easier to learn and use, and not as scary as learning a PC game.

4) Consoles are in living rooms and more family oriented
Now, I don't agree with all these point, but some of them I do feel are real with some people.

Also, it seems like PC gaming doesn't seem to be as popular as it did a year or 2 ago.

Anyways, now it is off to see about a new graphics card...

[casecutter]

PC gaming is dying. Software companies prefer to release console games since they are harder to pirate. If I had to do it all over again, I'd go console myself. I'd recommend the Sony Playstation 3 since it is also a Blu-Ray player too and you get the added benefits of playing Blu-Ray movies too.

[Kheldar]

console games suck

well FPS do anyway

and there are enough emulators around to run console games on the pc

[eightball103]

I personally try to own as many items of technology as possible. pc, laptop, consolses etc... i mean what else would you spend your money on? oh wait... beer i guess... and maybe oreos... but mainly on technology. yea.

[Nza]

PC gaming is adjusting, I don't think it's dieing. In fact a lot of releases this year you'd typically not see as PC games are being given the "Games for Windows" treatment - hopefully a product of improving port capabilities from 360 games. It will always be somewhat of a niche in gaming (otherwise it just wouldn't be PC gaming), but I don't see it dieing any time soon.

It basically comes down to Microsoft. People say no one owns PC gaming like companies own consoles, but in reality Microsoft do control it - 99% of PC gamers use Windows after all. They also own the console that developers seem to prefer, not to mention it was the first out there which helped make sure multiplatform game engines were being built for the 360 natively. If they can bridge the two together - PC gaming under Windows and 360 gaming - so any 360 release is also easily made a PC release, then PC gaming will remain alive and well. Remember, up until this point in time, porting to the PC has always been considered a tedious task and it has survived this long. If they lower the costs of making a 360 game also a PC game, then it won't matter if it doesn't sell as much and if it's being pirated more than the 360 version.

[IT_Chief]

I still think PC Gaming is better. Granted, they have the arguement that you have to upgrade your graphics card every so often, but I see that as a plus. At least you can upgrade the graphics card. With a console game, within a few years you have to buy a new one to play the new titles. Oh and by the way, compare the number of titles for any console game to the number of titles available for the PC. Oh, and don't forget freeware games you can download for the PC. And old games that you enjoyed many years ago. They're still available for PC. The PC gaming market drives the technology used in console gaming so the better graphics and other new stuff that comes out is generally seen on PCs first. Only exception I can think of is the Wii controllers. PC already has 3D gaming available if you buy the right parts. It will probably come out on consoles in about 5 years.

And finally, with PCs, most multiplayer games have communities and mods so the gameplay continues on. Look at how long Counterstrike has been around. There are still hundreds of thousands of players playing online and making new maps andother content.

[BXDfreedom]

I choose PC!! becoz you can do almost everything while gaming! I dont think PC gaming is dieing already theres a lot PC games that are released last month(1 of that is the best game ive played Batman AA) & more great games will comeout!