Is it better playing games on a console or on a PC ?? Games consoles have been coming out for years and the only new change for a pc is the windows (e.g xp vista)
I love playing on my PC, I find that the PC games I play are more rewarding than anything on the console, but it has its limitations (price, and some games just dont work on the PC)
Console, has alot of games, relatively inexpensive (unless you want to go HD), and has a ton of great games.
Both have thier advantages and disadvantages. Both are great.
with a console i dont need to constantly keep my system upgraded or worry if my system specs will support the games software. I can also rent games. These two aspects alone make consoles more accessible and appealing to me.
Especially with the advent of online capabilities in the console world. I can acquire patches, specials and online competitiveness that used to be only available on PC's. The only edge i think PC gaming has over consoles anymore is the graphics (and this is relative most times anymore) and streamlined online capabilities. With the exception of few games, i really dont see that much of a glaring difference in graphics between consoles and PC's. Im sure this is because the 360 and PS3 hardware is relatively new. In a another year or two, im sure PC will be far beyond the 360 and PS3 capabilities, but by then there will be a new sony and microsoft system out.
Personally, i am solely an adventure, Fps, sports gamer. The very best games in these genre's are usually always found on the consoles anyway. I have no use for PC gaming...,and i have a mac now, so i couldnt go back to computer gaming if i wanted to. One other point, it always felt like a chore playing games on my PC, it was always an event and i always had to worry about lag because i couldnt afford a super computer
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If you want to be able to play all sorts of weird stuff in your games via mods and patches, would like to play games that usually have large servers (A lot of PC games have like 50+ players at one time.) and great graphics, yet are willing to spend literally thousands of dollars just to play games, go for the PC.
If you want to be able to just buy your game and play, at the cost of graphics (Console graphics are good but not s good as souped up computer graphics.) and versatility, then go for the Console.
I don't know if one is better then another, I will admit right away that I doesn't own a Console because I have never seen the need for one the Games that I want to play is buyable in a PC version.
And upgrading to a newer computer can be expensive, however I'm under the impression that it is just as expensive to have a console, in my country the PC-games for instance is cheaper then console versions.
But IMO it depends on what kind of gamer you are, and what fascinates you.
You dont need to spend thousands of dollars on a machine.
Yesh, over dramatic arent we?
You can easily by a great system for 1000 bucks nowadays. Maybe, a bit more if you have to buy a complete system from the ground up but once you get that, you can just upgrade whenever you need too.
Considering RAM, videocards and processers are getting cheap, its not that much of a difference. People though use extreme examples of why console is cheaper but not everybody wants, or needs an quad core 3ghz, 4 gb or ram, 2 videocards to play games. In two years, you'll see that medium quality graphics in most PC games will look alot better than the consoles.
The games are much cheaper on PC plus i can do other work on a PC e.g office work or surfing. Console is only for playing games. Are the graphics for a PC game good as the xbox 360 ?? I think a good PC needs a good graphics card right ?
To upgrade it yes. But how long will it then take before you need to upgrade it again... I have had a old computer until recently, I only bought a graphic card and that computer I used for four years, it's about how high level of detail you want, I on my part is perfectly happy with medium settings 1024x768, that fine by me. But if the highest level of detail constantly is required to get pleasure from playing a game then I have no doubt that PC is the most expensive.
if your on a fairly low paid job, dont get much cash flow, the Consoles are an obvious and fairly good piece of hardware
but if youve got the cash then a PC can beat a console in alsmost every way, speed, capabilities, uses etc etc, for gaming PC if youve got the cash, overall PC is better by far, cash or not but yeh
imo a lot of the best games come on PC in the end anyway and often with additions
But if you live in the States, you can easily upgrade a computer, or fully build one for $1100. According to PC gamer, an e6700 Duo, 2gb of ddr-800, 250GB HD, and a 8800 GTX 768MB videocard is $1166.
That's a sweet system and can play any PC game on high settings outside of Crysis.
Corsair Ram, and Asus P5N-E SLI, onboard audio though.
My system that I'm looking to get built from a local shop is probalby going to have, or in the area of.
Intel QX9650, Antec Nine Hundred Case, X-Fi Extreme (hate onboard audio), OCZ DDR-2 PC2-6400 Reaper Edition, ASUS SKT. 775 NF 680I, OCZ GameXStream (or Pro) 700W, WD Digital Raptor 150GB, and 250GB 7,200 HD, and 2 BFG's 8800 GT's 512MB, or if they dont have them in for awhile, 2 BGG's 8800 GTS 512MB and Vista Premium 64Bit Edition.
Somewhere in that area. I'm not too good with Mobo's so I dont know if that one is going to be alright with it, probably ask to see if it will be good, but overall with tax $3300 (without system fee)
not really, i mean they can sorta get viruses, they can break, they can still go wrong, design flaws and what not, their still a system, although simple system, they can break and are often better to buy a new one if your old one breaks coz their not the best to fix
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