A question for you PC exclusive gamers.

[Gildan Bladeborn]

Nope, the inherent superiority of our control methods for certain genres of games is just one of a great many reasons why I don't own a console. The only reason I'd have considered buying a PS3 was as a blu-ray player, and we already own several of those so it's superfluous to me.

 

[FretfulGnome]

To be honest I don't even like the mouse and keyboard all that much. It's great for FPS's, but I use my 360 controller whenever I can. The reason I play PC games is because it's a better platform for gaming, not bashing consoles or anything, it just is. Higher quality graphics, higher quality sound, better gameplay experience and replayability through mods. Not to mention all of the thousands of other things my PC can do besides play games, which makes it a better deal money wise.

 

[Treblaine]

My guess is that the mouse input on that device will be wildly inaccurate, much like the similar device for the 360. If they can make it as good as my normal mouse, then it has a shot, though that would be tantamount to cheating in online FPS. my guess is that it can't be as accurate. If you set the sensitivity to max on a console FPS, the fastest it can go is not even close to fast enough for a mouse, which uses a very different method of aiming (flicking instead of sweeping)

Have you maxed the settings on MW2 on the PS3 (atleast)? Everything blurs and I genuinely got dizzy or motion sickness not sure which. So to me anyway it's too fast for normal use.

Have you played ANY first person shooter on a PC? because you sound like you have no idea what you are talking about. Blurring and dizzy? Seriously?

 

[Addendum_Forthcoming]

I don't think that the selling point for PC gamers is a keyboard but rather the ability to modify their games heavily and enjoy a wide spectrum of non-mainstream titles.
So, while not being one of them, I would say not really.

This. And that there are genres of games that really just 'click' on PC

OT: Plus picking up fun, discount games on PC ... like one of the funnest experiences in a JB Hi-Fi, EB, or Game store is flicking through the HUGE bargain bins set up for PC gamers .... and some of the old treasures (that you may have to tinker with settings to get to play) of gaming that you find for 5 bucks.

PC gaming has everything to please someone, and so many treasures to be found f you're only willing to look for them.

Like with consoles, you tend to buy games you're looking for (like new releases) .... whereas with PC you might not be looking fr a game at all ... but find that rare something-something hidden away.

I think thats also a strong part of the appeal of PC games.

Tell that to my copy of Zone of the Enders

I see your ZoE and Raise you Soldier of Fortune 2 + NWN Diamond pack for 15 bucks total (Sure I had NWN plus the expansions before, but one of the discs were destroyed <.<) :-] But Yeah you do find some console game treasures, but I don't know ... PC games bargain bin always seems deeper

 

[CheeseSandwichCake]

I can't play Starcraft 2 on a PS3, therefor I don't really care.

Your mouse and keyboard that is probably going to be buggy as hell does not influence me in the slightest to get a PS3. Since the only games I've been able to play for more than an hour at a time in the past three months have had titles ending in "Starcraft", "Starcraft 2", "Diablo 2" or "Warcraft 3" and I wouldn't dare attempt any of them on a console, not even with your crappy mouse and keyboard which I already have had for my PC since I found out how to uber micro like Korean. ZERG RUSH!!!!!!!!!!!1!! KEKEKEKEKEKEKEEEEKEKE!!!!!111one

Yes I am a Blizzard fanboy.

Edit: STARCRAFT 2 LOOKS SO SEXY ON MAXIMUM SETTINGS, WHICH THE PS3 COULD SIMPLY NOT DO.
Eddit: I'd get a PS3 for the bluray player (Which is all I would get it for) but then again I'd rather save my money and buy a GTX295 that I probably couldn't even fit on my motherboard just so I could make SC2 run smoother on ultra settings... My 9800GT just can't cut it! Well, it can cut it in melee, I just had to turn settings down for those custom maps that just LOVE to rape you with thousands of units at once.
Edddit: YES I AM EXCITED FOR STARCRAFT 2. IT'S THE ONLY GAME I CARE ABOUT THIS YEAR DD
Eddddit: I ALMOST CUT MYSELF WHEN I HEARD THE BETA ENDED

 

[Vuljatar]

I'm not PC-exclusive (I own a 360), but I consider the PC to be my "serious" gaming platform, so I'll answer anyway.

Would

Spoiler: this

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/10/eagle-eye-peripheral-adds-keyboard-support-to-ps3-fps-games/

entice you to buy a PS3?

No, it wouldn't. But MGS4 has already enticed me to buy a PS3--if it wasn't so damn expensive.

 

[omega 616]

My guess is that the mouse input on that device will be wildly inaccurate, much like the similar device for the 360. If they can make it as good as my normal mouse, then it has a shot, though that would be tantamount to cheating in online FPS. my guess is that it can't be as accurate. If you set the sensitivity to max on a console FPS, the fastest it can go is not even close to fast enough for a mouse, which uses a very different method of aiming (flicking instead of sweeping)

Have you maxed the settings on MW2 on the PS3 (atleast)? Everything blurs and I genuinely got dizzy or motion sickness not sure which. So to me anyway it's too fast for normal use.

Have you played ANY first person shooter on a PC? because you sound like you have no idea what you are talking about. Blurring and dizzy? Seriously?

Yes, doctor. I have played them on a PC, not a fan myself.

 

[Rad Party God]

For my current-gen gaming I play the Wii, 360 and PC, but the PC is my first and main gaming machine/thingy. 360 second and Wii third.

If there's any way to connect a PS3 to my monitor (DVI or VGA), then I'll sell my 360 right away.

 

[Signa]

I hate to call myself PC exclusive, because games are games to me, but DAMNIT games are dumb these days. I've recently plunked around on Freelancer and Morrowind and both are such complex and deep games I'd be shocked to see either on a console today. Yeah, yeah, I know they ported Morrowind to the Xbox, but I've heard the complaints about it.

I guess what I'm saying is that while control is one of the bigger issues for me in the console/PC debate, there are far greater factors that ultimately choose the games I play and the system they are on. I have consoles and I can't see myself not owning them, but I'm having such a hard time finding the motivation to turn them on.

 

[Flames66]

I hear you say mouse and keyboard is the bestest thing ever for FPS (or even any game) so would being able to play in your preferred control system on PS3 exclusives persuade you to buy one?

No. I don't like the look of most games being released at the moment anyway, so exclusives don't persuade me.

 

[mocruz1200]

i would. i dont use a next-gen system, but seeing that makes me think that if i did get one, it would be the ps3/keyboard combo. because, come on, i can game in my 17 inch monitor, or i can game in our 62 inch tv.....

 

[Treblaine]

My guess is that the mouse input on that device will be wildly inaccurate, much like the similar device for the 360. If they can make it as good as my normal mouse, then it has a shot, though that would be tantamount to cheating in online FPS. my guess is that it can't be as accurate. If you set the sensitivity to max on a console FPS, the fastest it can go is not even close to fast enough for a mouse, which uses a very different method of aiming (flicking instead of sweeping)

Have you maxed the settings on MW2 on the PS3 (atleast)? Everything blurs and I genuinely got dizzy or motion sickness not sure which. So to me anyway it's too fast for normal use.

Have you played ANY first person shooter on a PC? because you sound like you have no idea what you are talking about. Blurring and dizzy? Seriously?

Yes, doctor. I have played them on a PC, not a fan myself.

What was the problem? Too responsive? Too accurate? Frame-rate too high, graphics too good?

I know the entire experience isn't oppressively controlled by a major corporation that severely limits your options, but don't worry... freedom is a hard thing to adapt to.

 

[omega 616]

My guess is that the mouse input on that device will be wildly inaccurate, much like the similar device for the 360. If they can make it as good as my normal mouse, then it has a shot, though that would be tantamount to cheating in online FPS. my guess is that it can't be as accurate. If you set the sensitivity to max on a console FPS, the fastest it can go is not even close to fast enough for a mouse, which uses a very different method of aiming (flicking instead of sweeping)

Have you maxed the settings on MW2 on the PS3 (atleast)? Everything blurs and I genuinely got dizzy or motion sickness not sure which. So to me anyway it's too fast for normal use.

Have you played ANY first person shooter on a PC? because you sound like you have no idea what you are talking about. Blurring and dizzy? Seriously?

Yes, doctor. I have played them on a PC, not a fan myself.

What was the problem? Too responsive? Too accurate? Frame-rate too high, graphics too good?

I know the entire experience isn't oppressively controlled by a major corporation that severely limits your options, but don't worry... freedom is a hard thing to adapt to.

Yes, doctor Hitler that was the problem ...

Somebody doesn't share your view and there automatically wrong? Just 'cos I didn't like it doesn't mean either the controller or M/K are right or wrong and saying otherwise just makes you arrogant.

Some people like red sauce and some like brown, saying one is worse than the other is silly. Different strokes for different folks.

 

[QUINTIX]

I think the number one thing hurting gaming right now is the enormous cost of making software. The cell and its SPEs do not help. It is unfortunate that the PS3 did not go the way of the sega saturn and 3DO. Oh, and by the way the RSX is less powerful and flexible than the Xenos.


It isn't about the mouse and keyboard, or even the hardware. My gaming rig is a Pentium 4 machine from 2004/2005 with a radeon 2600xt. For those of you who aren't PC gamers, it is a VERY low end rig, even for 2004. The PC is a flexible, open platform with no IPHONE APPSTORE style gatekeeping. Games like Wofenstien and Doom did not happen on consoles for a number of reasons, but I do not think that it is primarily because of the hardware.

 

[Darknacht]

Nope. I'm not a PC gamer just to have a keyboard and mouse.

 

[Treblaine]

My guess is that the mouse input on that device will be wildly inaccurate, much like the similar device for the 360. If they can make it as good as my normal mouse, then it has a shot, though that would be tantamount to cheating in online FPS. my guess is that it can't be as accurate. If you set the sensitivity to max on a console FPS, the fastest it can go is not even close to fast enough for a mouse, which uses a very different method of aiming (flicking instead of sweeping)

Have you maxed the settings on MW2 on the PS3 (atleast)? Everything blurs and I genuinely got dizzy or motion sickness not sure which. So to me anyway it's too fast for normal use.

Have you played ANY first person shooter on a PC? because you sound like you have no idea what you are talking about. Blurring and dizzy? Seriously?

Yes, doctor. I have played them on a PC, not a fan myself.

What was the problem? Too responsive? Too accurate? Frame-rate too high, graphics too good?

I know the entire experience isn't oppressively controlled by a major corporation that severely limits your options, but don't worry... freedom is a hard thing to adapt to.

Yes, doctor Hitler that was the problem ...

Somebody doesn't share your view and there automatically wrong? Just 'cos I didn't like it doesn't mean either the controller or M/K are right or wrong and saying otherwise just makes you arrogant.

Some people like red sauce and some like brown, saying one is worse than the other is silly. Different strokes for different folks.

Doctor Hitler?

How DARE YOU! I'll have you refer to me as my proper title: Professor Hitler

I worked damn hard for my departmental chair and I'll be DAMNED if I get bumped down to a lowly Doctorate again (just kidding)

But seriously, I want to know WHY you don't like PC gaming, an actual tangible reason. We're not talking about colour preference, there are quantifiable and distinct differences here and don't act as if you can't describe them.

All you have said gives the impression that you simply have PREJUDICE against PC because - I don't know - you bought into a load of advertising and marketing crap to do with consoles and you're just in love with them, and don't want to give anything else a chance.

I don't know, please prove me otherwise. Give me some REAL reasons you can enjoy a game on PS3 or 360 yet on PC it is somehow unbearable.

I can state my reasons for disliking console:
-overpriced games (for worse graphics/performance)
-frequent input lag issues
-locked down "walled garden" business model
-Analogue stick aiming is simultaneously too slow and too imprecise
-gamepad has too few button and too much "finger conflict" (thumb has to manage face buttons and L-stick at the same time)

But to spite all that I game on my PS3 quite often, I'd rather play Uncharted on PS3 than not at all. But if Uncharted and other PS£-Exclusives came out on PC I wouldn't bother with PS3.

 

[Uncreation]

Well, to paraphrase Yahtzee (and Evil the White, i guess):

Short answer: no.

Long answer: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

It's not just about the controls. It's also about the games themselves. There is no PS3 exclusive game that i would like to play, but there are a ton of games that are not on the PS3, that i do want to play (mostly older games).

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

I game on my PC about as much as I do on my PS3. While I'm not wild for console FPSs, I still play them a lot and do enjoy them.

However I must say that looks like a good birthday present.