Just to preface this, I have all the current consoles and a gaming PC. So please don't take this as me going all pro-PC, or anti-console, or whatever. I'd just like to point some things out.
Pendragon9 said:
The Political Gamer said:
Raw Power: PC > Consoles
Control: PC > Consoles
Customization: PC > Consoles
# of Games: PC > Consoles
# of Free Games: PC > Consoles
# of Mic Spamming 10 year olds and Fanboys: Consoles > PC
Oh boy. ANOTHER PC snob. Allow me to counter your senseless prattle with some actual facts.
Raw power is tech speak for how much of a nerd you can be by arguing over such trivial things. Does your console/PC play games? If you said yes, then it's good. So stop arguing. Besides, remember the price of such a device, not to mention how small a difference there is between Ps3/360/PC graphics. Since you can't provide evidence to the contrary, then I'll move on.
Agreed. It really doesn't matter, just so long as you can play the games you want to play.
Controls differ among people. I hate using a keyboard for games. That doesn't make me an "ignorant fanboy", as you would woefully call me. I choose to use a controller. If you don't like it, oh well. Do something about it.
Agreed again. I have many friends who prefer the handheld controller, whereas I prefer the keyboard and mouse configuration. It's all personal preference. And, really, in this day and age, you can use keyboard and mouse on console gaming and controllers on PC gaming, so this has become a non-issue.
Customization. lol. I'm not even gonna go there. "LOOK! I PUT SPARKLES ON MY PC! JOO CAN'T DO THAT ON YUR 360! DUR HUR." Really, it doesn't make sense to make such a point like that.
I'm pretty sure he was talking about the hardware customization. Though, again, this relates to the raw power issue: as long as the parts work well enough to play the games, then what difference does it make?
However, the one thing that PC's do have one-up on consoles in this regard is that, if a single piece of the computer fails, you just have to replace that single piece. Whereas, on a console, if anything fails in the hardware, you have to send it in to get it repaired or you have to buy a new one. I mean, say your video card burns out in your PC. Go and buy a new one, install it, and you're good to go. But if the processor burns out in your PS3, you'll have to get a brand-new one.
So, in this regard, it's not so much customization, but in it's repairability.
My Ps3 alone can play more than 3000 games, counting Ps3,Ps2, PS1, PSN and PSP titles (it has compatibility for all of them). I can buy most of them on Amazon or even at my local Gamestop, and best of all, it wouldn't really cost me that much money out of my pocket. So unless the PC can play 3001 games without the need for emulators, roms or hacks, then I suggest you shut your noise hole and be thankful the PC can use emus.
Sorry, but PC's have been around for ages longer than the PlayStation, and were making games throughout the entire lifespan of all those consoles you listed. Sure, these days, PC gaming has taken a backseat to console gaming, but there are still thousands of games that you can buy and play. I can't give you a definitive number, but there's more than 3000, I can assure you.
All the games you can buy on the PSN (Age of Booty, PAIN, et cetera) are equal to all the games you can buy from PopCap Games alone (Bookworm, Plants vs. Zombies, et cetera), and that's just one company.
These days, most of the biggest games are coming out for all consoles, but the developers have been coming out with PC versions as well. Yes, consoles have exclusives, and yes, there are examples of games that are on console but not PC, but there are just as many games that are on PC and not console. All the MMO's, for instance (even though I loathe them all with the very core of my being). PC's have also had a monopoly on RTS gaming until very recently, and, even then, they are substantially better on PC than consoles (generally, anyways).
As for the free games, I really think you're pulling our leg with that one. I'd like to see some links and titles as to what games are free.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_freeware_games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_massively_multiplayer_online_games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_first-person_shooters
http://www.downloadgames2008.com/
http://www.freewaregames.net/
http://www.abandonia.com/en/search_abandonia/
http://www.abandonwarering.com/
http://www.fileplanet.com/free-games/
Yeah, they might not be the big blockbusters you were expecting, but there are tons of games that you can get on PC for completely free. More, if you want to count the ability to download games off the 'net and play them that way, and that's without counting emulators and what-not.
Now, for mic spamming ten year olds, that can occur on any gaming device. I'd like to see you prove it wrong.
Agreed. Mic-spammers are everywhere, no matter what you're playing on. PC, 360, PS3, whatever. And they are all just as equally retarded.
Again, I'm not flaming the PC. So don't reply all angry.
Tl;dr Stop being such a snob and learn to be friends with your fellow gamers.
Oh, and PS for any PC gamers;
Please don't think I'm trying to 1-up the PC with a console. I'm just saying you guys really should stop being so biased. It only reflects badly on you.
I hope this message didn't come across as angry, because I didn't want it to. I just saw some things that you said that weren't entirely accurate and wanted to make sure that we were all being equally fair. I agree that there are definitely a lot of people out there who fervently believe that PC's are better for gaming, but there are just as many people out there who believe that consoles are better.
The only difference between them is that pro-PC people are branded "snobs" and pro-console people are branded "fanboys". I'm not calling you a fanboy, no more than I call myself a snob. I just wanted to illustrate that it's all the same thing. A rose by any other name, am I right?
