"Console gaming is better because it just works"... still a valid argument?

[Grey_Focks]

really don't think that argument held much validity to it in the first place. I think steam is awesome, and is really one of the big reasons I play PC games. the chance of your account getting hacked is very slim, just don't click a link a total stranger sends you, and your all set. PC games are generally cheaper (except for MW2, but we won't get into THAT shit..) can be modded, are free to play online and usually have dedicated server support, which from someone who has played online on every console, really is the best way to go. Another bonus is that something becoming a trend, is that older games are getting "no cd" patches, so along with steam it's becoming more and more convenient. That sums up pretty well why I prefer PC to console, but I do still love my 360 and ps3.

The "having to get a new system" argument is just not that true, as just downloading updates for your drivers is often enough to let you play the game, and you really wouldn't need to upgrade your system except every 3-5 years, which is practically the same for consoles.

 

[Scratcher]

I would've said it was a valid argument for some people. Not everyone can spend the time or possibly actually grasp some of the mechanics necessary for upkeeping their computers. Then I remembered my 2 year old laptop works fine and my Xbox broke after 8 months...

 

[cheese_wizington]

We've all seen console elitists putting down PC gamers so often on these forums. "Oh PC gamers are elitists with no lives" and such, "what tards, console gaming is better, it works with no installs or glitches or viruses"...

Can this still be a valid argument today? We've seen the millions of problems with Modern Warfare 2, we've seen things such as the bug with Assasin's Creed 1 (PS3 version) where the screen went white and the game stopped functioning, we've seen hardware problems such as the red ring and yellow light.

What are your thoughts?

P.S. Any comments aside from "omg flamebait!" "omg troll" "this wont end well" "omg PC fanboy" would be appreciated. Originality please. Thanks.

I have never seen someone who plays a console put down a person who plays a PC.

 

[TelHybrid]

I have never seen someone who plays a console put down a person who plays a PC.

Selective vision...

 

[Paddin]

We've all seen console elitists putting down PC gamers so often on these forums. "Oh PC gamers are elitists with no lives"

And, with the above quote, I have managed to prove that no-one is better than anyone else.

/thread?

Agreed. /thread

 

[squid5580]

The arguement would work if PC games all of a sudden came out bug free while console versions became riddled with them.

 

[bcponpcp27]

Does for me. I play both, and my console games do just seem to works better. I tend to have freezes, lag, and framerate issues on pc. Most of this is probably attributable to not having a great pc, but I just don't have that kind of dough.

 

[NeutralMunchHotel]

I have never seen someone who plays a console put down a person who plays a PC.

Selective vision...

No... I think he may have a point here... can you point me in the direction of an example of this? I've just never seen a console gamer say PC gaming is shit or anything.

 

[Pendragon9]

My problem with PC players is when they don't follow this:

Who gives a shit? Play whatever you have and like whatever you want. Why care what others are doing?

They apparently feel the need to condemn everyone who doesn't agree with them. I'd consider them like a certain greedy military power in 1944, but it's obvious already.

...and you just invoked Godwin's Law.

Too bad, I did agree with you (although i would add that console fanboys do the same. Disclaimer: I vastly prefer my consoles over my PC, but if someone has more fun with their PC, good for them).

I didn't invoke Godwin's law. i was referring to the French. They were kinda snooty even during WW2. <<

 

[Sud0_x]

console gaming is better because you just have to buy the console and game, not the console, game, graphics card, ram, new processor, new monitor....etc.

Ummm you do know you can just buy a computer, right?

OP: Never was a valid argument, you could just buy a stock PC and install and play a game, no fuss no muss, unless of course you tried to do something akin to playing a PS2 game on a PS1

i should have clarified. i meant that if you buy the console all the games are made to run on that hardware and not so on the pc, you have to spend an insane amount of money to run a game and you will need to spend the same amount again in a year or so when the system requirements go up

Okay this is the point I've decided to take issue with for the day.
I couldn't be bothered quoting everyone who stated this view, you were just the most recent, so I'm sorry if you feel i'm targeting you.
Have you ever actually read the system requirements on the cover of a PC game?
Guarantee the minimum hardware dates back YEARS. The games are desgined that way; not just for the tools who spend obscene amounts of money buying a new i7 only to overclock it right out of the box, fry it and buy another. They are also desgined for the average and below average of the current time. My buddy was still running a Nvidia 6800 last year and you know what the minimum card required to play most of last year's titles (including Fallout 3) was? A 6800. The 6 series dates back to 2004. Hell he still plays ArmA 2 on a sempron.

It just irked me that this was considered a valid point.

EDIT: (Fallout) My bad, 2008? Wow did I lose a year?

it is, i prefer just having a set system that i know everything coming out for it will work on it.

Don't you think that's a little silly?
"Everything coming out for it will work on it?"
Consoles have hardware, just like a PC does, only it's completely obsolete at the time of purchase and there's no way to upgrade it. Once the hardware has reached its limit a new console has to be produced.
If you compare a PC upgrade to going from one console generation to the next; odds are it'd cost you more for the new console.

dont you think it's a little silly to be arguing with someone's personal preference?

Correcting the bogus points of others = check.
Making one of my own = asshattery

(new console costing more than a PC upgrade) They'd probably be quite close although the Ps3 was a significant price jump at launch from prior releases, not really sure how things will go next time around. Surprised nobody called me on this actually.

Personal preference it is, however, that makes my earlier points no less valid.
oh and I seem to recall the reason I engaged you to begin with was 'cause o' this:

...on the pc, you have to spend an insane amount of money to run a game and you will need to spend the same amount again in a year or so when the system requirements go up

You're a hip.
A hippo.
A hypocritical little honky who needs to check his own posts.

At least I admitted to being a short-sighted ass. Your turn.

TIP: When someone corrects you on a point; don't reply with another invalid argument that needs correcting. Oh and don't, after that, tell them they're silly for "arguing with you over personal preference." I never did say consoles are the devil and you are the spawn of Satan.
It was more like "don't be so judgemental and perhaps learn a fact or two before making up your own".

 

[likalaruku]

Console gaming doesn't work for me. I like the backlit keyboard, I like not getting finger cramps, & like that I don't have to actually hold the keyboard or the mouse, I like the vast libraries of mods, I like the backwards compatibility, I like the hotkeys, I like how much cheaper a new graphics card & monitor are than buying a console, & so on.

 

[D088Y]

ha your biased

Tell that to my 360 and PS3... =]

your still kinda biased to be completely none biased you need to own no consoles and no computer and have never used any of them as well as having ever recent incident of unreliability in a console or computer to read mabye even just a list of gliches in games that would make you completely none biased and still now what your talking about find that person and force him to post his answer to your question

PS: where's the wii

Dude... grammar please!

Wii? Meh, might as well get a v-tech while I'm at it then...

yeah imm dislecsic thanks for pikin up on that prik

 

[geon106]

I don't think it's really valid.

It all comes down to if you like to have a controller in hand or a keyboard

or, you could plug a gamepad into a pc?

You can get a Windows compatible Xbox 360 controller or a 3rd party patch for the PS3 controller

 

[TelHybrid]

ha your biased

Tell that to my 360 and PS3... =]

your still kinda biased to be completely none biased you need to own no consoles and no computer and have never used any of them as well as having ever recent incident of unreliability in a console or computer to read mabye even just a list of gliches in games that would make you completely none biased and still now what your talking about find that person and force him to post his answer to your question

PS: where's the wii

Dude... grammar please!

Wii? Meh, might as well get a v-tech while I'm at it then...

yeah imm dislecsic thanks for pikin up on that prik

Dyslexia huh? So why is it that in your original post your spelling seems to be fine, yet suddenly now you're saying you have dyslexia it's not so much?

Faking medical conditions over the internet is just sad dude...

 

[Ithae]

Just to let you all know, an Xbox 360 is a 2001 computer re-done with specific new parts.

 

[Snowalker]

We've all seen console elitists putting down PC gamers so often on these forums. "Oh PC gamers are elitists with no lives" .

I had to stop there. WTF? On these forums console gamers get called childish, stupid, lower class, ignorant, and basically anything that means your a lower form of existence, but because of a few people standing up for the console community you feel the need to make it a point to call them out on it? Unfair much?

OT: Well, yes and no, for the Xbox community, I feel the Xbox has far too much problems for it to be legit, but the PS3 isn't nearly as bad the PC or the Xbox, but again its questionable. However, I've not heard any kind of problems from the Wii, so for the Wii alone, it still a fairly valid point.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

Console gaming is better than PC gaming because my friends are on the consoles not on the PC. There was a time when I placed a great deal of value in having the "optimal experience" but these days I'd rather share my games with friends. When it comes to single player games, however, I almost certainly choose the PC version.

 

[bubba145]

i'll just say this both have there advantages and disadvantages.
Consules have cheaper and easier support systems
PCs are easier to use and are more common.
Consules have problems but as earlier stated its cheaper to fix them.
Pcs are Needey little buggers but all in all its worth the time and money you sink into it.