For a given game, PC or console?

[Talal Provides]

PC, because of the extra horsepower and the beauty that is modding. It's also often a better value, since games that have delayed releases on the PC often get bundled with all the DLC you had to pay for on the consoles. Also, 50 bucks is better than 60, as is being able to fire up Steam and not have to leave the house/deal with a Gamestop employee.

 

[Mr Pantomime]

my friend bought the PC version of Arkham Asylum because that version had steam and smoke. I thought it was silly, but when I went to buy it I thought "this version has steam". But I bought black ops on PS3 because the PC version was apparently bad. So Id say I prefer whichever version is better, or has more stuff.

 

[Evil the White]

PC all the way. Modding plus access to Steam (and the mouse and keyboard controls which are better for most things except racers) will keep me a PC gamer forever.

 

[Lord Honk]

PC. I got an XBox controller for it, why would I buy it for a console? What is made for PC is a ***** to port to console, what is made for a console mostly has to struggle with controls during porting, so there's little reason not to take the PC version. For me at least.

 

[Talal Provides]

Another reason why I go PC is because my formative years were spent during the period where the PC was king, where it was the platform where all the exciting things were happening, when most of the games that were getting all the attention from the press and from gamers were on the PC, when it seemed like every other week something would come out that did something on a technological level that blew minds, when the devs were like rock stars and were supremely confident and had swagger and would do things like release a game in a box that had no name on it, just a screenshot, when the most popular booth on the show floor at E3 was 3dfx and as such I have a pretty strong love of the PC as a platform.

 

[Fallen-Angel Risen-Demon]

I would have it on the PC if I had a decent one. But unfortunately I have to stick to consoles for now.

 

[Sigmund Av Volsung]

PC, Cause I is a PC only guy.
Also, the game would look nicer(let rage commence).

 

[Thaliur]

Definitely PC (even if I did own a console, which would be useless anyway, since I wouldn't buy games for it).

For example, Two Worlds 2 costs about 30? on PC, 50? on XBox and 60? on PS3. That's the standard edition, no fancy bonus items or collectibles.
Of course, the cost of a console game is somewhat balanced out by the fact that the consoles are usually cheaper than an equally powerful PC system, but only until you bought so many games that you made up for the difference.
And I can do other things with my PC, like work, surf the internet and pretyy much everything that can be done digitally.

If I want to get the console feeling, I can still connect my PC to an HD TV and plug in an XBox (or PS3) gamepad.

 

[AnAngryMoose]

Console because my PC is a 7 year old heap of crap and I prefer a 360 controller in my hand to a mouse and keyboard.

 

[manaman]

It depends on a few factors:

Do a majority of my friends play the game? If so, what system?
Almost invariably this ends up being console.

Does it have a lot of mods or exclusive content for one system?
I have never bought a bethesda game on console, primarily because of the huge # of mods for their games that you just can't get on console.

Price?
Is it cheaper by far on one system or another

You forgot to add the one important factor:

Is it a piss poor port from one to the other?

All things being equal, and it not having local multiplayer support on the console then I would prefer the PC. My PC is quite a bit more powerful then consoles, and as such the games not only look better but play better. Analog buttons do help some games, and in the case of ports where the games controls don't exactly transfer well I can always just play with a controller.

 

[irani_che]

An Xbox controller with a USB plugin has replaced any need for me to ever buy a console.

If you get an upper-midrange PC and max it out you can get as good as an /Xbox 360 or ps3 on an HD tv, and with MadeforPC games it is even better,

the only problem is that developers like making console games as they get incentives from console makers. It is hard to retro-fit them onto windows programming (even xbox, microsoft you ass-hole) and this makes them not run as smoothly.

Also, on PC i have simulators for atari and PS.

Most importantly, If you had to choose between a console and a PC, unless have no job or school assignments and the only way you talk to ppl is on xbox chat you might as well buy the PC.

 

[andrew.wright16]

Always PC. Mainly because games that I play- FPS and RPG are nearly ALWAYS better on PC. I also like FIFA games and seeing as FIFA 11 is digitally ditributed and i can use an Xbox controller in my PC; I doubt I'll ever need a console.... although Super Street Fighter 4 still gives me nightmares...

 

[Dr.Sean]

PC every day.

 

[veloper]

The PC version is always better, unless the game in question is saints row.
Plug in USB controller if that's a plus.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

If it is a multiplayer game that I expect my friends will want to play I opt for console. Otherwise I favor the PC.

 

[Bobbovski]

PC. I only buy games for consoles if they're console exclusives.

 

[YouBecame]

I prefer to play on my computer, but consoles do have the benefit of consistent hardware and easier to set up for play; though with the cost of less flexibility & power to computers.