Pheo1386 said:
You're first point is just patently false. Especially in light of today's PC gaming platforms and the current state of console gaming. Notably: day one patches, stability patches, firmware updates, and consoles being bricked by a combination of bad hardware and poorly coded games.
2) viruses/malware. I know consoles could be hit by these too but I've had a ps3 for 7 years and not once have I ever had any kind of software/hardware problem. PC has SOMETHING wrong with it on a regular basis
Sorry, but this is a user issue, not a platform issue.
If a user is idiotic enough to surf the web and/or download files haphazardly and without
some amalgam of protection or self awareness then it's on them if their machine gets any malware.
And personally? I haven't had
any issues with my PCs in regards to gaming, that weren't the result of something I did or something the dev screwed up, for near a decade. And the few times I have were similar situations to what's been happening on consoles.
I have never and will never understand this complaint...
3) price. A half decent PC to avoid what I said above? Probably £700-800. I've bought a PS4, PSVita and games on both for that.
This is still a fallacy. And, in the long run, PC gaming winds up being drastically cheaper than console gaming.
And finally 4) exclusives. Last of us, god of war, infamous SS are some truly excellent games. Microsoft exclusives such as Halo, Left4Dead ad Gears of War have just not really compared.
Each to their own, but I've had less problems with my PS3, PS4 and PSVita combined in all the time I had them than I have in a couple of months with a PC.
This is a matter o...wait. Hold on.
Microsoft exclusives such as Left4Dead
Huh-wha?
Anyway, this is a matter of taste, not quality or quantity. If anything PC has, and has had, far more exclusives than any given console. Especially in the last few years.
Quite frankly, if "exclusives" are your primary draw then consoles are the
last platforms you want to turn to.
I get the disdain people have at the prospect of PC gaming, but much of their revulsion is based on misinformation and rhetoric. Some perpetuated by the community, some by the console makers.
I'm not saying PC gaming is for everyone. Not even remotely. But I think a
lot of gamers miss out on the opportunity to try it just because they refuse to learn about it.