Leave me alone PC gamers!

[silver wolf009]

Jeez, I wonder WHY they bash you so very hard about having a seriously inferior, overpriced, inconvenient, technologically obsolete and locked down system.

And just so that you're aware, if you're not already:
Consoles are the cause for all the bad things in the industry. Not for the industry mind you, but in the industry. What we game-playing folk want.

TL;DR: Fuck consoles.

OT: Because some people are uppity, and can't let recreation be at just that. There are some on both sides, and neither side's, "Vanguards" will ever leave the other's alone.

So to quote the Crucible Kid, "The cycle continues."

Best thing to do is to keep calm, carry on, and focus your joyness... Ness... Nes.

 

[Spade Lead]

I'm not sure if you're talking about specifically your laptop or PC gaming in general, but you do realize that you can plug your PC into most HD TV's right? Also- most console games don't actually output 1080p. Usually you're actually getting 720p on consoles, if I'm not mistaken. Also most console games' graphics settings are stuck at the lowest end PC graphics settings. I could go on

Anyway, I do most of my gaming from my PC which has dual 22" 1080p monitors (one of which is a TV) and I couldn't be happier with it. But yeah- I wouldn't be able to do that with my old laptop, so if you don't have a big desktop rig or a ridiculously expensive gaming laptop, it's not ideal.

Of course I can plug it into my HDTV, but that doesn't help my graphics card or my 2.66 Gigs of RAM push it any better. That is exactly WHY I have a console. There are some games I can't get on PC, or that I can't run on their highest settings with my old ass (not that old, but definitely out of date) laptop. I don't WANT a desktop because I like to game on the go, or while I watch TV or movies, and I have yet to see a set up that allowed me to watch TV while playing a game on my PC that didn't involve turning my head. Whereas with my laptop, I can glance up at my TV while I play a game with my laptop in my lap. I am a habitual multi-tasker, and that means if I am sitting at a desk and can't see the TV directly in front of me, it annoys me, and I get less work done when I need to be writing or doing something else.

I am not one of those guys who HAS to have every game super High Definition with super high quality graphics (My two favorite games on my PC are Blast Corps on my N64 emulator and Chrono Trigger on my SNES emulator) But when I play a modern game and I have to turn the graphics down to make it run better, it makes me angry. It bothers me as a person to have to turn down my graphics when I think my system is well above the required settings.

I love consoles for certain things, and PC for other things, but since I can't afford $2,000 to get a new gaming laptop, and since I can't justify the expenditures when my current laptop is great for all the photo editing I do for my photography business, I will play PS4 and XBox 720 when they come out.

2. console exclusives coming to pc, which will absolutly ruin the game for everybody.

And for that matter, why can't I play online on PSN with my brother on XBL if we both have the same game? Where is that option?

 

[Rariow]

YOU MONSTER! USING A PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY DIFFERENT TO WHAT I USE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE TIME/МОNEY/EFFORT/NEED TO HAVE WHAT I HAVE! HOW DARE YOU ENJOY SOMETHING THAT I'M DON'T ENJOY?!

Ignore those PC elitist assholes (Mind you, not PC gamers, PC ELITISTS). I almost want to switch to console just so I'm not associated with them.

 

[Signa]

You know what I think the problem is OP? You're part of a shining minority in the console crowd that most gamers fail to acknowledge. Most of your console brethren deserve the ire you feel is directed at you. You know, the ones that are racists, or have more money than sense, because learning to use a PC is too much work or something in 2012.

I have a friend who sounds just like you. He works 50 hour weeks generally, and so that leaves him with little time to fool around with those occasional problems PCs do have. He wants his console to just work, as do you, and that is all he needs. There's nothing wrong with people who feel that way about consoles, so there is nothing wrong with you.

I'm a hard-core PC fanatic by the way.

 

[Atmos Duality]

I guess what I'm trying to say is I feel the gaming community is against me, that somehow me owning a console makes me a stupid or bad person who isn't a gamer and I should be constantly reminded of my systems failures. Is that the plan? Beat down console gamers until they can't take it and buy PC?

Does anyone feel the same? (likely its a majority of PC gamers on this site)
Does anyone completely and utterly disagree with me?
This isn't an angry rant just an observation that ticks me off a little.

The sick irony is that I felt the exact same way three years ago, only the roles were reversed.

"Why are these ports so glitchy? Why do they suck so bad?"
"Because you aren't playing them on consoles. Stop being an elitist and buy a console already."

Pretty much the default response I received from most of the internet. Especially in relation to a Bethesda game.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

Damn right shame too, means no-one will buy the next gen of consoles.

Never underestimate the power of marketing. People will jump at the opportunity to shower M$ and Sony with money when the next-gen hits the market. Even though next-gen will continue to decrease consumer rights.

Unless there's another global economic collapse creeping around. Then no one will buy anything. PC included.

I just don't understand why people have to fight over such trivialities. It's not just console vs PC, it's Xbox 360 vs PS3. It's iPhone vs Samsung Galaxy etc. And in PC world it's Intel vs AMD and AMD vs Nvidia. It doesn't make any sense. Just get whatever you prefer/can afford and relax. You don't owe your loyalty to a fuckin' corporation. What kind of fucked up mindset is that?

 

[Fappy]

NO!!! NEVER!!!

LOOK AT THESE GRAPHICS! LOOK AT THEM!!!

I've said this on the site before, but I'd honestly have no problem going back and playing Morrowind on Xbox if I had no other choice. Overhaul is fucking amazing, but Morrowind doesn't need it to be good imo XD

 

[lacktheknack]

NO!!! NEVER!!!

LOOK AT THESE GRAPHICS! LOOK AT THEM!!!

LOOK! AT! THEEEEEEMMMMMM!

OT: Meh, PC gamers suffered this treatment a couple years ago. It comes and goes in waves.

 

[Ranorak]

Story time!

The year, 199x, my family had just gotten their first gaming pc. oh how happy we were.
Yes, we were clueless about the specs and hardware, but everything was great. My brother and I played a lot of Demo's off those 100+ Demo disks that were sold. And sometimes, when we had the money, we bought a full game!
A full game!
The hours I spend on GTA II, Warcraft 2, Duke Nukem 3D and whatnot. Usually doing the first levels over and over, because we had no idea how to actually play.

But I digress.
Being total techno noobs, we assumed this wonder would last forever.
Then IT happened. The Dreaded IT.
Games progressed, our PC did not. in fact, I think it was save to say it was full of bugs by this time.
New games, bought with what could easily be our souls, didn't work.
That big green box of Turok, it just wouldn't run.
The sound was there, the title screen showed up. But the picture didn't change.
And that Morrowind game, why did it crash when we left the boat.
The disappointment, the fear of coming home with a game that "didn't work" was deep and scarring.

Until I learned of my friends' Nintendo 64.
It always works, you say.
Just put the game in and turn it on, you say?
No installation?


And from that moment on, I preferred the consoles.
Now, these days I am savvy enough to know what goes wrong, and how to fix a "broken" game.
I have both an impressive library of console and pc games.
But in the end, I usually end up buying the console version of a new game.

Yeah, I could run Borderlands 2 on the pc.
Yeah it's cheaper on the pc.
But I got the Xbox version. Because I know it works.
....and my friends got that version.

 

[Olas]

I don't care about my PC graphics, I just like the ability to put in mods and tweak the game as I see fit.

Also, a lot of indie titles are on the PCs.

I also like the crazy Steam sales.

This, I'm a PC gamer who's PC is actually a bit worse than a console.

My reasons for choosing PC

1. Mouse and keyboard.
2. Everything I need's in one place.
3. Larger gaming library, indie titles, emulation.
4. Mods, tweaking, all that fun stuff.
5. Graphics

 

[Immortal_Engines]

You know what I think the problem is OP? You're part of a shining minority in the console crowd that most gamers fail to acknowledge. Most of your console brethren deserve the ire you feel is directed at you. You know, the ones that are racists, or have more money than sense, because learning to use a PC is too much work or something in 2012.

I have a friend who sounds just like you. He works 50 hour weeks generally, and so that leaves him with little time to fool around with those occasional problems PCs do have. He wants his console to just work, as do you, and that is all he needs. There's nothing wrong with people who feel that way about consoles, so there is nothing wrong with you.

I'm a hard-core PC fanatic by the way.

'Console Bretheren'?

Please, for the love of God will you people stop acting like this is some kind of good vs evil war bullshit.



And to all the 'true' PC gamers posting on this thread,
I'm sorry if someone cant afford to build from scratch a top of the range gaming tower with Nvidia Quadro graphics card, Cooler Master stainless steel gaming case, 3rd gen processor, wireless mouse and keyboard, 8GB of memory, 1TB hard drive and built-in surround sound, so they have to settle for an outdated machine that has about 1/10 the power of a PC, but I guess that makes them a cancer on the industry, oh well.

And yes, there is something wrong with you if you constantly *****, and whine, and moan about what flavour of platform, PC or console that someone prefers, and act like your being repressed, only to completely prove their point.
If they're having fun with whatever platform they own, who really cares?

And I play PC gamees about 80-90% of the time.

 

[chozo_hybrid]

Both sides are as bad as each other, no one is better. It's all up to personal preference and what games you want, why can't we all just get along?

Seriously, all the problems in the world and yet people still bicker about this, I've never understood it. I recently got into PC gaming, but I am also still a console gamer. Each side has advantages and disadvantages, different games and sometimes different ways of entertaining.

It's all entertainment in the end, so as long as you enjoy what you play, what system it is on does not matter.

 

[Ciartan]

Oh dear god not this thread again...
For fucks sake people, when are you going to learn that theres assholes everywhere?
Stop beeing a whiny little pussy.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

If anyone calls you "stupid" or "not a true gamer" or a "bad person" or any other damn thing because of your platform of choice then they've obviously got their head stuck so far up their own ass it's a wonder they don't choke on it. Pay them no mind.

 

[Moderated]

Is PC gaming better?
Yes.
Is it because of graphics? No.
Are you not a true gamer if you don't play on pc? No.
PC is better because you don't have to go out and get a game, you can just buy it off steam.
Speaking of steam, you can get awesome deals on it, like Elder Scrolls 3-5+all dlc for only 50 bucks.

 

[thejackyl]

Who cares if you game on a console or PC? I game on both, mainly because Steam is easy to use and I have older games on it that still work, and I have a PS3 for a bunch of other games, because I feel that they play better on a controller (And I can't get my PS3 or my old 360 controller to work with my PC.)

Also a lot of people who claim to be PC Gamers end up making me feel sick with the amount of money they spend on PC parts. One of my friends recently upgraded from:

Nvidia Geforce 8800 GT
4 gig RAM
3.6gig Dual Core processor

Which now you could get for like $400 and play 90% of games from this gen with no problem, just not on ultra high settings.

to

2x Nvidia Geforce 540
16 gig RAM
3.2 gig Quad Core processor

Which cost him a total of $3000 (He had to get a new motherboard too). I could see the processor upgrade, but two graphics cards and 12 gigs more ram is overkill.

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

Does anyone feel the same? (likely its a majority of PC gamers on this site)

The vast majority of people(including those on this site) use both PC and Consoles. The PC exclusive players tend to be a very vocal minority though.

Does anyone completely and utterly disagree with me?

Yes, both for the reason that the vast majority isn't PC exclusive players and for the reason that it makes way more sense to use PCs. They are more efficient in every way, and the more people who use them the more efficient they will become. And because the PC is basically run on an open format they will become better in every way. Consoles however are run on a very specific set of guidelines for what they are supposed to be doing, and thus if we favor them over PCs they will only become more powerful in very restricted and limited ways.

It likely will never happen that people will switch to PCs though. Companies get more money with consoles both from their customers(the more competition in one sector the lower the prices become more people are making hardware/games for that typeset) and from developers(you have to buy a license to develop for something like xbox or PS3, whereas PC is free to develop for.) So as long as people keep buying it there is an economic incentive for those companies that control the consoles to keep people using them at the expense of the consumer and of developers.

My home PC is downstairs and I'd have to build one myself...which isn't gonna happen because I play 40k and that is ridiculously expensive.

Pretty much everyone is going to own a PC anyways. Piggybacking on that initial cost to simply get some better hardware actually makes it the cheaper option than owning a run of the mill PC and a console. Also if you only play warhammer with friends(which is what I do) you might try just cutting up pieces of paper into squares(or circles) and labeling them. That's what I do because I'm super ghetto and didn't want to buy the overpriced models.

Is that the plan? Beat down console gamers until they can't take it and buy PC?

Yes and no. My plan is more to inform people of the reasons why PCs are the superior option economically and functionally.

 

[DJjaffacake]

You know what I think the problem is OP? You're part of a shining majority in the console crowd that most gamers fail to acknowledge. Very few of your console brethren deserve the ire you feel is directed at you. You know, the ones that are racists, or have more money than sense, because learning to use a PC is too much work or something in 2012 , they're just a vocal minority.

I have a friend who sounds just like you. He works 50 hour weeks generally, and so that leaves him with little time to fool around with those occasional problems PCs do have. He wants his console to just work, as do you, and that is all he needs. There's nothing wrong with people who feel that way about consoles, so there is nothing wrong with you.

I'm a hard-core PC fanatic by the way.

Fixed that for you. Seriously, the vast majority of people who own a console are...

Wait for it........

People who own a console.

And that's it. The only common theme is that we all own a console, not that we're racist, or homophobic, or stupid, or anything else.

 

[Tiger Sora]

Jeez, I wonder WHY they bash you so very hard about having a seriously inferior, overpriced, inconvenient, technologically obsolete and locked down system.

And just so that you're aware, if you're not already:
Consoles are the cause for all the bad things in the industry. Not for the industry mind you, but in the industry. What we game-playing folk want.

TL;DR: Fuck consoles.

Gotta love it when someone comes along and proves the OP's point.


It's so very delicious.

OT: As with every following, there are extremists, so to say. Just ignore them.

Indeed, indeed. But they could at least get some class and not be ass hats about it eh.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Jeez, I wonder WHY they bash you so very hard about having a seriously inferior, overpriced, inconvenient, technologically obsolete and locked down system.

And just so that you're aware, if you're not already:
Consoles are the cause for all the bad things in the industry. Not for the industry mind you, but in the industry. What we game-playing folk want.

TL;DR: Fuck consoles.

Gotta love it when someone comes along and proves the OP's point.


It's so very delicious.

OT: As with every following, there are extremists, so to say. Just ignore them.

Indeed, indeed. But they could at least get some class and not be ass hats about it eh.

Indeed

If you're gonna be an elitist, at least be classy about it.