PC Game Bashing
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I got a laptop and I can play crysis just fine but thats just be being picky anyway I am a fan of both pc and console gaming I dont see too great a difference between the two except for upgrading obviouslyCitrus Insanity said:
Well, there is nothing wrong with the pc, it's merely what people are used to. PC gaming has long had a stigma of being geeky (in a bad way) where consoles have always been more of a cool thing to have.
Performance-wise, the consoles were better than the PC at the time of release, the PS3 especially, but with the constant evolution of the PC it is probably a better gaming platform on the whole. I have consoles, simply because I can't afford to get a decent PC for gaming at the moment.
Performance-wise, the consoles were better than the PC at the time of release, the PS3 especially, but with the constant evolution of the PC it is probably a better gaming platform on the whole. I have consoles, simply because I can't afford to get a decent PC for gaming at the moment.
The watermarks in the bottom corner. ARS Technica, Google could have found that for you.
http://arstechnica.com/
And the place is heavily PC orientated, so I doubt they'd pull some bull like not showing digital downloads. As for the 10 mil users. Not everyone buys all their games from Steam. I know of around 100 people on Steam that buy games at Retail, and get support through Steam. (That's mainly just because they are in the same group that I know them).
http://arstechnica.com/
And the place is heavily PC orientated, so I doubt they'd pull some bull like not showing digital downloads. As for the 10 mil users. Not everyone buys all their games from Steam. I know of around 100 people on Steam that buy games at Retail, and get support through Steam. (That's mainly just because they are in the same group that I know them).
I never found upgrading to be a problem my PC has had only one gaming related upgrade 7900gtx > 9800gtx since 2006 having to upgrade every year is simply rubbish.
Most computer components are dirt cheap
4Gb of DDR2 800mhz ram £35
optical DVD drive £18
500GB HDD £45
800W Power supply £50
9800GTX £115 not the best card but will play any game same with the ATi 4850HD
Gaming PC's are no longer expensive the manufactoring processes and competition has driven the prices down sure a good PC is still about £700 but compare that to 2006 and a £700 computer would be barely worth buying.
Take a Intel core 2 quad Q6600 a £156 CPU might sound a bit pricy but I payed over £250 just for a 2.6Ghz AMD Dual core back in 2006 at £156 the Q6600 is a bargin especially when you can overclock to about 3.0GHz with a £15 Heatsink and fan.
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Plenty of pc games can be played with a controller even crysis automatical maps controls for the 360 controller even games that dont can still have the buttons mapped to keyboard strokes and all HD tv's have DVI ports.
EULA adds up to tick an accept box plus consoles arent immune Warhawk on the PS3 has one that you have to agree to every time you play rather than just the once at installation.
PC gaming still rocks even if you only talk about the ability to Quicksave and Quickload without even considering the PCs much better Internet browsing or music, video, photo editing capabilties and user created MODs and the wider control options or higher resolutions and faster frame rates.
Most computer components are dirt cheap
4Gb of DDR2 800mhz ram £35
optical DVD drive £18
500GB HDD £45
800W Power supply £50
9800GTX £115 not the best card but will play any game same with the ATi 4850HD
Gaming PC's are no longer expensive the manufactoring processes and competition has driven the prices down sure a good PC is still about £700 but compare that to 2006 and a £700 computer would be barely worth buying.
Take a Intel core 2 quad Q6600 a £156 CPU might sound a bit pricy but I payed over £250 just for a 2.6Ghz AMD Dual core back in 2006 at £156 the Q6600 is a bargin especially when you can overclock to about 3.0GHz with a £15 Heatsink and fan.
IsoNeko
Plenty of pc games can be played with a controller even crysis automatical maps controls for the 360 controller even games that dont can still have the buttons mapped to keyboard strokes and all HD tv's have DVI ports.
EULA adds up to tick an accept box plus consoles arent immune Warhawk on the PS3 has one that you have to agree to every time you play rather than just the once at installation.
PC gaming still rocks even if you only talk about the ability to Quicksave and Quickload without even considering the PCs much better Internet browsing or music, video, photo editing capabilties and user created MODs and the wider control options or higher resolutions and faster frame rates.
I love PC gaming just because it does take quite a lort of effort to make it work.
It has that charm of acomplishment when you're gone through the technological hoops because you can be sure that you won't encounter many of the immature twats that the console world is full with.
This is one of the prime reasons why I advocate PC gaming over console gaming and that is purely becuse the age gap between the hormonally unstable bad-mouthed kids on Xbox Live and the people that actually care about their hardware.
I'm not saying PC gamers are more sophisticated, but there's an obvious age-gap going on between the demographic.
Anyone how has played on STEAM vs Xbox Live has surely experienced this revelation.
It has that charm of acomplishment when you're gone through the technological hoops because you can be sure that you won't encounter many of the immature twats that the console world is full with.
This is one of the prime reasons why I advocate PC gaming over console gaming and that is purely becuse the age gap between the hormonally unstable bad-mouthed kids on Xbox Live and the people that actually care about their hardware.
I'm not saying PC gamers are more sophisticated, but there's an obvious age-gap going on between the demographic.
Anyone how has played on STEAM vs Xbox Live has surely experienced this revelation.
A lot of PC gamers think that the platform has superior games. As a result they tend to be quite arrogant towards games on other platforms.inventorvii said:
I have a very good PC but I often prefer to play with my console because of the ease of use of the range of games. Even using the 360 controller with PC games doesn't feel as good as with an actual console.
Also, multiplatform games rarely come out on the PC at the same time. Moreover, I hate all of the stuff like 'Punkbuster' m and other anti-cheat software. DRM on your PC is invasive and annoying, it doesn't really have an effect on your console because you don't use them to write your CV etc on.
Aslo, there are very few PC only games that are enticing.
Perhaps such charts would be more equal if they included illegally downloaded games too.
After all, PC users tend to believe that piracy is their god-given right.
After all, PC users tend to believe that piracy is their god-given right.
It's quite simple really... a console gamer picks up a PC game and has to go through a whole series of requirements, options and settings in play a game, which most console players just yell "WTF?!" and then start bashing the PC in general. It's like how people say they hate a sport after they try it and suck at it.
I'd like to be a PC gamer, but I'm lazy, poor and don't really know enough about PCs to conveniently deal with any problems. I admit it.
My PC was £300 from PC World with a 17" monitor thrown in. No way that's gonna play anything, but it was bought in an "I just killed my laptop and I have loads of coursework to do, but hardly any money because the Student Loans Company are messing me around" sort of emergency.
Since then, I've had to upgrade the memory to just get Vista to run without hanging every few seconds. I got stitched up because, although I know how to install stuff like that, I'm not confident enough in my ability to do it without fucking something up so I took it into a computer shop... ended up paying £50 for some caffeine-wired twat to mock me at 90 words per second for buying a cheap Packard Bell thing while installing a 2Gb stick, and they kept hold of the 1Gb stick that was already in there. I spent £80 on a new graphics card a few weeks ago just so that I could run Oblivion, luckily I had a mate with a bit of knowledge on hand to help me install that.
Now I'm thinking about a new processor and probably another memory upgrade but, because the whole thing runs like arse as it is - at least once a day it dies to the point where I have to turn it off at the wall, every diagnostic tool has drawn a blank as to why - I'm starting to think I might just as well abandon the whole thing and build a new PC from scratch. Or, rather, buy the bits and get someone to build it for me, because God knows it wouldn't bloody work if I did it myself.
The punchline being... that's a lot of time, money and effort for a skint and busy student when it's possible to just buy a disc and stick it in the 360 which didn't cost me anything 'cos it was a birthday present.
Horses for courses, I guess.
My PC was £300 from PC World with a 17" monitor thrown in. No way that's gonna play anything, but it was bought in an "I just killed my laptop and I have loads of coursework to do, but hardly any money because the Student Loans Company are messing me around" sort of emergency.
Since then, I've had to upgrade the memory to just get Vista to run without hanging every few seconds. I got stitched up because, although I know how to install stuff like that, I'm not confident enough in my ability to do it without fucking something up so I took it into a computer shop... ended up paying £50 for some caffeine-wired twat to mock me at 90 words per second for buying a cheap Packard Bell thing while installing a 2Gb stick, and they kept hold of the 1Gb stick that was already in there. I spent £80 on a new graphics card a few weeks ago just so that I could run Oblivion, luckily I had a mate with a bit of knowledge on hand to help me install that.
Now I'm thinking about a new processor and probably another memory upgrade but, because the whole thing runs like arse as it is - at least once a day it dies to the point where I have to turn it off at the wall, every diagnostic tool has drawn a blank as to why - I'm starting to think I might just as well abandon the whole thing and build a new PC from scratch. Or, rather, buy the bits and get someone to build it for me, because God knows it wouldn't bloody work if I did it myself.
The punchline being... that's a lot of time, money and effort for a skint and busy student when it's possible to just buy a disc and stick it in the 360 which didn't cost me anything 'cos it was a birthday present.
Horses for courses, I guess.
I happen to own an example of both.jamesworkshop said:
But if you think these practices are a tiny fraction as widespread among console owners as pirated software is for PC owners then you're delusional.
Ok I can't agree with you there. Take the Xbox 360 mess and try saying that...it just doesnt fit.Clashero said: