Poll: Do you prefer gaming on your console or pc

[TiefBlau]

What's console gaming? Is it, like, DS and Iphone games? Yeah, those are pretty good, but I still use my PC most of the time.

[/trollface]

Wii and PS2 are the only consoles I currently use, the PS2 because I had that before my rig, and the Wii because no idiot makes PC games for motion sensor peripherals.

My PC is hooked up to the HDTV via HDMI, so I don't see the purpose of getting an Xbox or a PS3 besides pain-in-the-ass exclusives, but that's what friends are for.

It's true (at least to me) that PC parts are more expensive than the console as a whole, but I, not the industry, decides when my PC is obsolete, and I'm sure the money lost can be easily regained by all the free updates and Steam sales (Selling patches as DLC? Paying additional money to use your own internet? Haha, not so much).

 

[Mr Pantomime]

I like playing on my PS3 more, but playing on my PC is much easier

 

[Vykrel]

I personally prefer console gaming because i dont have to worry about detail vs framerate

thats what i like the most. im comfortable with knowing that as long as the game i want is being released on the 360, i can PLAY it. i dont have to upgrade my shit or post my specs in a comments section and ask everyone if my computer can handle the game

also, i suck at mouse and keyboard controls in shooter games

 

[PureChaos]

i prefer console as i have a laptop so console is more comfortable, and having a much bigger screen with the TV is much better

 

[Faela]

PC mostly but when I run out of things to keep me entertained I've got the 360 and PS3.

 

[hawkeye52]

PC because if possible i like to be able to control each and every detail in terms of graphics and be able to download mods for the game. Also dedicated servers that are player owned are always good as well. Also the fact that i find a mouse and keyboard so much better then thumbsticks

 

[Estocavio]

PC - I tried Consoles, and i found poor control schemes, higher prices, and i also found a poor community in its multiplayer (Meaning little, as i rarely use MP).
And the lack of games which i consider to be good seemed nonexistant.
By which i mean it WAS nonexistant.

Im glad i only ever rented them.
PS: You can rent consoles in this Country. If that isnt commonplace in the rest of the world, anyway.

 

[repeating integers]

Here, around 800 or so. And indeed. Steam sales are frequent and stunningly worth it. Buying physical copies of a game that's on steam is insane. First off, assembling a computer is surprisingly easy. If you're not sure how, theres basic step by step guides online that will take you about a few minutes. It's a simple process, really. Screwing in some things and hooking up a few cables, attaching a card or two and you're done. And all of that takes about 2 minutes for the absolute beginner. I did my first pc when I was 8 with no clue what I was doing and it worked perfectly. Pc on tv wise. It works exactly like a monitor when it's hooked up to a tv. I'm using a tv with a keyboard and mouse in front of it. If you have a wireless keyboard/mouse you could be on the other end of the room and still use it identically.

You see... $800 US is apparently around £500 in UK currency. For me at least, that's an awful lot of money, and serves to remind me why I got a vanilla 360 rather than a PS3 with Move (besides Move not existing when I got my 360). Your post has given me hope that I might one day be able to build myself a PC capable of actually handling games made this millennium (want... RTS... games...), but I still don't see it happening anytime soon. Plus, I'd have to be careful to only buy components for the PC which are compatible with one another, which sounds doable if I ask for help on somewhere which knows about the subject (say... here) but is still way more complex than just buying a 360 and plugging it in before inserting a game and playing instantly.

As for the TV thing... don't even the best TVs have worse resolution than your average monitor? That might not make much of a difference for gaming, but what about your standard internet browsing, or any other functions a PC can do?

I saying this throw my and my friends experences and thoughts:

1: True but I have several freinds who are big X-Box gamers and they tend to agree with me but I get your point.
2:Some it dependds on the game Starcraft 2 was $60 but in general they ushaly are unless there big titles.
3: What do you do with your computors, im 17 and my family got our first computor when I was 4 and it worked fine when we got a new one when I was 10. Know that one is starting go bad its been 7 years.
4: That was a point out the obviuos sarcastic comment.
5: That was the only, true my opion anwser.

I get what your saying but in the end I still prefur PC.

Thing with my computers is that they seem to have a curse - they're never any good. This is probably because our lack of spare money to toss into expensive machines means we have to get the cheap (or preferably free) ones. My own personal computer is an ex-server and lacks the motherboard needed to game. The family comp is ancient and very slow, and the games it can run, it can't run at any decent speed. My little brother's laptop is just too outdated to even be connected up to the internet without absorbing dozens of viruses. My 360 works exactly as it should, and hasn't had any problems. It's way, way more convenient.

 

[Ocoton]

You see... $800 US is apparently around £500 in UK currency. For me at least, that's an awful lot of money, and serves to remind me why I got a vanilla 360 rather than a PS3 with Move (besides Move not existing when I got my 360). Your post has given me hope that I might one day be able to build myself a PC capable of actually handling games made this millennium (want... RTS... games...), but I still don't see it happening anytime soon. Plus, I'd have to be careful to only buy components for the PC which are compatible with one another, which sounds doable if I ask for help on somewhere which knows about the subject (say... here) but is still way more complex than just buying a 360 and plugging it in before inserting a game and playing instantly.

As for the TV thing... don't even the best TVs have worse resolution than your average monitor? That might not make much of a difference for gaming, but what about your standard internet browsing, or any other functions a PC can do?

Now, see, you made the fatal mistake of assuming I'm american. I'm not. I'm from New Zealand. And that, my good sir, is why you can change any widescreen tv between resolutions, widescreen and standard monitor, with the press of a button.

 

[Russian_Assassin]

PC, because it has many functions besides gaming and I like to have many options to waste my time.

 

[repeating integers]

You see... $800 US is apparently around £500 in UK currency. For me at least, that's an awful lot of money, and serves to remind me why I got a vanilla 360 rather than a PS3 with Move (besides Move not existing when I got my 360). Your post has given me hope that I might one day be able to build myself a PC capable of actually handling games made this millennium (want... RTS... games...), but I still don't see it happening anytime soon. Plus, I'd have to be careful to only buy components for the PC which are compatible with one another, which sounds doable if I ask for help on somewhere which knows about the subject (say... here) but is still way more complex than just buying a 360 and plugging it in before inserting a game and playing instantly.

As for the TV thing... don't even the best TVs have worse resolution than your average monitor? That might not make much of a difference for gaming, but what about your standard internet browsing, or any other functions a PC can do?

Now, see, you made the fatal mistake of assuming I'm american. I'm not. I'm from New Zealand. And that, my good sir, is why you can change any widescreen tv between resolutions, widescreen and standard monitor, with the press of a button.

Wait, "fatal" mistake? Does this mean you're going to kill me now?

In any case, it's still £400. Which is still a lot of money, even if it isn't £500. Also... chalk that up to me being a noob with technology life in general, I didn't know you could do that.

 

[Megacherv]

I like playing on both, however lately i've been playing my PC alot more than my PS3. So PC i guess.

Wow, it's like you stole the words right from my mouth...err, I mean fingers.

 

[StraightToHeck]

depends on the game, I prefer my xbox but I might cave and get Fallout: New Vegas GOTY on my PC when it comes out (the loading screens on the xbox version are like a turtle marching thru peanut butter)

 

[Techno Squidgy]

I prefer the PC for some games, console for others. Multiplayer on consoles is great though, offline multiplayer that is.

 

[Ocoton]

Wait, "fatal" mistake? Does this mean you're going to kill me now?

In any case, it's still £400. Which is still a lot of money, even if it isn't £500. Also... chalk that up to me being a noob with technology life in general, I didn't know you could do that.

Possibly. Also, Yeah, but its similar to the rates to get set up on the other platforms with equipment and a few games, and when you count the fact that you have instant access to a huge river of free games, and the insane deals for pc, the cost is quickly earned back and then some.

 

[repeating integers]

Wait, "fatal" mistake? Does this mean you're going to kill me now?

In any case, it's still £400. Which is still a lot of money, even if it isn't £500. Also... chalk that up to me being a noob with technology life in general, I didn't know you could do that.

Possibly. Also, Yeah, but its similar to the rates to get set up on the other platforms with equipment and a few games, and when you count the fact that you have instant access to a huge river of free games, and the insane deals for pc, the cost is quickly earned back and then some.

Perhaps. But I can't afford £400 right off the bat, and it'll take a fuckload of saving up. Which doesn't mean it'll never get done, I suppose, but when you consider that there are lots of great 360 games I could be spending my money on instead, I still don't have any particular inclination apart from wanting to play RTS games.

In the end, if I do get a new PC - and I do hope to - it'll probably be another cheap, barely-working one. But hopefully it'll be able to run games made after 1999 this time.

 

[C117]

Normally I'd say PC, but recently I've had so much trouble with my PC games (crashes, freezeups, installers that refuse to work, etc) that I've started to enjoy my consoles a lot more.

 

[RAWKSTAR]

PC for the modding stuff and Steam.
Only reason I'd play on my consoles is if an exclusive I really wanted to play was out but that hasn't happened in one hundred billion years.

 

[vxicepickxv]

It depends on the game. I don't want to play an RTS or FPS on a console. I don't want to play Platformers on a PC. I mostly play on a PC because they don't have minecraft on PSN or Xbox Live.