Howdy, another lowly console-tard here. I don't really have anything other people won't have all ready said:
- In the grand scheme of things it's cheaper.
--No it's not, if you need more info, I'll gladly provide it.
Indulge me, kind sage. I'm pretty sure my 360 cost under £200 with peripherals, (I think that's like $350 or something) and have had it nearly 2 years without any real issues. And I believe it was like £350 ($500/600 or so?) upon release in 2006 so that's 5/6 years with one system still going strong, I don't think it will be for at least a couple of years yet before a new generation is brought forth. So forgoing maintenance issues, from where I stand it seems more cost effective, but like I said, I'm willing to hear your point out.
- It's less hassle/can just pick up and play, requires less maintenance/less likely to die on me.
--Wrong again, consoles are just as easily to die on you, and if you don't have warranty on it, you're screwed, unless you know what you're doing. PC parts (if you built it yourself), have warranties for up to 5 years or more, and most people never need to worry about it.
This is something I feel that's purely going to come down to your experiences though and in my experience PC's have always had a habit of fucking me over (granted I've never really had anything state of the line, but something that at least should have perfomed better than it did) while consoles by and large have proved a lot more reliable. Yeah, I've had a PS2 die on me in the past, but usually nothing so drastic. This is really just irrational anecdotal skepticism on my part, but I really just don't trust PC's not to fuck or just make things more difficult for me. Also, build it myself? No fucking way dude, too technologically maladroit and too lazy. XD Console gamers like convenience y'see. :3
- I already have a laptop and while she's not the most powerful, it does everything I need it to do, I don't need to piss away hundreds/thousands of pounds on a machine purely for gaming while my 360 isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
--Wrong yet again, gaming desktops don't cost $1,000 for gaming. I bought mines for $800, and that was without sales / rebates, and I could have saved another $100 if I didn't need Windows 7.
But if you're emphasisng the point of graphical quality later on I'm presuming you have some kind of either up to date or significantly modified/updated model? This presents two issues; the omnipresent concern that I'm thick and don't know the first thing about fixing hardware/getting hands on and shit, which also sounds like more effort than I'd like to go through just to play a game and the second that this just sounds like it'll cost more time and money to keep it up to date with the latest hardware and that even going by the PC alone I don't see that costing any less then what I would shell out for a console.
- To me, a controller will always be more intuitive than a mouse and keyboard (and let me pre-emptively state that I don't play MMO's or RTS's) which I suppose is just by osmosis; having been brought up on and accustomed to consoles it just feels more fluid and natural.
--You can plug in your controller to your computer.
It's Wireless.
- I don't really need THE absolute smexiest graphyx yo! That the current top of line set up may well have to offer. It looks fine on a console in HD. I'll live.
--That's what everyone says, but when you have it, you'll never go back. I mean if people had PS2 graphics to current gen graphics, I'm sure you wouldn't want the PS2 graphics.
I think you're being hyperbolic with that comparison. And if I got through the hideous (for this gen) looking DA: Origins on the 360 without being that fussed, I think that'll indicate that graphics aren't really the highest selling point with me. I remain unconvinced that these illustrious PC graphics are so good they will involuntarily provoke me into humping the screen with delight.
- As far as I'm aware the PC doesn't have any exclusives that I'm dying to have or anything.
--The PC world is much different than the console world, and a lot bigger. There's a ton of games just waiting for you.
Could be, though really as things stand I have quite a few things on the backlog I haven't got through; I've had to economise my time a bit more of late so I've kind of fallen behind the curve a bit, so I'm not really hurting for options at present for things I'd like to get on 360. Even on a more limited scope I'm not really hurting for choice. Not presently at least.
- I prefer the perspective of looking at a TV rather than a monitor. Just a predilection of mine.
--You can easily plug in your computer to your TV, it's the same wire after all. A lot of consoles users say this, but they have no idea what they're talking about.
Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose a bit? If I'm still playing on a controller and with a TV, I might as well just be on my console right?
