For the Gamers! PC or Console

Okay. So this is an argument I’ve had with a lot of people which I think would be fun.

Which do you experience do you prefer

PC or Console?

I’m a console guy.

Just don’t think PCs (save Alienware) deliver the kind of gaming performance that the specialised hardware on a console brings.

Please I don’t want to hear mobile games! :smile:

Thoughts?

My thoughts about this are contained in this tweet. PC gaming for the win.

PC games for me. Even though I don’t have one at the moment but play mostly on consoles.

PC games tend to have a lot of tech behind. Most buttons on your keyboard can be used (102 keys). We can’t do that on consoles. The quality of games on PCs too is another thing. You can’t just wake up on a Saturday morning, finish a PC game and go out for a drink by evening.

My turnoff for PC games is the hardware. You need that big cash investment for very serious hardware that will last you three years. You may have the cash but finding it in Nigeria could be another challenge. So I stick to consoles for now. I do play older PC games stills.

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PC Games mostly for FPS and Consoles for the regular hack/slash & fisticuff games.
Frame drags and lags often puts me off PCs tho. I’ve got a 16GB RAM, 4GB Nvidia GeForce (honestly, i can’t remember the serial because of my baby mac, fml) and it plays awesomely with a few drags and lags.
Never seemed to get the hang of consoles while playing FPS like Call of Duty.

Yeah stuff like $800 graphic cards or water Cooling systems

@MrFoh

And 6 months down the line, that sweet $800 graphics card can’t handle the lastest of Warcraft just realised. :smile:

Console please, theres a reason why PS4 sells more than PC Games anywhere and its not about the Graphics Card.

@Freshboi_Ekundayo

And what do you think is the reason consoles sell?

To be clear, are you comparing the PS4 consoles to PC games?

Im comparing Consoles Sales in General led by PS4 to PC Game Sales in General

That’s an apples to oranges comparison. Many PCs are not expressly purchased for gaming, even though they are used as such.
Also, PC game sales will not tell the full story, due to piracy, torrents and all.
Do bear in mind that many people that own consoles also own PCs, and may use their PCs for gaming. You have to take that intersection into account.

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its clear, people prefer consoles to PCs, most PCs to create gaming experience would have to be tweaked with lots of graphic cards and drives and software inputs and endless upgrades.

Check link here: http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/12-reasons-console-gaming-beats-pcs-489212

Console games are also Pirated too, so that strikes out the argument.

No, it does not. Reason: Magnitude.
Game piracy (abi piration?) is a branch of the software piracy empire.

The Over 20 million passwords hacked from Sonys Website in japan in recent times and lots of cases of hacking Major corporation points to large Piracy efforts from Anonymous, who then take this games and post on PC Gamers forums n torrent sites like Piratebay for downloads, so we keep going full circle, until Corporations begin making games that are PC Only ( OSX, Windows, Fedora, Ubuntu (Linux) ) the Experience of Game Consoles will keep on.

Cleary you been gaming on the wrong PC, am a console person but PC gaming performance are much better and have more detailed graphics than the console.

Checkout some ROG devices but issue with PC is that it has that unhealthy constant upgrading which is expensive, only reason am even considering building a gaming desktop is just because of PS2 Emulations.

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@MrFoh @ndy40 That’s false… kind of like the misconception that Uber is luxury. You can get a GTX 980 (VR ready and all) card for less than 500 USD. And it’s still one of cards that can handle any game thrown at today, 18 months after release.

I’m not trying to alter your stance on platform of choice, but don’t spread misinformation just because…

@xolubi,

Modern day graphics cards and processors probably fits your criteria. When I last invested in PC games Pentium 4 was the ultimate processor. And even when I had a Core 2 Duo, playing Unreal Tournament, 8GB RAM wasn’t something u thought about. Graphics card is just one of Processors to handle your games.

Outside hardware, quality of games on PCs are more involved. I remember spending two days to learn to start an F22 Engine. I could do that with a start button on a console (Not much fun).

What times we live in, when an 18-month lifetime can be seen as impressive.

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I’m assuming you’re referring to a simulator, and not a game (where you can use a “start button”)?
If so, that would not be a good comparison.
Out of curiosity, what simulator was that? Was it DCS World or X-Plane or FSX/Prepar3d?