Post: Console Gaming vs. PC Gaming
02-18-2013, 03:53 PM #1
SnD_Boosters
Who’s Jim Erased?
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I was just looking through the debate section but I didn't see this surprisingly. Anyways, even though I play PS3, I think PC gaming is better. There's a reason people hack consoles you know.
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02-20-2013, 01:31 AM #29
Wondoh
Former Staff
Originally posted by Toke View Post
did you ever see my thread comparing 720p pc to 720p ps3 and the pc which cost the same beats the console by a long shot and also woth a higher frame rates your game has less lag and runs smoother not to mention there are graphical mods that come out every so many years or so that make a old game like morrowind from the xbox 1 and old windows xp time era look just as good as skyrim today which is amazing. heres that thread You must login or register to view this content.


Again "beats the console by a long shot"...
you make the gaming experience come down to a competition of specs?
This is where you are lost.

As I've said.. just because one may run smoother than the other (in your opinion) there is a point where smoothness stops effecting the playing experience.
02-20-2013, 01:35 AM #30
Toke
PC Master Race
that $300 pc will run 95% games smooth and MoH warfighter is actually a pretty demanding game i do suggest to spend 4-600$ on a good futureproof pc since thats how much a new nextgen console would cost also if you want to record your gameplay u can get free HD recording instead of the 100s you spend on a pvr or watever and also the games are cheaper and other games have people in servers not like on xbox and ps3 where everyone crowds on cod. because 9/10 gamers own at least 2 cods.
02-20-2013, 01:41 AM #31
Originally posted by Boosters View Post
You didn't get it. People hack consoles for more freedom. To be able to do more than a regular console. I'm basically saying that people hack consoles to make them more like PCs.


Oh, didn't realize you were referring to jailbreaking.
02-20-2013, 03:09 AM #32
Millz
Worth the Weight
Okay, here's what I never really understood from you console users. Time to do some basic math.

PS3 = $299

What it includes = (Varies from place to place. Let's just say you get a free game worth $60)

Okay. So we have a PS3 that you purchased for $300 and a game worth $60. So we'll say $300 - $60 effectively making your purchase only $240.

Okay. Now. I assume you are typing this on a computer of some sort. Average computer costs we'll say is around $600. Maybe more, maybe less. So you have effectively just spend a total of $840.

It's not over yet. Let's say you want to buy xbox live or PS+. Okay, let's add $50. So we're at $890.

Next, let's say you want to buy your Bo2, Cod4, Mw2, BO, BF3, AC3, Borderlands 2 and Far Cry 3.

Total Costs for all of these games (Console: Ps3 @ Gamestop)

$335.00

So we are now arriving at the price of $1225.

Okay, now let's get a PC with all of these games and compare the performance for both of these machines.

The games that I mentioned above PC cost: $335.00 (Mw2 and Cod 4 were slightly more expensive, BF3, AC3 and FC3 were a little cheaper)

Okay so we have a $1225 - $335.00 = $890.00

Now what can we build for $900? Well I can tell you we can build a machine that will wipe the floor with any console. Here is just one example:

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Yep. GTX 680 with an 8-Core. If you argue a console beating this, well, we're going to have some problems.

PC gaming is superior in almost every single way. Sorry, but I won't be returning to consoles in quite a long time.

Edit: And I lol at those people who constantly say that it's "sooooo hard and time consuming" to get into PC gaming and how it's "absolutely impossible" to learn how to build a PC. Sorry, but you people are possibly the most annoying people on the planet when it comes to gaming. You want to be spoonfed with everything. It's almost like you DON'T want to learn anything. Grab a book, educate yourself, buy the parts, sit down for one hour and build the damn PC. You gain experience, it makes you feel good, and you saved yourself a lot of money too. I cannot possibly even begin to comprehend how people can find building computers difficult. Have you ever played with legos when you were little? Okay, take 10 lego pieces and stick them together. It's not hard. It baffles me to see how people are this ignorant on this topic. PC gaming is much more enjoyable. Once you get a mouse and keyboard you won't want to ever go back. You will wish that you have switched earlier.

I used to be a console user. I really was. I thought that PC gaming was a joke and that it was absolutely impossible to use a mouse and keyboard. Now when I turn back my console it's like I'm using a Pentium with a 8600GT in it playing Half Life. From 1998. Seriously. There's no AA and the games just look God awful. The bigger the screen gets the worse it looks. I'm honestly glad that I switched sooner rather than later.

End rant ^^

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02-20-2013, 03:20 AM #33
Toke
PC Master Race
way to super confuse everyone you can use even my $700 7950 and wipe the floors of all games basically and get a couple more games or a decent monitor or gaming keyboard, mouse also most kids on here are on $3-400 laptops
02-20-2013, 03:21 AM #34
Millz
Worth the Weight
Originally posted by Toke View Post
way to super confuse everyone you can use even my $700 7950 and wipe the floors of all games basically and get a couple more games or a decent monitor or gaming keyboard, mouse


Oh you're right, consolefgts can't do math :satisfied:
02-20-2013, 03:24 AM #35
Toke
PC Master Race
Originally posted by Millz View Post
Oh you're right, consolefgts can't do math :satisfied:


also graphics cards come with games alot, my 7950 comes with bioshock and crysis 3 so around $75 to counter the free game with a ps3 or xbox
02-20-2013, 03:37 AM #36
Originally posted by Millz View Post
Okay, here's what I never really understood from you console users. Time to do some basic math.

PS3 = $299

What it includes = (Varies from place to place. Let's just say you get a free game worth $60)

Okay. So we have a PS3 that you purchased for $300 and a game worth $60. So we'll say $300 - $60 effectively making your purchase only $240.

Okay. Now. I assume you are typing this on a computer of some sort. Average computer costs we'll say is around $600. Maybe more, maybe less. So you have effectively just spend a total of $840.

It's not over yet. Let's say you want to buy xbox live or PS+. Okay, let's add $50. So we're at $890.

Next, let's say you want to buy your Bo2, Cod4, Mw2, BO, BF3, AC3, Borderlands 2 and Far Cry 3.

Total Costs for all of these games (Console: Ps3 @ Gamestop)

$335.00

So we are now arriving at the price of $1225.

Okay, now let's get a PC with all of these games and compare the performance for both of these machines.

The games that I mentioned above PC cost: $335.00 (Mw2 and Cod 4 were slightly more expensive, BF3, AC3 and FC3 were a little cheaper)

Okay so we have a $1225 - $335.00 = $890.00

Now what can we build for $900? Well I can tell you we can build a machine that will wipe the floor with any console. Here is just one example:

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Yep. GTX 680 with an 8-Core. If you argue a console beating this, well, we're going to have some problems.

PC gaming is superior in almost every single way. Sorry, but I won't be returning to consoles in quite a long time.

Edit: And I lol at those people who constantly say that it's "sooooo hard and time consuming" to get into PC gaming and how it's "absolutely impossible" to learn how to build a PC. Sorry, but you people are possibly the most annoying people on the planet when it comes to gaming. You want to be spoonfed with everything. It's almost like you DON'T want to learn anything. Grab a book, educate yourself, buy the parts, sit down for one hour and build the damn PC. You gain experience, it makes you feel good, and you saved yourself a lot of money too. I cannot possibly even begin to comprehend how people can find building computers difficult. Have you ever played with legos when you were little? Okay, take 10 lego pieces and stick them together. It's not hard. It baffles me to see how people are this ignorant on this topic. PC gaming is much more enjoyable. Once you get a mouse and keyboard you won't want to ever go back. You will wish that you have switched earlier.

I used to be a console user. I really was. I thought that PC gaming was a joke and that it was absolutely impossible to use a mouse and keyboard. Now when I turn back my console it's like I'm using a Pentium with a 8600GT in it playing Half Life. From 1998. Seriously. There's no AA and the games just look God awful. The bigger the screen gets the worse it looks. I'm honestly glad that I switched sooner rather than later.

End rant ^^


I think the spoonfed users you speak of are also the ones ruining several different franchises, i.e. the 'social' part of the userbase. The ones who buy a game based on the label as opposed to merit. The ones who enjoy those xenophobic Michael-Bay-movie-esque modern war games.

/mini-rant

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02-20-2013, 12:41 PM #37
PC, no contest. I don't even have a gaming PC but have played Fallout NV and 3 on PC on my laptop which can surprisingly enough play them both on max setting thanks to it's pretty decent GPU (It's not an alienware just a vaio). The games are so much better though, the ability to mod them and use shit like GECK to make your own maps is incredible.

Also the ability to pirate games easily and play it is nice so you don't have to get shafted by the developers and pay for something that you didn't know sucks cocks. Also mouse and keyboard feels weird at first but after a while it feels so much better and more precise than analogue sticks.

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