Thread: PS3 or Xbox360

Originally Posted by Marvo

I guess that's the difference between you and I. You want casual games. Nobody on PC really wants to play those games you mentioned, safe maybe Kingdom Hearts. Racers and fighters are fun, but they are probably the two genres that actually seem to work better on consoles than PC.

How would racing games work better? On PCs, they run better, look better, and have more controller choices, such as a wider variety of steering wheels

Madden and Gran toursimo are Sports Simulations in their own rights. There's nothing casual about them, and the fighters I've mentioned are far from button mashers. Just because I'm not playing a glorified version of rock paper scissors doesn't make it casual.

What I really meant is that those games mostly appeal to the casual gamer. Indeed, they are not actual casual games.

Originally Posted by Marvo

Well I can only report anecdotal evidence, but nearly all people I've ever spoken to agree, that PC is the best platform.

Originally Posted by JussiKala

And from what I see, the ones that dont' agree aren't actually aware of what kind of a gaming platform the PC actually is.

The point is, you're creating a competition where there is none. No one gets a console to play PC games, or vice versa. I also prefer PC games overall, and haven't actually owned a console since the original NES, but when I do play on consoles, I play games that I wouldn't be playing on the PC, and I do it while actually (not virtually) hanging out with other people.

The fact that you aren't interested in console gaming does not invalidate another person's use for a console. The insistence that "there can be only one" just demonstrates that your identity is far too wrapped up in things you own.

Originally Posted by Taosaur

The fact that you aren't interested in console gaming does not invalidate another person's use for a console. The insistence that "there can be only one" just demonstrates that your identity is far too wrapped up in things you own.

That's quite an astute observation of JussiKala there Tao.
Couldn't have said it better myself.

Originally Posted by Auron

After how many patches right out of the box?

This is becoming sort of a problem with consoles as well, now games can be patched, instead of having to remaster the disc and get that into the supply chain like in previous generations. Certainly I've noticed an increasing trend of day 1 patches.

The fact that you aren't interested in console gaming does not invalidate another person's use for a console. The insistence that "there can be only one" just demonstrates that your identity is far too wrapped up in things you own.

Plenty seem to fall into this. At the end of the day PCs and consoles are both good for gaming, and they both have their own strengths and weaknesses. A point which is very obvious to me, because I own both as I've previously said.

There are good things and bad things about each of the platforms, and there's no objective winner. It's a subjective decision that each individual consumer has to make for themselves. Personally, I'll stick to both my PC and my Xbox 360, and I'll readily acknowledge the strengths and weaknesses of both my own choices and those of competitors.

Originally Posted by Taosaur

The point is, you're creating a competition where there is none. No one gets a console to play PC games, or vice versa. I also prefer PC games overall, and haven't actually owned a console since the original NES, but when I do play on consoles, I play games that I wouldn't be playing on the PC, and I do it while actually (not virtually) hanging out with other people.

The fact that you aren't interested in console gaming does not invalidate another person's use for a console. The insistence that "there can be only one" just demonstrates that your identity is far too wrapped up in things you own.

I never meant to say that consoles aren't a legitimate gaming platform. PC is simply superior.

I never meant that consoles wouldn't be a valid gaming platform. I just meant that aside from three main upsides which are: Ease of use (this is hardly an upside. If you can't properly install PC games, I doubt you'd browse forums like you're currently doing), splitscreen, and some exclusives, there's no way that the consoles beat a PC. You can still game on a console, sure, and I don't mind. Still doesn't change the fact that it's gonna be a superior experience on the PC.

I never even implied that "there can only be one." I simply stated that the PC results in a superior experience when gaming. That's it. I don't deny the validity of the consoles as a gaming platform.

What I commented there, on the ignorance of the people on the subject of gaming on the PC, is very noticeable. I know plenty of people who think PC gaming sucks, the graphics would be like CS 1.6 and that would be all PC gamers play, since the PC would't have any better games. I see this kind of ignorance everywhere in the console community where I live. Not to say that most console gamers are that, quite the opposite surely.

And haha? Me wrapped in the things I own? You don't know enough about me to make up a statement like that. A lot of what I own is not that great. I do not fool myself into thinking that it's great or anything. I acknowledge that a lot of my stuff is not great. I would never recommend that stuff to anyone because I know it would not be that good. And the only reason I'm keeping it is because I don't know enough about those subjects to yet make an educated decision on what to buy, and not waste my money. Stuff like that includes the audio side of my computer, for example. My headphones are somewhat crap. I acknowledge that and move on. I don't recommend them to anyone or say that they're the best.
As for stuff that I have that is good, I see clearly that there are other choices as well, however, the ones I made suit me the best. I don't deny that there are other choices. And most of the time, these other choices are clearly inferior in some ways and clearly superior in others. This is where I would really emphasize personal preference. If the other choices are mostly inferior, I emphasize personal preference less or none.


So you can just stop putting words in my mouth or acknowledge the fact that I actually realize what I'm saying and all that comes with it.

do none of you realize that this debate has been the same for 10+ years?

also - it's off topic