Are Games Played More On PC Or XBox, PS3 Ect?

[nomad13]

I gave up on PC gaming because I had to buy a new graphics card every time a new game came out. If you play a recent game on a console(I have an XBox 360), the graphics and sound are outstanding, especially via HDMI on an HD TV. The multiplayer side of the game is a whole different experience than the solo campaign(I'm mostly talking about the Call of Duty games).
Modding games has two sides; some mods make the game better, some are developed to let people cheat. Not sure why somebody would want to cheat at a computer game, but that's the way it is. Modding games is way easier on a PC; which is good and bad at the same time.
Simulations are a different deal. I haven't found any real simulation console games. Closest might be the Forza car racing games that let you modify your cars, but nothing like what you can do with Microsoft's flight simulator programs. Look at CFS2(the only game left on my computer); it is better now thanks to user addons than it was when it first came out.
Consoles and PCs; two completely different animals.

 

[Wing_Z]

Seems the PC platform will survive in the simulation market for a while, but "gaming" is headed to consoles.
Interesting discussion here:
http://www.simhq.com/_commentary/all_106a.html

 

[Allen]

bout £400 when i got a new pc

400 for high end dose not happen in the US of A

that is true, but the reason why the Wii took off is that its a great party console, you just grab some people and have a laugh .. however ... how many people are still playing games made 10yrs ago compared to the amount of copies of said games sold???

Modding has keep some old PC games going VS consoles but piracy fear has and will kill PC modding. So when it all said and done it will be about the same.

I was about to comment on the difference between PC and console games with regard to piracy and it's effects and associations with the relative age of the gamer but I suddenly realised that console games probably don't come on cartridges any more :redf:
I'll just go back to bed.

Home consoles hasn't used a cartridge since N64 (96-02 in the US of A.) The Nintendo DS line uses a cartridge that looks like a small camera card. PSPs use a Universal Media Disc (UMD), A small disk in a shell.

I wish Wii would come out with a HD version. I bought the Tiger Woods golf a couple years ago. The graphics were so disappointing that I played it just a few times. I have a 55 inch HD TV so I was preparing myself to be wowed by the graphics. I should have known better since there were no HD hookups when I installed the system.
I have more fun playing tennis with the funny looking little default cartoon characters.

I hope that "Wii 2" would fix this but I'm thinking that "Wii 2" will have graphics around what the 360 is now. I'm sure after how well the Wii did Nintendo will keep the cost down again for the next one as well and cuting out the high end graphics is how they did it.

The crux of the matter is this, if one wishes to 'Play Games' then the consoles are the way to go, if one prefers 'simulations' then the PC is king.
GT5 looks terrific on the high end consoles hooked up to a top of the line TV, but (and there is no sign of it so far) when we finally have the PC version I'll bet money that within seven days (or less) we will have mods and repaints available that would never be seen on a console.
It's all a matter of taste and choice, 'cost' is irrelevant as so many consoles are paid for in the Real World over indulgent by parents.

There will be no PC. GT5 is "Only on Playstation" there will be no real port to PC.

 

[Kiwikat]

There will be no PC. GT5 is "Only on Playstation" there will be no real port to PC.

As it should be!

 

[Willy]

To be honest, very few games interest me and I really don't have much use for a console. For me, the PC is the best entertainment system.

 

[Quixoticish]

To be honest, very few games interest me and I really don't have much use for a console. For me, the PC is the best entertainment system.

That's my problem though, the PC never feels like an entertainment system.

On the PS3 it's in the lounge and uses decent controllers as well as being used as a blu-ray player/media centre/audio system/ and also gets used a lot at parties with fun multiplayer games like Buzz and those based on the Move system. It's all there, cohesively working in unison with the 1080p TV and 5.1 speaker system and it does exactly what you want it to when you want it to 100% of the time.

For me the PC is a tool that I use daily for my job, and very occasionally to play massively multiplayer games or FSX. But for an enjoyable way to spend my leisure time doing a variety of things the console is definitely the way to go.

 

[kilo delta]

That's my problem though, the PC never feels like an entertainment system.

On the PS3 it's in the lounge and uses decent controllers as well as being used as a blu-ray player/media centre/audio system/ and also gets used a lot at parties with fun multiplayer games like Buzz and those based on the Move system. It's all there, cohesively working in unison with the 1080p TV and 5.1 speaker system and it does exactly what you want it to when you want it to 100% of the time.

For me the PC is a tool that I use daily for my job, and very occasionally to play massively multiplayer games or FSX. But for an enjoyable way to spend my leisure time doing a variety of things the console is definitely the way to go.

You should consider getting/building a htpc,then.

I'm running a Dell XPS420 as a htpc for the past couple of years connected to a large screen hdtv and a 5.1 surround sound system. I'm running the freeware Mediaportal front end (in preference to Win7's Media Center)with my entire collection of dvd's and audio cd's ripped to 3 high capacity hdd's.
It does everything I need from a htpc...browse internet (using a wireless Logitech Dinovo keyboard),record/play back tv shows, full dvd/audio cd library streaming to all my other pc's/notebooks, PC gaming including old skool MAME emulation, plays Bluray, HD-DVD and DVD's, runs Karaoke software (for booze fuelled fun after a night out on the tiles!).

 

[wombat666]

There will be no PC. GT5 is "Only on Playstation" there will be no real port to PC.

Console 'Games' are not 'Ported' to the PC, as stated earlier, new code is required for each format.
GT5 for PC is scheduled to be released 'sometime' early this year, not that I'd be rushing to buy a copy, compared to NFS 2 it is better suited to the console 'Gamers' rather than real 'Simulations', despite the eye candy, GT5 is rather flawed when it comes to realism.

 

[stiz]

400 for high end dose not happen in the US of A

wont do it here either, my pc was mid rangeish when i got it. However its run everything i've thrown at it this year, allthough its starting to struggle with the newer games now.

 

[Gdavis101]

Having to upgrade constantly was my reasoning to go to the 360.. I still do simulations on my PC's, and have no real plans to upgrade them anytime in the future, they do what I want them to do and when I want to play a game like Black Ops I turn on my 360.

 

[Kiwikat]

compared to NFS 2 it is better suited to the console 'Gamers' rather than real 'Simulations', despite the eye candy, GT5 is rather flawed when it comes to realism.

I sure hope you're joking! I assume you are because of the smiley at the end...

:mix-smi::mix-smi::mix-smi:

If not, Imma send this owl

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after you!