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Why would anyone use a PC for gaming
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PCs are absolutely useless for games when compared to Consoles. I was trying to play counterstrike last night, hadn't played it in a while so when i booted it up, I had to wait 20 minutes for steam to update, then when I tried to find a server to connect to, I got kicked from about 50% of them before I could even get in, and the rest all had stupid personalised sound effects and ****ty home made maps that took ages to download every time the map changed.
So I got bored with CS, tried to play battlefield 2.
Same again, needed to download a feckin patch which took ages, had to install it and when I finally booted the game up about an hour after I started trying, I remembered why I haven't played it in so long. My computer isn't fast enough to play the game at a reasonable setting level so I kept getting sniped and shot from beyond the grey fog by people who had a huge advantage because they have a better computer than me.
So what's a better computer? I have had 3 new desktop computers in the last 15 years, all of them were mid range when new, all cost more than a thousand pounds/euros and none of them could play any game that had been released that year on the highest detail setting (or even close)
Games that had come out 12 months previous to the manufacture of the new pc had to be played on medium detail for any kind of decent framerate. Games that were still in production? well I'd be lucky if I could play them at all, and if i could, they'd be nowhere near as detailed as the advertised and reviewed product.
PC gamers are expected to constantly upgrade their software to fix bugs that should have been ironed out before the game was released, and constantly update the hardware with new graphics cards that often cost more than the price of a fully loaded PS3 and still don't deliver the performance that you expect and are out of date within 12 months.
It is impossible to be a 'casual gamer' on a PC, you need to be a 'serious gamer', spend all your disposable income on the right equipment and plan your gaming weeks in advance to make sure your game is compatable with the latest version 17.89b that the developer has just brought out to fix the bug introduced by patch v17.88b.
I don't want to be a serious gamer, I have a job, that's serious, gaming is supposed to be fun.
Here's my list why games are sh1t on PCs
1. You have to install them which takes ages
2. You have to re-install them several times because they don't work the first time
3. You need to update the drivers for your mouse because of a 'known issue'
4. You need to buy a new mouse because the driver update that you searched the entire internet for doesn't work
5. When the game finally gets going, it looks and performs crap because your computer isn't good enough
6. You get constantly owned in online games because some rich child has a better computer than you and can see you before you see him
7. When you try to join an online game you have to sift through gazillions of servers with crappy custom maps and custom sound effects that all make you download stuff that takes ages every time the map changes
8. you'll get kicked half the time because you're not in the right 'clan'
9. When you finally get into a game, you'll accidentally press the feckin windows button located beside the ctrl button on the keyboard and your computer will crash
10. you're isolated in the 'computer room' of the house because you have to use a desktop to play games cause all laptops have sh1t graphics cards
11. If you don't play the game for a few weeks, the next time you try and play you'll need to get a new patch then repeat steps 1-through 4, again.
12. You'll lose the box or the piece of paper that has the cd key on it so when your computer inevitably needs to be reformatted, you won't be able to re-install any of your games.
Twice. I've had to use that twice.0 -
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QFT.Retr0gamer wrote: »A real gamer would have a PC and the consoles if they had the money.
I play on the pc because that's what I have.
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Genghiz Cohen wrote: »Not nearly as satisfying though.
The point OP was making is moronic.
The way OP delivered his point is moronic.
OPs opinions are moronic.
But OP himself is a pretty cool guy, somehow....
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Why not have the best of both worlds. If I want a blast of football, or if im feeling unusually social (a rarity for a pc gamer,
) I'll fire up the PS3, lie back on the couch and let the easy gaming goodness wash over me.
If i feel like getting me teeth into something meaty, Ill go on the PC, play some Fallout 3, or Total War etc and enjoy the quality (console shaming) graphics and the control that only a keyboard and mouse bring.
Certain genres like football and racing go down well on the consoles where the pad is king and you might have some people over for some matches. But for deep enthralling SP games like RPG's, it has to be PC.
There generally is more work with PC games. Ive installed enough PC games to be met with errors and compatibility problems to last me a lifetime. But if you dont mind investing alittle time in sorting it out, the rewards are worth it.0 -
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Playing games since the Spectrum (still have a 128K+2 somewhere in my parents attic), still miss my Oric 1 16k (zap, ping, explode, ****).
Have had nearly every console available since the early days, still have a Dreamcast knocking around that I occasionally play for nostalgia/scene, along with a PS3, 360 and a Wii.
Nothing, and I mean nothing has ever compared to gaming on the PC.
Apart from one.
The Amiga.
Oh my Amiga, how I loved thee !fck you commodore for having crap business sense and letting the PC eventually win the war ! :mad::mad::mad:
I only play football games on the PS3, everything else it's the PC. 360 I haven't played in well over a year.
Way I look at it, consoles are for kids, PC's are for grown ups.
I'm in my 30's, I can say that and get away with it
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i love the irony of the OP's avatar being from Quake 3. kinda proves the trolliness of it right there.
that or they are just a n00b
I remember when quake 3 came out, i went to limerick to buy it on the day it was released because there weren't any game shops where I live, brought it home couldn't play it on my less than 1 year old Pentium 3 computer because it didn't support my graphics card. Had to buy a 200 quid graphics card (think it was one of the first geforce cards) and more memory for the computer (and that was when memory was really really expensive)
Good game though.0 -
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Playing games since the Spectrum (still have a 128K+2 somewhere in my parents attic), still miss my Oric 1 16k (zap, ping, explode, ****).
Have had nearly every console available since the early days, still have a Dreamcast knocking around that I occasionally play for nostalgia/scene, along with a PS3, 360 and a Wii.
Nothing, and I mean nothing has ever compared to gaming on the PC.
Apart from one.
The Amiga.
Oh my Amiga, how I loved thee !fck you commodore for having crap business sense and letting the PC eventually win the war ! :mad::mad::mad:
I only play football games on the PS3, everything else it's the PC. 360 I haven't played in well over a year.
Way I look at it, consoles are for kids, PC's are for grown ups.
I'm in my 30's, I can say that and get away with it
There has never been a game on the PC that was as effortlessly cool as Wipeout or it's sequel on Ps2
I have never played a good driving game on a computer (not saying they don't exist, just haven't played one, consoles are excellent for driving sims, same with football and the new breed of music games.0 -
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Winge, winge I can't use a computer.
It can do, but it's a once off unlike console where you have to sit through long load times everytime.Here's my list why games are sh1t on PCs
1. You have to install them which takes ages
How could you have a problem with mouse drivers?3. You need to update the drivers for your mouse because of a 'known issue'
Lol.4. You need to buy a new mouse because the driver update that you searched the entire internet for doesn't work
Your computer isn't good enough, just buy a proper PC in the first place.5. When the game finally gets going, it looks and performs crap because your computer isn't good enough
Lol, ah ya poor thing, there, there.6. You get constantly owned in online games because some rich child has a better computer than you and can see you before you see him
Your better off with consoles alright or maybe something like this7. When you try to join an online game you have to sift through gazillions of servers with crappy custom maps and custom sound effects that all make you download stuff that takes ages every time the map changes
8. you'll get kicked half the time because you're not in the right 'clan'
9. When you finally get into a game, you'll accidentally press the feckin windows button located beside the ctrl button on the keyboard and your computer will crash
10. you're isolated in the 'computer room' of the house because you have to use a desktop to play games cause all laptops have sh1t graphics cards
11. If you don't play the game for a few weeks, the next time you try and play you'll need to get a new patch then repeat steps 1-through 4, again.
12. You'll lose the box or the piece of paper that has the cd key on it so when your computer inevitably needs to be reformatted, you won't be able to re-install any of your games.0 -
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I never played that much on PC, bar oblivion (with all the graphics stripped down) and civilisation 2,3 and 4 (where did those summers go? )
I have heard this argument before from people. I love my PS3, don't get me wrong....but imo the PC argument wins everytime. Consoles are for the incompetent and lazy like myself, PC are for true gamers who want it all, graphics, modding, dedicated servers etc.
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