console >>>> pc

End of discussion!

Can't even support your own argument? Typical consolefag.

>>2
Equally empty counterpoint, with added ad hominem attack:  Check.

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PC has more games, nothing extra is needed for backwords compatibility, more games are created for PC everyday than for any console (includes homebrew), can be upgraded further for later games.

Console tend to have less lag and easier to understand controls and require little else for most new games, as well as little to no configuration is needed.

In my view point, both are equal for the strengths I stated.

>>5
nothing extra is needed for backward compatibility
DOSBox, VDMSound and other virtualization tools people need to use to get pre Win95 software to work would like a word.  Modern PC games generally require so little configuration they practically might as well be running on consoles, but running DOS-based titles on a modern PC is likely harder now than it was back then - you still have to do all the abstruse config.sys/autoexec.bat environment tampering, on top of basically hiding the Windows environment from the game, and you may even need to resort to digging around for third-party VESA hacks, game exe patches, mouse drivers and so on.  If you play more than one or two DOS games with any regularity, though, you're probably better off just devoting a piddly little partition to a real DOS installation and multi-booting it, always assuming you can find drivers to make DOS recognize your hardware without things like the basic Soundblaster emulation XP does by default.

Console back-compat is a breeze: it should usually work, and if it doesn't you're fucked unless the hardware producer can be bothered to fix it.  Xenogears is the only case I'm familiar with of a game that'd lock up a PS2 running default backward-compatibility settings, but I like to think that was the console developing rudimentary sentience to protest against such irredeemable crap.

Consolefags: you are the kind of people who come into a video store just to tell us how much better GTA is going to be than Halo 3. You fanboys are all alike. I hope you're ashamed of yourselves.

>>6
That's the problem with closed source programs. You are dependant upon the author of the program to support you. With open source, the program can be updated to match your systems and you won't need the author's permission to do so.

CONSOLEGAMES HAVE NO BUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my fucking computer is a piece of shit, i cant play games on it without it being a bitch.

>>6

I figured I was forgetting something when I went into my opinion of what both being equal.  But I was going with positives rather than negatives.  Both have mountains of negatives and I doubt we would want pages of saying what makes one worse than the other.

i have a great computer so do a few ppl i know computers have to much trouble with bugs and what not and there is to many laggers on pc besides consoles are soley for games and media unlike computers which have other shit running in the background

mgs4 wil be good but not as good as the game i have been on nonestop

is pokemon a console game?

>>14

Since Pokemon Stadium, yes.  Technicly, no.  Pokemon is primarily a hand held game, which is different in some respects to console games.  However, some people do put both in the same classification.  Much like how some people will put PC and MAC as just PC.

I know it sounds stupid, but it is true.  Afterall, some people seek simple classification and nothing simpler than calling all computers PC and all Videogame Decks as console systems.

>>8
>With open source, the program can be updated to match your systems and you won't need the author's permission to do so.
True.  Most of the games I want to play are closed source, though, irrespective of platform, so it's a bit academic.
>>11
>Both have mountains of negatives and I doubt we would want pages of saying what makes one worse than the other.
Sure, I just thought 'easy backward compatibility' in particular was a misrepresentation of the current PC situation.  As long as you're not talking pre-Win95, the old contrast between console games that 'just work' and PCs needing post-release patches, good luck on IRQ conflicts and a comp-sci degree just to get running is long out of date - more recent consoles have started seeing firmware update and patch issues of their own, and modern PC games should run for most users on default settings without problems, stupid DRM allowing.

I actually think one of the nicest things about the PC platform, a benefit of general versatility, I guess, is its tendency to be able to emulate everything else, sooner or later.  Piles of old plastic and trails of tangled leads for the sake of one or two games you still want access to on older consoles are a pain in the ass.  XBLA/PSN/VC seem like they might be offering some reasonable competition on that front, though.

I like the PC because...
I can upgrade my hardware to run a huge plethora of games, new and old, and when I DO upgrade, it makes all my games perform more smoothly and look better. In the console world, the games don't have graphics options to make them run more smoothly or look differently. I've also always liked the huge amount of user-created content for PC games. With a PC, you can spend a lot or a little to build a machine that does what you want. My personal favorite feature is that I don't have to pay extra for online services like xbox live (except for subscription fees, but I don't play any games with subscription fees.) Lately, though, the ports to PC have been terrible, in some cases nothing more than a completely direct console port.

Consoles have their pluses - you don't have to worry about being able to run the latest games. Once you've bought a console, you don't have to pay again. Furthermore, because consoles aren't running an operating system at the same time, they can render games much more efficiently. My main qualm with console games is that my favorite genre is the FPS, and FPSes are terrible with thumbsticks. Just try to pick off a headshot as fast as a mouse user can - it won't happen.