Switch from Console to PC gaming? NPR wants to hear from you...

[SlitheryDee]

Someone should just e-mail a link to this thread to NPR.

 

[Midwayman]

Dual sli setups aren't exactly apples and apples comparison, we were talking about system that cost about the same as a console. Gaming functions on top of a PC vs a console. You're talking about a system spec'd for double that price range. If you want to compare it vs 2006 consoles at similar resolution you're talking about the typical bare bones gaming system with a single mid range video card. Let me know how BF4 runs on such a system...

Just the other day I built a complete PC that would play bf4 just fine for about $650. That's assuming you hook it up to the TV, but includes OS, input, etc.

I think that the extra expense in going from a bottom of the barrel PC you'd use only for web browsing to a PC capable of playing games at least at ps4/xb1 levels is pretty comparable to what the consoles cost. Even if you don't count a base PC cost you'll still come out ahead on software by a huge margin.

 

[Phoenix86]

Just the other day I built a complete PC that would play bf4 just fine for about $650. That's assuming you hook it up to the TV, but includes OS, input, etc.

I think that the extra expense in going from a bottom of the barrel PC you'd use only for web browsing to a PC capable of playing games at least at ps4/xb1 levels is pretty comparable to what the consoles cost. Even if you don't count a base PC cost you'll still come out ahead on software by a huge margin.

Which was my original point on hardware, it's very comparable. Then CZroe brought up older high end systems and that's not really an apples to apples comparison.

 

[Bateluer]

That's funny because I feel its cheaper to be a console gamer. But I guess if you take something like Steam into account PC does have an advantage. I just hate having to deal wtih constant hardware upgrades. Plus I'd rather lounge on my couch instead of being at a desk.

You can PC game from the couch just as easily. Nor do you have to constantly upgrade, you can do the same optimizations that consoles use; lowering the resolution, to maintain a 24fps speed.

I can't afford to console game, its simply too expensive to pay a monthly fee for XBL/PS+ and 70 dollars for 6hr long games with heavily dated visuals.

 

[ioni]

I just hate having to deal wtih constant hardware upgrades. Plus I'd rather lounge on my couch instead of being at a desk.

Not sure if trolling since this is the standard "console gamer" response whose points have all been addressed millions of times.

I can't afford to console game, its simply too expensive to pay a monthly fee for XBL/PS+ and 70 dollars for 6hr long games with heavily dated visuals.

I think PS+ is what has finally brought console gaming much closer to the cheaper cost of PC gaming. It's only around $60 a year and that comes with a shit load of free games. Many of which are high quality games.

 

[raildogg]

It all depends on the person rather than the PC or console when it comes to spending money on games/hardware. If a person always wants to have the latest and greatest game, then he/she will spend $50+ on it whether it's for the PC or console. Someone else, who cares about cost, may wait for it to be in the used game section at GameStop or they may wait for it on Steam - not much difference. Again, it's about the person and not the gaming system of choice.

As for PC vs. console, once again, we love to fight, even if it's for fight's sake only. There are advantages of consoles and advantages of PCs. Let people enjoy whatever gaming device they want.

 

[CZroe]

Which was my original point on hardware, it's very comparable. Then CZroe brought up older high end systems and that's not really an apples to apples comparison.

Closer than you think: In 2007, 8800GT SLi was an incredible deal at launch. Q6600 and an Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus was also cheap and pretty damned future-proof. DDR2 was peanuts.

 

[mizzou]

everyone owns somekind of PC, just a few more $$$$ to turn it into a gaming PC. Upgrades only required every 2-4 years if you don't care to play on ULTRA 4k

With games frequently under $10.00....PC gaming is pretty cheap

 

[Red Squirrel]

I never understood the "switch to/from" thing or the fact that one can only play PC *OR* console. Why not do both? Some games are better on PC some are better on console.

 

[Newbian]

I never understood the "switch to/from" thing or the fact that one can only play PC *OR* console. Why not do both? Some games are better on PC some are better on console.

It seems a lot to do with age also and it determines when you grew up.

Especially if you are 25+ as pc's were expensive then and harder to use compared to now plus with other siblings and friends it was a lot easier to play with consoles then on one computer.

As you get older and with the internet you probably switched over to the pc as it could do so much more on them plus no consoles were decent at it until the original xbox / PS2 for the most part as some had the ability to use it such as the dreamcast and a few even earlier but it never was as popular until the others came out it seemed because of the time they were released.

And as time goes on you will move out and be on your own more thus for me personally a lot of the fun for consoles was playing with others in the same room compared to online play on a computer.

But then again if you do have a family you kinda do both and get back into consoles a bit to play with them as they are great bonding tools over pc's.

 

[natto fire]

Probably not, they all want to discuss it here on ATOT instead

Seriously. Just link to this thread and the VC&G forum and they have all the info they need that PC gamers are too busy arguing with each other to actually play games. Online console gaming is great for learning racial and homophobic epithets, but at least they are playing games while belittling each other instead of staring at a horrible vB interface.

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I never understood the "switch to/from" thing or the fact that one can only play PC *OR* console. Why not do both? Some games are better on PC some are better on console.

I don't know for sure, but I think it is the same reason partisan politics and numerous other topics have been presented as clear battle lines (AMD/Intel, Nvidia/AMD, for example to this forum) It is a lot easier to conquer people if they are divided in the first place. It sounds like ridiculous conspiracy theory, and I totally would have agreed with that several years ago, but IMO people are taking these trivial issues and using them to pick a side. A divided populous, at least in this country, has existed since before it was a country (how many limp wristed whigs said "nah Britain is alright"?) but everyone knows it is weaker. The divided populous that is, never been to the UK, so I cannot comment on local politics.

It is a stretch to compare important things like government to who makes the CPU in your computer, but considering how emotional some people get over these insignificant decisions I often wonder.

I enjoyed both for quite a while until my modded Xbox could not output HD content to my HD TV. It was simply inferior hardware, and modding an XBox360 to do what I wanted fell upon a time when I was trying to follow software licenses to a "t", it was illegal. I guess they finally figured out people want their hardware to do more than play overpriced games with overpriced HIDs, but for me it was too late and consoles are simply never going to be an option for me.

My backlog of PC software and recent purchase of a 7950 and 1440p IPS monitor guarantees my console gaming days are done. It was a fairly large investment at 600 dollars, but considering I was running a 5770, and 1080p monitor from '09 I think my investment will do just fine, considering I own ~60 games that I have never even played once.

 

[Soundmanred]

I'll never understand the "it's either one or the other" approach when it comes to video gaming.
It's like someone asking "do you eat Chinese food or pizza?"
Uhh...can't I eat both?

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Im really wondering where this article is trying to go.

I started off with Nintendo and now I'm a PC gamer. Does that count?

 

[natto fire]

I'll never understand the "it's either one or the other" approach when it comes to video gaming.
It's like someone asking "do you eat Chinese food or pizza?"
Uhh...can't I eat both?

That's like saying there might be a god and there might not. Or that you like your iPad and Galaxy S4. Maybe you drive your Ford truck to work and enjoy it and your Toyota Avalon afterwards. How can you say you appreciate a woman's right to decide what to do with her body and visit with your friends every Sunday, you blasphemous jerk? I suppose next you are going to tell me you voted for a democratic congressman and Mitt Romney for president. I guess that won't matter when you are busy fighting flak for owning an Xbox360 and a PS4, to supplement your Intel CPU and AMD GPU.

Why you gotta flip flop? Don't you know it is a requirement to choose one in the multitude of dipole setups we are supposed to conform to? Also, I heard that if you hook a console up to a monitor, or a controller up to a PC, you die instantly.