Adversarial gameplay & xbox 360?

[Guido]

"And PCs haven't gotten more expensive. A new computer costs just as much now as a new computer 5 or 10 years ago. Nothing has changed"

The thing thats changed today, is this..............

PC's are getting cheaper and cheaper I agree - however gaming on a pc has gone in the other direction...... you need two gfx cards or more ........... you need dual cores or more................. in order to game "properly" on the pc these days, and compare gaming to my 360 and 40" screen etc you need to spend over £3k to gain the same experience. its these spenders that drive the development of games, and these guyz and gals only have a certain amount of cash, I purchased one 40" sony bravia this year, and I cant see me buying another huge screen to watch the pc stutter on.............................

[flintlock]

Originally Posted by Guido

gaming on a pc has gone in the other direction...... you need two gfx cards or more ........... you need dual cores or more................. in order to game "properly" on the pc these days,

Most games today still aren't threaded and most still don't take advantage of SLI/Crossfire configs, so you usually end up seeing an insignificant gain performance wise with the latter, and on the odd occasion you'l get a slight performance hit with the former.

[Boris]

Like someone already said, consoles are for casual gamers for some light entertainment. They're there to feed the stupid masses. Not that everyone who plays console games is stupid, they just don't take gaming seriously, or have the console for non-serious gaming. There is no way someone can sit in front a console and do a three or four hour patrol holding a noob-stick.

Consoles are like to computers, as the television is to cinema. A cinema experience forces immersion, whereas television is a casual on the side experience, where you talk to people, eat, do ther stuff, and can be stopped at any point.

Consoles have co-existed with computers since the dawn of electronic gaming. PCs are far too popular at the moment to die. The PC gaming sub-culture is very big.

I would go as far as to say PC gaming is for true enthusiasts, no matter what genre you're talking about. It's all about customisation, making ones own computer better is a fun hobby for many people. It is the PC market that drives graphics technology, not the consoles. PCs are the bleeding edge of gaming, and someone needs to be at the forefront.

Which brings me to the number one most important thing. PC games allow modding!!! Almost every PC game gets modded these days, and it is something that gamers love to have. Imagine SH without mods!

An SH game is getting more and more ridiculous the more I think about it. If you can imagine yourself playing SH5 on a console, then you should ask yourself wheather you really care about what you are playing. There are plenty of other games around that cater for big explosions.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by Guido

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The thing thats changed today, is this..............

PC's are getting cheaper and cheaper I agree - however gaming on a pc has gone in the other direction...... you need two gfx cards or more ........... you need dual cores or more................. in order to game "properly" on the pc these days, and compare gaming to my 360 and 40" screen etc you need to spend over £3k to gain the same experience. its these spenders that drive the development of games, and these guyz and gals only have a certain amount of cash, I purchased one 40" sony bravia this year, and I cant see me buying another huge screen to watch the pc stutter on.............................

I'll second that. Good point