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Originally Posted by NevadaSTi
That is why I play PC games. F' the consoles and their bullsh!t hype. My pc outperforms any console I have ever seen.
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The catch is that a PC that outperforms the latest console usually costs much more. A good gaming rig will usually cost about $1500-$2000 for the cpu tower alone. For that much, you could have all three consoles, with money left for games or accessories. Then, if you're talking about a gamer's PC, you have the possibilities of hardware or driver incompatibilities, spending more on the eventual upgrades, tweaking, dealing with detail settings, crashes, overclocking, etc., all of which take time and effort and keep you away from actually gaming.
I spent 5 years or so (about '96-'01, I think) as a "PC-only" gamer and eventually got sick of spending more time screwing with hardware and software details than gaming.
Consoles are also encroaching quite effectively these days on what used to be PC-specific functions and benefits, and offer even more. The Wii has a surprisingly useful web browser, and is capable of messaging. PS3 and XB360 both do music, movies, images, and their respective high-def movie formats. XBLive allows voice chat and the download of TV shows and HD movies. All three systems have libraries of downloadable classic titles and offer backwards compatibility with last-gen games.
It's a given that a more expensive PC will outperform in the graphics department, and really, the fact that publishers now charge an extra $10 for their console games does not mean that consoles should be invalidated as good gaming platforms. Between ease of use, adequately impressive graphics and sound even vs. a PC (especially when hooked up to an HDTV and 5.1 audio system), improving non-gaming functionality, lower price, and
much larger combined game library than is available on PC, consoles usually turn out to be a better overall choice these days.