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Hey guys i play games not just on the comp, but on xbox as well.....my Xbox name is C Hole Steve, so if you ever want to link up on there just send me a friend request with your name from here, so i have a vague idea of who it is.
 
I don't own any consoles except for a Wii :).
 
my name on xbox is Frit0s i think. however i only use it to watch netflix and play jrpgs :D
 
hate consoles other than for watching movies, Final Fantasy or Resident Evil
 
SSG RENNO said:
my xbox ID is SSG RENNO
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Ok, so you're registered here as SSG RENNO, you're registered on 2142, BC2 and (I'm guessing) BF2 as SSG RENNO, as well as Xbox - what happens if/when you become SFC RENNO?

You making new names for everything?
 
Console = limited gaming.

PC = full gaming experience, no bullshit, no shenanigans.
 
Soulzz said:
Console = limited gaming.

PC = full gaming experience, no bullshit, no shenanigans.
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I would have to both agree and disagree with that.

I really don't like consoles all that much (for games). There are definite gaming limitations on consoles: the thumbstick would never match the precision of a mouse, oddly placed buttons, too many buttons/triggers.... and frequent use of that bulky, poorly designed, overstuffed contoller is Carpal Tunnel just waiting to happen. This is why I don't do FPS games on consoles (or really any gaming these days). Unless you like low-intensity gayness, like RPGs, there's not gonna be a whole lot you can do for gaming. But, for the games I do play, I do have an HDMI out to my 46" Samsung and an optical out to my 5.1. So yeah, PC= Full gaming experience - but I think my Xbox has about a 3/4 gaming experience. Oh, and I don't have to upgrade hardware either - the games are built around the box.

Obviously, PCs are superior in every facet of gaming - there's no disputing that..ever. However, There is an assload of bullshit and plenty of shenanigans on the PC - anyone remember 1.51? If we all had a dollar for every time someone hacked a game, hacked an account, a game crashed, we got a virus/worm/.... we'd all be the wealthiest of gamers with top-of-the-line rigs. As soon as a game is released, there are vultures out there who are only concerned with breaking the code and coming up with a hack (for both console and PC). It's also the time when we, the consumers, get to be Guinea pigs and find all of the bugs that the developer didn't. I think we've all played at least 1 game where we just knew there wasn't whole lot of effort in the development phase.

Both the console and the PC have their own particular set of issues and limitations, but it's a rather bold statement to say the there's no bullshit or shenanigans with the PC - it's quite the opposite.
 
Games are built around a 6 year old box.

I don't know about you, but I don't upgrade every 2 years. Some people upgrade frequently, some people don't. I do know that for 300 bucks, you can buy a console that's basically a 6 year old PC, and when it was new, it wasn't even that good. If you spend 2 grand on a PC, it could very well last 5 years. That's 5 years of gaming, watching movies, doing anything you want. With consoles, also, you pay a monthly fee to game online. That's OBSURD!

Also, your 46" TV is part of the gaming experience. How much did that cost you? 1 grand? You can't play on a console without a display device.
 
Soulzz said:
Games are built around a 6 year old box.
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The Xbox 360 has a triple-core 3.2 GHz CPU - that doesn't seem like 6 y/o technology. It has lower amounts of RAM and video memory, but for what it is and what it needs to do, I haven't seen any performance issues.

Soulzz said:
If you spend 2 grand on a PC, it could very well last 5 years. That's 5 years of gaming, watching movies, doing anything you want. With consoles, also, you pay a monthly fee to game online. That's OBSURD!
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I will agree with you here - $2K on a PC is a good long term investment. But there is no telling when new technology will emerge that will change the way games are made or if it will require new hardware.

The fee to play games and receive content online is an unfortunate byproduct of demand. MS wouldn't really lose any money by hosting their content for free, but I'm sure when they looked at their sales charts and realized they had millions upon millions of consoles out there... why the hell NOT charge? Besides, I believe Sony already went the "free" route with PS3.. and ended up compromising the personal info of 77 million of its customers and had to shut down. So, if I pay $50/year and I know there is security that comes with it.. I'm ok with that.

Soulzz said:
Also, your 46" TV is part of the gaming experience. How much did that cost you? 1 grand? You can't play on a console without a display device.
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Actually - I won a raffle from work, so it cost me $10. True, you can't play on a console without a display - but most PCs are sold with 20" monitors.. not really good for gaming in my opinion. And if you want larger than that - it gets costly, real quick.
 
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