Turn that sensitivity up up up. Obviously I'm not claiming sticks are as accurate as a mouse, but shooters are more than playable on a console, it'll just take time to get use to, as with all things. I'd say I'm reasonably decent with a pad now.Originally Posted by TixyLixx
It's trivially easy to hook your PC up to your TV these days. No reason not to play from your couch, if you want.
I couldn't give a fig about graphics, or the control scheme, or indeed how the PC is superior in almost every single way that matters. My concerns lie with consoles being closed platforms with a market controlled exclusively by their creators. As such we have to rely on them to recognise talent. The PC is a free market, anyone can create and publish a game, and they don't the permission of one monolithic corporation to do it.
It sounds like the only thing about your console that is better than the PC is that your console is in your family room, hooked up to your TV. You could hook your PC up to your TV instead, you know...
Because it's fun. Why do YOU play video games?
Agreed, and I have done so. From my previous example, not all PC games are meant to be played from the couch (UI elements in particular), whereas with consoles that is ensured.
The question is whether or not you enjoy it. Using a mouse to control the camera is fundamentally satisfying to me. Using thumbsticks to control an FPS game is maddening for me, and I've never been able to do it for more than a few minutes at a time without completely wanting to walk away from the game. I know I could get good at it with practice - that doesn't mean I'd ever find it enjoyable.
Only time, I'm interested in buying console and playing is for meetings with my friends. I love drinking and gaming, it's more fun for me drunk playing some coop on couch, but on casual day, pc gaming is more rewarding to my self esteem.
Hear from the spirit-world this mystery:
Creation is summed up, O man, in thee;
Angel and demon, man and beast art thou,
Yea, thou art all thou dost appear to be!
Yeah. I mean, I own Deus Ex: Human Revolution for PS3, but then you can't (legally) own that on PC, so the rule still holds.
What, to make up for releasing the games unfinished and/or sans-QA in the first place?
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I love my Super Nintendo.
Oh hey, a thread!
Can't... own it? wat
I'm guessing that's a Steam=rental comment.
You can pirate it and thereby own (read: control) it, but if you want to pay for it on PC you have to go through Steam, which means that Valve owns/controls it.
Consoles are heading in the same direction of course, but they're not there yet. A benefit of their being behind the curve.
Last edited by Rii; 22-05-2012 at 07:57 PM.
Kind of beside the point? There WILL always be exclusives, so there will always be great games that aren't on other platforms, I would still rather play games on their original console than emus, etc.
I was talking more updates and content than bug fixes and patches, not talking paid dlc mind.
Heading in the same direction? Dude. They've been there for quite a while. You can get bricked remotely. "Subscription"-style distribution for the PC are the companies' attempts at introducing console architecture to non-consoles.
No, it's pretty much the exact point. Running an exclusive to entice me to purchase an inferior and redundant system is a ruse. It's no contest.
There are occasions though where there is just more of a playerbase for particular genres on console, so it makes sense to keep them to consoles, like fighting games or Japanese rpgs.
No matter how much you have to drink, Rayman's raving rabbids just isn't the same on the PC...
What do you people who hold the fear that Valve will snatch away all your Steam games do? All I do on Steam is buy games, and play them (without hacks). Even if you do get caught hacking, you just get locked out of that one game, and even then only the multiplayer component I think. They don't take your entire account away (they should though).
I'm just trying to think of the scenario where you would unknowingly do something that would result in the termination of your Steam account. As far as I'm concerned, I own all my Steam games, because I know I will never do anything to have them taken from me. Even if there were a good chance of having a game taken, I'd still rather take that risk than own a sub-par version of the same game on console.
"game sales for consoles destroys pc games completely why do u think they are so cheap on steam lol."
-Random console gamer
Only reason I regret not having a console is red dead redemption
I would judge a console's inferiority on the experiences it can provide, and exclusives, an underhanded business strategy or not, stop them from become redundant or inferior.
Really? So you'd buy a console just because R* won't produce RDR for PC?
I guess that's your money to waste, then. Won't stop me from mocking you for it, tho, and I'll continue judging consoles on the fact that they're tiny, closed PCs that can't do things as well as the PC I already own.
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