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[fenrya13]

I play on 360 and PC both. I have ME1&2 for both and just recently pre-ordered ME3 for both.

[HiddenKING]

I could go either way, but I have played the crap outta ME and ME2 on 360. All my saves and achievements so ima go with 360. Maybe later get it for PC.

[shumworld]

360!!!

[Tripedius]

Hathur wrote...

squee, don't sweat it... if it really matters to you what console people are playing on, just remind yourself that PC sales make up for something like 5-10% of Xbox/Ps3 sales when it comes to games.

If ME3 sells 2 million copies on the consoles, about only 100,000 to 200,000 of those units sold on PC.... we're a tiny percentage of the total gaming community... hence why many developers just outright ignore us.

Console gamers laugh at PC gamers for how tiny we are compared to them in terms of numbers.... about the only people we PC gamers can laugh at are MAC gamers

That's a false statement. Pc gaming is just one of those things that is always dying, but still very much alive and kicking. http://software.inte...-its-pc-gaming/

And on Mass Effect 2:
http://uk.ps3.ign.co.../1083726p1.html
http://gamrconnect.v...d.php?id=100044

However nobody ever tells the real figures.

[Chino 281]

Never cared for PC gaming. Don't have the money to buy a new computer every year. XBox 360 only.

[MrBigglesworth79]

javierabegazo wrote...

MrBigglesworth79 wrote...

ShadowSplicer wrote...

Consoles: Us poor people.
PC's: Rich people.

Of course PC is always better, but it costs a yacht and a half to build a decent rig. Consoles are affordable, and that's all there is to it.

It costs maybe 300$. You dont need to start from scratch unless your PC is 5years+ old. 200$ for the card 100$ for the CPU = 60fps in all areas @ 2048x1152 (my monitor is slightly higher than full HD).

My CPU cost me 60$ 1 year ago, and the card 200, 2 years ago. So I think you are way off.

Consoles are far more affordable than PC's and there's far less you have to actually tinker with on a console for those who are less than technically inclined.


Every time a PC game comes out, one of the first questions are

1. What are the Minimum Requirements?
2. Can my PC run this on the highest specs?
3. How much more will I have to pay to run at the highest specs?

Only if you think you need to buy a whole new PC just for ME. You dont as I already outlined. <$300. 

When a game for the xbox is announced, it's the same as it was 5 years ago, you know that you will be able to run the game immediately out of the box without problems, without fear of "Error 76476374" or Compatability errors with any hardware you might have installed.
1.Consoles don't get viruses.
2. A lot of people who have HDTV's cannot use that TV with their PC.
3. Not everyone likes the Mouse and Keyboard interface with every game. For Starcraft 2, I'm sure it's wonderful, but when I played The Witcher 2, I found myself wishing I had a controller to move him around.

There are plenty of pros about PC gaming. But most of them do not matter if you're not interested in learning how the actual tech works.

My friend, that can bearly get online by himself plays ME2 just fine via Steam in a 4 year old system. He has no viruses, no game errors, and plays just fine. Also, pointing at game errors means possibly ports need to be done with more care and not a PC vs. console flaw *cough*. 
Suggesting one needs to be a techy in order to play ME on a PC is rediculous. 
Almost every HDTV I know has input for HDMI, so yes, they can use the TV with their PC.

But in the end, lets say I dont' even know what a graphics card is, and I work 70 hours a week at my restaurant, and I also sculpt in my free time, and I spend a lot of time on riding my motorcycle, the ACCESSABILITY of Console gaming is far more attractive to me than having to think over all the small features.

Yes, as we all know PC users have to toil away with their PC to get it to work right. Right? None of them have 70 hour a week jobs or other hobbies. Really?

It has nothing to do with your intelligence. It has to do with the amount of time you wish to invest.

"But most of them do not matter if you're not interested in learning how the actual tech works." Conflicting points here. 

To be clear, console gaming is easier and more accessable, but many of the points you made are even more off than the original post I quoted.

The only real practical differance is taste in mouse/kb vs controller.

PS: I play on both 360 (family members) and PC, so I understand the dynamics of both and what it takes.

Modifié par MrBigglesworth79, 15 juin 2011 - 11:32 .

[Aradace]

Im a console gamer to my toes. I respect the opinons that PC gamers have of their rigs and style of play etc. but I personally was practically born with a controller in my hand. I've had my copy of ME3 pre-ordered for almost a month now. All I have to do is go pick it up on the midnight of it's release. I rented ME1 for the first time from gamefly. And the only reason I even happened upon it was because nothing else at the time looked interesting enough to play and honestly, the SS's that gamefly had up on their site did not make the game look very appealing. Fortunately, I was not only pleasantly suprised by the game, but it immediately became my favorite franchise of all time. To which, a week or two after that, I picked it up to actually own at GameStop for less than $20.

Rest is pretty much history on that lol. The only franchise that I like even remotely as much as ME is Assassin's Creed. And even that is a distant second. (Both franchises I own and plan on getting Revalations this year as well but that's waaaay OT lol)

Sorry, got a bit off topic there but all this talk of consoles and pre-ordering made me think back to when I first played ME1 lol. I now return you to your regularly scheduled thread XD

[javierabegazo]

MrBigglesworth79 wrote...


The only real practical differance is taste in mouse/kb vs controller.

Even if it MIGHT only cost ANOTHER $300 to play modern PC games, that doesn't guarantee that you can be able to play the games on the highest specs. Playing ANY video game on low specs is really degrading to the experience.

[Hathur]

Tripedius wrote...

Hathur wrote...

squee, don't sweat it... if it really matters to you what console people are playing on, just remind yourself that PC sales make up for something like 5-10% of Xbox/Ps3 sales when it comes to games.

If ME3 sells 2 million copies on the consoles, about only 100,000 to 200,000 of those units sold on PC.... we're a tiny percentage of the total gaming community... hence why many developers just outright ignore us.

Console gamers laugh at PC gamers for how tiny we are compared to them in terms of numbers.... about the only people we PC gamers can laugh at are MAC gamers

That's a false statement. Pc gaming is just one of those things that is always dying, but still very much alive and kicking. http://software.inte...-its-pc-gaming/

And on Mass Effect 2:
http://uk.ps3.ign.co.../1083726p1.html
http://gamrconnect.v...d.php?id=100044

However nobody ever tells the real figures.

Well, back when NPD sales figures used to be released openly to the gaming press just a year ago or so, it was very clear then that PC sales on average comprised about 5-10% of console sales (not counting digital sales... as digital retailers never release their figures).... so it's not a large leap to assume Mass Effect is about the same (though perhaps a bit higher for Mass Effect since it is made by Bioware, a developer that used to be purely PC centric in the late 90's / early 2000's and earned a great many loyal PC fans back in the old days).

This figure obviously fluctuated with certain games - namely cross-console RPGs and the Battlefield series (since its distinguished, long history is on the PC), however for the most part, the 10% rule was pretty accurate for most sales figures.

Modifié par Hathur, 15 juin 2011 - 11:40 .

[wizardryforever]

Gotta go for the 360 on this particular game.  I bought the first Mass Effect for the 360 (it was exclusive at the time) and got the second one the same way to import my saves.  Honestly I'm glad I did, because I have pretty solid genre guidelines when deciding the platform for games.  I buy strategy games on PC, when the complexity of the interface needs all the buttons and fine tuning.  I buy shooters for 360, because it feels so much more awesome to pull a trigger to shoot a gun than to click a mouse button.  That and I hate using my keyboard to move my character around.  I despise WASD.  RPGs can go either way, depending on the control scheme.  Thus, since Mass Effect is a RPG/shooter, the choice is clear.

[DarthSlim108]

I would probably play some PC games... if they made any good ones for Mac. I've got KOTOR, Portal, Torchlight, and that's about it. So yeah, I'll be getting ME3 for my Xbox 360. Plus, I can't wait to see some climactic Reaper battles on my 46" TV.

[xd3six]

360 user here. This forum has a surprisingly high number of console users as well. You aren't alone

[squee365]

Hathur wrote...

squee, don't sweat it... if it really matters to you what console people are playing on, just remind yourself that PC sales make up for something like 5-10% of Xbox/Ps3 sales when it comes to games.

If ME3 sells 2 million copies on the consoles, about only 100,000 to 200,000 of those units sold on PC.... we're a tiny percentage of the total gaming community... hence why many developers just outright ignore us.

Console gamers laugh at PC gamers for how tiny we are compared to them in terms of numbers.... about the only people we PC gamers can laugh at are MAC gamers

...I use a mac...and game on it frequently lol. Laugh away.

[mjh417]

I was that PS3 owner who bought a 360 in Fall 2009 to play and beat ME1 and get ME2 and have an import Shep for it. Best decision I ever made, and I definitely didnt regret it once ME2 was announced for PS3 cause I really loved ME1.

[Aradace]

javierabegazo wrote...

MrBigglesworth79 wrote...


The only real practical differance is taste in mouse/kb vs controller.

Even if it MIGHT only cost ANOTHER $300 to play modern PC games, that doesn't guarantee that you can be able to play the games on the highest specs. Playing ANY video game on low specs is really degrading to the experience.

I kind of find it poetic justice in a way that The Witcher 2 is coming to Xbox 360.  And I will be playing the crap out of it too lol

[Sidney]

360 player. My media center > my office for game experience.

[Lord Bastinator]

I love PC gaming, but I'm getting it for my xbox. We're out there with you...

[Hathur]

squee365 wrote...

Hathur wrote...

squee, don't sweat it... if it really matters to you what console people are playing on, just remind yourself that PC sales make up for something like 5-10% of Xbox/Ps3 sales when it comes to games.

If ME3 sells 2 million copies on the consoles, about only 100,000 to 200,000 of those units sold on PC.... we're a tiny percentage of the total gaming community... hence why many developers just outright ignore us.

Console gamers laugh at PC gamers for how tiny we are compared to them in terms of numbers.... about the only people we PC gamers can laugh at are MAC gamers

...I use a mac...and game on it frequently lol. Laugh away.

Oh I am ... but I love you MAC guys anyway... so stoic and resolute in your funny little...uh...  MAC things you do. 

[idoless24]

360. Already ordered my CE copy woot!

[xxSgt_Reed_24xx]

I've always been baffled at how people can play shooters on a PC especially when using a mouse to aim. Those things are too inaccurate and quick moving for my tastes. Aiming with an analog stick just seems so much better to me, so that's what I stick with.

Plus the 360 is basically the uber poor man's PC and that's why I've got it. I can't afford to spend 1000's of dollars on a gaming PC.

I will say, I wish we could mod to the extent that the PC users can.... thank god for the gibbed editor! XD

[Hathur]

xxSgt_Reed_24xx wrote...

I've always been baffled at how people can play shooters on a PC especially when using a mouse to aim. Those things are too inaccurate and quick moving for my tastes. <snip> 

I'll.... just leave that alone.. probably for the best.

[ScepticMatt]

*sigh* more platform wars ... but I cannot leave these quotes alone:

xxSgt_Reed_24xx wrote...
Those things are too inaccurate

Wat? 

Eurogamer
Sood's sources claim that Microsoft pitted the best console players using control pads against "mediocre" PC gamers with mice and keyboards and found that the console players were "destroyed every time." It was apparently so bad, he wrote, that cross-platform play would have been an embarrassment to the Xbox team.

Don't have the money to buy a new computer every year

...

Modifié par ScepticMatt, 16 juin 2011 - 12:30 .

[SKiLLYWiLLY2]

xxSgt_Reed_24xx wrote...

I've always been baffled at how people can play shooters on a PC especially when using a mouse to aim. Those things are too inaccurate and quick moving for my tastes. Aiming with an analog stick just seems so much better to me, so that's what I stick with.

Plus the 360 is basically the uber poor man's PC and that's why I've got it. I can't afford to spend 1000's of dollars on a gaming PC.

I will say, I wish we could mod to the extent that the PC users can.... thank god for the gibbed editor! XD

If you're not used to it and use a bad mouse and an absurdly high sensitivity sure, it will be difficult. However, when it comes to aiming, a good mouse user will always be better than a good controller user.

Someone with a decent mouse and who's used to their specific sensitivity are extremely accurate when it comes to aiming. A controller just doesn't give the same amount of precise control a mouse can.

[xxSgt_Reed_24xx]

Hathur wrote...

xxSgt_Reed_24xx wrote...

I've always been baffled at how people can play shooters on a PC especially when using a mouse to aim. Those things are too inaccurate and quick moving for my tastes. <snip> 

I'll.... just leave that alone.. probably for the best.

Think what you will (and I know most people think it's the other way around), but IMO using a mouse is just.... terrible. You want to move just a little to the right... you move your mouse and then you're looking behind yourself. Whereas, I can pull off headshots with ease with a controller. 

It's all about tastes though. 

[Loup Blanc]

360 here as well. Mass Effect is such a cinematic experience, i can't imagine playing it anywhere but on a giant LCD screen.

Modifié par JL81, 16 juin 2011 - 12:32 .