SarEnyaDor wrote...
I am saying that 6 years ago, I spent $1200 on a PC that was excellent, it is now crap and can't run anything I want to play. Four years ago I bought an Xbox 360 that STILL runs new games. My economic status has dramatically changed in that time, whereas my love of RPGs has not.
To be honest, this doesn't make a lot of sense. I built a PC in 2006 around when Oblivion was released. It cost about $800 (half of that being the video card...high-end video cards cost less than half now what they did then), and had specs that allowed it to run games slightly better than the 360 could (I also own a 360).
Now, going on 4 years later, that video card can be had for $25 on Ebay, and the entire system could be built with the same specs for little more than a 360 costs. The Xbox 360 hasn't magically gotten faster over the years. That 4-year-old machine still runs games slightly faster than the 360 does. Your post makes it sound like the PC platform has somehow lost ground to the 360 even though it's not possible for it to have changed.
It seems to me that this perception has to do with differing expectations. We don't expect the 360 to change, but as new PC games are released we expect to be able to run every game at maximum settings at 1920x1080. In reality, games for the 360 are tweaked and settings scaled down for good performance on the system, and the 360 only renders games at 720p, even when you're outputting at 1080p...it's upscaled. If you expect to run everything at maximum eye candy on a PC then expect to have to upgrade regularly. People make it sound like this is a requirement, but it isn't.
It's not fair to compare the price of staying "bleeding edge" with a PC to the price of maintaining status quo on a console. It's a double-standard. The PC I built in early 2006 still runs games better than my 360, and will continue to do so indefinitely. It won't be outclassed until the next generation of consoles is released, at which time it would be time to buy a new console (or wait for said next-gen console to become more affordable) anyway.
In my experience it's been significantly cheaper to buy games for my PC when they're available over buying them for my consoles because the games are cheaper and I don't have to deal with proprietary accessories, etc.
Again, I think there are a lot of valid reasons to prefer a console, but the cost argument really isn't all that valid in many cases.
Akshara wrote...
After an eight to ten hour day of
composing and editing on a computer, plus email and networking
necessities, being able to relax on the couch at the end of the day
with the HDTV and surround system, and more importantly no mouse,
trackball or tablet, is most appreciated. Xbox for the win.
Would love to see the breakdown of real world sales numbers between the versions one day.
I realize that not everyone does things like this, but I typically have an extra desktop around that acts as a multimedia/gaming PC in my living room. I play a lot of games on a PC in my living room in front of my big screen TV, surround system, etc. and a wireless Xbox 360 controller. My games are cheaper and look better, much to the chargrin of my (lately) lonely 360 and Wii.
I'm not sure what you're trying to say about the sales numbers. It's no secret that there are more console gamers out there than PC gamers.
Gracchio wrote...
Well I honestly doubt you can play the pc version lying upside down on the couch scratching your nuts.
Reason enough for me to buy the xbox version.
I can, actually, and I have.
Pompeii69 wrote...
What makes somthing superior to one person may make it inferior to another.
I really don't see how you can say the PC version is inferior. While you may not be interested in the advantages of the PC version (and you're underestimating the graphical differences immensely...esp. after tweaking AA/AF settings in the GPU driver), that doesn't mean they're not there. Like I said, there are plenty of good reasons to prefer the console version, but none of them involve that version being better. The PC version is a superset of everything the console versions have plus a lot more...how can that be inferior? If you prefer the console that's perfectly fine, but your argument just makes you sound like you're in a bad mood and taking it out on a gaming platform.
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This has to do with the location/setup of your PC and the fact that you don't use a controller with it...has nothing to do with the versions of the game.
