Console or PC

[s1k3sT]

I agree. I've actually quit PC gaming altogether. So tired of having to upgrade all the time. I'm now considering a console instead and might leap on the PS3 when it drops to $299 in April.

Consider that I spent $534 on my old Radeon X1900XT, $383 on a Radeon X800XT All-In-Wonder and $369 on the Radeon 9700 Pro before that. What a waste of money.

Don't upgrade every time a new card comes out :D I've had my 8800gts for going on 2 years, and it still plays most of the new games with good settings, and it wasn't even quite $300.

If you upgrade only when you NEED to, PC gaming can be almost as cheap as consoles, not to mention all the other stuff you can do with a PC...

[iamwhoiam]

Almost exclusively on the ol' PC. I spend too much money upgrading not to use it.

[Chosen One]

PC, I HATE consoles.

[White Cuban]

PC's aren't meant for gaming, they were originally designed for solving problems the human mind could not calculate rapidly; hence the name, "computer." Consoles are designed for gaming and only gaming; Sony added the feature of multimedia playback in their PS2, (DVD Video, Music CD capabilities) which was then adapted onward to the PS3 and Microsoft's XBOX 360.

PC gaming is somewhat flawed because it does not dedicate itself to the gaming, it still calculates the rest of the operating system while you play, which is where computer lag usually comes from.

your view on the topic, in my mind, is Completely flawed, your looking at everything from the wrong direction.

[Elite Prime]

Both, depends on the games as some are only on the Consoles and some are only on the PC.

[NikBrooks]

I used to be totally PC. Basically just for online gaming. But now Xbox Live and the PSN are so good Ive turned to consoles.

It saves me a little bit of money cause I dont need to upgrade the PC as much, I just need to get a new console every few years. :)

[+Tyranade Subscriber²]

Console. I can never game with a mouse and keyboard unless its WoW.

[Copoboxx]

Console.. I prefer Xbox 360 with the great party chatting with friends and joining each others games communication is way simpler and no worries on upgrading the system every year for new games because the system is allready over powered and i could just play any game that comes out without a worry! ;)

PC? Give me a break, i don't like to waste about ?2,000 every 1/2 years for graphic card or even a new pc.. Just to play the great new games? well 360 can allready do it and also it costs no more than around ?200 compared to the ?300 graphic cards that last only a year? pff h:D :D

[Subject Delta]

PC hands down. As a FPS man, the smoothness, sharpness, and speed of movement you can put in on a keyboard and mouse surpasses what you can do with a console control pad. Prefer playing driving games on console though

[Cloud Constructors]

Leaning towards a PC because of superior GFX and control altho it may be more expensive

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

I prefer the PC platform over consoles, but that wasn't always the case. When I started gaming heavily on my PC, I only played games like Counter-Strike 1.5 and StarCraft. I'd play the occasional demo here and there too. I'd upgrade my components only when I needed to. After awhile, I became tired of investing so much money into my PC. Come '06, I buy an Xbox 360 with some games and two controllers. At the time, it was the best investment I ever made. The graphics were top-notch, the games were fun to play, and playing online was great. It wasn't until my Xbox 360 died that I began to "hate" console gaming. It's late '07 and I have a dead Xbox 360 with a bunch of games and two controllers. What a waste, I said.

I still used my PC for light gaming. That light gaming turned into heavy gaming when my Xbox 360 died. A couple of months go buy and I decide to rekindle my love for the PC. I go out with my mom to a computer shop with the intention of buying a fully fledged gaming PC, complete with a high-end CPU and video card. Boom, $1200 out of my pocket. Aside from some extra RAM and a different video card, I still have the same PC today. By far, it was the best investment I ever made. I was able to play some older games at max quality, and even some newer ones too. Even now, my rig can handle games like Crysis: Warhead, Gears of War, Team Fortress 2, and Left 4 Dead.

My PC specs are as follows:

• Intel Core2Duo E6750 @ 3.2 GHz
  
• ASUS P5K (LGA 775) P35
  
• Corsair XMS2 8GB DDR2-800 RAM
  
• Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS (640GB)
  
• ATI Radeon HD 4870 512 MB
  
• OCZ 700W StealthXStream PSU
  
• Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition x64 w/ SP1
  

In the past, I wasted money with unnecessary upgrades. Thankfully, I learnt from those mistakes and I know to upgrade when it's absolutely necessary. I don't plan on upgrading anytime soon. Why? I've yet to encounter more than a game that's virtually unplayable on my rig. In fact, I don't think I'm going to buy a new PC until mid-2010. At most, I'll buy Windows 7 when that's released.

All in all, I'm somewhat glad my Xbox 360 died. It gave me the opportunity to return to PC gaming. Of course, that's not to say I'll never return to console gaming. Who knows? Maybe the next generation of consoles will have what it takes to "convert" me. But I don't see it happening. The amount of control you have in a PC game surpasses that of a console game. From fine tune adjustments to full blown whip-arounds with your mouse (FPS, haha)... console games seem 'slower' than PC games. Especially with FPS titles. And graphics, yes. I don't think the Xenos GPU (X360) or RSX GPU (PS3) can even come close to what the RV770 (HD 4870) is capable of. It's upcoming games like Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Diablo 3, StarCraft II, and Dragon Age: Origins that makes me glad I'm a PC gamer.

[DiEMOS]

Console baby.

[Cloud Constructors]

I prefer the PC platform over consoles, but that wasn't always the case. When I started gaming heavily on my PC, I only played games like Counter-Strike 1.5 and StarCraft. I'd play the occasional demo here and there too. I'd upgrade my components only when I needed to. After awhile, I became tired of investing so much money into my PC. Come '06, I buy an Xbox 360 with some games and two controllers. At the time, it was the best investment I ever made. The graphics were top-notch, the games were fun to play, and playing online was great. It wasn't until my Xbox 360 died that I began to "hate" console gaming. It's late '07 and I have a dead Xbox 360 with a bunch of games and two controllers. What a waste, I said.

I still used my PC for light gaming. That light gaming turned into heavy gaming when my Xbox 360 died. A couple of months go buy and I decide to rekindle my love for the PC. I go out with my mom to a computer shop with the intention of buying a fully fledged gaming PC, complete with a high-end CPU and video card. Boom, $1200 out of my pocket. Aside from some extra RAM and a different video card, I still have the same PC today. By far, it was the best investment I ever made. I was able to play some older games at max quality, and even some newer ones too. Even now, my rig can handle games like Crysis: Warhead, Gears of War, Team Fortress 2, and Left 4 Dead.

My PC specs are as follows:

• Intel Core2Duo E6750 @ 3.2 GHz
  
• ASUS P5K (LGA 775) P35
  
• Corsair XMS2 8GB DDR2-800 RAM
  
• Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS (640GB)
  
• ATI Radeon HD 4870 512 MB
  
• OCZ 700W StealthXStream PSU
  
• Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition x64 w/ SP1
  

In the past, I wasted money with unnecessary upgrades. Thankfully, I learnt from those mistakes and I know to upgrade when it's absolutely necessary. I don't plan on upgrading anytime soon. Why? I've yet to encounter more than a game that's virtually unplayable on my rig. In fact, I don't think I'm going to buy a new PC until mid-2010. At most, I'll buy Windows 7 when that's released.

All in all, I'm somewhat glad my Xbox 360 died. It gave me the opportunity to return to PC gaming. Of course, that's not to say I'll never return to console gaming. Who knows? Maybe the next generation of consoles will have what it takes to "convert" me. But I don't see it happening. The amount of control you have in a PC game surpasses that of a console game. From fine tune adjustments to full blown whip-arounds with your mouse (FPS, haha)... console games seem 'slower' than PC games. Especially with FPS titles. And graphics, yes. I don't think the Xenos GPU (X360) or RSX GPU (PS3) can even come close to what the RV770 (HD 4870) is capable of. It's upcoming games like Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Diablo 3, StarCraft II, and Dragon Age: Origins that makes me glad I'm a PC gamer.

Well said. I plan on getting the 4850 GPU and can't wait to see how Left 4 Dead plays on it. I think a gaming PC is worth the investment because it can be used for so much more, such as a HTPC, music hub output to your home threatre, and more

I played L4D on a light gaming PC and was blown away on the contrast in graphics between it and 360...its like night and day and a much more enjoyable experience on a PC

[-Kurisu-]

PC is so much better.

[jewishornet]

PC & PS3 FTW

[Pablo2008jedi]

For me it depends on the game.

Any FPS game, MMO and a few driving games on the PC.

PS3 a few driving games, MGS4, GTA4 , patiently awaiting FFXIII and a few others.

[uniacidz]

PC for me.

Got a PSP 2002 for free bout 4 months ago off a mate but hardly use it

[Cheshire Cat]

With no hesitation I'd say I'm a PC Gamer.

Give me any FPS or RTS game and I'll take mouse and keyboard on my PC any day, however for stuff like GTA4 / Saint's Row / Fable 2 / Mass Effect I find they work better with a joypad... Doesn't necessarily mean I'll play on console given the choice, but I'll certainly prefer a joypad for them.

[Cloud Constructors]

u guys won't get infamous ;)

or fight night round 4

or nhl 2010 or tekken 5

consoles get alot of good games

[Darrian]

Definitely a PC gamer. It used to be that consoles got most of the good games, exclusively. Now, even if there's a bit of a delay, PCs get 95% of the games that are worth playing. Soon I'll be whooping ass on Street Fighter 4 and I won't have paid an additional $300-400 for the privilege. Eventually I will pick up some newer consoles (and maybe even handhelds) for the few exclusives they do have, but I can wait (even if it's still a few years) until the price for the system and the games have both dropped substantially, because I'm not missing out on all that much. I may even wait until the next generation is out, if they provide backwards compatibility. In the meantime there are plenty of new games on the horizon, some of them PC-exclusive, that will keep me plenty occupied.

[Dan Soki]

PC & PS3 FTW

This...........

I mainly play RTS and FPS games on PC.

I basically "can't" play these games on console..........but I love my PS3.

[ramsy66]

I used to be primarily a PC gamer, but now I am purely a console gamer.

The main reason is trying to play games on a PC is a fuss. I spent a few hundred building a good gaming computer, it had problems, and I'm always wondering "hmm I'll bump this setting up to high.... wait no that dropped the fps.... back to medium...." most of the time while playing, I'll just be focusing on how I can squeeze more performance out of it. None of those worries on my PS3 or 360. I can just get a game, know it'll work and be able to enjoy it.

I have never had a problem free computer to play games, home builds and pre builds, they either crash, make unbearable noises or need upgrading every few months.

The keyboard and mouse vs a controller argument, I used to be 100% mouse and keyboard, but now I've figured everyone who you play against on a console has a controller aswell, it's not like it's unballanced. Also I've gotten used to using a controller and I don't find it as innacurate and fiddly as I used to.

[StrikedOut]

No doubt its got to be PC.

The playability just seem far more fluid in a PC (if you have the spec right) but more to the point there is so much more you can do with a keyboard and mouse. I used to play flight sims non stop and loved to take an F/A 18 off a carrier, fly to target, take it out, shoot down a couple of MiGs on the way and return to land on the carrier and having to press a seperate key for every single operationrequired to do the tasks required. I remember reading a post on another forum where a kid thought that the button on the underside of a 360 pad made CoD more realistic cause it is like a trigger, he has obviously never fired a rifle in his life. To me a console just doesnt add anything that a PC cant do.

Must admit thee are a few console titles only that I would have liked on the PC.

Just my 2 cents.

[Kenji]

PC and console for me. But mainly console. Why? PS3 = ?300 or so. Games will be coming out for it for a long time to come. PC = Needs constant upgrading to play later games (Unless you dont mind playing at 800x600+20fps)

[Unimatrix Xero]

PC FTW