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    I miss console gaming

    I miss just being able to shove a disk in a playing a game, having all the services such as party chat on Xbox Live.

    I'm bored of messing with games to get them to work. I mean, I tried to play BF3 the other week with a mate who I haven't seen for a year (since I moved to a different country), and I just couldn't get it to work. I had so many issues, and rather than being annoyed, I was honestly thoroughly disappointed. Everyone hyped up the PC gaming industry, and although there are good things, I'd go back to console gaming in a flash if I could, just can't afford it. I need my PC for my college course, so selling it isn't an option, plus I do like the modding of some games (Skyrim etc), so I'd still like to keep my GPU.

    It might just be me, but how do you feel about console gaming vs PC gaming. Not which one is better, rather which do YOU prefer?

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    Re: I miss console gaming

    I was exactly the same - hated having to fight games to get them to work at their optimum (or at all) when my PS2/3/4/XBOX/360/ONE would just work (usually). Its also one of the reason I move to MACs. Not Microsofts fault, its amazing anything can work at all with so many hardware and software combinations out there.

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    Re: I miss console gaming

    I can't remember having to fight with a single game in the last 10 years. Win 9x days, it could be hell, but I can't think of anything recent that has given me issues. More so since Steam has been around.
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    Re: I miss console gaming

    Not too many issues with steam (except dead island series - neither of the games would work on my PC. Just wouldn't work so never able to play them).

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    Re: I miss console gaming

    I do prefer consoles on the whole, for the simplicity and being able to play with the Mrs without much trouble. Having them hooked up to a massive TV and decent surround sound is all good.

    I have always had a soft spot for PC gaming, though. Especially stuff that benefits from a mouse and keyboard such as FPS and RTS games. It's usually always a cluttered OS or bad driver that causes my games to misbehave. Not their fault.

    I'd say I will play PC/console 50/50 - Racing, Fighting, RPG, general runarounds and local multiplayer on the consoles, then RTS and FPS fests on the PC - sometimes crossing over.

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    Re: I miss console gaming

    Why do you miss it? It's still there isn't it?

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    Re: I miss console gaming

    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    Why do you miss it? It's still there isn't it?
    If it was simpler he'd go back plus the investment in your PC to get it where you want it. Hopefully these new steam machines sort some of this out but that will be down to a more closed circle of hardware making it easier to support.

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    Re: I miss console gaming

    Quote Originally Posted by walibe View Post
    If it was simpler he'd go back plus the investment in your PC to get it where you want it. Hopefully these new steam machines sort some of this out but that will be down to a more closed circle of hardware making it easier to support.
    That doesn't make sense. If you miss console gaming then why don't you game on a console? There's no reason to miss it because it's still here.

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    Re: I miss console gaming

    If you'd have read it, I stated that I cannot afford one
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    Re: I miss console gaming

    Quote Originally Posted by MrRockliffe View Post
    If you'd have read it, I stated that I cannot afford one
    What about your old one?

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    Re: I miss console gaming

    PS3s and the like must be pretty cheap now though?

    Personally, I hate consoles for anything other than same screen multiplayer. The graphics suck, the controls are a pain in the neck, and above all it's too expensive. I tend to wait for PC games to drop below £5 before I buy, but with consoles even old games sit at around 10-15. New games are hilariously expensive.

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    Re: I miss console gaming

    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    What about your old one?
    Sold it around a year ago. Mates never migrated to PC gaming, so I was sort of on my own (except one person - we did all the research and came up with an amd and NVIDIA price equivalent build).
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    Re: I miss console gaming

    Quote Originally Posted by jim View Post
    PS3s and the like must be pretty cheap now though?

    Personally, I hate consoles for anything other than same screen multiplayer. The graphics suck, the controls are a pain in the neck, and above all it's too expensive. I tend to wait for PC games to drop below £5 before I buy, but with consoles even old games sit at around 10-15. New games are hilariously expensive.
    They are cheap, but being a student that's more money than I have I agree, graphics are horrid. Played gta v on ages xbox and was disgusted at the graphics, but then the console is 8 years old or so now.. The new ones aren't too bad, but miles off the capability of a 780, for example. But then, they're much cheaper!
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    Re: I miss console gaming

    @MrRockliffe I agree with the ease but Xbox live is a cesspit on chat side and party is still pretty hit and miss –mainly when trying to get everyone into games with randoms making up the lobbies.

    Steam has made it a lot easier for me, I can’t not begin to express the frustration FM caused trying to game via Hamchi and array of other server options.

    @Jim, not sure I can agree with the controllers, the XBOX 360 controller is pretty much the best game peripheral (for adult sized hands) I’ve played with in over 30 years of gaming.

    Games price wise, older console games rarely hold value and can be bought cheaply (new) in the same amount of time it takes for many “A” grade PC games to drop. Granted graphic wise PC’s are walking it at the moment (and I understand consoles are the cause they haven’t advanced quicker) but it’s hardly a level playing field in most corners, i.e costerformance.

    For now I am spanning the PC / last generation void and hoping for continued advancements to more uniformed PC multiplayer eco-systems.

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    Re: I miss console gaming

    I'm going to put it out there and probably be flamed - but the only thing that has saved PC gaming is steam (and an excellent job its done too).

    In 3...2...1...

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    Re: I miss console gaming

    Quote Originally Posted by walibe View Post
    I'm going to put it out there and probably be flamed - but the only thing that has saved PC gaming is steam (and an excellent job its done too).

    In 3...2...1...

    Don't worry, I agree to some degree. You do have little control over what you actually own, but having Steam (thanks to Humble Bundles) has seen me purchasing and playing a few games I wouldn't usually have looked for purely for the simplicity and instant access.

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