The "I can't understand why you would play an fps on a console" thread

[directhex]

do AMD or intel produce a processor specifically for games?
do ATI or Nvidia produce a graphics card specifically for games?

the xbox, gamecube, wii, ps3 and xbox360 contain hardware from one or more of the above

[steve threlfall]

microsoft windows XP disagrees with you totally.

or to put it another way. the makeup of a pc makes it multipurpose, it could be sampling music one moment, video editing the next, games after that, word documents, databases, spreadsheets, CAD, calculating pi, web pages, trying to cure cancer.. it could be sitting in a living room, an office, a lab. pretty much anywhere. this is what a pc can do.

a games console will always have the number 1 use of playing games.

do AMD or intel produce a processor specifically for games?
do ATI or Nvidia produce a graphics card specifically for games?

no, they can do more than that

Yes and Yes

If you believe that the qaulity of in game visuals is directly proportional to your enjoyment of a game, then good luck to you.

[TheBuZZard]

This debate ends with one word - Goldeneye !

[dangel]

This debate ends with one word - Goldeneye !

..except that was mentioned ages back lol.

[Mike Fishcake]

"Different people prefer different things" shocker!

Aaaand coming up in the next few weeks: "Different people have different colour hair", "Some dogs have longer tails than other dogs" and "Cake is not the same thing as 1980s economic policy"

[directhex]

"Cake is not the same thing as 1980s economic policy"

correct.

cake is a made-up drug

[ytrebil]

I truely SUCK with a controller playing FPS's - Goldeneye is the only game I ever got the hang of with a controller.

However, if I get an XBOX 360 I'm sure after playing training levels enough and the actual games I'll pick it up.

Like someone said, sole purpose of a console is games, PC's are multi-purpose so I think I need a new console as my PC is getting dated and I'm being left behind.

You pay £300 for a decent graphics card. Can get a whole console for that!

[w00t]

I truely SUCK with a controller playing FPS's - Goldeneye is the only game I ever got the hang of with a controller.

However, if I get an XBOX 360 I'm sure after playing training levels enough and the actual games I'll pick it up.

Like someone said, sole purpose of a console is games, PC's are multi-purpose so I think I need a new console as my PC is getting dated and I'm being left behind.

You pay £300 for a decent graphics card. Can get a whole console for that!

you could also build a gaming system for 500 quid, as custom pc did, and it would run all games and do all other computery goodness like msn and.....


pr0n

[ytrebil]

Would his £500 custom PC be able to render games as well as the XBOX 360 does with the game developers working/perfecting the graphics and physics to the consoles capability? With developing games for the PC you have the cater for different hardware, so surely not going to be as good as perhaps it could be?

If I'm not mistaken, MS have taken a considerable loss on the XBOX 360?

[w00t]

Would his £500 custom PC be able to render games as well as the XBOX 360 does with the game developers working/perfecting the graphics and physics to the consoles capability? With developing games for the PC you have the cater for different hardware, so surely not going to be as good as perhaps it could be?

If I'm not mistaken, MS have taken a considerable loss on the XBOX 360?

no doubt, but all the console does is play games, im saying the major benefit of a pc is you can do everything and neally anything on it these days which to me makes it worth the extra, i mean, in that same issue of cpc they found out that it was about a 700 quid pc thats the equivilent of an xbox.

but i dont think i would want one, strange because i happily spend 300 quid on a gfx card

[ytrebil]

I'd rather have a medium spec'd PC for playing counter-strike on, chatting to friends, surfing the web, dtp, playing music, downloading etc and a console purely for gaming! =]

[w00t]

yeh i love cs also, as u know its just not the same on a console and never could be thats why i love pcs.

[ytrebil]

Meh, you'd get used to it you big girl!

[Rack]

With graphics cards like the 7900GT for £120 (BF2 @ 1920x1200 @ 60fps), I don't see why a good gaming machine couldn't be built for say £400 to compete with a Xbox360, and it would do all the other stuff too.

issue is you have to be computer savy and spend the time to do it - that is always the catch. You lose some of the fun of true Plug'n'Play fun.

Still, even though I spent 1 month completing Halo on the Xbox, I still hated the controller after 1 hour back on CS:S. I couldn't imagine playing multi-player fps with a gamepad. Halo was OK, because of the gameplay, etc.

[kempez]

Halo was OK, because of the gameplay, etc.

Which surely MUST be the point. You liked it even with the gamepad you hated.

Consoles are great for gaming but I wouldn't be without my PC.

Both ftw

[topgun23]

has to be pc ftw. Cant stand to see anyone play on a console and was even looking into the idea of a mouse keyboard combo for the 360. Theres even a petition to go to microsoft to enable games with mouse + keyboard capabilities!