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I had a master system. Bought the games. Got bored of the games Game Gear looked better, bought a game gear. Then after lots of saving I got myself a Mega Drive. Game Gear and Master System gathered dust. Played my Mega Drive for a while. Then stopped. Then let it gather dust. Then out came the Playstation - didn't get it instead got an N64 just for Goldeneye. Then finally decided to get a Playstation. Now both are gathering dust upstairs with me saying goodbye to Mr. N64 after I got stuck on Perfect Dark, and the Playstation? Stopped playing it because of Sony's terrible distribution policies of Playstation 2's. If they are not going to make it easy for me to simply go into a shop and come out with a PS2 - screw you Sony :-P. Now I have turned my attention to the PC.. Why? Because Consoles are dying. Consoles are becoming increasingly better and better and with the quality more expensive. 300 quid isn't it for a PS2? (something like that), yet for a few quid more I can get myself a nice PC.
Consoles are just becoming more powerful because of competition. The competition is going to kill consoles off trust me. I can see it now. What’s happening.. its all going hazy
Microsoft have released their X Box! Microsoft kill sales of PS2. Nintendo release Gamecube! Within months PS2 announce a 3rd Playstation inventively titled "PStation 3". Nintendo's sales are nowhere near X Box. X Box announce plans for a new console “The Super Bill-Gates” Pstation 3 released at £400, Nintendo release plans for a new console code name “Grey Squirrel” Super Bill Gates released at £500. Grey Squirrel released at £550. Grey Squirrel sales pathetic, people turn to PC’s. Consoles die.
Is it just me who thinks this is where we are going? There came a time where consoles were for people to play games on and have fun at a small cost. Now it’s an expensive luxury for people to be cool and have the ‘right’ console – the one that sells the most.
Consoles are just becoming more powerful because of competition. The competition is going to kill consoles off trust me. I can see it now. What’s happening.. its all going hazy
Microsoft have released their X Box! Microsoft kill sales of PS2. Nintendo release Gamecube! Within months PS2 announce a 3rd Playstation inventively titled "PStation 3". Nintendo's sales are nowhere near X Box. X Box announce plans for a new console “The Super Bill-Gates” Pstation 3 released at £400, Nintendo release plans for a new console code name “Grey Squirrel” Super Bill Gates released at £500. Grey Squirrel released at £550. Grey Squirrel sales pathetic, people turn to PC’s. Consoles die.
Is it just me who thinks this is where we are going? There came a time where consoles were for people to play games on and have fun at a small cost. Now it’s an expensive luxury for people to be cool and have the ‘right’ console – the one that sells the most.
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My mind is finally booting up like a PC and actually workign as it should....
....however I can feel a crash coming on soon.....
In fact talking about crashes......
Consoles very rarely have any major problems with them because the software is designed just for them and nothing else! So when you buy a console you don't have to worry about illegal operations, crashes, boot problems or anything like that!
Pc's, however, have loads of problems!
Illegal Operations: Usually occur when a program has an anomaly which the PC can't simply ignore. Sometimes something major happens to cause this but usually it's just a glitch that the PC should really be able to ignore.
Crashes: Tend to happen when two or more programs try to compete with each other to use the same hardware. Your computer freezes and sometimes there's nothing you can do about it. When this happens the best thing to do is use a boot disk to restore original settings, and if that doesn't work. Use it to restore your PC to it's facory Default which can take ages!
Viruses: Let them infect the wrong files and you'll have to take your PC to the manufacturer to get your whole system wiped! Makes sure you have an Antivirus program which you can update on a regular basis. Otherwise you may lose everything on your PC and it'll cost a lot to sort it out! Antivirus programs don't always detect the virus programs til it's to late, so be careful.
The list of problems goes on and on, so if you want an easy gamers life, stick to consoles, but it doesn't mean consoles are any better though!
My mind is finally booting up like a PC and actually workign as it should....
....however I can feel a crash coming on soon.....
In fact talking about crashes......
Consoles very rarely have any major problems with them because the software is designed just for them and nothing else! So when you buy a console you don't have to worry about illegal operations, crashes, boot problems or anything like that!
Pc's, however, have loads of problems!
Illegal Operations: Usually occur when a program has an anomaly which the PC can't simply ignore. Sometimes something major happens to cause this but usually it's just a glitch that the PC should really be able to ignore.
Crashes: Tend to happen when two or more programs try to compete with each other to use the same hardware. Your computer freezes and sometimes there's nothing you can do about it. When this happens the best thing to do is use a boot disk to restore original settings, and if that doesn't work. Use it to restore your PC to it's facory Default which can take ages!
Viruses: Let them infect the wrong files and you'll have to take your PC to the manufacturer to get your whole system wiped! Makes sure you have an Antivirus program which you can update on a regular basis. Otherwise you may lose everything on your PC and it'll cost a lot to sort it out! Antivirus programs don't always detect the virus programs til it's to late, so be careful.
The list of problems goes on and on, so if you want an easy gamers life, stick to consoles, but it doesn't mean consoles are any better though!
Consoles can be buggy at times. Once I played DOnkey Kong 64 Jack Boss Level and he kinda got glitched and was half jumping from a platform to another then back. Sure they are not as frequent but PCs are useful for so much more and are more worth the money.
Those are the problems with the games not the machine.
Unless you've got a fulty Exp. Pak then I agree with Sniper...
Anyway this argument is "Which is better for gaming" not "What can do more than gaming".
Anyway this argument is "Which is better for gaming" not "What can do more than gaming".
hmmmmm looks like someone on here's goin' for GAD. Of course I won't mention Edgys name.
what the?! D'oh!!
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what the?! D'oh!!
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Nope, just posting my view on which is better.
I've been here for over a year now and I've never properly posted my view on what's better, PC or consoles, so I thought I might as well put as many points as I can think of in one message!
I've been here for over a year now and I've never properly posted my view on what's better, PC or consoles, so I thought I might as well put as many points as I can think of in one message!
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