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Hmmmm, okay well I know we've probably had this argument before but which is better, PC or console?
I've owned a number of consoles in my life, (NES, SNES, PSX etc.) and the same thing happened with them all. Months after I got them, the number of games released started to decrease, slowly but surely. There was all the hype of a new, latest technology system that was gonna come out and would but fantastic and everything like that but every time the manufacturer said "WE WILL KEEP PRODUCING GAMES FOR THE OLDER CONSOLE" and guess what? Not once has this been true. When I had my NES and SNES I was well into Nintendo and I wouldn't hear a bad word said against them. I was sure the N64 would be better than the PSX and started to save up my pennys (hey, I'd need plenty). But at around about the same time I got my own PC. That was it. Sod the rest I needed all the time and cash for this beast.
I've had my PC for about 6 or 7 years now and although it's been upgraded a few times it's been easier than buying a new console every five minutes anyway. In these years I've seen many a console come and go (Megadrive, N64, Saturn, Dreamcast, Playstation and now the Playstation 2) and I've know i'd never give my PC up for anything. Anyway, how many console's can you do your homework on? :-)
Andi
I've owned a number of consoles in my life, (NES, SNES, PSX etc.) and the same thing happened with them all. Months after I got them, the number of games released started to decrease, slowly but surely. There was all the hype of a new, latest technology system that was gonna come out and would but fantastic and everything like that but every time the manufacturer said "WE WILL KEEP PRODUCING GAMES FOR THE OLDER CONSOLE" and guess what? Not once has this been true. When I had my NES and SNES I was well into Nintendo and I wouldn't hear a bad word said against them. I was sure the N64 would be better than the PSX and started to save up my pennys (hey, I'd need plenty). But at around about the same time I got my own PC. That was it. Sod the rest I needed all the time and cash for this beast.
I've had my PC for about 6 or 7 years now and although it's been upgraded a few times it's been easier than buying a new console every five minutes anyway. In these years I've seen many a console come and go (Megadrive, N64, Saturn, Dreamcast, Playstation and now the Playstation 2) and I've know i'd never give my PC up for anything. Anyway, how many console's can you do your homework on? :-)
Andi
Bonus wrote:
> I ain't going to even get into this because you do not understand
> the difference between a console and a pc!!
Well.. thanks for telling us :P
> I ain't going to even get into this because you do not understand
> the difference between a console and a pc!!
Well.. thanks for telling us :P
I don't agree, look at the massive number of games out there for the PC and look at the quality. Games like Max Payne use the kind of things that consoles aren't made to do. The PC is so much more powerful than any console out there, and always will. Look at the X-Box, this is the next generation superb fantastic top of the range console that will come out soon, and has all the power of a 5 year old PC, the N64 struggles to produce some of it's best games (and yeah, there are some great ones) and even my PC (an AMD K6/2 500MHz with 128 MB RAM and a Voodoo 3) could run them without even breaking into a sweat. There are so many PC games out there because it's such a great platform to produce for, it's just so powerful, it can be made to do anything.
Sure, maybe when you wanna have a game with your mates the console may be better but have you ever played games across a LAN? It'll blow the N64 out of the water. It truely is great fun. Also, what if your friend lives 50 miles away? Send him an e-mail and get online. I only have a 56kbps modem and I have great fun playing online. Sure, lag can be annoying but it still doesn't take away from the experience.
Since I wrote the first message I've played on a mates PS2. I was really disappointed. It played worse than my PC. The graphics aren't great, loading times are forever and above all, there aren't any games I like for it.
You stick to your console and I'll stick to my PC.
Andi
Sure, maybe when you wanna have a game with your mates the console may be better but have you ever played games across a LAN? It'll blow the N64 out of the water. It truely is great fun. Also, what if your friend lives 50 miles away? Send him an e-mail and get online. I only have a 56kbps modem and I have great fun playing online. Sure, lag can be annoying but it still doesn't take away from the experience.
Since I wrote the first message I've played on a mates PS2. I was really disappointed. It played worse than my PC. The graphics aren't great, loading times are forever and above all, there aren't any games I like for it.
You stick to your console and I'll stick to my PC.
Andi
I take that you are pro PC, I own an N64 and a PC, and I have to saay my time is spent equally on each, unless you have an ISDN or ASDL line multiplayer games on a PC just arn't the same, playing Quake on the net only has to have one person with a slight lag and bang your are playing at one frame a second! I've never experienced that on my N64, if you've got mates round you dont bundle onto the computor and start having a multiplayer game of Red Alert 2 over the net, you all grab a handy, easy to use controller and have a death match on Perfect Dark. When it comes to playing games you cant beat a console, load up time, graphics and pure gameability thats what they are made for, nothing else. Whereas with a computor you can not only play games but use the net, homework and a multitude of other useful and fun things, in short you can only compare the two on one thing, games and on that note my friend the console will win everytime
I ain't going to even get into this because you do not understand the difference between a console and a pc!!
Hmmmm, okay well I know we've probably had this argument before but which is better, PC or console?
I've owned a number of consoles in my life, (NES, SNES, PSX etc.) and the same thing happened with them all. Months after I got them, the number of games released started to decrease, slowly but surely. There was all the hype of a new, latest technology system that was gonna come out and would but fantastic and everything like that but every time the manufacturer said "WE WILL KEEP PRODUCING GAMES FOR THE OLDER CONSOLE" and guess what? Not once has this been true. When I had my NES and SNES I was well into Nintendo and I wouldn't hear a bad word said against them. I was sure the N64 would be better than the PSX and started to save up my pennys (hey, I'd need plenty). But at around about the same time I got my own PC. That was it. Sod the rest I needed all the time and cash for this beast.
I've had my PC for about 6 or 7 years now and although it's been upgraded a few times it's been easier than buying a new console every five minutes anyway. In these years I've seen many a console come and go (Megadrive, N64, Saturn, Dreamcast, Playstation and now the Playstation 2) and I've know i'd never give my PC up for anything. Anyway, how many console's can you do your homework on? :-)
Andi
I've owned a number of consoles in my life, (NES, SNES, PSX etc.) and the same thing happened with them all. Months after I got them, the number of games released started to decrease, slowly but surely. There was all the hype of a new, latest technology system that was gonna come out and would but fantastic and everything like that but every time the manufacturer said "WE WILL KEEP PRODUCING GAMES FOR THE OLDER CONSOLE" and guess what? Not once has this been true. When I had my NES and SNES I was well into Nintendo and I wouldn't hear a bad word said against them. I was sure the N64 would be better than the PSX and started to save up my pennys (hey, I'd need plenty). But at around about the same time I got my own PC. That was it. Sod the rest I needed all the time and cash for this beast.
I've had my PC for about 6 or 7 years now and although it's been upgraded a few times it's been easier than buying a new console every five minutes anyway. In these years I've seen many a console come and go (Megadrive, N64, Saturn, Dreamcast, Playstation and now the Playstation 2) and I've know i'd never give my PC up for anything. Anyway, how many console's can you do your homework on? :-)
Andi