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Consoles and PC’s have all ways been different. PC’s were originally used for Word Processing. Consoles were used for playing games. They still are... mostly. But the use for PC’s has changed. No longer are they solely used for Word Processing and to keep track of customer records. Now people have them in their homes. What do they us them for their? Games, the Internet, work... anything and everything really.
The differences between console and PC gaming are numerous in amount and are rather large differences. Let’s look at a few of them:
1) PC’s have more power than consoles do, so, naturally, they’re going to have better graphics. Which is true. You just need to glance at Black and White to see that that is true. Don’t get me wrong, console graphics are usually of a very high standard but because consoles lack the power that the PC’s have, it’s just not POSSIBLE to use graphics of the PC’s standard.
2) PC’s use CDs, so that allows for the games to be larger... much larger. Your average PC game is absolutely huge. Even the PS2 can’t compare to a PC in this department... yet anyway. Because PC’s have this ability, it gives the developers and creators of the games a chance to really let their imaginations run wild. With this extra space they can put more detail into their games making them more life like and enjoyable.
3) With PC’s being connected to Internet it allows for Online Gaming, which gives the player the chance to play against other people who could be anywhere in the world.
Looking at the last point two points, you’ll probably be thinking "Hang on, the Dreamcast and the Playstation 2 can do that". Well, you’re right, they can. And that’s exactly my point.
Over the years consoles have evolved into much more than just things to play games on. You can now play online, in fact, you can even surf the Net using your PS2 or your Dreamcast. That ability is now not exclusive to PC’s only. Some of them use CDs so THAT is now no longer exclusive to PC’s. Like I’ve said CDs are bigger than cartridges so the developers can do more with a game that’s going to be put on CD.
Graphics as well. True, at the moment the graphics on a PC game are better than they are on consoles but not by much they’re not. With the release of the GameCube and the X-Box within the next year, console graphics standards will be raised. They will just as good as PC graphics.
Consoles and PC’s have begun to merge together. Now longer is it just PC owners that can play people in Australia, PS2 and Dreamcast owners can as well. For not much longer is it going to be just PC owners that can have near photo-realistic graphics, soon enough GameCube and X-Box owners will be able to as well.
If this is happening now and in the very near future then what is it going to be like in the distant future? Will consoles and PC’s be totally merged by then? Will we be able to type up work and other things, surf the Internet and play very good looking, very large games on consoles then?
Who knows? From what’s happened so far I would definitely not rule out that possibility. All I can say is this, PC’s and consoles are merging and I, for one, will not be totally surprised if, sooner or later, they become the same thing.
RBS
The differences between console and PC gaming are numerous in amount and are rather large differences. Let’s look at a few of them:
1) PC’s have more power than consoles do, so, naturally, they’re going to have better graphics. Which is true. You just need to glance at Black and White to see that that is true. Don’t get me wrong, console graphics are usually of a very high standard but because consoles lack the power that the PC’s have, it’s just not POSSIBLE to use graphics of the PC’s standard.
2) PC’s use CDs, so that allows for the games to be larger... much larger. Your average PC game is absolutely huge. Even the PS2 can’t compare to a PC in this department... yet anyway. Because PC’s have this ability, it gives the developers and creators of the games a chance to really let their imaginations run wild. With this extra space they can put more detail into their games making them more life like and enjoyable.
3) With PC’s being connected to Internet it allows for Online Gaming, which gives the player the chance to play against other people who could be anywhere in the world.
Looking at the last point two points, you’ll probably be thinking "Hang on, the Dreamcast and the Playstation 2 can do that". Well, you’re right, they can. And that’s exactly my point.
Over the years consoles have evolved into much more than just things to play games on. You can now play online, in fact, you can even surf the Net using your PS2 or your Dreamcast. That ability is now not exclusive to PC’s only. Some of them use CDs so THAT is now no longer exclusive to PC’s. Like I’ve said CDs are bigger than cartridges so the developers can do more with a game that’s going to be put on CD.
Graphics as well. True, at the moment the graphics on a PC game are better than they are on consoles but not by much they’re not. With the release of the GameCube and the X-Box within the next year, console graphics standards will be raised. They will just as good as PC graphics.
Consoles and PC’s have begun to merge together. Now longer is it just PC owners that can play people in Australia, PS2 and Dreamcast owners can as well. For not much longer is it going to be just PC owners that can have near photo-realistic graphics, soon enough GameCube and X-Box owners will be able to as well.
If this is happening now and in the very near future then what is it going to be like in the distant future? Will consoles and PC’s be totally merged by then? Will we be able to type up work and other things, surf the Internet and play very good looking, very large games on consoles then?
Who knows? From what’s happened so far I would definitely not rule out that possibility. All I can say is this, PC’s and consoles are merging and I, for one, will not be totally surprised if, sooner or later, they become the same thing.
RBS
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No probs, I was bored anyway.
I think thats the key to winning GAD. There is no use in writing a great topic when no one disscusses it.
If you get a lot of genuine replys about the topic you prob have a much better chance of winning.
If you get a lot of genuine replys about the topic you prob have a much better chance of winning.
Thanks for saying something on the subject of the topic you three! It's much appreciated!
DeltaJava wrote:
big brother consoles too.
WHAT?!?!?! Oh that takes the biscuit! Not content with ruining my social life they now have to bring out a console so they can ruin my social life again! The dastards!!!!
:-D
big brother consoles too.
WHAT?!?!?! Oh that takes the biscuit! Not content with ruining my social life they now have to bring out a console so they can ruin my social life again! The dastards!!!!
:-D
DeltaJava wrote:
> Pretty soon, with the ever increasing power of the console, users
> will be able to have more choice with their machines other than to
> play games. It's already happened with the GBC - Datel recently
> made an email utility allowing GBC users to access email with it,
> and this could happen with the other, big brother consoles too. Who
> knows, in a few years time we could be writing a document on the GC,
> or, more possibly, using Word on the Xbox.
I can't see this happening, because this give PC owners a reason not buy them them will they, as they already have the ability to do all of this.
> Pretty soon, with the ever increasing power of the console, users
> will be able to have more choice with their machines other than to
> play games. It's already happened with the GBC - Datel recently
> made an email utility allowing GBC users to access email with it,
> and this could happen with the other, big brother consoles too. Who
> knows, in a few years time we could be writing a document on the GC,
> or, more possibly, using Word on the Xbox.
I can't see this happening, because this give PC owners a reason not buy them them will they, as they already have the ability to do all of this.
Pretty soon, with the ever increasing power of the console, users will be able to have more choice with their machines other than to play games. It's already happened with the GBC - Datel recently made an email utility allowing GBC users to access email with it, and this could happen with the other, big brother consoles too. Who knows, in a few years time we could be writing a document on the GC, or, more possibly, using Word on the Xbox.
Consoles and PCs are deffinitly merging. Look at the DC. It is structured in much the same way as a PC. It has the internet, online gameing and even keyboards and er, mice can be used with it.
As for your comment that PCs have better graphics than consoles well it comes down to how good your PC is and does it have a graphics card.
Thats the great thing with consoles. They are all the same spec and games work with them all. Theres alot less fus to because of no installing etc.
As for your comment that PCs have better graphics than consoles well it comes down to how good your PC is and does it have a graphics card.
Thats the great thing with consoles. They are all the same spec and games work with them all. Theres alot less fus to because of no installing etc.
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