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Get all three. :D
My PS3 is connected to my Dell 3008WFP (HDMI) and my XBox360 to my 52in Samsung (HDMI).
They can't compare to my PC's graphics, but still enjoyable.
 
Kowan said:
Get all three. :D
My PS3 is connected to my Dell 3008WFP (HDMI) and my XBox360 to my 52in Samsung (HDMI).
They can't compare to my PC's graphics, but still enjoyable.
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I've got all 3 consoles hooked up to my Sony Bravia 40in LCD HDTV + the gaming rig in my sig hooked up to a 22in Asus and a 19in (4:3) NEC.

The other day I actually ended up playing my Wii for ~2 hours waiting for a single PS3 game (burnout paradise) to update (which ended up taking 3 hours on a 10mbit cable connection!)
 
Depends, if you seem to like the PS3 games more then go for that, otherwise i would say PC Gaming.
 
Interestingly enough, I enjoy my Wii much more than the PS3 and nearly as much as my PC.

When the Wii specs were released, I thought it was going to be the crappiest next get system... Just goes to show you that Gameplay > Graphics.
 
RamonGTP said:
Interestingly enough, I enjoy my Wii much more than the PS3 and nearly as much as my PC.

When the Wii specs were released, I thought it was going to be the crappiest next get system... Just goes to show you that Gameplay > Graphics.
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Could not agree more. In 2006 I cringed as I saw the Wii was a gamecube with a remote, but I had as much fun playing mario Galaxy as I did playing Super mario 64.

PS3 and the 360 are in no-mans-land if you ask me. If you want a fun games different from the norm go with a Wii, if you want games youre used to with the best graphics, and limitless customizability of course go with the PC, 360 and PS3 only come into play if money does too.
 
I have a high-end PC and a PS3 and I must admit that I mostly play on the PS3.
Unfortunately, except of few notable exceptions, PC gaming is going nowhere.
Games on consoles are pricier but eBay allows me to cut on the games expenses by allowing me to buy used and re-sell after I finished the game. On average, the net cost per game is around $5 to $10.
 
I'm thinking about buying a Wii to go along with my PC gaming. Like some of you guys said, I can understand how it could be a lot of fun being so different compared to the 'other' consoles and pc games. I think the PC is the best gaming platform unless your are uber hardcore because you pc exclusives an console games plus everything else you can do on a pc. I think the best gaming combo is Wii and pc for variety alone.
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RadXge said:
Unfortunately, except of few notable exceptions, PC gaming is going nowhere.
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People have been saying shit like that for the past 10 years. Clearly it wasn't true then, and it STILL isn't true.
 
I do not own a PS3 or the like. I've been gaming on PCs since the earlymid-90s. I do not plan on getting a console anytime soon because I could careless about them and do not have the time to play on 3 different platforms.

Doom II ftw :)
 
if you have the cash, get all thesystems. they all have something good to offer.
i have all 3, plus a spare 360 for lanning :)
but if you can only afford one, just take a look at what games are available and make your choice based on that.

i probably game the most on my 360 and pc. The wife and I just finished Resistance Fall of Man (yeah, i know it's been out for a while, lol), but other than that, i haven't used the ps3 all that much. But what i have played on it, i have enjoyed. I just tend to get the 360 versions of the multiplatform games because of the achievements, lol.
 
I have had my PS3 for almost 2 years now and have a total of 6 games for it. 3 of them being little $10 games off PSN that i have an absolute BLAST with. however i feel that consoles just dont reach out to me as a gamer due to the fact that i cannot mod how the game runs, looks or even what controls to use (for the most part). i have been a gamer for most of my life and will continue to be one till i am dead but i think that this whole gen of consoles are blowing smoke up fanboys asses with all of the "OMG its in 1080p" if the game play isnt there then i wont be buying it.


long live the SNES
 
silent hero said:
I'm thinking about buying a Wii to go along with my PC gaming. Like some of you guys said, I can understand how it could be a lot of fun being so different compared to the 'other' consoles and pc games. I think the PC is the best gaming platform unless your are uber hardcore because you pc exclusives an console games plus everything else you can do on a pc. I think the best gaming combo is Wii and pc for variety alone.
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take it from someone who made the mistake of getting one, the wii is shit.
 
Well you can say graphics are better on a PC anytime, but I do find myself playing my PS3 much more than any PC gaming these days, for the games.

Titles like God of War 3, Resident Evil 5 and Final Fantasy 13 look like they'll never be released on PC. I've been playing Street fighter 4 for months before it even got released on PC. Even Battlefield 1943 was released on consoles much earlier than the PC release will be.

I figure it's a sign of things to come.
 
PlatinuM195 said:
I figure it's a sign of things to come.
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Actually, there's another reason for that, the developers of Ghostbusters even mentioned the problem a few times in various interviews.

Turns out, the PS3 is such a pain to code for, that work-flow was simpler if they coded for the PS3 first, then ported to the 360 and PC.
 
Kowan said:
Get all three. :D
My PS3 is connected to my Dell 3008WFP (HDMI) and my XBox360 to my 52in Samsung (HDMI).
They can't compare to my PC's graphics, but still enjoyable.
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I have the same deal with my Sharp Aquos 32 inch 1080P TV. And hopefully a 50inch Samsung Plasma soon, Best Buy had them for sale for $1,200, I'm hoping they still do. :p

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I figure it's a sign of things to come.
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Could be, but people have been speaking of the fires of doom and destruction to PC gaming for decades now...

God of War series has always been a console series and exclusive to Sony's devices at that. BF1943 being a small package and downloadable only (not sure if the PC version will follow this trend but most likely it would to save costs on such a low priced item). And Resident Evil (always gets a late port to PCs since it's majority of sales and design revolve around consoles to begin with. Are not necessarily new trends, just companies staying consistent or adjusting to new models (like DLC games in this case, which are still having growing pains on the PC end).

Long story short, besides 1943, I don't see anything new with this trend that you mentioned, but who knows what the future holds for newer IPs.
 
Technoob said:
take it from someone who made the mistake of getting one, the wii is shit.
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Take it from someone who bought a Wii on launch day, the Wii is awesome. Hell, I played it while waiting on the PS3 to update one game, and then install another. Unless you don't have any RL friends that like to game, then it probably won't be as fun.
 
Own a PC, 360 and an old game cube.
PC is great for proper gaming (UT, COD, TF2, L4D, any RTS), I wouldn't even consider a console for that.
The 360 is great for family gaming - 4 controllers, big TV and comfy sofa's work well.
Both have cheap games (except you have to wait 6 months on the 360 for them all to appear second hand on ebay).
Cube still comes out - mario cart, super smash bros, etc still fun - although the fact it's all wired is a right bind - cables get tangled, aren't long enough to reach sofa.
 
Technoob said:
take it from someone who made the mistake of getting one, the wii is shit.
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How about someone who got one who thinks it's "the" shit? The only mistake you're making is thining your opinion will apply to everyone. Clearly, the popularity of the system proves that not to be the case.
 
kllrnohj said:
Take it from someone who bought a Wii on launch day, the Wii is awesome. Hell, I played it while waiting on the PS3 to update one game, and then install another. Unless you don't have any RL friends that like to game, then it probably won't be as fun.
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I didn't really enjoy the Wii at all, but my opinion of it may be skewed by the fact everyone in my house (shared house) wants to play the bloody Wii while I'm trying to study, hence, I'd much rather see the stupid thing have a high velocity encounter with a brick wall than play it :p So many games with repetitive music, argh, I hate that thing :p

But none the less, I'm not into the stick waggling. The times I've had friends over we've spent about an hour screwing around with the Wii before resorting to heavy drinking and/or plugging in the PS2 or just watching some DVDs. Despite the Wii, when I'm with friends, we spend more time playing the PS2, original xbox or PCs than Wii-ing.
 
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I use my PC to game on my 40" HDTV all the time. Not sure why you think that's not practical.

This is more or less a console vs PC debate. Consoles will always have the better variety of games. That alone is a huge reason why, to me, consoles beat PCs for gaming. Yes, the PC version of multi-ported games will almost always be superior to the console version. But that doesn't mean diddly when you are up against the likes of Final Fantasy XIII, Super Mario/Zelda, and what have you. The type of games that the PC gaming library is sorely missing.

The main reason I built my gaming PC is for MMORPGs and FPS. And even those types of games are becoming more and more available on consoles.

I also think consoles have a few more pluses. Less cheaters, and everyone tends to be on the same playing field. I like that.
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Text on PC games are nigh unreadable even on a 52" LCD from a very generous sitting distance (~4 feet). You could lower the resolution, but then it would look (ALOT) worse than a console game.

Consoles games are designed for the TV in mind, with subtitle-sized text. Combine this with the fact that most PC games don't have that much voice acting (much lower budgets than console games) and you have pretty disastrous combination.

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how many people do you know use their main rig for watching blu-ray movies over hdmi to a 1080p television and use the same computer for hardcore gaming?

i dont believe the normal consumer would even know how to put something like that together or even build a computer for that matter.
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Considering AFAIK it's not even possible to get Dolby TrueHD/DTS Master working on a PC, a HD movie enthusiast wouldn't be using a PC for bluray.
 
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RamonGTP said:
How about someone who got one who thinks it's "the" shit? The only mistake you're making is thining your opinion will apply to everyone. Clearly, the popularity of the system proves that not to be the case.
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Just like the popularity of McDonald's proves that they serve some pretty good food, amirite?
 
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Actually you can do it for around $300 if you played your cards right. What makes the pc better from a money stand point is the price of the games. You can get good pc games on sale for $5-10 all the time.
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Ok, going to have to call BS on this one good Sir. You cannot build a pc that can out do a PS3 for $300.

Show me a PC with optical output, hdmi output, blu ray drive, 80gb hard drive, etc. for "$300" that will out do a ps3 in gaming.

Don't forget you are going to need to buy at least windows xp, motherboard, a decent dual core processor most likely, case, power supply, good ram...and probably some descent fans to keep your system as quiet as a ps3...oh and I doubt it will be quiet as a ps3.

I think windows xp and a blu ray drive will run you about $200, good luck with the other $100, lol.

And the price of games is absolutely negligible. Most games for the ps3 you can find on craigslist for a fraction of the cost. And when you are done with the game you just sell them. Final cost of games for me usually is $0 to $5 after I sell them back. And believe me, it's actually easier and faster to sell ps3 games on craigslist because people actually have to buy ps3 games. Where as if you try to sell a pc game, you probably won't be able to because all the hacks are downloading them, lol.
 
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Ok, going to have to call BS on this one good Sir. You cannot build a pc that can out do a PS3 for $300.

Show me a PC with optical output, hdmi output, blu ray drive, 80gb hard drive, etc. for "$300" that will out do a ps3 in gaming.

Don't forget you are going to need to buy at least windows xp, motherboard, a decent dual core processor most likely, case, power supply, good ram...and probably some descent fans to keep your system as quiet as a ps3...oh and I doubt it will be quiet as a ps3.

I think windows xp and a blu ray drive will run you about $200, good luck with the other $100, lol.

And the price of games is absolutely negligible. Most games for the ps3 you can find on craigslist for a fraction of the cost. And when you are done with the game you just sell them. Final cost of games for me usually is $0 to $5 after I sell them back. And believe me, it's actually easier and faster to sell ps3 games on craigslist because people actually have to buy ps3 games. Where as if you try to sell a pc game, you probably won't be able to because all the hacks are downloading them, lol.
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when you pay $400 for a console, you pay it to play games, you know that’s not the same with PC.
I bought a PC and paid what I paid for it and that (at least in my case) does not have anything to do with gaming (yet), BUT I added – let’s say extra $300 – to the total amount and VOALA it outperformed the PS3.
 
Thank god for emulators :) I don't have to ask myself questions like this because I have the PC hardware/software to let me play even actual console game discs on my PC ;)

Btw, I have $650 in my entire Phenom II, 4gb DDRII-1066, 500gb HD, HD 4850 ( with custom cooling ) 650w and Antec silent case PC ;) $250 more than a PS3 and I can play PS3 games on my PC, check my emails, surf for porn and anything else I want.

Oh, I can also come here and make annoying posts like this to keep a subject like this ( which a mod needs to put to sleep ) alive.
 
astrallite said:
Text on PC games are nigh unreadable even on a 52" LCD from a very generous sitting distance (~4 feet). You could lower the resolution, but then it would look (ALOT) worse than a console game.
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You need glasses or a new TV.
 
I just played through Resistance 2 in my PS3. This game has arguably the best graphics in any PS3 game, certainly in the top ten... and it looks like utter crap compared to any recent game that I've played on my PC. Draw distance and world size is confined, everything is pixelated and aliasing is horrible. In additon, the gameplay and mechanics the same tired, repeticious run and gun that's been around since Quake. I know this is just one game, but I've seen the same graphical limitations and played out gameplay on all games I've played on PS3 (and Xbox 360, for that matter). I just can't play many console games anymore, guess I'm spoiled. Only exceptions have been games that have original, console-only content or gameplay (Fable II, Condemned 2, MG4)

What happened to the amazing things we were supposed to see with the Cell processor? I think we've reached a point where the division between graphics and computational performance between PC and console is about equal with the difference between PS2/Xbox with PCs at the end of that gen's life. Time for new consoles?
 
Derfman said:
He was joking... Specially reconfirmed by the "mods should kill this post" like comment at the end. :p
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True, but I can play my PS2 games on my PC :p By the time the PS3 reaches EOL there should be an EMU for it as PC tech should be up to snuff by then.

The reason all threads like this should be locked is they are controversial and based solely on opinion and prefference.

Honestly, I like the fact that games like Oblivion, STALKER and Crysis have the ability to look good on release, be easily modded out the ass within a year of release and then within 2 - 3 years be completely maxed out graphically with average PC tech which combined with mods breathes life into them all over again. You don't get that option with consoles.

Now, for fun factor for sociable people, the console will always reign supreme for its ability to support 4 - 8 people using a single display which creates a kind of competetiveness the PC can never achieve. Watch and FPS player on PC and they take the game more seriously than the comradery seen with 4 friends playing the same game on the same console.

PC gaming tends to be more immersive whereas console gaming is a little lighter and lets face it, a little more actual fun.

I'll never forget all the fun me and my cousin and all our friends used to have in his basement with a Dreamcast while playing R2R. I have never nor will I ever have that much fun playing a PC game . . . . of course I was also doing drugs back then as well so that helped the fun factor a little as well ;)

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Pc gaming will never die out, period.

Everyone talks about how the console is soo much cheaper than a pc, that may be the case compared to some pc's but is so skewed out of proportion its not funny.

I mean think about how much that ps3 would have set you back at launch, plus how much the games cost you, the extra controllers, the memory card even the cables you need for HD - now a days you could easily create a decent gaming pc for the same cost. Also think about the next gen console, are you not going to splurge a hell of a lot of money buying that - and you say you dont "upgrade" your console.

Most people allready have a pc, whether it be general use or gaming it doesnt matter. If you spent the same amount of money a console costs you at launch on upgrading your pc, you dont even need to get high end stuff, i'm sure you could do it for less(factoring in the stuff you dont need, case, psu, hdd, dvd drive, assuming you dont have a semi decent pc).

Sure consoles have their benefits i dont deny that, they are made for gaming and have exclusive games that the pc will never have. But the console cant replace the functionality of a pc, never will without basically becoming a pc in most aspects - then what is the point, wont be able to play mmorpg's, rts's etc to the extent is allready capable on the pc - you can just plug your pc into your HD tv and play at real 1080p, enjoy better gfx, watch your dvd's/blue rays', browse the web, enjoy better sound while listening to your favourite mp3's, watch porn, write an essay, do your accounts all at the same time.

Oh and dont you enjoy upgrading your pc?, is it not why you browse the [H]ardocp forum's? or are you simply not [H]ard enough.

Edit: Everyone has their hobbies whether it be pc's or consoles or whatever thats your choice and i can respect that, but when you go and create the 10 thousanth thread on a pc entusiast forum saying that the pc is dead i take offense, and i know that the majority(by a large margin) would agree with me.
 
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