Console Gaming vs. PC Gaming

[Lyion]

if you DL one game a month with bittorrent it about breaks even. i'm downloading Doom3 right now, just to revel in it. what happens to the cost analysis if you download a game every other day.

It's kind of hard arguing cost analysis if you are stealing. It's like saying well, you make twice what I do, but I rob a bank every few months.

If anything kills PC gaming, that'd be the thing that does it. Piracy is a much smaller issue on consoles. This is why so many developers are going more to the Wii/PS3/360 instead of PCs, despite PCs having 100 times the market share.

[Tikker]

if you DL one game a month with bittorrent it about breaks even. i'm downloading Doom3 right now, just to revel in it. what happens to the cost analysis if you download a game every other day.

every console that ever existed has been modded to play "backed up" games, so that's a moot point

[Zanchief]

It's kind of hard arguing cost analysis if you are stealing.

...but it's not stealing.

[Thon]

i definitely give the ease of use edge to consoles. insert, power on and play. no installing, or eyeballing system requirements.

[Jay]

if you DL one game a month with bittorrent it about breaks even. i'm downloading Doom3 right now, just to revel in it. what happens to the cost analysis if you download a game every other day.

every console that ever existed has been modded to play "backed up" games, so that's a moot point

360 mod chip came out last week =P

[Tikker]

if they ever figure out how to get emulators to work on the 360, I may be forced to pick one up

[kinghooter00]

If it keeps going the way it seems, then playstations will coincide with PC in some way. They seem to be crossing over. I won't be suprised when Sony playstation can second as a PC.

[Tikker]

both Xbox/360 and PS2/3 can run linux, so it's not like they're aren't now

[kinghooter00]

tru

[Jay]

Xbox 1 plays emulators so I don't see why the 360 wouldn't. It's a matter of time before someone releases different UI's for the 360 and ps3 that will allow that. I'm starting to agree with Lyion that the line really is a lot more blurred regarding the difference between PC and console.

[Eziekial]

how does the Wii factor into all this? It seems a pure console to me but I have yet to play one so maybe it's not.

[Tikker]

you can surf the internet on it, not really very consolish

[Lyion]

You can't surf the Net worth a damn on the Wii. It's internet capabilities are very limited.

The Wii is more of a console than the 360 or PS3, IMO. However, due to its interactive nature, it's actually the only really revolutionary one of the 3, and I'm having more fun with my Wii than with my 360.

[Jay]

Wii is definately the most console like. PS3 and 360 seem like the same thing to me cept PS3 has better specs and 360 has titles right now. I think in the long run Sony will always have more engaging single player titles. Wii seems like more of a social system and 360 seems to be the closest thing to a PC.

[Tikker]

You can't surf the Net worth a damn on the Wii. It's internet capabilities are very limited.

The Wii is more of a console than the 360 or PS3, IMO. However, due to its interactive nature, it's actually the only really revolutionary one of the 3, and I'm having more fun with my Wii than with my 360.

if you can get internet pr0n on the wii, it's not a pure console

[Jay]

It won't play videos unless you have an SD card in it. Don't ask how I know that.