JMich: Total or per game?

XYCat: So computers that do the exact same thing are also "relics of the past like VHS"?

Emob78: That's funny, just yesterday I was considering the idea of buying an old Sega Genesis or SNES... just for cold winter days... and for nostalgia's sake.

I think the console thing sort of peaked around the 16 bit era. It was the last time all the major console makers were putting out equally decent games and hardware, it was the last era when third party devs really had a part to play in the console market. Now everything you see console-wise online or in stores is all EA and maybe one or two other big distributors. The talent has been absconded, the competition isn't there much any more, and frankly, the console audience has been dumbed down to the point of being rage quitting brats with ADD.

If the console crowd continues this way into the future, they'll lose their attention spans altogether and we'll end up with the kind of games we had at the beginning... like PONG. Imagine that, an electronic entertainment industry being so successful at sucking the life juices from their audience that they turned an entire generation of young people back onto the original simple products that got that industry success in the first place.

I suppose we all do come full circle in life, don't we? Well, it's not really full circle... it's just another rotation on the hamster wheel. Another piece of cheese?

lettmon: That misleading thread title tho

Magmarock: Both I think.

JMich: I would like to see those studies then. I know that per game I have paid GOG too little, but I have paid a nice sum in total. I think both console and pc gamers have a set budget, but they spend it on a different amount of games, so the total is similar. But I don't have any data to back that up.

Magmarock: Both I think.
Magmarock: You're gonna have to re word that, I'm sorry I don't understand what you're saying.

XYCat: it can't be simplified more since it's simple enough

groze: Personally, I think "master race" discussions are pointless and stupid. Playing video games on a computer has advantages and disadvantages over playing them on console, and the other way around is also true. There is no such thing as a better platform, unless you're paying attention exclusively to one of the many factions that make up the video gamer demographic.

I enjoy both PC and consoles, they both have their strengths and weaknesses, PC is great for a more individual experience, whereas console caters best to a living room experience, thus being more gaming-with-friends friendly.

We could argue that consoles ruined the video gaming industry by dumbing down most games, but I don't want to be that elitist grumpy old gamer (which most of us, more often than not, tend to be). There's a place for both PC and consoles, and one isn't better than the other, they offer different experiences for different kinds of gamers. Granted, there hasn't been much difference in titles released on PC and consoles since the 128-bit generation of console machines, most of them are either PC-to-console or console-to-PC ports, but there's always the PC and console specific indie devs that have created some awesome exclusive gems and, well, there's always good old Nintendo, on the console side of things.

[EDIT] typos, commas, stuff.

Magmarock: Quote me where I even mention PC's or graphics.

tinyE: This console is anything but pathetic.

Fictionvision: Considering how the Japanese gaming industry has slowly declined over this last generation, and most games developed elsewhere get PC port anyways, I see little reason to own either console if you have a decent PC.

The extra cost of a more powerful PC is erased fairly soon when you aren't paying $50 a year to play online and paying a good amount less for your games.

Magmarock: Why do so many people hate my post is it because it's badly worded or because I don't like consoles.