oh.... a console VS pc gaming fight!!!
PC:
- You can buy a controller and use it on the PC.
- keyboard+mouse, while not built with gaming in sight, provide very accurate motion relay into the game... depending on the game, this can be important or irrelevant.
- Price can get high, if you want equal graphics to consoles, while carrying windows underneath... but hardware is getting cheaper and cheaper by the month and... half a year ago... you could get a cheap PC with more capabilities than the (then) best consoles.
- Cheap ever increasing pool of games.
- Can be used for purposes other than gaming!
- If your rig is sufficiently powerful (with the corresponding price tag), you can emulate consoles and play console exclusives on the PC... almost any console ever made! (http://www.emulator-zone.com/)
- Oh, let's not forget: exclusive PC games! They exist, too!
- [Disclaimer: don't do this, kids!] Easy to get free cracked games online which are also simple to run... no need for jailbreaks and other weird hardware hacks.
- Game prices drop rather quickly.
Console:
- Pre-built. All specs are taken care of.
- Games just work, no need to mess around with graphical options and other nuisances.
- Dedicated controller. All games expect this interface. it just works.
- Exclusive games.
- Game prices don't fall too much, do they?
- Can browse the internet, nowadays... Oh my!
Then you have the wii family...
PC:
- You can buy a controller and use it on the PC.
- keyboard+mouse, while not built with gaming in sight, provide very accurate motion relay into the game... depending on the game, this can be important or irrelevant.
- Price can get high, if you want equal graphics to consoles, while carrying windows underneath... but hardware is getting cheaper and cheaper by the month and... half a year ago... you could get a cheap PC with more capabilities than the (then) best consoles.
- Cheap ever increasing pool of games.
- Can be used for purposes other than gaming!
- If your rig is sufficiently powerful (with the corresponding price tag), you can emulate consoles and play console exclusives on the PC... almost any console ever made! (http://www.emulator-zone.com/)
- Oh, let's not forget: exclusive PC games! They exist, too!
- [Disclaimer: don't do this, kids!] Easy to get free cracked games online which are also simple to run... no need for jailbreaks and other weird hardware hacks.
- Game prices drop rather quickly.
Console:
- Pre-built. All specs are taken care of.
- Games just work, no need to mess around with graphical options and other nuisances.
- Dedicated controller. All games expect this interface. it just works.
- Exclusive games.
- Game prices don't fall too much, do they?
- Can browse the internet, nowadays... Oh my!
Then you have the wii family...
