I was quite amused when some people began saying PCs were becomming outdated and in the future we should expect that consoles would actually be more used to browse the Internet than PCs. Consoles are nowhere near the PC. Together their sales might actually be better than PC sales alone, but I would guess most people who have a console also have a PC and vice versa. Some people even have several consoles and a PC.
I have a Wii and a PC, mostly because I cant be bother with the PS3 and X Box, since they seem to be PC wannabe machines. Both in size and their kind of games. And my PCs outperforms them any day. The Wii however gives a much more different experience. And the Wii is great for emulating older consoles and ScummVM, although I think I prefer ScummVM on a PC.
In the end, the PC is still the one that most games are developed for. Even per year I am quite certain it has more games developed for it than any console.
Same on the console except the wii unfortunately :-(
I think this exactely is the problem. You can get a internet connection for every console these days. The console games had to be tested better before this because you could not simply patch every game via onlineupdate on the consoles.
The last thing I heard Prototype was not installable on the PS3 until they relerased a patch for it.
I was quite amused when some people began saying PCs were becomming outdated and in the future we should expect that consoles would actually be more used to browse the Internet than PCs. Consoles are nowhere near the PC. Together their sales might actually be better than PC sales alone, but I would guess most people who have a console also have a PC and vice versa. Some people even have several consoles and a PC
Well, I am one of those but I usually buy the PC version, there are several reasons, first it is cheaper secondly in most cases the graphics are better.
Consoles only have the merit that you easily can sell off the used games and you have easier access to used games. But since manufacturers want to shut down the second hand market that advantage will be lost.
It is not that much of an advantage anyway since PC games on the average here in europe tend to be 30% cheaper than their console counterparts and hit the bargain bin much more swiftly.
MS and Sony have both indicated that the current generation of systems will be on a ten year cycle, so we won't be seeing another console from them for sometime, meanwhile the PC will continue to get more powerful.
When they say "life-cycle", they don't mean the time until they release the next console. The end of the life-cycle is when they no longer support the product. Sony, in particular, is known for supporting the previous console for a long time after the new one is released. They even released a new model of the PS1 after the release of the PS2.
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I have a Wii and a PC, mostly because I cant be bother with the PS3 and X Box, since they seem to be PC wannabe machines. Both in size and their kind of games. And my PCs outperforms them any day. The Wii however gives a much more different experience. And the Wii is great for emulating older consoles and ScummVM, although I think I prefer ScummVM on a PC.
In the end, the PC is still the one that most games are developed for. Even per year I am quite certain it has more games developed for it than any console.
I think this exactely is the problem. You can get a internet connection for every console these days. The console games had to be tested better before this because you could not simply patch every game via onlineupdate on the consoles.
The last thing I heard Prototype was not installable on the PS3 until they relerased a patch for it.
Well, I am one of those but I usually buy the PC version, there are several reasons, first it is cheaper secondly in most cases the graphics are better.
Consoles only have the merit that you easily can sell off the used games and you have easier access to used games. But since manufacturers want to shut down the second hand market that advantage will be lost.
It is not that much of an advantage anyway since PC games on the average here in europe tend to be 30% cheaper than their console counterparts and hit the bargain bin much more swiftly.
When they say "life-cycle", they don't mean the time until they release the next console. The end of the life-cycle is when they no longer support the product. Sony, in particular, is known for supporting the previous console for a long time after the new one is released. They even released a new model of the PS1 after the release of the PS2.