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11 months ago
in Console Gaming: From the PC Gamer Perspective on Bob Caswell
1. You do realize you can get a gamepad for pcs? and that they existed before consoles?
2. That depends on where you look for demos, for example PC demos are also available in magazines dvds, and the good websites that contain up to date demos dont have 40mins waiting for download either(like fileplanet).
3. The same service available for Xbox has been made available for windows for quite some time (Games for Windows Live!). Hardware issues are non-existent if you buy vista certified hardware, and non-existent if you have windows xp.
As far as firewalls are concerned, Xbox has one built-in that doesnt bug you with permissions because everything you can access from the Xbox has already been approved on their firewall exception list.
4. You can hook up that TV to the PC, providing your video card is not more than 2-3years old. For the full HD experience on the PC you're gonna need max 1year old card. You can hook up those speakers to a 5year old Creative Sound card and they will sound better then on the setup you have now.
5. Yah emm just start winamp and minimize it while you play a game? Tech Degree required.
6. Again you can buy a gamepad for your PC and the game plays exactly the same, I dont see what other differences there may be.
7. Conclusion is that you dont know what you're talking about.
2. That depends on where you look for demos, for example PC demos are also available in magazines dvds, and the good websites that contain up to date demos dont have 40mins waiting for download either(like fileplanet).
3. The same service available for Xbox has been made available for windows for quite some time (Games for Windows Live!). Hardware issues are non-existent if you buy vista certified hardware, and non-existent if you have windows xp.
As far as firewalls are concerned, Xbox has one built-in that doesnt bug you with permissions because everything you can access from the Xbox has already been approved on their firewall exception list.
4. You can hook up that TV to the PC, providing your video card is not more than 2-3years old. For the full HD experience on the PC you're gonna need max 1year old card. You can hook up those speakers to a 5year old Creative Sound card and they will sound better then on the setup you have now.
5. Yah emm just start winamp and minimize it while you play a game? Tech Degree required.
6. Again you can buy a gamepad for your PC and the game plays exactly the same, I dont see what other differences there may be.
7. Conclusion is that you dont know what you're talking about.
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Wrong! SUKKA!!!!!
Bob Caswell
Kekrops, I'm very aware that I can mimic the experiences I listed above in a PC gaming environment. But the point is more that the console gaming experience is designed to work flawlessly out-of-the-box.
Hearing that all I have to do is get demos from magazines, buy only certain games, use a particular OS, move my office computer, buy extra hardware (gamepad), etc. and presto! the same experience... I'm sure there's no hassle or room for issues to arise. Yeah, right.
Hearing that all I have to do is get demos from magazines, buy only certain games, use a particular OS, move my office computer, buy extra hardware (gamepad), etc. and presto! the same experience... I'm sure there's no hassle or room for issues to arise. Yeah, right.
