Sunday, February 08, 2004
Man, screw PC and Mac
That's right, they can both go to hell... at least as far as gaming is concerned. If you want to play games, get a console or a Gameboy, that's it, no other options.
First, the argument for PCs. They are certain genres (specifically three) that just work better, for whatever reason, on a PC. First Person Shooters were born on PCs, they inherintly control beter with a keyboard and mouse, plus you can go online and fight your friends via the PC. Real Time Strategy Games are also better because of the precise controls the mouse offers you. Last, Massive Multiplayer Online RPGs are better because you can go online with ease.
Ok, the MMORPG argument is now dead. You can go online quite easily with the PS2 and Xbox. There is a headsite for both of them, and it is standard for Xbox Live. And, for communicating on the PS2, just plug in your USB Keyboard, everyone has them anyway. So now you have two games that can do the same thing, except one allows you to play on a large TV while sitting on a couch. And don't even mention upgrades because we all know the Xbox has a hard drive.
RTS games are still better on the PC because of mouse support but, guess what, it's a dead genre. Yeah yeah, I know you stilll play Warcraft 2, but that game came out 5 years ago. When was the last relevant RTS game release? The genre got old fast because it is so limited. So, while the PC version of Starcraft is still light years beyond the N64 version, no one outside Korea is even playing these games anymore.
Last is FPS. This is a debate that could rage forever. I personally don't understand the appeal of FPSs on the. Sure, you can play online with any of them, but so what? Anyone who has played Goldeneye or Timesplitters 4 player will tell you multiplayer gaming with friends is way more fun than playing a bunch of 12 year old kids who call "Fag" and claim they slept with your skanky mom. And most FPSs are available for the Xbox and PS2 and go online anyway. So while you might have slightly better control with keyboard and mouse, and this is also debatable, the console games are supperior, vastly so, in every other way.
Aside from those 3 genres, everything else, from racing to fighting and platforming, are clearly better for the console. And don't forget the console market has something the PC cannot even hope to compete with: the Gameboy. The number of "big" releases for the PC are going down every year. This year there is Doom 3 and Half Life 2. Next year there might only be one big release.
First, the argument for PCs. They are certain genres (specifically three) that just work better, for whatever reason, on a PC. First Person Shooters were born on PCs, they inherintly control beter with a keyboard and mouse, plus you can go online and fight your friends via the PC. Real Time Strategy Games are also better because of the precise controls the mouse offers you. Last, Massive Multiplayer Online RPGs are better because you can go online with ease.
Ok, the MMORPG argument is now dead. You can go online quite easily with the PS2 and Xbox. There is a headsite for both of them, and it is standard for Xbox Live. And, for communicating on the PS2, just plug in your USB Keyboard, everyone has them anyway. So now you have two games that can do the same thing, except one allows you to play on a large TV while sitting on a couch. And don't even mention upgrades because we all know the Xbox has a hard drive.
RTS games are still better on the PC because of mouse support but, guess what, it's a dead genre. Yeah yeah, I know you stilll play Warcraft 2, but that game came out 5 years ago. When was the last relevant RTS game release? The genre got old fast because it is so limited. So, while the PC version of Starcraft is still light years beyond the N64 version, no one outside Korea is even playing these games anymore.
Last is FPS. This is a debate that could rage forever. I personally don't understand the appeal of FPSs on the. Sure, you can play online with any of them, but so what? Anyone who has played Goldeneye or Timesplitters 4 player will tell you multiplayer gaming with friends is way more fun than playing a bunch of 12 year old kids who call "Fag" and claim they slept with your skanky mom. And most FPSs are available for the Xbox and PS2 and go online anyway. So while you might have slightly better control with keyboard and mouse, and this is also debatable, the console games are supperior, vastly so, in every other way.
Aside from those 3 genres, everything else, from racing to fighting and platforming, are clearly better for the console. And don't forget the console market has something the PC cannot even hope to compete with: the Gameboy. The number of "big" releases for the PC are going down every year. This year there is Doom 3 and Half Life 2. Next year there might only be one big release.
// posted by Tom @ 12:22 PM 
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