Philandrapopiason III wants to start gaming. Explain why PC gaming is better than console gaming.

[Zed Clampet]

So the challenge here is to come up with additional "out of the box" arguments. The basic arguments are:

PC gaming is cheaper:
1) Consoles now cost as much as cheap gaming PCs
2) No monthly fees for PC gaming.
3) Much cheaper prices on games.

PC gaming gets all the games (except for Nintendo games)

Backward compatibility and emulation.

You can still game from your couch with Steam Link or a laptop

Free games (usually Epic)

Controllers suck (m/kb). Potentially better graphics. Upgradability. Broader selection of games.

Publishers charge less when stores like Epic take a lower cut

PC gamers are more mature and not at all angry edgelords

Nvidia making sure that GPUs are for everyone by aggressively keeping their prices dirt cheap.

Intel making sure their CPUs never catch on fire.

 

[Colif]

You don't need to replace the PC just to upgrade the GPU. you can replace all the internals if you want to**. Do that with a PS5

**provided you don't buy a Dell as they tend to use proprietary hardware that makes replacing parts difficult, but generally PC are upgradeable.
Other company to avoid is Apple if you want a gaming PC you can upgrade later.

 

[BeardyHat]

PCs I own from 2011 are still gaming today, still able to play games that are currently released.

I have 21 years worth of PC games I bought, easily accessible via Steam. With little effort, I can play even older games and there's plenty of old DOS games that are being kept alive with open source projects.

I'm not of a mind to convince people of something they might not be interested in, but PC gaming is one of the cheapest forms of gaming.

 

[Colif]

I don't see need to pick a side, there are some games you will unlikely ever see on PC, that you can only get on consoles. If you can afford both, why not. I used to have a PS3 and a PC at same time, its hardly difficult to achieve.

Consoles can make it easier to get into gaming without thrusting a keyboard at the new player right away.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

Who are Phil and Rapopiason?

Theres always going to be the kind of people who just want to sit down and play without thinking about anything, so I dont think consoles are going away soon, no matter how much better gaming on PC is objectively speaking in every way but convenience.

@Zed Clampet Not related to gaming but it is an advantage of PC's that you can do a lot of other stuff with one. Music, Art, programming, AI or whatever if you get bored of gaming sometimes.

 

[Zed Clampet]

I don't see need to pick a side, there are some games you will unlikely ever see on PC, that you can only get on consoles. If you can afford both, why not. I used to have a PS3 and a PC at same time, its hardly difficult to achieve.

Consoles can make it easier to get into gaming without thrusting a keyboard at the new player right away.

</Playful>*

You're trying to give me a stroke, right? I keep trying to come up with discussion topics, and you keep dissecting the imaginary premise for the question instead of answering the actual question.

You just like giving me a hard time, but let me rephrase the question without any distractions:

"What's an advantage of PC gaming other than the ones I listed (if there are more advantages)"

Note: I seldom can properly read the tone of my own posts, so I added the tone selector above.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Who are Phil and Rapopiason?

Theres always going to be the kind of people who just want to sit down and play without thinking about anything, so I dont think consoles are going away soon, no matter how much better gaming on PC is objectively speaking in every way but convenience.

@Zed Clampet Not related to gaming but it is an advantage of PC's that you can do a lot of other stuff with one. Music, Art, programming, AI or whatever if you get bored of gaming sometimes.

The physical part of a console may very well be one of those rare things that become obsolete (due to being able to stream games to your television without the need for an actual console) but we continue to use them anyway.

I see consoles as keeping the digital store and game publishing parts of their business and then a sort of meta/social online thing to tie everything together. I wouldn't be surprised at all if some day in the next 20 years (you'll have to hire a medium and let me know) if a PC isn't just as much a "Playstation" as a television and physical console are today.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

The physical part of a console may very well be one of those rare things that become obsolete (due to being able to stream games to your television without the need for an actual console) but we continue to use them anyway.

I see consoles as keeping the digital store and game publishing parts of their business and then a sort of meta/social online thing to tie everything together. I wouldn't be surprised at all if some day in the next 20 years (you'll have to hire a medium and let me know) if a PC isn't just as much a "Playstation" as a television and physical console are today.

Yea youre probably right about game streaming taking over.

I can see a world eventually where we wont have PC's or consoles. Itll happen faster if the hardware prices keep going up the way they have been. Unfortunately that means we will probably all be on subscriptions, though by that point we'll be so conditioned to it we probably wont care.

I hope PC's stick around though, I'd like to be able to play my old games whenever for the rest of my life.

 

[Pifanjr]

Considering sex sells: there are a lot more adult games available on PC.

 

[Colif]

Considering sex sells: there are a lot more adult games available on PC.

given target audience I can understand that one - Be waiting a long time for the Princess Peach XXX game from Nintendo

Okay Zed, I was just trying to see both sides... I let you go now

 

[Zimbaly]

Modding.
🤷‍♂️

 

[Johnway]

I think the emulation/modding are my key arguments. With a PC you can play all the console games and thensome. Consoles are restricted to what is provided by the developers whereas pc gaming we can emulate all the games that you can play on the console, access the internet play webgames , opportunity to mod the games etc.

Also i argue that having a pc isn't just just a gaming device, its work device and a gateway to your life. Buy stuff online, streaming, do office work, bigger communities, pay your bills, banking, insurance, etc etc.

 

[Pifanjr]

Also i argue that having a pc isn't just just a gaming device, its work device and a gateway to your life. Buy stuff online, streaming, do office work, bigger communities, pay your bills, banking, insurance, etc etc.

Besides office work, people do all that stuff on their phone. Though once you get proficient with a mouse and keyboard you can do most of it a lot faster on a PC and you have many more options.