imperialreign
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|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Kentsfield Q9650 @ 3.8GHz (4.2GHz highest achieved) |
| Motherboard | ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi; X38 NSB, ICH9R SSB |
| Cooling | Delta V3 block, XPSC res, 120x3 rad, ST 1/2" pump - 10 fans, SYSTRIN HDD cooler, Antec HDD cooler |
| Memory | Dual channel 8GB OCZ Platinum DDR3 @ 1800MHz @ 7-7-7-20 1T |
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| Case | Cooler Master Stacker 830 |
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| Power Supply | Kingwin Mach1 1200W modular |
| Software | Windows XP Home SP3; Vista Ultimate x64 SP2 |
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I completely agree with you, dnova - On top of that, what does one do if you want to go back and play an older console game? Hope that you didn't throw that SNES or N64 out, and go through the effort to hook it up? If you've set up your rig right, it take little to no effort to whip out a PC game from ages ago and get it playing.
Another point for me against consoles - I don't see game prices drop like they do for PC. A PC game will fall from $50 from initial release, to about $30-$20 6 months later. Console games hold on to their $50+ initial price for well over a year, sometimes they never drop at all. Sorry, I have yet to see a game nowadays (PC or console) that I'm willing to chalk up $50 or better for as soon as it's released.
The one thing I noticed years ago, though - is I find it a little odd how when the N64 and PS1 came out . . . we saw a lot of game devs drop the PC market entirelly and start supporting consoles. On top of that, from what was still coming out for the PC, we saw a massive drop in gameplay quality - it was like there was some force behind the scenes trying to force people away from the PC.
And, TBH, graphics on a PC are equal to that on a console at the basic level. But, the graphic abilities of a PC can far surpass that of a console, with very little extra effort. But, what I've noticed with a lot of console games - they only render your immediate area. How often do you see missing tiles, backgrounds or other visual "anomalies" around the edges of the screen, or in things that are supposed to be at a 'distance'?
also . . . whne it comes to porting . . . you mean to tell me that things aren't cut from the PC version for use on a console? It's taken years for consoles to catch up to the same quality that a PC is capable of. What about game patches if the dev releases a new game half-baked? Oh, and expansion packs too - which keeps interest in a PC game for a while longer while the dev is cooking up something new . . . not to mention the fans out there that have the means and abilities (and tools sometimes) to mod the crap out of a PC game to continue interest in it.
IMO, the lack of decent gameplay for PC has more to do with the devs wanting to support consoles - because that is where the vast majority of consumers are. They've fallen prey to the console market's propaganda that it's quicker to play a console game when you only want to game for a few minutes; and the propaganda that it's cheaper than having to keep up with current, modern hardware in a PC (sorry, but IMO it's cheaper to keep up with a PC - unless you're specifically going after the uber 1337 hardware).
. . . I'm cutting my rant off here, so as to not bore everyone or piss anyone off . . .
And the company's are taking advantage of that.
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