The good thing about owning a console

Everything is bad about consoles!

:D

only 2 good things that are good on consoles

1.the exclusives, some of them like infamous and probably uncharted 3

2.being cheap.

ps: pc players approve of this thread

More stuff to chuck out the window during domestic disputes!

I smell a fan boy war coming... brace yourselves!

....I don't....what.

You normally don't have to worry about the game not working properly

the only good thing i see in having a console is possibility to smash someones face with it

From an objective point of view, the only good thing about consoles is that you don't need to upgrade hardware at all to play new titles, doesn't matter if it's a game from the beginning of the new console era, or a game released 6 years after the console, it will run.
That's the bad thing about pcs though, you must upgrade every few years if you want to keep up with the latest graphics.
But to be honest, I don't give a single fuck since I have no consoles and I never had (apart from a lovely Sega Genesis 3 when I was a kid) and neither have a gaming pc (my pc is a crappy acer aspire which can barely run some games)

Probably the fact that console games look way better than..... no wait they dont, lol

That you get to be a console peasant and look up in awe at the PC Master Race? :D

I got used to not caring about bad graphics on my old craptop and now everything else looks beautiful, so your argument is invalid. :3

I really don't care if it's PC, PS3, XBox, SNES, Atari or a God damn Barcode Battler, I just like playing games. :)

Who cares about graphic quality if the game is fun? Btw I don't know if it's just me being weird but in my opinion games on consoles look good (or maybe I never played the ugly ones)

Does that mean that the bad thing about owning a PC is that when you do play a console game, it looks like shit?

Thanks to PC, I realize bad console graphics look. (Unless the atmosphere is creative)

Another bad thing about consoles...most people buy a pc ASWELL for things such as internet, work, school. That extra money spent on the console could have been spent on a better pc, with change for a load of games, which would in most cases perform, feel and look better than the console counterparts.

I only have a console for house parties. I bring it over, fire up some local multiplayer, drink some alcohol, then go to sleep.

That said, I only get console games if they have local multiplayer, are an exclusive, or for Kinect. This, however may change once the Steam box comes out if they support 4 player split screen (which it probably will.)

There is another argument of physical media vs virtual. I like the idea of just taking a disc with a gamesave to a friends house rather than lugging my 360 everywhere.

The worst part about PC gaming is the elitist PC gamers.

Call me crazy but graphics have never meant much to me, a beautiful game that plays like shit isn't worth more than a terrible looking game that plays great. I play console and PC, and though I have to say that PC is superior with a lot of things, owning a console is great. You get solid copies of most if not all games you own, and when you play a game on your console, you know it works (yes I know there are some small exceptions) without updating something or buying new hardware. I like that when I buy any game for the 360, I can play it on ANY xbox 360. I have a bunch of games I can't play till I buy a better PC.

PC has awesome benefits too though. You can essentially play anything ever on it, and you can modify things MUCH easier. Services like steam allow you to buy games at FANTASTIC prices, as opposed to console gaming where nothing goes cheaper than 20 unless you wait like 6 years and buy used (yes I know that's an over exaggeration). Plenty more things to write but I feel like I wrote enough.

PC may be superior in some things, but console does other stuff better. They are kind of balanced. Consoles usually work 60 FPS with no problems, no upgrading, no viruses, one box standard, good controllers that work with no problems. I really hate "X360 pad only" trend in PC games, good thing that we have pad emulator so I can play them with good old Dualshock 2. Consoles have great exclusives too.

As for PC, you can play pretty much everything on it. Many old games work on new computers, even DOS games with DOSBox. And not only that, there are emulator of almost everything that had games - consoles, computer, arcades. Another good thing about PC is Steam and digital distribution. You can easily modify games too, as for consoles - it's harder, but not impossible. Also, computer is suited better for shooters and strategy games (but remember - nothing is impossible). And if you're bored with games, you can use PC for many other things.

I hate people who fight over which one is better. They are stupid and stubborn. We can't do anything about this though, this war will live as long as the people who play games live.

EDIT: Oh, one more thing. Consoles are kinda better for collectors.

Definitely the console exclusive games...

There are several reasons I prefer consoles.

1. Dislike the use of keyboard during games, and while Joy2Key is an option, it is still irritating to set up.
2. Compatibility with your system is guaranteed.
3. Datacap prevents me from playing most of the games I own on PC without a lengthy wait.
4. Can't lend or give games to friends when I'm done with them.

I admit the PC may look nice and has mods, but neither are things I really care about, not using mods (hell, not even seeing the reason for needing more stuff in something like a TES game) and going for speed rather than shiny visuals.

I've always been of the opinion that who cares what people play on as long as they are having fun and enjoy the games they play. Every system has its advantages and disadvantages, in the end all that matters is people are having fun since that is what gaming is about.

I'm not saying I hate consoles, I enjoy both. I just feel that the PC has better performance, but consoles have more of that "playing games" feeling,