Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "JohnT" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Consoles are dead! Date: 16 Sep 1998 15:03:55 GMT Organization: Network Technology Lines: 68 Message-ID: <01bde183$16502b40$7fa74bc2@coco> References: <6t9jul$pf54@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <1df62sq.1wrstwmb6zse8N@a1-88-119.a1.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: nettech.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 DEnnis Brinkhuis wrote in article <1df62sq.1wrstwmb6zse8N@a1-88-119.a1.nl>... > JohnT wrote: > > > Now, I am not saying that consoles are going to die out, far from it! > > However I am going to contest what you say about PC games. If most PC games > > give you some errors then YOU must be doing something wrong. I know my PC > > inside out and no games give me the sort of problems you are hinting at even > > when I install them using the standard options that you should also use. As > > for saying that most are short of gameplay, true, but the same goes for > > console games. Plus, most of the console games currently available are also > > available on the PC. Ok, you might need 3D hardware but now most new PC's > > come with 3D hardware installed as standard. Competition is pushing the > > prices lower all the time, not something that can be said for consoles > > (well, granted they have their prices low to start with!! ;) > > Sorry I don't agree. If you never worked with a PC and you just try to > get it to work normally you do get errors and that is coursed by the > system that is bad designed. And your lack off knowlidge. But you should > be able to play a game with out computerknowledge. I see my Mac and my > NY as different systems. If I play a game, I don't want my nose pushed > on the glass of the monitor and I just prefer a big screen (TV) on a > bigger distance and a easy chair in stead of my deskchair. I also like > games like Time-crises and Point Blank. They are no good for PC. And > it's great that a game looks the same on all systems in case of a > console. A PC is so personal and it can look so different on different > systems. > > > > Nuff said :) > > Me too > > DEnnis.. > I had never worked with PC before I started (well, everyone has to start, we are not born with PC knowledge! ;) but I never had major problems, well except for faulty hardware which where isolated instances. But, I know I am in the minority on that point. However, as I have been saying, if you buy a ready made system with the OS ready installed from a reliable source then you should have no troubles at all. If you do get troubles then there are PC centers that can help you out. And before you start saying "If the PC was so good, why do you need the PC centers?" no machine is perfect and PC centers have come about because there are more PC users than any other machine and the majority of them are beginners and do need help when things go wrong. Also, games like Time Crisis can be played on a PC better because you have the choice of getting a light gun or not! Granted, using a mouse pointer is not the same but you are not tied to having to purchase and extra device just to play the one or two games for that device (yep I know the gun comes with Time Crisis) Anyway, this is my last word on this thread as I do hate these threads which pointlessly compare two different types of machine. But as much as I hate that I also hate people forcing their views on others based on their isolated experiences. My views acknowledge the pitfalls as well as the benefits of the PC. JohnT