Modern Warfare 3

[Pye]

Xbox Eyeonthapye MW3

[Ronin13]

Anyone here still play MW2? We should get a little party together sometime soon while we wait for 3 to come out.... I put my gamertag in my sig just for FYI. I'll be on tonight after work.

[Hoosier]

All you console gamers don't know what you're missing in PC gaming. Aiming with a thumbstick is a joke.

As a test, Microsoft put professional console players up against mediocre PC players... the console players on consoles, the PC gamers on PC's, in the same game.

The console gamers got absolutely smoked. It was from that play testing that came their decision to never allow console and PC gamers into the same servers for first person shooters. It's the difference between being able to about face and get a shot gun blast off before dying when someone is at your six.

Not to mention the consoles are six years old now... and Graphics Processors have been beating Moore's law all six of those years.

H.

[Jer]

All you console gamers don't know what you're missing in PC gaming. Aiming with a thumbstick is a joke.

As a test, Microsoft put professional console players up against mediocre PC players... the console players on consoles, the PC gamers on PC's, in the same game.

The console gamers got absolutely smoked. It was from that play testing that came their decision to never allow console and PC gamers into the same servers for first person shooters. It's the difference between being able to about face and get a shot gun blast off before dying when someone is at your six.

Not to mention the consoles are six years old now... and Graphics Processors have been beating Moore's law all six of those years.

H.

I know what I'm missing and I really don't care. It's a level playing field and all gamers play on the same platform. This is why cross-platform will never happen and if it did I wouldn't even attempt to compete. I agree there's a big difference but that doesn't mean it's better for everyone. Different people have different needs/wants & likes/dislikes. For me, consoles are for gaming and PCs are for work so it's easier to draw that distinction from years past of making my money on PCs on my time. Had I not made that decision to separate the two I would probably be homeless today.

[hollohas]

All you console gamers don't know what you're missing in PC gaming. Aiming with a thumbstick is a joke.

As a test, Microsoft put professional console players up against mediocre PC players... the console players on consoles, the PC gamers on PC's, in the same game.

The console gamers got absolutely smoked. It was from that play testing that came their decision to never allow console and PC gamers into the same servers for first person shooters. It's the difference between being able to about face and get a shot gun blast off before dying when someone is at your six.

Not to mention the consoles are six years old now... and Graphics Processors have been beating Moore's law all six of those years.

H.

I know what I'm missing too. I used to PC game...in my office, in an office chair, at my desk where my PC is. Now I sit my butt on a couch without a desk in front of me. Sure, the graphics aren't as good but oh well because I'm much more comfortable. I don't need to worry about a PC gamer being faster than me because I'm not playing against a PC gamer.

Not to mention, you can get an xbox for $99 these days. What does a good gamer PC cost? A LOT MORE.

Add a little team tactics to your gameplay and you don't have to worry as much about dying from behind because you know your buddy has your six. Thumbstick or not.

[Ronin13]

I know what I'm missing too. I used to PC game...in my office, in an office chair, at my desk where my PC is. Now I sit my butt on a couch without a desk in front of me. Sure, the graphics aren't as good but oh well because I'm much more comfortable. I don't need to worry about a PC gamer being faster than me because I'm not playing against a PC gamer.

Not to mention, you can get an xbox for $99 these days. What does a good gamer PC cost? A LOT MORE.

Add a little team tactics to your gameplay and you don't have to worry as much about dying from behind because you know your buddy has your six. Thumbstick or not.

Let's not forget- my console doesn't require me to buy $200 in stuff every year to keep it equal with the games that come out (we all remember Crisis, it didn't even work on the NSA's super computers /joke)... I've had an Xbox 360 since they came out and have played the newest and greatest games for it since! I've had a PC for my entire life, and recently, the newest game I've played on it is Day Of Defeat mod for Half-Life, when considering multiplayer. So no, I'd rather buy an Xbox for a couple hundred and use it until they come out with some new system, instead of paying $900 for a computer now, then $150 next April, then another $200 the following January- and we haven't even gotten into how much games cost.

Only two things I use my computer for- downloading and watching movies and pron.

[cfortune]

Let's not forget- my console doesn't require me to buy $200 in stuff every year to keep it equal with the games that come out (we all remember Crisis, it didn't even work on the NSA's super computers /joke)... I've had an Xbox 360 since they came out and have played the newest and greatest games for it since! I've had a PC for my entire life, and recently, the newest game I've played on it is Day Of Defeat mod for Half-Life, when considering multiplayer. So no, I'd rather buy an Xbox for a couple hundred and use it until they come out with some new system, instead of paying $900 for a computer now, then $150 next April, then another $200 the following January- and we haven't even gotten into how much games cost.

Only two things I use my computer for- downloading and watching movies and pron.

This argument is null to me. PC gamers can adjust quality settings to meet that of consoles. You don't really have to upgrade anything that often. I choose to keep my PC up to date because I'm a huge nerd and love the extra graphics.

I read an article stating what the actual resolution and frame rates were on MW3 and BF3 for consoles. They were well below HD resolution and BF3 will run at a max of 30 FPS. This all because of console limitations (I mean a PS3 has like 128MB of RAM, hence why you didn't see Crysis 1 on any consoles). Which is why I see this argument as null. I can build a gaming pc for 2x as much as a PS3, max out current games, then 2 years later, run current games as med-high settings with maybe less than perfect frame rates. On consoles, you don't have this choice. You will eat the loss of quality for more expansive games.