Personal Computers vs Console
PC VS. Console
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PC VS. Console
Personal Computers are much more advanced than any console available on the
market today or any other day. In the PC world players reap many more benefits in
online and offline gaming. These benefits keep growing in numbers as developers of the
consoles continue to argue between themselves about who provides the better support or
who offers more games at better quality. Actually, there is no contest as Ed
Ricketts of Techradar.com states, ”While Xbots and the Sony Defense Force argue among
themselves, and Wii-ers throw even more ridiculous shapes pretending to play
the tambourine or something, there is another group of gamers who quietly, and happily
enjoy the best of the gaming platform yet. The PC”. Ed makes a strong point here.
As Sony and Xbox developers argue, we PC gamers continue to offer outside support
for games in Beta or even full-release games. Games that are no longer supported by
the software developer due to outdated games or recently shut down companies, are still
supported by the online gaming community through constant and tedious efforts. This is
a showing of the true dedication to improve the experiences for everyone who enjoy PC
gaming.
Personal Computers do not suffer from the hardware restrictions of a console,
they can be easily fixed, upgraded, and maintained. Consoles are delicate and difficult to
service. If there is hardware failure on a game console it has to be sent to the company
for repairs. This can take weeks, or it can be serviced locally for a heavy fee. Although
most PC 's are used only for simple processes such as; Microsoft Office, a multitude of
HUM/172
PC VS. Console
Personal Computers are much more advanced than any console available on the
market today or any other day. In the PC world players reap many more benefits in
online and offline gaming. These benefits keep growing in numbers as developers of the
consoles continue to argue between themselves about who provides the better support or
who offers more games at better quality. Actually, there is no contest as Ed
Ricketts of Techradar.com states, ”While Xbots and the Sony Defense Force argue among
themselves, and Wii-ers throw even more ridiculous shapes pretending to play
the tambourine or something, there is another group of gamers who quietly, and happily
enjoy the best of the gaming platform yet. The PC”. Ed makes a strong point here.
As Sony and Xbox developers argue, we PC gamers continue to offer outside support
for games in Beta or even full-release games. Games that are no longer supported by
the software developer due to outdated games or recently shut down companies, are still
supported by the online gaming community through constant and tedious efforts. This is
a showing of the true dedication to improve the experiences for everyone who enjoy PC
gaming.
Personal Computers do not suffer from the hardware restrictions of a console,
they can be easily fixed, upgraded, and maintained. Consoles are delicate and difficult to
service. If there is hardware failure on a game console it has to be sent to the company
for repairs. This can take weeks, or it can be serviced locally for a heavy fee. Although
most PC 's are used only for simple processes such as; Microsoft Office, a multitude of
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