The only people who believe in the "PC gaming master race"/"Console peasants" drivel are teenage virgins (or adults, which is even more depressing) desperate to prove to themselves that they are superior to other people, and they seize on the PC since it has higher numbers (frame-rate, resolution, etc) than consoles so it must be better, and by extension, make PC users better than console users.
It's pathetic, but sadly there are a very vocal minority who think that way, just go to the PC forum of Gamefaqs to see it in countless posts.
Consoles are great, PCs are great, and both deservedly have their fans. Granted, consoles have lost many of their advantages now, whilst PCs have lost some of their disadvantages now, but there are still legitimate reasons for favouring a console over a PC, for many people.
I mean, years back, this was the case:
Advantages of a console:
- No need to worry if your GFX card/CPU/etc are good enough to run a game, it WILL run,
- No need to worry about malware/viruses/driver errors/DirectX/etc
- No need to update the console's operating system,
- Games never need a patch, they always work fine,
- Just put the game in and play, no need to install the game or modify game/compatibility settings.
Advantages of a PC:
- The ability to mod many games, to have new levels, weapons, graphics, etc,
- Almost always the option to have better graphics (frame-rates/resolution/draw distance and often better textures,),
- You can upgrade any part of the PC, which often can result in better frame-rate/resolution/etc/performance,
- The ability to use a wide range of control methods (keyboard + mouse, joypad, trackball, etc) to play the game.
(I know that some people would add to the list that the PC has the advantage that it does many thing other than play games too, which is certainly true, but that's not really a games playing related advantage, plus if you include that then you have to add the to the console advantages list the 'advantage' that modern consoles can be used for social media and stuff, which again is not game related).
Anyway, the problem now is that
But look at how this has changed. The situation is now:
Advantages of a console:
- No need to worry if your GFX card/CPU/etc are good enough to run a game, it WILL run [Mostly still the case, but some games can run jerkily at times, at least until (if) a patch is released to fix this problem]
- No need to worry about malware/viruses/driver errors/DirectX/etc
- No need to update the console's operating system [Sadly you do get mandatory OS updates, and if you don't install them then you can't play later games. They don't take too long (yet!), but they always seem to appear just when you've bought a new game that you can't wait to play]
- Games never need a patch, they always work fine. [This advantage started to die off with the last console generation (XBox 360/PS3), and now it's long gone - for example, Batman: Arkham Knight on the PS4 needed a day one downloadable patch that was 3.5GB in size!]
- Just put the game in and play, no need to install the game or modify game/compatibility settings. [Not really now, PS4 games now need to be installed, which literally can take hours if you include the mandatory download of the necessary patches - it took my mate seven hours to install Batman: Arkham Knight on his PS4, though you could start playing the game during the install]
Advantages of a PC:
- The ability to mod many games, to have new levels, weapons, graphics, etc, [This is dying off somewhat, sadly, but still is a big part of many games. But I still REALLY REALLY wish Bioshock 1 and 2, Timeshift, the Batman: Arkham games, and others, were moddable]
- Almost always the option to have better graphics (frame-rates/resolution/draw distance and often better textures,),
- You can upgrade any part of the PC, which often can result in better frame-rate/resolution/etc/performance,
- The ability to use a wide range of control methods (keyboard + mouse, joypad, trackball, etc) to play the game.
On top of which, problems with PC games are getting rarer and rare, as not only is Windows more stable than it's ever been, but Steem/Good Old Games, etc, do everything they can to make running their games easy and straightforward.
