Xbox1 vs PS4 vs PC - discuss/curse
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Topic: Xbox1 vs PS4 vs PC - discuss/curse
Posted By: mk2_ginger_biscuit69
Subject: Xbox1 vs PS4 vs PC - discuss/curse
Date Posted: 08 November 2013 at 5:59pm
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sooo, what camp do you sit in, are you tied between one console or the other, waiting your time until they make their final specifications before you go buy, or are you an avid PC gamer? Discuss, 'cuss' and explain..... my choice: PC gamer personally, i like being able to update hardware as/when i need rather than having one console and having to get the whole new console when a new one comes out, and with the likes of Steam OS coming - and the steampad, it looks like a potential match made in heaven!! Far more adaptable and competitive than other options! http://s177.photobucket.com/user/gingerbiscuit69/media/960196_10152054991113628_1297811441_n_zps3a62075a.jpg.html" rel="nofollow">  ------------- ''Remember that the object of a subwoofer is to enhance the output of your main speakers, not overpower it'' ''Dubstep - an elongated electronic fart'' |
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Posted By: all bass
Date Posted: 08 November 2013 at 6:02pm
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Consoles will last you longer than the PC, because you can't upgrade. With a PC you will always want something new to run the latest and greatest! But PC all the way for the best gaming experience. My two pennies worth...
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Posted By: mk2_ginger_biscuit69
Date Posted: 08 November 2013 at 6:08pm
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but what i want is often limited by what i can afford, so often i only upgrade when i really have too - like my processor/mobo/ram after 7years as it was finally maxing out, gfx after 5years as that too couldn't cope with what i was asking of it. But i agree many do take things too far, some of the guys out there with dual/tripple Nvidea Titan SLI rigs with double I7's etc are just seriously lame. Be sensible - and replace only when bottlenecking is stopping you doing what you need, then all is well. ------------- ''Remember that the object of a subwoofer is to enhance the output of your main speakers, not overpower it'' ''Dubstep - an elongated electronic fart'' |
Posted By: bee
Date Posted: 08 November 2013 at 9:15pm
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im an xbox fan, bro is a pc gaming nut, he has one of those alian things laptops. ------------- https://www.elements-audio.com |
Posted By: mini-mad
Date Posted: 08 November 2013 at 9:18pm
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alienware dear... alienware ------------- If it sounds like a gorilla is trying to escape, turn it down. |
Posted By: bee
Date Posted: 08 November 2013 at 9:27pm
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that's the one mini-mad, they look like nice laptops. ------------- https://www.elements-audio.com |
Posted By: jammin75
Date Posted: 08 November 2013 at 9:50pm
i stopped playin games at call of duty 2 !!!! pc is king for games but at a cost my bro's gaming rig cost thousands we have a both xbox and ps3 they do a good job for a lot less money  ------------- feel the vibes !!! "Who Feels it Knows it" Strong like Lion |
Posted By: Autograff
Date Posted: 12 November 2013 at 2:49pm
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I'm a Mac guy so unfortunately most games are not available to me unless I want to run Bootcamp. And if I did that I wouldn't be able to run the games to their full spec. So I had a couple of Xboxes, as most of my friends used them. But they all red-ringed, so I made the switch to PS, and never looked back. Pre-ordered PS4 with BF4. ------------- Liquid_Steel_Sessions R8 Records |
Posted By: odc04r
Date Posted: 12 November 2013 at 3:39pm
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PC all the way, a £500 decent build will last for years whilst matching console graphics and the games (even legally) are much cheaper than their console equivalents so that adds up over time. i don't understand people who insist that gaming capable PCs all cost £1k+ and must be upgraded every 3 years. Total rubbish. SteamOS is going to narrow the gap heavily with regard to media and co-op gaming in the living room, the more compelling console features such as split screen with one game copy seem to be disappearing over time there. The new xbox is a joke, more like a tool to display more adverts/sell you things direct to the living room that also happens to play games. Always on kinect? Seriously? PS4 maybe, just not interested when a PC can do everything it can and so much better. I suppose if you didn't have a clue how to build or run a PC or just cannot be arsed to then they are a sensible buy. |
Posted By: norty303
Date Posted: 12 November 2013 at 6:25pm
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I'm only a really casual gamer these days so I use my PS3 (GTAV currently and GT6 in December) otherwise it's just a (poor) media player (sod you Sony DRM). Our TV plays media files nicer anyway. PC gaming is to me a bit too full on, in as much as I have to be at the desk, in another oom, fully committed (which I can't be with family and busier life now). I do much prefer the depth of PC gaming though (still dabble with Total War occassionally) and the interface of mouse/keyboard. Keeping an eye on Steambox though since I heard about it a few months back. A more likely replacement for the PS3 rather than a PS4 in our household. I've had Pc's that sit under the telly, they were a bit 'meh' on the gaming front, and we still had a CRT at the time, so basic reading of words was problematic!  ------------- My laser stuff: http://www.facebook.com/SubsonicSystems" rel="nofollow - Frikkin Lasers |
Posted By: odc04r
Date Posted: 12 November 2013 at 6:53pm
All that could change Norty... I am very interested to see how their proposed streaming over LAN works out. 2014 will be a good year for choice regardless.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/11/08/total-war-rome-2-will-scratch-steamos-strategy-gaming-itch/" rel="nofollow - This may intrigue you then. I don't believe them entirely when they say the new controller might be better than the classic mouse+keyboard combination, but I'll keep an open mind for now. |
(still dabble with Total War occassionallyPosted By: norty303
Date Posted: 12 November 2013 at 8:50pm
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To be honest, I don't really want a 'dummy' box that I need a 'hot' PC to run the games on remotely. I want a fully loaded PC in a box that works like a console, but that looks like one of the options anyway. ------------- My laser stuff: http://www.facebook.com/SubsonicSystems" rel="nofollow - Frikkin Lasers |
Posted By: odc04r
Date Posted: 13 November 2013 at 9:35am
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Shouldn't be too hard, if the games library is there too it could be a winner. |
Posted By: Autograff
Date Posted: 15 November 2013 at 2:56pm
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Few of my American friends will be picking their PS4s up today, bastards. ------------- Liquid_Steel_Sessions R8 Records |
Posted By: andycw
Date Posted: 15 November 2013 at 8:10pm
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Xbox fan. But since they started to put Ad's on Live which I PAY for I do not use the service anymore Might go PS4 this time round ------------- No Bass No Fun |
Posted By: infrasound
Date Posted: 15 November 2013 at 8:18pm
| Dreamcast FTW |
Posted By: mini-mad
Date Posted: 15 November 2013 at 9:11pm
------------- If it sounds like a gorilla is trying to escape, turn it down. |
Posted By: odc04r
Date Posted: 15 November 2013 at 11:26pm
Bang on the head, it's a joke. The only reason I won't sell my 360 is that it was bought for me as a present (family style). |
Posted By: Heathrow_B_line
Date Posted: 15 November 2013 at 11:31pm
correction dreamcast plus soul calibre for the win ------------- Produce a killer sound. Take no prisoners. |
Posted By: soundchippy
Date Posted: 15 November 2013 at 11:37pm
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I think you'll find...SNES plus Mario Kart FTW! |
Posted By: burningbush
Date Posted: 16 November 2013 at 3:22pm
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Spectrum plus lazer squad ftw, idiots. I have an xbox for my son, do not think I'll get the new one - kinect always on and adverts, etc. I have a PS3 for GT5 and BF, but the constant lengthy updates everytime I go near it make it unusable - plus the fan drowns out the sound, seriously it is getting on but drowning out my stereo is crazy loud. If an emulater appears for the tablet to turn it into previous joy machines like the amiga, that would make my Christmas. For actual gameplay, the PC is the best for shootems - the mouse is the winner. For driving I prefer the PS3. ------------- music is the message |
Posted By: Heathrow_B_line
Date Posted: 16 November 2013 at 3:27pm
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n64 and goldeneye? ------------- Produce a killer sound. Take no prisoners. |
Posted By: burningbush
Date Posted: 16 November 2013 at 3:38pm
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Forgot about Goldeneye, twas good. ------------- music is the message |
Posted By: odc04r
Date Posted: 16 November 2013 at 4:01pm
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Got a few mates round tonight, N64 on the projector is still good times! Mariokart is timeless. |
Posted By: MattStolton
Date Posted: 16 November 2013 at 4:14pm
I concur. Just built/bought a PC, 750W Corsair PSU, AMD FX 8350 clocked at 4GHz, 16Gb Ram, Zalman Z9 case with more fans you can shake a stick at, 1Gb ATI GFX card , 2 x 1Tb 7200rpm sata HDD as 1 x 1TB raid 1, Asus M5A78L-M/USB3, 2 Samsung DVD burners and a Samsung 128Gb SSD for OS. Inc W7 pro (oem but genuine), all in for £650 inc VAT. A little overly blue LED for my personal taste, but very quiet, and took a legacy PCI card for my Edirol DA2496 8in/8out sound card. Boots in about 14 seconds, and is silly whizzy. If I wanted to go crazy, more powerful graphics card, and water cooling, and more overclocking available, but it is quicker than I can click, as is. That should do me at least 5 years, before I even think about an upgrade. Maybe migrate to a bigger OS SSD, in a couple of years, when 1TB SSD is about £50? ------------- Matt Stolton - Technical Director (!!!) - http://www.wildingsound.co.uk" rel="nofollow - Wilding Sound Ltd "Sparkius metiretur vestra" - "Meter Your Mains" |
Posted By: MattStolton
Date Posted: 16 November 2013 at 4:21pm
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Back to OP, I have a letterbomb hacked Wii, working as a media server for Front room Hifi/AV. Naff, but cheap. It does bug me to get a better solution. For not a lot of money, you can get some very pretty, or very small and hideable, media PCs, or build something yourself, for front room (i.e. has to be high on Wife Acceptance Factor). PS4/Xbox tend to score low with wife, as implies I will want to spend some time playing games, which is not seen as a reasonable way to spend my time, I should of course be emptying the bins, or repainting the spare room, etc. A media PC is an easier sell (To the wife who thinks all a PS4 is for, is for gaming), but can do pretty much the same things. ------------- Matt Stolton - Technical Director (!!!) - http://www.wildingsound.co.uk" rel="nofollow - Wilding Sound Ltd "Sparkius metiretur vestra" - "Meter Your Mains" |
Posted By: norty303
Date Posted: 16 November 2013 at 5:31pm
Winner  ------------- My laser stuff: http://www.facebook.com/SubsonicSystems" rel="nofollow - Frikkin Lasers |
Posted By: CritikalMass
Date Posted: 28 November 2013 at 7:09pm
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I use PC, can't fault the easy of use with mouse and keyboard or even a game controller, unlimited upgrades and ability to sell old parts to mates etc. I've only spent 500 on my rig and it can play even the most demanding games out at the moment. I believe Crisis 3 is the benchmark for most enthusiasts? The new tomb raider has graphics settings all the way past ultra and into ultimate which I like ;) I also have a ps3 for more social gaming as most mates have one and the delayed launch of GTAV on the pc platform was to much of a temptation. PC is currently out of order though as due to upgrades my MOBO burned out or my RAM has fried I'm unsure, have a picture of what my pc shows me and have had graphics card tested and it's ok, maybe one of you lot knows a bit more about it than me? Don't really wanna fork out before I buy new bits maybe open a new thread...sorry for the hi-jack! |