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PC Gamers Crush Console Brethren

Posted by timothy on from the not-very-sportsmanlike dept.

l_bratch writes "Since December 22nd DICE have been running a competition between each target platform of their latest Battlefield expansion — Bad Company 2: Vietnam. Players were required to complete a large number of 'team actions' in game, in order to unlock a hidden, remastered version of the Operation Hastings map from the original Battlefield: Vietnam. PC gamers have completed the task, whereas gamers on both console platforms are only about halfway there."

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  1. Re:It doesn't say that at all. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.battlefieldbadcompany2.com/globalstats
    Both consoles have over 90k combined playing hours, while PC gamers only accumulated 55k so far and have been nearly doubly as "efficient" in total (regarding this challenge).
    Which of course makes one PC gamer 3-4 times "better" than a console gamer ;)

    On a more serious note, you have superior input instruments and superior communication channels on the PC, plus the crowd is generally a bit more "savvy".

  2. Re:hold on there by bryonak · · Score: 5, Informative

    1) agree
    2) agree
    3) http://www.battlefieldbadcompany2.com/globalstats [battlefiel...mpany2.com]
    Both consoles have over 90k combined playing hours each, while PC gamers only accumulated 55k so far and have been nearly doubly as "efficient" in total (regarding this challenge).
    Which of course makes one PC gamer 3-4 times "better" than a console gamer ;)
    So your Microsoft analogy doesn't fit the case at all