So I take it blind people or deaf people can't be social? Neat!
You obviously have never played online on a competetive team if you think that the controllers for consoles are anywhere near as flexible as a PC.
Consoles are fine. I like the idea - they just have a LONG way to go before they take over the PC world of gaming was my point. I would love for consoles to be the standard it would do a lot to elimante online cheating and other disadvantages that non-standard systems bring to the table.
Consoles aren't for serious gamers - it's like snowboarding on a Walmart quality snowboard. It gets the job done - but it isn't competetive.
I'm an avid online gamer (FPS) and have been for years. It is very social and breaks down barriers (geography, race, age, sex etc.) why do you want to see those barriers back in place?
I prefer the PC because of the amount of flexibilty it provides me. I can modify my controls and even program macros in some games. I can tweak the game settings to my liking and to my peformance preferences. Consoles are great but because they try to simplify the gaming environment they forefit a lot in the way of flexibility. I would have no problem playing my online games with my sons XBOX if I had the control over the gaming environment and input devices that I do with my PC and if I had the ability to supe up my XBOX with higher performance hardware - but I don't...not even close.
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Consoles are fine. I like the idea - they just have a LONG way to go before they take over the PC world of gaming was my point. I would love for consoles to be the standard it would do a lot to elimante online cheating and other disadvantages that non-standard systems bring to the table.
Consoles aren't for serious gamers - it's like snowboarding on a Walmart quality snowboard. It gets the job done - but it isn't competetive.
I'm an avid online gamer (FPS) and have been for years. It is very social and breaks down barriers (geography, race, age, sex etc.) why do you want to see those barriers back in place? I prefer the PC because of the amount of flexibilty it provides me. I can modify my controls and even program macros in some games. I can tweak the game settings to my liking and to my peformance preferences. Consoles are great but because they try to simplify the gaming environment they forefit a lot in the way of flexibility. I would have no problem playing my online games with my sons XBOX if I had the control over the gaming environment and input devices that I do with my PC and if I had the ability to supe up my XBOX with higher performance hardware - but I don't...not even close.