Not me. I'll probably wait at least a year (probably two) to see which of the two consoles get the best exclusives, maybe get a price drop and hopefully avoid any launch problems like the 3RL. Sticking to the PC until then.
I hear ya. It's been a long time since we''ve done this dance, and that there are shiny new consoles to buy makes we wanna get a new everythang to go with it.
I hear ya. It's been a long time since we''ve done this dance, and that there are shiny new consoles to buy makes we wanna get a new everythang to go with it.
Word - I'd totally upgrade the TV in my room for the new consoles, but I don't think I can afford it after the (probably) $7-800 AUD layout for the console + games.
But I'm to busy awaiting the day where I hook up a monster gaming PC to triple 72-inch HDTVs and 7.1 surround sound to be excited about this Kinect & TV stuff.
@believer258: I tried but it's just tough when you're at the top.
*sniff* *cough*
Only people who write stuff like this are those that didn't experience what PC gaming was like in the past. I still have nightmares about drivers to this very day.
@believer258: I tried but it's just tough when you're at the top.
*sniff* *cough*
Only people who write stuff like this are those that didn't experience what PC gaming was like in the past. I still have nightmares about drivers to this very day.
Or people who can't afford to have both a good PC for games and consoles for those great exclusives.
Sorry to pull the money card, but as a person who went multiplatform last generation (ie, after I finally joined the workforce during Uni), I won't be going back. I know the PC has great releases nowadays (I play them... on my PC) but I'm also very much looking forward to The Last Of Us and Beyond: Two Souls later this year.
Oh, and I'm by no means rich - I quit my shitty sales job last year and have been doing freelance work since, and anyone who has worked freelance can tell you how dicey that is - but the ONLY other reasons I can think of for not having consoles along-side your PC are derivatives of being closed-minded.
@believer258: I tried but it's just tough when you're at the top.
*sniff* *cough*
Only people who write stuff like this are those that didn't experience what PC gaming was like in the past. I still have nightmares about drivers to this very day.
If you actually took that comment seriously then I guess I have no one else to blame other than sarcasm's ineptitude of being noticed through the internet. Taking into consideration the PC's past only shows just how far the platform has come.
@believer258: I tried but it's just tough when you're at the top.
*sniff* *cough*
Only people who write stuff like this are those that didn't experience what PC gaming was like in the past. I still have nightmares about drivers to this very day.
Or people who can't afford to have both a good PC for games and consoles for those great exclusives.
Sorry to pull the money card, but as a person who went multiplatform last generation (ie, after I finally joined the workforce during Uni), I won't be going back. I know the PC has great releases nowadays (I play them... on my PC) but I'm also very much looking forward to The Last Of Us and Beyond: Two Souls later this year.
Oh, and I'm by no means rich - I quit my shitty sales job last year and have been doing freelance work since, and anyone who has worked freelance can tell you how dicey that is - but the ONLY other reasons I can think of for not having consoles along-side your PC are derivatives of being closed-minded.
I like how one little off-handed remark can lead to two different responses from two people. Dude was joking.
@believer258: I tried but it's just tough when you're at the top.
*sniff* *cough*
Only people who write stuff like this are those that didn't experience what PC gaming was like in the past. I still have nightmares about drivers to this very day.
I hear ye.
No wait I don't hear ye. The last few years have been so smoothly sailing that I'd forgotten all the troubles of the past. All I remember vividly from that past is smearing my chair with shit the first time I fired up Crysis.
@believer258: I tried but it's just tough when you're at the top.
*sniff* *cough*
Only people who write stuff like this are those that didn't experience what PC gaming was like in the past. I still have nightmares about drivers to this very day.
Or people who can't afford to have both a good PC for games and consoles for those great exclusives.
Sorry to pull the money card, but as a person who went multiplatform last generation (ie, after I finally joined the workforce during Uni), I won't be going back. I know the PC has great releases nowadays (I play them... on my PC) but I'm also very much looking forward to The Last Of Us and Beyond: Two Souls later this year.
Oh, and I'm by no means rich - I quit my shitty sales job last year and have been doing freelance work since, and anyone who has worked freelance can tell you how dicey that is - but the ONLY other reasons I can think of for not having consoles along-side your PC are derivatives of being closed-minded.
I'm pretty sure people who go into console threads to tell others how the PC is the only "real" way to play videogames are just doing so in jest.
Surely no intelligent, self respecting human being would go around saying things like "pc master race" etc and actually mean it.
@colourful_hippie: PC have come miles forward in terms of compatibility and stability issues. Although even to this day there are times when firing up a brand new game can feel like playing Russian roulette between the game and your system specs.
Just recently I played Max Payne 3 on pretty high settings with no issues or performance dips. When I booted up Bioshock Infinite it was a constant struggle to find settings and even .ini tweaks before the game performed smoothly - and Infinite is not a really graphically prominent title.
I own a Sony and Xbox. I weighed my options this generation and bought the 360 first. I bought my Sony about 3 years later. I finally can afford both this generation at launch and I've been saving for a year now.
After Xbox's press conference, I've decided I'm going one console again. I don't see the major differences between them in the new generation. What led me to the Xbox this generation was Xbox live and how much easier it was to deal with vs Sony online. I've decided to pass on the Xbox this go around until later if at all.
I am excited about a new toy though. It's been a rough year for me and this is helping to keep me occupied. What I really want to see out of E3 this year is the Steam Box. I think it's going to be a major contender this time. It's probably going to be expensive as hell, but I want it.
@humanity: You're not wrong which is why convenience is one of the biggest factors when choosing sides, but those kinds of small issues on PC rarely end up being too crazy and I personally feel like that's what separates the casual player (different casual, not your angry birds kind of casual) from the "enthusiast" who doesn't mind jumping an additional hoop or two to get the best experience possible.
FYI on Infinite, there's a thread in the Infinite forums where I figured out how to increase the VRAM cap and now that I did that I only get split second slowdowns when a new environment is loaded.
The next Xbox looks cool but I am still going to wait to see what their stance and how they are going to work with used games. I enjoy Used games since spending 60+$ on a new one sucks since I am soon to have alot more money being used for other things. Sony hasn't said much on their stance but that also means there hasn't been much hate towards them about it either which is always good. It is up to MS to decide if I am with the OP on wanting to buy a new TV for the new console or wait till its cheap and they dont make much on the sale.
I hate spending money. It's such a hassle. Other than that I feel similarly, just for PS4 instead of Xbox One, though I won't buy a new entertainment center for it. I don't replace things that aren't broken.
Yeah, which is why I'll always go for some new PC hardware when I want to see and hear the best of it.
I was trying to think of a way to say this without sounding elitist. I couldn't.
Not really the same thing, you might see gradual improvements if you upgraded your PC every 2 years, but to console gamers this is their first upgrade since 2005, it will be leaps and bounds better than a yearly PC upgrade.
Yeah, which is why I'll always go for some new PC hardware when I want to see and hear the best of it.
I was trying to think of a way to say this without sounding elitist. I couldn't.
Not really the same thing, you might see gradual improvements if you upgraded your PC every 2 years, but to console gamers this is their first upgrade since 2005, it will be leaps and bounds better than a yearly PC upgrade.
Unless that upgrade was finally getting an SSD. Man, never going back - EVER.
I'm sad that my future PS4 won't have an SSD in it : /
Jesus, duders, I go take a nap and my inbox is suddenly full because of one off-hand joke-y comment that I made in reply to another off-hand joke-y comment.
See, if I had written a lengthy discourse on why I am sticking to the PC for at least a year or two, I would have had maybe one or two replies.
On-topic: Giantbomb at large doesn't seem too excited for the Xbox One. XBone. X1. Whatever the fuck you want to call it. I don't know if the rest of the internet does, I stay cooped up on this forum and don't go to other places.
Jesus, duders, I go take a nap and my inbox is suddenly full because of one off-hand joke-y comment that I made in reply to another off-hand joke-y comment.
See, if I had written a lengthy discourse on why I am sticking to the PC for at least a year or two, I would have had maybe one or two replies.
On-topic: Giantbomb at large doesn't seem too excited for the Xbox One. XBone. X1. Whatever the fuck you want to call it. I don't know if the rest of the internet does, I stay cooped up on this forum and don't go to other places.
The internet hates it. Or better it replaced the Wii U and now everyone laughs and makes fun about Microsoft.
Jesus, duders, I go take a nap and my inbox is suddenly full because of one off-hand joke-y comment that I made in reply to another off-hand joke-y comment.
See, if I had written a lengthy discourse on why I am sticking to the PC for at least a year or two, I would have had maybe one or two replies.
On-topic: Giantbomb at large doesn't seem too excited for the Xbox One. XBone. X1. Whatever the fuck you want to call it. I don't know if the rest of the internet does, I stay cooped up on this forum and don't go to other places.
The internet hates it. Or better it replaced the Wii U and now everyone laughs and makes fun about Microsoft.
That's not true. And I'm still laughing at the Wii U.
But I cant wait for the new Xbox. This is a thing where I have to have a new TV and sound system. Just to see and hear the best of it.
Anyone else like that? Haha.
Nope couldn't care less about the new xbox. They could not have made the system less interesting to me if they tried. Forced kinect? Kinect is crap. No backwards compatibility. No old XBox Arcade games. Some games are online only... No game announcements that sound even remotely interesting to someone not a "core gamer". IE: You play something other than madden or CoD. When they announce an exclusive worth owning, like the original mass effect release was for 360, I will give a rats ass and consider buying. For now Microsoft would have to pay me to make me bother connecting it.
I turn on my cable box months at a time. TV is dead. I still don't understand why MS hitched its wagon onto the old infrastructure for television. I wished they went with a bigger focus on Netflix and Hulu. With Hulu looking for buyers, it would have been an awesome move for them to buy the service and push that as their main method of having TV content.
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