On the PC vs Console debate I'm gonna break it down.
Consoles are computers that are specifically designed to play games (although some are now having extra features put on them
), they are designed only for the purpose to play games and this impacts their development.
PROS:
- They are easy to use, they are for people who want to relax and play a game and so they have tried to make that as intuitive and easy as possible.
- The cost to quality ratio of the hardware is great, for $500 you can purchase the same processing power of a PC that is more than twice as expensive (if bought from a store).
- They have split screen, which is POSSIBLE on PC's but difficult to set up
PC's on the other hand are NOT designed specifically to play games, they are designed as general purpose computers but the interesting thing is, this actually offers a considerable amount of advantages to gamers, basically nothing is "set up for you" directly, but the possibility to set basically ANYTHING up is there.
PROS:
- PC's are considerably more modular and customizable. You can create a PC that is considerably more powerful than any consoles as well as tweaking in game files to play the game YOU want to play, not just the game the developer made. These include mods, graphic tweaks, etc.
- PC's are much more friendly to the open source community. You can create games, download games for extremely cheap on steam, play online games, share games with your friends. There is not as much corporate process in terms of producing, releasing and even developing games on PC, as these are done through the internet rather than through business like EB games. Steam and Origin offer very great open alternatives to try and decrease "shady" procedures that offline stores simply can't match
- PC's are designed to do EVERYTHING, which means when you play a game you can also talk to friends, check facebook, do whatever you want. I'm a fan of multitasking and I tend not to like focusing on ONLY my game for a set period of time. I do like to multitask and bit and do more stuff!
PC's are my favoured thing. The customizability of the PC beats the ease of use of the console. It's the same with Android and Iphone, I'll pick android because I prefer the customizability of the android over the reliability and ease of use the iphone offers.