Prefered Method of video gaming ?

[mabfan55]

I currently use my Xbox 360 for most games and my PC for others. Depending on the title.
How about you lot ? Just for curiosity to see the tastes of video gaming and style of games.


Games i usually play
Halo , Quake and Sonic games.
I also like to use the SEGA Mega drive Emulator on my PC a lot.

[Aridas]

I didn't know consoles were forms of video gaming.

[mabfan55]

I didn't know consoles were forms of video gaming.

Thanks for highlighting my typo.. i tweaked it.

[Aridas]

ooh, that makes better sense.

[Xuzaf D]

When I read 'Method' I was thinking about mood lighting and beverages...

[Tezkat]

Hmm... perhaps something like "Favourite Gaming Platform" would be more descriptive?

I do most of my gaming on the PC. I have no plans to invest in a current generation console, and the types of games I like (strategy games in particular) are very poorly represented on consoles.

[Fuyudenki]

I voted "Other," because I'm not picky about how I get my video games, as long as I get them.

Having said that, I'm a Playstation fanboy.

[xHaZxMaTx]

Mouse + Keyboard FTW.

[Kryptic]

I'm a PS2 person. Unforetunately, mines busted right now. 

Final Fantasy. Okami. .hack.

Yay RPGs.

I also have a Wii/GC, Dreamcast (Yesh. Sega FTW!), and a DS.

So I don't use a computer or a Xbox (though, Viva Pinata is mildly interesting. I love pet/breeding games.)

[bill]

Big FPS guy, so it's PC all the way.

[techmaster-glitch]

But the Xbox is the undisputed home of first-person shooters.

[mabfan55]

Hmm... perhaps something like "Favourite Gaming Platform" would be more descriptive?

I do most of my gaming on the PC. I have no plans to invest in a current generation console, and the types of games I like (strategy games in particular) are very poorly represented on consoles.

Not just platform. Everything..... style of game etc. its more fun that way . Prehaps. Games you like / Dislike also ?
Method is a good word for it me thinks . 

[bill]

But the Xbox is the undisputed home of first-person shooters.

I dispute that.



Oh look, it's not undisputed anymore. Magic!

[Miaka]

Not much of a gamer, but... What I've been playing most lately has been on the Wii or DS. (Twilight princess and pokemon. )

[xHaZxMaTx]

Consoles fail at FPS.

[Kitsune Ascendant]

Real close between my pc and my nintendo consoles, but gameboy and super nintendo win this one.

[Turnsky]

i have a PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, PS2, Wii, and a DS..

the greater majority of my gaming library belongs to my PC, however, and i have a penchant for RPG's, FPS's, and RTS's
some are against that grain, however, as evidenced by my liking of Ace combat and Armored core 4 on the consoles.

[Malakin]

The only thing consoles are good for are racing and fighting games, every other genre is better suited to the PC as a platform.
And even then if you just buy a USB controller the PC is just better.

About the only advantage is that consoles could be considered cheaper but thats like saying ASDA is better than waitrose because its cheaper...

[Aridas]

Consoles are dedicated machines. They don't run some multitasking OS. They have all their resources available for the game, and not only that but it's designed specifically for it. If they made a keyboard and mouse for a console, you'd be throwing your PC out the window, as far as gaming goes.

[Xuzaf D]

The only thing consoles are good for are racing and fighting games, every other genre is better suited to the PC as a platform.

I guess all those award winning and best selling Shooters and RPG's for the consoles don't count then? I wonder if you're willing to elaborate as to why that is.

[Darkmoon]

Peh, I have an Odyssey2, Atari 2600, NES, Sega Master System, Game Boy, Game Gear, Super Nintendo, Genesis, Virtual Boy, Game Boy Color, Playstation, Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast, N64, Playstation 2, Game Boy Advance, Gamecube, XBox, Nintendo DS, and a Wii, as well as a PC that has been regularly upgraded since 1986 (and yes, they are all still working).

I will say, from experience, that while the PC has had some good games on it, there aren't many games that play better on the PC than they do on the consoles. This is especially true now with the complexity in the new controllers. I've played FPSs on both the newer consoles and the PC, and most times I like the consoles just as well as the PC.

It's not a matter of the system, it's a matter of the company putting the time in the best suit the game to whatever platform it's on... but then, that's always the case.

[Aridas]

And now there's the wii, where you can physically aim with the remote and move with the nunchuk. NEW FAVORITE.

[techmaster-glitch]

The only thing consoles are good for are racing and fighting games, every other genre is better suited to the PC as a platform.

Like Dalmuda implied; Do you even know what the hell you're talking about? Cuz it sounds like you don't.

The only two things that the PCs really can do that consoles aren't quite so good at (but can still do) are RTS/TBS (cuz mouse>analogue stick when micromanaging) and MMORPG.

Everything else is covered best by consoles.

Oh yeah, And I'll give props to PCs for mods. But that's pretty much it.

Consoles are dedicated machines. They don't run some multitasking OS. They have all their resources available for the game, and not only that but it's designed specifically for it. If they made a keyboard and mouse for a console, you'd be throwing your PC out the window, as far as gaming goes.

That too.

And now there's the wii, where you can physically aim with the remote and move with the nunchuk. NEW FAVORITE.

And that.

[Turnsky]

Peh, I have an Odyssey2, Atari 2600, NES, Sega Master System, Game Boy, Game Gear, Super Nintendo, Genesis, Virtual Boy, Game Boy Color, Playstation, Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast, N64, Playstation 2, Game Boy Advance, Gamecube, XBox, Nintendo DS, and a Wii, as well as a PC that has been regularly upgraded since 1986 (and yes, they are all still working).

I will say, from experience, that while the PC has had some good games on it, there aren't many games that play better on the PC than they do on the consoles. This is especially true now with the complexity in the new controllers. I've played FPSs on both the newer consoles and the PC, and most times I like the consoles just as well as the PC.

It's not a matter of the system, it's a matter of the company putting the time in the best suit the game to whatever platform it's on... but then, that's always the case.

Console ports to the PC are a case in point here, some developers don't put in the time to even think about making it work right with a PC/mouse combo.
See: Resident Evil 4 PC.

[Ryudo Lee]

I built my PC from scratch specifically for heavy graphic-intensive gaming.  I find that with the right hardware combinations (read: enough money spent), most games that have console counterparts (and vice versa) end up looking and running better on the PC.

[bill]

Actually, I love PC racing games much more than console racing games. PC games tend to have excellent user-made mods, and the game I'm currently addicted to, rFactor, was made specifically for users to mod it. For example, the game includes a fictional Formula 3 series, Formula 1-like series, and a BMW Sauber F1 car. Right now, I'm downloading a German Porsche Carrera Cup Series mod, a Formula 1 1979 mod, and a Renault Megane mod.

[TheDXM]

I'm a really twitchy gamer, and action titles tend to function better on console, plus I don't have a lot of money to immediately exercise the range of upgrades that PC typically requires to get the best out of it.

So I'm pretty loyal to the console genre, but with that said, I know all too well that just about everything is better on PC.

So my current list:

Low-end PC (Runs Morrowind fine to give you an idea)
360,
Ps2,
Xbox (because it's fun to mod.)

I've got a few classic consoles too, but don't use them for much more than novelty, so I'll leave them out

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

... and a Renault Megane mod.

Ok, putting that into a Burnout or Carmageddon style game, and I'll put money down for it. I -hate- those ugly cars, and that'd be jsut too hysterical for words ;-]

[bill]

You can drive backwards into the pack if you want. 

[Turnsky]

I built my PC from scratch specifically for heavy graphic-intensive gaming.  I find that with the right hardware combinations (read: enough money spent), most games that have console counterparts (and vice versa) end up looking and running better on the PC.

hence the reason i get most RPG's on PC; Modifications.