yes yes yes we've all seen this movie and we all know how it ends but instead
of the usual song and dance why don't we all put down our glorious broadsword
then mrs. hitch forks for one second stop acting like the poop we're slinging
doesn't stink as much as the other guys objectively speaking what is best a PC
or a console let's log our way through the traditional arguments shall we first
up is exclusives whether their intent God of War Final Fantasy Starcraft Gears
of War halo or Super Smash Brothers fans
will argue all day that the exclusives
make a given platform best
hmm there is no such thing as a best
exclusive and every platform has exclusives ironically given how often
consoles ahlet's bringing this point up the Windows PC platform actually has
more exclusive than every other console ever combined along with stellar
backwards compatibility thanks to DirectX but and here's a bombshell for
the PC zealots that doesn't make it best either a fat lot of good redneck rampage
is gonna do for someone who only really wants to play pokemon next is the living
room experience consoles are optimized for the couch the interface is easy to
read the controllers are wireless and this might seem like a small detail but
they can be turned on with a controller arguably steam big picture improves game
navigation on the PC and yes you can buy little dongles to run the same
controllers wirelessly even but no one actually does that one infinitesimally
small number of you actually have a separate PC on your TV for local gaming
or game streaming that yes yes I know a
handful of you do but most people who
invest in two separate gaming boxes will at least consider buying two different
kinds of console for the TV and a PC for
the desk horses for courses my friends but the PC is the horse for any course
isn't it Linus you can buy a cheap O'Dell slam the video card in it and
start playing great free games like League of Legends and Team Fortress 2
just like that or you can go balls to the wall and Dec your setup out with
cool peripherals like the oculus rift 4k monitors and even elaborate multi-screen
configurations yes the value and flexibility argument
is a strong one for the PC but one counter is the simplicity argument yes
internet connections have made console game releases more PC like than ever and
not in a good way but at least the game works as well as it can across the board
because let's face it not everyone wants to care about what brand motor oil is in
their car what heating element is in their dishwasher or yeah it's true what
leet video card is in their gaming system which leads us to performance I'm
legit tired of hearing about how pcs are faster I really am they are and their
core functionality is much deeper than what a console can be but to be a whole
lot faster they're also more expensive at a similar price a PC really isn't
that much better than a PlayStation 4 with that said I'm even more tired of
hearing about how consoles are faster they're not if you think they are you're
wrong there was a time when you could argue that but these days you're just
wrong sorry brah then there's the closely related value argument both
sides can lay claim to massive catalogs of cheap games that were released last
year but two seemingly devastating blows to the console argument are the
backwards compatibility of the PC courtesy of DirectX and the lack of a
system-wide paid subscription for multiplayer unless of course you don't
appreciate the rampant cheating in many PC games even at the highest competitive
level sometimes something that console gamers don't suffer from to the same
degree and then of course there's the hardware too you know this is where it
kind of degrades most of the time consoles are cheap it lasts a long time
yeah but PC gamers could keep their computers for seven years if they wanted
potato grade graphics to your games are locked in 30 FPS 792p oh yeah well all
your triple-a games are crud ports of the games that run better and are
supposedly inferior Hardware maybe if your hardware didn't suck so bad the
whole industry could be able to move forward out of fast jacent yeah we all
knew this was heading there as soon as the potatoes got brought up so let's
reset again the problem and I'd actually
like to address my fellow PC master-race members for a moment here is that at the
end of the day life is not a spreadsheet and the way that we approached this
video in the first place is actually sort of wrong if we tackle this purely
objectively the PC is superior it can
achieve more check marks and fewer X's at a lower price or a vast number more
check marks at a greater price yeah I know but guys it's not about
dispassionately comparing stats to crown a winner it's about the games and the
experience that you as an individual are after if you want a super deep
experience an EVE Online makes you happy then great but if someone else wants to
play singing dancing games with their friends do you really expect them to
crowd around a PC to do it no of course not it's one of those scenarios more
hardcore oh I don't know probably but
who cares it's entertainment and the TLDR here is everyone needs to just calm
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