PC vs Console as Fast As Possible
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·Techquickie
·2015-05-07
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1,262 words · ~6 min read
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yes yes yes we've all seen this movie and we all know how it ends but instead
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of the usual song and dance why don't we all put down our glorious broadsword
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then mrs. hitch forks for one second stop acting like the poop we're slinging
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doesn't stink as much as the other guys objectively speaking what is best a PC
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or a console let's log our way through the traditional arguments shall we first
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up is exclusives whether their intent God of War Final Fantasy Starcraft Gears
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of War halo or Super Smash Brothers fans
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will argue all day that the exclusives
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make a given platform best
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hmm there is no such thing as a best
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exclusive and every platform has exclusives ironically given how often
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consoles ahlet's bringing this point up the Windows PC platform actually has
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more exclusive than every other console ever combined along with stellar
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backwards compatibility thanks to DirectX but and here's a bombshell for
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the PC zealots that doesn't make it best either a fat lot of good redneck rampage
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is gonna do for someone who only really wants to play pokemon next is the living
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room experience consoles are optimized for the couch the interface is easy to
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read the controllers are wireless and this might seem like a small detail but
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they can be turned on with a controller arguably steam big picture improves game
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navigation on the PC and yes you can buy little dongles to run the same
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controllers wirelessly even but no one actually does that one infinitesimally
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small number of you actually have a separate PC on your TV for local gaming
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or game streaming that yes yes I know a
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handful of you do but most people who
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invest in two separate gaming boxes will at least consider buying two different
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kinds of console for the TV and a PC for
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the desk horses for courses my friends but the PC is the horse for any course
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isn't it Linus you can buy a cheap O'Dell slam the video card in it and
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start playing great free games like League of Legends and Team Fortress 2
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just like that or you can go balls to the wall and Dec your setup out with
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cool peripherals like the oculus rift 4k monitors and even elaborate multi-screen
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configurations yes the value and flexibility argument
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is a strong one for the PC but one counter is the simplicity argument yes
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internet connections have made console game releases more PC like than ever and
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not in a good way but at least the game works as well as it can across the board
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because let's face it not everyone wants to care about what brand motor oil is in
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their car what heating element is in their dishwasher or yeah it's true what
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leet video card is in their gaming system which leads us to performance I'm
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legit tired of hearing about how pcs are faster I really am they are and their
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core functionality is much deeper than what a console can be but to be a whole
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lot faster they're also more expensive at a similar price a PC really isn't
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that much better than a PlayStation 4 with that said I'm even more tired of
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hearing about how consoles are faster they're not if you think they are you're
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wrong there was a time when you could argue that but these days you're just
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wrong sorry brah then there's the closely related value argument both
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sides can lay claim to massive catalogs of cheap games that were released last
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year but two seemingly devastating blows to the console argument are the
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backwards compatibility of the PC courtesy of DirectX and the lack of a
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system-wide paid subscription for multiplayer unless of course you don't
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appreciate the rampant cheating in many PC games even at the highest competitive
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level sometimes something that console gamers don't suffer from to the same
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degree and then of course there's the hardware too you know this is where it
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kind of degrades most of the time consoles are cheap it lasts a long time
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yeah but PC gamers could keep their computers for seven years if they wanted
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potato grade graphics to your games are locked in 30 FPS 792p oh yeah well all
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your triple-a games are crud ports of the games that run better and are
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supposedly inferior Hardware maybe if your hardware didn't suck so bad the
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whole industry could be able to move forward out of fast jacent yeah we all
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knew this was heading there as soon as the potatoes got brought up so let's
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reset again the problem and I'd actually
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like to address my fellow PC master-race members for a moment here is that at the
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end of the day life is not a spreadsheet and the way that we approached this
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video in the first place is actually sort of wrong if we tackle this purely
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objectively the PC is superior it can
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achieve more check marks and fewer X's at a lower price or a vast number more
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check marks at a greater price yeah I know but guys it's not about
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dispassionately comparing stats to crown a winner it's about the games and the
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experience that you as an individual are after if you want a super deep
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experience an EVE Online makes you happy then great but if someone else wants to
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play singing dancing games with their friends do you really expect them to
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crowd around a PC to do it no of course not it's one of those scenarios more
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hardcore oh I don't know probably but
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who cares it's entertainment and the TLDR here is everyone needs to just calm
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