WyrmFyre
11-12-2007, 11:15 AM
Nope, not some old spiel about how the worlds going to end, dont panic.
Im talking about how I fear the end is nigh for my PC, and not just for gaming. And no, this isnt intended as a rant about which is best, PS3, xBox or PC.
Over the road from me, my friend has a PS3, plumbed into his 32 inch TFT telly. Id played on xBoxes and PS3s before hand but this is the first time I witnessed the console being played in high def. Quite frankly it scared me!
We started of browsing through some of the game trailers he'd downloaded, then played out way through countless demo's, before slaughtering the living hell out of each other on Resistance : Fall of Man, and soon after, his missus came into the room and checked up on how her items were doing on eBay.
Now none of this would normally provide such an intense amout of pleasure. The thing is, I was doing all this while sat on a nice comfy sofa, watching it all on a huge wall mounted TV, in the comfort of the lounge.
This has started off a huge debate between me and a few work colleagues, and although I am an avid PC gamer right now, come christmas, a shiny new 360 will festoon our front room, and Im starting to find it hard to rationalise keeping my PC.
Music - xBox can do
Gaming - xBox can do
Browsing - xbox can do
Messaging - xBox can do (via WLM, but we cant always have it how we want)
These are the four main things I do with my PC, which again is nothing fantastic, but ive asked about and the same thing recurrs - most people dont keep their PC in their lounge, and those that do dont generally keep it somewhere it's accesible from their sofa. Better yet, I can do all of the above four on my TV, which means a couple of presses of a button will get me out of a game and watching something amusing on Sky, or a DVD, both of which I cant do on my PC because it simply isnt located anywhere accesible enough for that.
With the advent of wireless controllers, dolby 7.1, high def and more and more comfortable sofa's, what use is my PC? I personally keep mine in a hallway between the lounge and the kitchen. I have a friend who brags about his 7.1 surround sound on his PC and his massive flatscreen monitor, but again the same thing pops up; to watch a DVD or listen to a song, he has to sit at a desk or on a bed, surrounded by speakers, watching a monitor, on a desk, just next to the drawer he keeps his underwear in, rather than (and yes I keep emphasising this point) on a nice, comfy sofa in the lounge.
Are we witnessing a revolution yet, or just the start? Will this generation of consoles be the PC killer, or the next? Yes, my PC can do whatever the xBox or the PS3 can do, but it would require substantial upgrades, when for under 300 nicker, i can have it all, in one small box, and I can invite friends round to play without worrying about whether or not Ive left last nights dirty boxers on the floor.
Im interested to see what people think of this, hopefully it all makes sense.
Im talking about how I fear the end is nigh for my PC, and not just for gaming. And no, this isnt intended as a rant about which is best, PS3, xBox or PC.
Over the road from me, my friend has a PS3, plumbed into his 32 inch TFT telly. Id played on xBoxes and PS3s before hand but this is the first time I witnessed the console being played in high def. Quite frankly it scared me!
We started of browsing through some of the game trailers he'd downloaded, then played out way through countless demo's, before slaughtering the living hell out of each other on Resistance : Fall of Man, and soon after, his missus came into the room and checked up on how her items were doing on eBay.
Now none of this would normally provide such an intense amout of pleasure. The thing is, I was doing all this while sat on a nice comfy sofa, watching it all on a huge wall mounted TV, in the comfort of the lounge.
This has started off a huge debate between me and a few work colleagues, and although I am an avid PC gamer right now, come christmas, a shiny new 360 will festoon our front room, and Im starting to find it hard to rationalise keeping my PC.
Music - xBox can do
Gaming - xBox can do
Browsing - xbox can do
Messaging - xBox can do (via WLM, but we cant always have it how we want)
These are the four main things I do with my PC, which again is nothing fantastic, but ive asked about and the same thing recurrs - most people dont keep their PC in their lounge, and those that do dont generally keep it somewhere it's accesible from their sofa. Better yet, I can do all of the above four on my TV, which means a couple of presses of a button will get me out of a game and watching something amusing on Sky, or a DVD, both of which I cant do on my PC because it simply isnt located anywhere accesible enough for that.
With the advent of wireless controllers, dolby 7.1, high def and more and more comfortable sofa's, what use is my PC? I personally keep mine in a hallway between the lounge and the kitchen. I have a friend who brags about his 7.1 surround sound on his PC and his massive flatscreen monitor, but again the same thing pops up; to watch a DVD or listen to a song, he has to sit at a desk or on a bed, surrounded by speakers, watching a monitor, on a desk, just next to the drawer he keeps his underwear in, rather than (and yes I keep emphasising this point) on a nice, comfy sofa in the lounge.
Are we witnessing a revolution yet, or just the start? Will this generation of consoles be the PC killer, or the next? Yes, my PC can do whatever the xBox or the PS3 can do, but it would require substantial upgrades, when for under 300 nicker, i can have it all, in one small box, and I can invite friends round to play without worrying about whether or not Ive left last nights dirty boxers on the floor.
Im interested to see what people think of this, hopefully it all makes sense.