Jstar1 wrote:
IMO I think consoles are kind of a waste of money.
my dad once showed me whats inside an xbox or playstation and theres
hard drives, memory chips, RAM stuff, and other electronic things wired together.
He said its just a modified computer to play games, link up to TV, and allow the controlloer to be used
so basically your paying $300 for a "modified" computer that only plays games
while if you spend a little more, then you can get a computer that you can both play games, do homework, use internet, and download music.
dunno about you guys that are hardcore console gamers. I only owned a ps1 in my life so (although i played xbox, ps2, etc at friends house)
so my opinion might be biased but its just my own thought
Did you really have no idea that consoles and computers share similar components until your dad showed you? Even your family car, microwave, and calculator have some of those things.
To you a console might just be a "'modified' computer", but to game developers, it is the standard on which they must base their work on.
Unlike a PC, a console does not become outdated at three months and obsolete after one year of its release. Console games are designed to run on the same Wii, PS3, XBox, Dreamcast, NES, Gameboy, etc, that everyone has. In other words, unless the console malfunctions, you really won't need to get a new one until the next generation comes out a few years later, unless you really just WANT a game that is on a different system.
New PC games (and other programs as well), on the other hand, tend to push and exceed the limits of existing systems, forcing the player to either lower graphic and sound settings, and/or upgrade to a newer graphics card, which nowadays can cost just as much as or more than a Wii.
Computers still have some advantages (easier to use the internet, word processing, etc), but it's not as if consoles only play games. Even your old PSX has CD playback capability. And as far as pure gaming goes, consoles, I believe, generally provide more bang for your buck.
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