| There has always been an ongiong debate as to | | | | affected by the quality of your pc.By quality I |
| which form of gaming consoles offer you the | | | | mean amount of RAM,CPU,Hard Drive size,video |
| best quality and performance.The main debate | | | | card and drivers.The higher your PC specs are, |
| being between the use of computers or colsoles | | | | the better the game can look and play.The major |
| such as Xbox 360,playstation (1,2,3),nintendo wii | | | | disadvantage here is that computers and gaming |
| and so forth.Now most gamers will go on and tell | | | | applications can be prone to viruses,corrupted or |
| you that it is more worthwile to use console | | | | missing files and general sluggishness due to |
| systems than computers due to the apparent | | | | cluttered hard drives.The popular console systems |
| plug and play ease of use.But lets take a look | | | | like playstation,xbox and nintendo take advantage |
| below at the advantages and disadvantages | | | | here in that they have hardly any performance |
| between computer gaming and console gaming. | | | | issues apart from the rare freeze (In my |
| 1. Installation of Game | | | | experience). |
| One major advantage of the sony,xbox and | | | | 4. Modifications |
| nintendo console systems is the fact that it is all | | | | The great thing about playing games on your |
| about plug and play.No need to worry about | | | | computer is that you can make modifications to |
| having to wait 30 minutes to install a 5 gigabyte | | | | your game via downloading of patches,add ons or |
| game on a hardrive with the possibility that there | | | | general updates which can possbibly fix and |
| might be compatability issues.This is where | | | | enhance the performance of your game.With |
| console systems have a major advangate over | | | | console systems however, once again you are |
| computer systems. | | | | stuck with what you have.This is probably no |
| 2 Graphics quality | | | | such a great factor because if you buy a |
| This section is highly debatable.Many people | | | | particular game,any updated available for |
| including myself will tell you that the graphics | | | | computer will not change the game in such a big |
| offered by computers for gaming can be far | | | | way. |
| superior to that of sony playstation,xbox and | | | | 5. Availability of Games |
| nintendo.This is obviously due to the fact that pc | | | | Lets face it, all of the games that are available on |
| graphics cards like GeForce and ATI have large | | | | PC are not all available on the other console |
| amounts of video ram which allows games to | | | | systems.This again is another great advantage of |
| have sharper images and run faster.And there is | | | | computer systems. |
| always a continous entrance of new and | | | | So there are my five comparisions with the |
| improved graphics cards to the mrket each | | | | advantages and disadvantages between the two |
| year.With console systems,you have to make do | | | | types of gaming platforms.People will agree and |
| with what you are given.There is no possibility of | | | | some will disagree about those factors and others |
| upgrading.So the computer probably wins this | | | | not ,but at the end of the day you just have to |
| battle,but then again it is debatable. | | | | choose the platform which appeals to you the |
| 3.Performance of Games | | | | most.Personally I like PC's because of the sharp |
| Now lets start with the computer.We all know | | | | graphics and wide availability of games,but like I |
| that the performance of your game is directly | | | | said It's up to you. |