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Xbox 360 and PS3 Are Just Very Crap PCs

submitted by ant

1 decade 1 year 9 months ago

"There was once a time when consoles had something that PCs didn't have. They were cheaper, easier to use, more convenient. They dominated the market because they dominated our need to be lazy and catered to. Then this generation happened.

The more one considers the value that the 360 and PS3 have for the end user, the less one is able to justify their existence. Outside of a handful of exclusive games, what edge do they have? What makes them a superior choice? Nothing, declares the Jimquisition. Nothing..."

From http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/6014-Xbox-360-and-PS3-Are-Just-Very-Crap-PCs and http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2993521&cid=40714501 ...

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Tags for this video have been changed from 'Xbox 360, PS3, Playstation 3, crap, PCs, personal computers, machines, consoles, games' to 'Xbox 360, PS3, Playstation 3, PC, personal computer, machines, consoles, games, escapist' - edited by messenger

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Xbox 360, PS3, Playstation 3, PC, personal computer, machines, consoles, games, escapist' to 'Xbox 360, PS3, Playstation 3, PC, machines, consoles, games, escapist, jimquisition' - edited by messenger

I haven't played a console since SNES. What I liked about them then was that they always worked and never ever crashed. PCs still crash. Do consoles crash now? If not, that would be a significant advantage they have over PCs.

The only benefit I see that consoles have over PCs is that all the hardware is the same, so games and drivers can be optimized for that particular appliance.

What is more sinister to me is the idea behind consoles. Ween the masses off building their own PCs and have them become dependent on the console manufacturer to provide the hardware. After that, it's only one jump to the subscription model for hardware (which they've already got the software end of it locked up, ie. XBox Live, PSN, etc.). Don't buy an XBox720....just rent/lease one for the affordable cost of $30/mo. Then $40, then $50, then...

ant

>> ^messenger:

I haven't played a console since SNES. What I liked about them then was that they always worked and never ever crashed. PCs still crash. Do consoles crash now? If not, that would be a significant advantage they have over PCs.

I haven't had owned a video game console since Atari 2600. I did borrow a Turbo Graphx 16 for about a week at my grand(ma/mother)'s house. I am more of a computer gamer with Texas Instrument (TI) 99/4A, Apple //c, IBM PCs, etc. Yes, computers crash a lot except for Apple //c and TI 99/4A since they were mostly the same like video game consoles.

Moving this video to ant's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

My PS3 plays Blu-Rays...so that's kinda cool.

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