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12 reasons PC gaming is better than consoles

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While Xbots and the Sony Defence Force argue amid themselves, and Wii-mers (Wii-ers?) throw ever more ridiculous shapes pretending to play the tambourine or something, at that place is another group of gamers who quietly, happily, enjoy the best gaming platform yet invented - the PC.

And while, granted, some huge pct of PCs are never used for anything other than Outlook and basic web, PCs remain the most flexible and happiest way to game. And, unlike Wii Sports, information technology won't cause you permanent physical damage.

one. Mouse and keyboard support

Well, duh. Console kids who have grown upward with a controller in hand might argue, but there'south still no better way of playing just most whatever game in any genre – not only shooters – than the combination of keyboard and mouse. It simply works, offering orders of magnitude more precision and speed than fiddly analogue sticks.

two. High screen resolutions

While Microsoft and Sony scream well-nigh 'true HD' in their games – but in many cases don't really deliver it – the PC has been happily running games at 1080p and in a higher place for yonks. In fact, the near-HD default res of 1,280x1,024 is very 2001; even a medium rig can handle i,600x1,200 or more than these days.

iii. Costless mods

Were you a raw naif, you might be forgiven for thinking that LittleBigPlanet et al single-handedly invented the idea of (nnnggh) 'user generated content'. Only guess what? PC gamers take been coding mods (modifications) such as add-ons, total conversions, unofficial levels and all style of other gubbins for… well, pretty much forever. And then distributing it for costless, for the sheer love of it.

4. Upgradeable hardware

With the same higher resolutions and textures, chances are a new PC game already looks better than its console analogue right now. But fifty-fifty if y'all can't run information technology with all the visuals tweaked to the max, processor and graphic cards prices drib then rapidly that information technology's hardly banking company-breaking to refit your rig in a year or and so, for better graphics and more speed.

v. Cheaper games

Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo'south licensing and publishing costs inevitably drive up the cost of every unmarried game released, and even pre-owned games tend to be far pricier than the PC equivalent.

6. You lot're not tied to one online service

Imagine not having to rely on a unmarried, key server such every bit Xbox Alive or PlayStation Network whenever you become online. Imagine not having to suffer downtimes, airheaded licensing agreements, or daft console-restricting DRM. Oh await… that's the PC online, isn't it?

seven. No actress dosh needed for playing online

Okay, this simply applies to Xbox Live, but who's to say that Sony might not commencement charging for PSN every bit information technology keeps haemorrhaging money? And yes, Xboxers can use the costless Silver service, but really – why would you?

8. Unlimited storage space

The Xbox 360 is limited to whatever can fit on a DVD (or, if y'all're unlucky, more one). The PlayStation 3 has to struggle with turgid Blu-ray admission and enforced installs. PC games, meanwhile, just sit happily on the potentially unlimited storage space of your hard drive. Easy.

9. Save game hacking

Similar modders, PC gamers are rabidly enthusiastic nearly pulling apart relieve games and data files, fiddling therein, and finding ingenious ways to cheat or fix corrupted files. Attempt doing that with your Wii.

10. Unofficial fixes for older games

PC games such every bit Vampire: The Masquerade often get unofficial, free, support long after publishers accept gone kaput and official support is abased, thanks to the tireless efforts of their fans. Issues fixes, enhancements, new hardware support – it's all there.

11. Abandonware

The geek term for 'old games which you can't buy whatever more'. There are a huge number of classic PC titles out at that place from years gone by, and many thousands are bachelor to download, legally, for free.

12. No scarlet band of decease

Well, you lot but get this on the Xbox, of form, only the concluding thing y'all want your gaming machine to do is to completely konk out. At least when a PC goes wrong, it really goes wrong. Like, with fire and everything (possibly).

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