Originally posted by: ricarleite
PC games provide an easier input for shooter games, easier internet multiplayer, and are perfect for some games such as adventures. Consoles provide almost no compatibility issues, but are very strict and get obsolete faster - you can't upgrade it easily.

If we are lucky the Wii will fix that first part hopefully. It will be great for shooters and stuff, if done properly by the developer. True you can't upgrade as easily, but with consoles upgrading isn't really neccesary, especially with the way new systems come out every 10ish years. We shall see though.

Oh yeah, about Jaster Mareel's comment about the price and all on the first page, PS2, GC & Xbox games were all $49.99 when they came out. Games on CD were able to be a steady price, unlike the cartridge games on the Nintendo consoles (I usAe Nintendo cause they had the most cartridged based consoles). If you remember the games varied from like 40 bucks from anywhere to like 60 maybe even 70 bucks (Hey You Pikachu! was expensive) The Xbox 360 games are only $59.99, they only went up 10 bucks. PS3 games are going up 20 bucks, that's the main reason people are complaining.

They have to realize though that the reason for the expense is the fact that they are on bluRay discs. Games don't start off high, they normally start off at the price they are gonna be for the rest of the consoles life span. As for Jasters comment about the console wars, it's really kind of a stupid comment. I mean that, not in an asshole way, but it's just that the same thing happens in sports and in peoples taste for cars. There are people that despise Fords or Chevrelots, yet there are people that love those two also. It's just the way it is. I happen to be one that, while not crazy for Microsoft, accept all 3 systems. I probably won't get all three, definitely getting the Wii, because I can't afford $600 for the PS3, cause face it the $500 version sucks and is more of a waste of money than the more expensive version cause it lacks some almost basic stuff. I have no interest in the games for 360 so I won't get that. I personally hope 360 fails only cause I mainly really don't like Microsoft, as mentioned before, and am more of a Nintendo fan than anything. I also think the PS3 is gonna have a hard battle with the price.

Last comment. The price does seem high, but if you think about it, there is a bluRay player, which alone would sell for a lot more, and it is using a lot of technology. Luke Skywalker makes a post on the first page about how it has more hardware than 360 & Wii. All I have to say is that it's stupid to compare PS3 & Xbox 360 to Wii because Nintendo has already said it's not competing with them. In a sense it's obivously competing with them, but it's going a different direction: innovation, they are going with more power & better graphics. And to his comment about bashing the system, people can do what they want and if they want to bash the system let them. If it annoys you, ignore them. And I don't think PS3 is gonna outsell the competition without a doubt. Anyone that followed E3 knows that the Wii had the longest lines in the history of E3. If Nintendo can keep that hype and deliver on what they are doing, they are gonna do really well.

Just my two cents, sorry for the long post, really just wanted to say that first thing I said.

-Shark2k