Why consoles are better then computers.

<Yvon> wow
<Yvon> the cell in the ps3 is basically 9 **edited**ty cpus stuck onto one pcb
<hysteria> ok
<hysteria> 9 **edited**ty cpus > 1 good one
<Yvon> not really
<Yvon> they're like, original pentiums
<Yvon> they strapped 9 of em together and gace them a ton of bandwidth
<Yvon> gave*
<Hitman> how is this bad?
<Hitman> nine cpus can be doing nine times the work?
<Hitman> but i am probably wrong]]
<Yvon> nine pentium 1s
<Hitman> i cant see them making the PS3 bad
<Hitman> but if they did, its a bloody shame.
<hysteria> using keith logic: 9 pentium 1s = pentium 9 (because 9 x 1 = 9). a pentium 9 is almost twice as good as your pentium 4.
<hysteria> so ha
<Yvon> lmao
<Hitman> pwned

So it is settled, consoles are better then computers for playing games.

Don't hold ye breath.

Yes.  I ment to say ye.

But PC is still WAY more fun to play on.

his logic is flawed when it come to the prossecors. the pentium 1 poseesor is what anyone who has used a computer made in the last year would think is slow as heck

 that becuase they are. 9 pentium 1 prosseors would hardly equal a pentium 9. they'd be lucky if they could compare with a pentium 3. =)

anyway althopugh consoles are easier to use when playing i like computer better if and only if the computer is built in a way to accomidate for the need for gamplay. console>school computer

3.6ghz pent IIII 2 mb rame dualr 80 gig hardraive raid control and a nice radion card >console

just my two cents =)

No, consoles are turning INTO computers, proving that computers are superior.

Computers also don't require you to buy hugely expensive new machines and a whole new set of games every year or so. When Halo came out for PC, you could run it on some really crappy machines, even though it was meant for fairly modern ones. Those people weren't forced to buy a few hundred dollars' worth of equipment to play it.

I'm just waiting for someone to write an operating system that's entirely barebones and devotes all system resources to applications. There's also the idea that someone could invent a way to just not have an OS, and use some other way to run games. You could have an OS on a separate part of the drive and boot from it when you were done.

In any event, PC > console. There is more PC technology being hijacked for consoles than vice versa, and the ideas I outlined would actually be a regression of technology for PCs - they used to have systems like that, and that's probably where console designers got the idea.

Edited by AdmiralSenn

Hysteria wrote: So it is settled, consoles <span style="font-style: italic;">are </span>better then computers for playing games.

don't u mean "better than"...

Strife_17 wrote: 3.6ghz pent IIII

don't u mean pentium IV...    sry, had to do it

so anyways, in response to Hysteria:

Game consoles are never going to surpass computers. The processors will always be faster, the RAM will always be more plentiful, and the graphics cards will always be superior... Plus, first-person shooters suck with a hand-held controller.

nice try

Edited by SeaWolf

Well in my situation my GCN is better cuz my comp is SLOW.

Yeah thats right I rock a Game Cube what about it?

SeaWolf wrote: don't u mean "better than"...

I'm from the south.... wuddya expect?

AdmiralSenn wrote: Computers also don't require you to buy hugely expensive new machines and a whole new set of games every year or so. When Halo came out for PC, you could run it on some really crappy machines, even though it was meant for fairly modern ones. Those people weren't forced to buy a few hundred dollars' worth of equipment to play it.

Yeah, but it depends on the consumer's stand point.  For me to play games on the computer, for example,  I would have to go out and lay down $500 to get a decent machine.  For you to play games on the console you would have to go and spend $150 on one.  "[A] whole new set of games every year." what are you talking about?  Aside from MMORPGs (is that right? ) A consoler can play a game for just as long as a computer-er.

I like consoles more simply because i hate having to download a CD onto my computer and doing all that crap. Ide rather just stick a game in and play. The fact of the mater is consoles are catching up with PCs. XBox is already running all sorts of programs found on computers. These up comming consoles will be very powerful and will have multiple tasks. Soemthing like 3 differnt x box 2s. Who wants to spend 500 dollars on a computer, 500 on more memory and graphics prosessor. Or would you want to pay 300 for a next gen console. I just pulled that priice out of the air i dont know how much they will be.

I like consoles more.