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[Croooow!]

Most video cards support HDMI out these days. Wireless keyboards, mice, and gamepads are readily available. There's no reason you can't play PC games from the couch.

The time and money needed to get that set up is a very big reason I can't play PC games from my couch.

[littlecallen]

I love console gaming. It toatally goes around the whole compatability issue and it is easily more streamlined that computer gaming. However, there is just something about computer gaming that I dont think consoles will ever do. With console gaming there is just this box and it just sits and does nice things AT you. With computer gaming there is almmost this bond between you and the computer that you cant get otherwise. I mean, you put all of the programs on, keep it clean, and pray that nothing bad happens to it. In return it does nice things for you to show that it still cares.

This is coming from probably the biggest non-smoker hippy ever.

[noiseredux]

I love console gaming. It toatally goes around the whole compatability issue and it is easily more streamlined that computer gaming. However, there is just something about computer gaming that I dont think consoles will ever do. With console gaming there is just this box and it just sits and does nice things AT you. With computer gaming there is almmost this bond between you and the computer that you cant get otherwise. I mean, you put all of the programs on, keep it clean, and pray that nothing bad happens to it. In return it does nice things for you to show that it still cares.

are you talking about sex robots?

[CRTGAMER]

Most video cards support HDMI out these days. Wireless keyboards, mice, and gamepads are readily available. There's no reason you can't play PC games from the couch.

The time and money needed to get that set up is a very big reason I can't play PC games from my couch.

Or like me who loves HD CRTs. Unfortunately no VGA input and the adaptors won't work on my DVI input.

[Hatta]

You already have a PC. Which is cheaper, buying a couple wireless peripherals for it, or buying an entire console?

Also, my Samsung Slimfit has HDMI input. And there are lots of video cards that can still output component.

[emwearz]

While I still enjoy PC gaming, the big thing that pisses me off is DRM.

What is the point of selling a game retail (such as HL2 Episode Packs), if I cant play them without activating them with steam. Once I have activated the game on steam, the game (in its physical form) becomes completely useless, as its code is activated.

WHAT A JOKE!

[Croooow!]

You already have a PC. Which is cheaper, buying a couple wireless peripherals for it, or buying an entire console?

Also, my Samsung Slimfit has HDMI input. And there are lots of video cards that can still output component.

I'm afraid you aren't understanding properly. I use a mouse and keyboard eight hours a day at work. When I get home I don't want to use a mouse and keyboard at all. Besides, when I do get a chance to play games its because my wife is using the computer for her hobbies; no hooking up the computer to the TV for me.

[Hatta]

Fair enough. It's still a viable option for many though.

[FiftyDollarCurse]

I can understand the system requirements argument, but seriously, that's only an argument an older generation should be making. Our generation is growing up with computers, you should be able to understand computer specs. It's the older generation that might have a hard time wrapping their head around this.

It is not a question of understanding the specifications, it's is a question of every new game requiring different ones. Typically better / higher / faster / more expensive. My PS3 will play every PS3 game optimally. My SNES will play every SNES game optimally. My computer needs a costly and time-intensive upgrade to play anything made in the last 12 months. It will also need an obtuse and complicated emulator to play anything made before 2004.

Besides all that, console gaming is just plain more fun.

[Ziggy]

First, let me again state that I play consoles 95% of the time I play games. Maybe even more.

My computer needs a costly and time-intensive upgrade to play anything made in the last 12 months

Sounds like your computer sucks.

Haha, OK, for real though. I'm assuming you mean any computer when you say "my computer," yeah?

Yes, computer upgrades can be expensive. But they aren't always, and they don't have to be. Only fools pay $300 for a video card. Moreover, if you constantly HAVE to poor money into your computer to play newer games than it wasn't a good computer in the first place. Say what you want. You don't buy a PS1 to play PS3 game on, so don't buy a $300 Wal Mart special in hopes to play the latest and greatest PC games on! And don't tell me, "Well a PS3 is only $300, so a gaming PC costs way more." The PS3 was $600 when it first came out, and plenty of people bought it then. So if those same people wanted to play PC games, they should be willing to spend $600 on a PC.

Time intensive? Are you kidding? Most of the standard upgrades I can think of off the top of my head (upgrading RAM or video card, adding a hard drive, replacing PSU) should take something like 5-10 minutes to complete. Hell, benefit of the doubt, an inexperienced person might take 15-20 minutes, but I would hardly consider that time consuming. Even a CPU upgrade shouldn't take more than a half hour. I think I've upgraded everything you could possibly upgrade inside a computer, and the only upgrade I would consider to be time consuming was when I upgraded the CPU's HSF because I had to remove the motherboard in order to mount it.

Every 12 months? Let's put that to the test, OK? I built my PC well over 12 months ago (exact date will be looked up) and I'm betting I can run games that came out in the last 12 months. Name some, and I'll put my computer to the test here:

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/