Gaming PC & Console games discussion

[Fluff]

thanks, but what type of console should I get? I dont know the difference or good or bad of any of the different iterations of xbox/playstations. that was my main question.

I’m not prejudging , but are you familiar with console controllers?

Because if you salute, when you should have tossed a grenade, your just freshmeat to the grinder. I could never move from keyboard/mouse.

 

[tea-drinker]

Pulling 8G in a Sunderland... got to love War thunder ;-) And it takes a beating like a flying tank....

 

[surfpunk]

I’m not prejudging , but are you familiar with console controllers?

Because if you salute, when you should have tossed a grenade, your just freshmeat to the grinder. I could never move from keyboard/mouse.

what do you mean? I am asking for advice on what console to purchase. I dont play pc games, not interested. looking for advice on what iteration of xbox/playstation to get, what in you peoples esteemed opinion is recommended? does it matter? should I just get the latest version? mostly interested in stand alone versions, not interested in having to connect to the internet in order to play a game.

 

[droopy]

Most games are cross platform now. There are a few PC only games, like DCS World, strategy games or ARMA series. As to your main question. You mostly know the answer to that one, as you know your budget. If you have to get a TV or monitor for that console. And what the price of console games is where you live.
https://www.youtube.com/user/DigitalFoundry/videos - Digital Foundry usually tests consoles and how games run on them. Check their channel out.

 

[NZM305]

im still waiting for star citizen ........ waiting....... waiting........ ?

Stilll waiting.............waiting.............. waiting........?

 

[TheKiwi]

You could play it now if you accept that its still in Alpha. I'm enjoying myself in it.

 

[surfpunk]

Most games are cross platform now. There are a few PC only games, like DCS World, strategy games or ARMA series. As to your main question. You mostly know the answer to that one, as you know your budget. If you have to get a TV or monitor for that console. And what the price of console games is where you live.
https://www.youtube.com/user/DigitalFoundry/videos - Digital Foundry usually tests consoles and how games run on them. Check their channel out.

yes, my main question was which console to buy, not what games to buy. there are many different iterations of consoles, so my question is which one is recommended by those that have experience.

 

[TheKiwi]

I'd suggest the new X-Box as the Microsoft X-Box pass gives you access a metric f***-tonne of games. However this is only based on that fact, I do not own either an X-Box or a Playstation.

 

[BCNTM]

I'd suggest the new X-Box as the Microsoft X-Box pass gives you access a metric f***-tonne of games. However this is only based on that fact, I do not own either an X-Box or a Playstation.

PC all the way

Not found a console that can do all the other things a PC can - and if you are really that bothered, you can add an Xbox controller

I only buy a new PC when I find a game I want to play - or a piece of software I want to run that won't work on my current setup

 

[TheKiwi]

Yes but with a console you know it "just works". A PC is 100,000 possible variations on the same thing that all have to work together in the same way to get the same results. There is definitely a case to be made for consoles for the simplicity of use.

 

[BCNTM]

Yes but with a console you know it "just works". A PC is 100,000 possible variations on the same thing that all have to work together in the same way to get the same results. There is definitely a case to be made for consoles for the simplicity of use.

Always have a couple of PC's and I should not say this but not had an issue for years

Currently, running a 1080 and 3070 (although a 3080 is on the cards)

As I used to spend half my life repairing other people's consoles and chipping them etc. I have no great affinity to consoles - pain in the *rse to work on as well

At least with a PC you can pull a board out and put another one in - console if it dies it tends to be binned

 

[surfpunk]

PC all the way

Not found a console that can do all the other things a PC can - and if you are really that bothered, you can add an Xbox controller

I only buy a new PC when I find a game I want to play - or a piece of software I want to run that won't work on my current setup

I only have one pc and its dedicated to music so a console it will have to be. there are a lot of choices out there, at least counting used/older versions of the xbox/playstation

 

[Gaz]

I only have one pc and its dedicated to music so a console it will have to be. there are a lot of choices out there, at least counting used/older versions of the xbox/playstation

I'm not a massive gamer but I have a PS4 which in my limited experience I still think is mindblowing. Right now, I can't justify to myself the expense of upgrading to a PS5 unless they stop making PS4 games or they have Scarlett Johannson personally deliver the PS5 to me.

 

[BCNTM]

I only have one pc and its dedicated to music so a console it will have to be. there are a lot of choices out there, at least counting used/older versions of the xbox/playstation

I only really play Phoenix Point and Farcry at the moment so PC's are fine

Do you use the PC for music production or just to store and listen?
One of my PC's is just for music production - so FL20 - Sonar - Pro24(real old school) and Open MPT for demo stuff - Raid array for storing samples and music

Have very little hardware now - just a Akai Pro Fire controller for FL - Akai MPK mini 3 - Akai drum pad controller and a very old Emu master keyboard

 

[Jake84]

I am totally out of the loop re: video games as the last console I owned was a PS2, but I think @droopy got it right. Doesn’t matter much if you’re going to buy PS4/5 or Xbox. Expect the PS5 to ruin you a bit though.

Some of my friends still are gamers, because they have children or just ‘cause they’re addicted to it. I don’t even know the reason I quit gaming, or purchasing the latest console, but I think it was the addiction part that was becoming an issue.

 

[Rynoki]

I have been playing Division 2 through 2021. A bit late to the party as it came out in 2019 but I'm loving it, and plenty of people still active.

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[Fluff]

I'm not a massive gamer but I have a PS4 which in my limited experience I still think is mindblowing. Right now, I can't justify to myself the expense of upgrading to a PS5 unless they stop making PS4 games or they have Scarlett Johannson personally deliver the PS5 to me.

Did you say Rachel Weiss is delivering PS5??

 

[TheKiwi]

Some screenshots from Star Citizen. @NZM305

Staring at the sunset on the planet Hurston.

Another Hurston sunset as a howling gale whips up the dust around me. About to board a Valkyrie dropship.

A tranquil meet up in an alpine meadow on the planet Microtech. The ships are the luxury Origin model 600i.

Deep in the bowels of Kleischer Reform Facility. I might have been a bit naughty and been sentenced to some time here breaking rocks to "rehabilitate" me.

Another 600i picture, this time parked on the roof of one the skyscrapers at New Babbage, capital city of Microtech.

An Aegis Retaliator heavy torpedo bomber landed at another alpine meadow on Microtech (yes I like landing there). It's warm enough I can get away without wearing a spacesuit.

Flying a Drake Dragonfly hoverbike on (you guessed it) Microtech.

Bringing my MISC Prospector mining ship into land at a space refinery station.

About to board an Origin 890 luxury space mega yacht to clear out hostile intruders. My ship is the Anvil Valkyrie dropship. I have two mates on board to assist with this dangerous task.

Flying an Anvil Super-Hornet space fighter through the wreckage of a pirates ship in the middle of an asteroid field.

 

[surfpunk]

I only really play Phoenix Point and Farcry at the moment so PC's are fine

Do you use the PC for music production or just to store and listen?
One of my PC's is just for music production - so FL20 - Sonar - Pro24(real old school) and Open MPT for demo stuff - Raid array for storing samples and music

Have very little hardware now - just a Akai Pro Fire controller for FL - Akai MPK mini 3 - Akai drum pad controller and a very old Emu master keyboard

music production. mostly in the box with ableton live, but I do record quite a bit of guitar, and have a couple of hardware sequencers and about a dozen hardware synths. right now my creativity has been in a low for the past 8 months so havent been doing much.

 

[droopy]

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