Which game system is right for you?

[Zeep]

http://tf2.deadworkers.com/gallery/d/380-1/consolechartyr2.jpg

Found this on a Team Fortress 2 forum. While I don't agree with the first branch in the chart, the rest is funny.

[JasonXe]

well, i can see where the first branch is coming from but don't necessarily agree. Everything else is accurate.

[masteratt]

Yep, I love the PS brand because it always gave immersing single player games.

On a list of things a game should have, multiplayer is not even on my list.

[Coded-Dude]

Whatever, me and my friends have a blast taking turns on single player games(mostly shooters and racers).
I have way more fun playing games like Resistance or Gran Turismo with friends(taking turns)then I did by myself.

It's clever, but not funny.

[woundingchaney]

I would say that overall I enjoy my PC the most, then my PS3 and 360 get about the same amount of play time.

[IEatFriedPikmin]

PC gaming is lame. The games aren't necessarily bad. I just hate feeling like I have to upgrade my computer year to year to keep up. On top of that, you run into hackers quite frequently. Plus, you constantly have to update your game with patches or whatever.

Consoles, you upgrade every four years or so. You will run into glitchers online, but it is not as frequent as hackers. And patches download themselves and take almost no time.

Plus, even with the 360, games seem to be more reliable when running. That could be the crappy Windows OS on my PC that causes those problems though.

[TheGreenElf]

I agree with the PC thing but I don't know about the rest.

[Lucent Beam]

The first branch seems to be reversed.
But the rest is pretty funny.

[HolyPaladin]

I'm also going to jump on the disagree-but-still-funny bandwagon.

[Hisham]

Well, it is comming from a TF2 forum. The majority of those people will probably be PC gamers. Anyways, I lol'd.

[Praxis]

Subject to opinion, but still quite funny. Seen it tossed around on other forums already.

[Phoenix]

I'm also going to jump on the disagree-but-still-funny bandwagon.

[Zer0-Sum]

to me it is not funny and not clever. Nothing against you Zeep, but ever made that is an asshat. So who ever has 'Real' friends should buy a Wii? Who ever has 'Internet Friends" should buy a 360. And those that have no "Friends", but a PS3. What ever.

[belgarn]

I must say that I have and still am enjoying my PC the most. That's probably because I don't have a Wii/360/PS3, but I´m afraid the same thing will happen to my PS3(or 360) what happened to my PS2. That I will ditch it after a while and start gaming on my PC again when great online games come out, like Battlefield 3 or WoW 2(or whatever).

I haven't tested thoroughly the online functionality of the PS3, but I am yet to be impressed.. So I will probably stick to my PC for online gaming for many years to come.

[GTAce]

Wow i feel offended from a stupid internet joke.... is something wrong with me?

[Hisham]

Wow i feel offended from a stupid internet joke.... is something wrong with me?

You have to learn not to take things so seriously... Especially video games.

Some people get too touchy over their video game console of choice on these boards.

[Phoenix]

On the internet in general.

[GTAce]

Sorry but why must every joke about consoles be funny?
I hate that video game nerd stuff too, i dont find it funny and it was not PlayStation specific.
And slowly it gets annoying with the PS3 jokes and this here is not a joke about the console itself, its about the user.

For me its the same like you say "HEHE PS3 gamers have no friends lolz" only in another package, i cant see where this is funny.

[Zeep]

PC gaming is lame. The games aren't necessarily bad. I just hate feeling like I have to upgrade my computer year to year to keep up. On top of that, you run into hackers quite frequently. Plus, you constantly have to update your game with patches or whatever.

Consoles, you upgrade every four years or so. You will run into glitchers online, but it is not as frequent as hackers. And patches download themselves and take almost no time.

Plus, even with the 360, games seem to be more reliable when running. That could be the crappy Windows OS on my PC that causes those problems though.

The reasons you dislike PC gaming are also among the reasons PC gamers love it. Yes, it's more expensive, but a PC is also far more functional than any game console, and a good one will give you graphics superior to any game on any console at the time. A lot of people like knowing that if they upgrade their PC themselves, it's much more personal that owning a console which is identical to 10 million other consoles.

Yes, PC games are less reliable, but that's a tradeoff people are willing to make for the personalization/customization bit. If every PC in the world had the exact same hardware, PC games would be just as reliable as console games.

As for updates, Steam is a digital distribution system that's become hugely popular for buying PC games lately and it automatically downloads all game updates for you just like you describe about consoles. Plus it has built-in friend lists and chatting features that work in any game, much like Xbox Live.

Again, I don't think PC or Console gaming are necessarily superior to one another, I'm just pointing out that both have their advantages.

[Phoenix]

I'm not a PC gamer (Blizzard aside), but I can at least understand what people see in it.

[Hisham]

Sorry but why must every joke about consoles be funny?
I hate that video game nerd stuff too, i dont find it funny and it was not PlayStation specific.
And slowly it gets annoying with the PS3 jokes and this here is not a joke about the console itself, its about the user.

For me its the same like you say "HEHE PS3 gamers have no friends lolz" only in another package, i cant see where this is funny.

Finding something unfunny and getting offended by it are 2 seperate things... Now I laughed, but I know it is pretty much a lame joke, but I do understand it is just a joke at the end of the day. No matter how lame or stupid, it isn't something to get worked up or offended by...

[Zer0-Sum]

I just found it unfunny and unclever. And the guy who wrote it is an asshat. That is all. Offended, not hardly....