There are endless discussion on the internet why pc gaming is superior than consoles and vice versa.

I don’t understand that there is a necessity to prove that one is better than the. Just play your game and let other gamers enjoy their game too.

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    8 months ago

    Does anyone actually still do that? I haven’t heard anyone identify with their system since I was a youngling.

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      9 months ago

      I have a Pc but don’t want to bring it into my living room every night to play games on my 81” screen.

      Consoles have their place.

      Mobile phone games that are just glorified gambling casinos are fucking trash and should be outlawed.

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      9 months ago

      Because PC is better than console.

      This is exactly why there’s animosity.

      I prefer console because: it just works. Devs don’t need to address bugs related to hardware, and they can tune their games for the performance of the console.

      I don’t have a lot of free time so knowing it will work within seconds of hitting the power button is worth it to me.

      I used to PC game, and still do for a few that are better with a mouse/keyboard.

      I don’t hate on anyone that prefers a different gaming system.

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    9 months ago

    I think it was more prevalent when there were “console wars” i.e., fans of Xbox, Playstation, or Nintendo would shout at the other two about how great their system and games were. Some of it was probably marketing, some of it was overly excited and fanatical people making arguments for a thing they like. Generally, PC gamers get to enjoy a little bit of everything, from PC ports to emulators to their own exclusive swathes of games, but the label of “PC Gamer” feels marred by the idiots over at r/pcmasterrace.

    Nowadays I’d be very surprised to see this bickering, considering how cross-platform everything is now. Playstation games are on PC, Xbox games are coming to Playstation. Nintendo is… well, Nintendo.

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      9 months ago

      Yeah, its interesting that OP is just now asking about this when it seems like the console wars have died down entirely

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    9 months ago

    There’s a lot of hate for mobile games because it does seem like literally millions of folks are abused and exploited by them. Sure, there’s neat gems buried in the App Store/Google Play, but… the sheer volume of literal scams is unreal.

    That, I get. Screw scammers.

    I got no issue with the good stuff though. Or even the mediocre stuff.

    All the other snobbery is folks people being immature snobs. And the cross-brand ‘rivalry’ isn’t so extreme anymore.

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      9 months ago

      And we have a hard time understanding others’ perspectives, which I think is also a big factor here.

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      9 months ago

      This is the real answer, most people don’t care but they like banding together and having someone else be the “other group”

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    9 months ago

    I’m perfectly content to let console player enjoy their games, just PC games feel so much easier to control for me, especially with the fine control the mouse offers. Although I do appreciate the vibration handhelds can have, mice can have it too, but it’s not as good. PC keyboards also have lots more buttons that you can map to functions, meaning more things can be accessible with one click.

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    9 months ago

    I don’t speak for others but i personally hate consoles because of their walled garden approach to games, proprietary and anti-repair design, and for paywalling access to multiplayer.

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      9 months ago

      And don’t forget that, while PC hardware might be more expensive (on the other hand you can build a superior PC at the cost of a console), games are way cheaper in the long run with countless sales on PC. I accept that everybody likes what they like. But PC games used to drive technological development, which consoles slowed down. And I hate that.

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    9 months ago

    Basically: elitism.

    Consoles have something called “exclusive games”, which are nothing more than what a blogger I read calls “Hostageware”. You can play hostageware on PC through emulators.

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    9 months ago

    People like to support their choices. It’s not a ton different than sports. There have been periods where console and PC have had the advantage over the years, but it’s now become more of a choice of what you want your computer to look like. Mobile is generally universally hated because of the effects it had on the industry as a whole by accelerating the rise of micro transactions and loot boxes to an industry standard.

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    9 months ago

    Let me tell you about the new great domain of gaming. Linux! If you are not a linux exclusive gamer; you’re a noob and you should feel bad!

    Why are you not downloading linux right now? I’m being helpful and giving you my valuable experience. It is frustrating that you are not hearing me. You must be a fool and must be made an example off, so that all the others will see that the error of your ways.

    Something like that.

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    9 months ago

    I hate Consoles because of multiplayer paywalls and lack of crossplay on other platforms as well as locked down software

    I hate mobile games because most are but t extort the user of their money with pay to win and gambling and there is generally the hardware limitations of phones and sometimes software limitations or locked down software

    PC Gaming is better because you can build a system that meets your needs, upgrade it and swap out hardware along with being able to install ant operating system you want or even dual boot more than one operating system

    I do kind of also dislike gaming laptops because you can only upgrade the ram in them, if you want a gaming laptop go with a framework ganing laptop as they have swappable parts excluding the cpu because the cpu is still soldered on because of cpu manufacturers though you can swap the main board

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    9 months ago

    Empathy exists in humans on a spectrum. Different people have different priorities. Accepting these 2 truths explains a lot of human behavior and history.