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Originally Posted by brianh
That's funny because I remember reading about in 2000 and 2001 the great graphics coming to pc's "soon". Then I saw Halo 1's graphics and it was like "they're here now!".
The death knell for pc gaming imo, was when consoles went HD. It became way too much hassle to keep the upgrade cycle going when the graphics of these machines -while not as good as promised so far- still look GREAT.
And oh ya, using Xbox live is just too easy. Oh the nightmares of PC gaming online. 
To be fair, I'm sure online pc gaming has improved, but I just don't really care anymore. |
Remember, Halo was originally a Mac game ported to DX, and the original Xbox was basically a PC with a stripped OS kernel and modified DX9.
People who say PC gaming is expensive need to re-visit the PC world.
1. You don't have to upgrade your PC hardware bi-annually, annually, or even every other year. The games/software don't scale that fast. If you want all the graphics on high, like Mike argued, and need higher than 60FPS maybe you will want to upgrade, but in the end you don't have especially if you have a moderate setup (running games at 1280x768 or the more common 1440x960 doesn't require as much juice as running at full 1920x1080 or 2560x1600)
I'm not trying to sell PC gaming to anyone, but like other posters contest other people's opinions I'm just doing the same.
Don't forget, majority of console games aren't true HD, they are upscaled internally by the machine. Some look good, some (on a bigger screen) look bad as you can see the stretching of the textures.
But again, I've been gaming for over 20 years and have a tendency to critic games more so than most gamers. Me saying "I hate how AA isn't used on all objects" doesn't translate to its a bad game. But more of a testament to the lacking of power both the PS3/360 have compared to the promises made by the devs. Halo 3 - perfect example. For them it was either Super HDR or AA, couldn't have them both which just sucks since the HDR is gorgeous but the glaring jaggies takes away from it.