Argument essay for LIA 102
PC vs Console, This are the hard questions as a gamer if you chose a console you get most of the big releases, they are easier to use, and then there's the all important console exclusives. Consoles are more intuitive and most don't require internet to play games on them. However PCs are easily modified and upgraded, they also have far more precise controls for most games and there is a staggering amount of games that come out on a regular basis. This can make it very difficult to chose if you want to put in the time to research PC and what hardware you want. Or if you want to skip the hassle and buy a console that you don’t have to worry about if you got the top of the line one or not until they come out with a …show more content…
While this is a large investment you by no means have to get a top tier PC to play most games it is only the new big releases that you woulded not be able to run on a standard PC. This brings us to one of the other problems with gaming on computers and that is not all computers are created equal if you want to really game you have to have at least little knowledge of the inner workings of your PC. the word used to describe gaming computers is mainly PC because unfortunately if you own one of the apple products that is not based in windows the developers of most games don’t release their games to be compatible with anything but windows. This is because to make games that can be played on apple computers requires them to almost fully recode the game and all but the bigger publishers unfortunately don't have have the staff or money to make what is usually two different games. It's also because in the market for video games PC owners make up the vast majority of players so it’s just not worth it for almost all developers to make games compatible with apple
PC vs Console, This are the hard questions as a gamer if you chose a console you get most of the big releases, they are easier to use, and then there's the all important console exclusives. Consoles are more intuitive and most don't require internet to play games on them. However PCs are easily modified and upgraded, they also have far more precise controls for most games and there is a staggering amount of games that come out on a regular basis. This can make it very difficult to chose if you want to put in the time to research PC and what hardware you want. Or if you want to skip the hassle and buy a console that you don’t have to worry about if you got the top of the line one or not until they come out with a …show more content…
While this is a large investment you by no means have to get a top tier PC to play most games it is only the new big releases that you woulded not be able to run on a standard PC. This brings us to one of the other problems with gaming on computers and that is not all computers are created equal if you want to really game you have to have at least little knowledge of the inner workings of your PC. the word used to describe gaming computers is mainly PC because unfortunately if you own one of the apple products that is not based in windows the developers of most games don’t release their games to be compatible with anything but windows. This is because to make games that can be played on apple computers requires them to almost fully recode the game and all but the bigger publishers unfortunately don't have have the staff or money to make what is usually two different games. It's also because in the market for video games PC owners make up the vast majority of players so it’s just not worth it for almost all developers to make games compatible with apple