Getting into video games can be a daunting task if you're unfamiliar with it, especially with all the choices these days. Choosing what games to play and whether you’re going to use a PC or console. If you decide to buy a PC, what operating system you’ll use, and what console to buy if you decide to go down that route. There are also many differences in how the game is controlled, the prices of games, the price of the system, quality, and more.
The controls are very different whether using a computer or a console. On a PC, a keyboard and mouse are used, and consoles use a controller. Generally, keyboards are mostly the same, but mice can be very different, depending on what kind you buy. If you buy a mouse designed specifically for gaming, there can be anywhere from two …show more content…
If you want a higher quality, a more powerful computer is required, which requires more money. However, on a console, there is no limit, other than the game’s graphics, to how high the settings can be, for much cheaper than a PC that can run the same game at the maximum graphics. Although the consoles can run the highest-quality graphics, the “highest-quality graphics” on PC are actually higher quality, meaning that a console wouldn’t be able to use the same “highest-quality graphics” that a PC would. There is also gameplay quality to consider. For the most part, most of the paid games on PC that don’t require the use of more than 7 or 8 buttons at once are also available on consoles. However, there are many games that are PC-exclusive - probably the most well-known is World of Warcraft, where you may need as many as 33 buttons at once! Because of that, the game can’t be feasibly played with a controller, meaning that it can’t be played on console. On the other hand, there are games on console that the developers have decided not to port to PC, with examples like The Last of Us, the Uncharted series, the Gears of War series, and
The controls are very different whether using a computer or a console. On a PC, a keyboard and mouse are used, and consoles use a controller. Generally, keyboards are mostly the same, but mice can be very different, depending on what kind you buy. If you buy a mouse designed specifically for gaming, there can be anywhere from two …show more content…
If you want a higher quality, a more powerful computer is required, which requires more money. However, on a console, there is no limit, other than the game’s graphics, to how high the settings can be, for much cheaper than a PC that can run the same game at the maximum graphics. Although the consoles can run the highest-quality graphics, the “highest-quality graphics” on PC are actually higher quality, meaning that a console wouldn’t be able to use the same “highest-quality graphics” that a PC would. There is also gameplay quality to consider. For the most part, most of the paid games on PC that don’t require the use of more than 7 or 8 buttons at once are also available on consoles. However, there are many games that are PC-exclusive - probably the most well-known is World of Warcraft, where you may need as many as 33 buttons at once! Because of that, the game can’t be feasibly played with a controller, meaning that it can’t be played on console. On the other hand, there are games on console that the developers have decided not to port to PC, with examples like The Last of Us, the Uncharted series, the Gears of War series, and