Thread: Console users call themselves gamers

honestly i probably say the ultimate gamers are Chessmasters.

I don't own any consoles now,but...

If it weren't for the success of the old ones (Atari,Intellivision,Genesis,SNES),there probably wouldn't be computer games as we know them. Electronic games started in the arcades then went to the consoles....long before Al Gore even thought of inventing the interweb. The consoles are what started the home-gaming craze.

And FTR.....I could finish Super Mario Bros. on one quarter(back in the day).....easily. :9

Originally Posted by Syrringe

This kinda DOES say it all:

Originally Posted by Webster's - [url

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gamer][/url]
* Main Entry: gam·er
* Pronunciation: \?g?-m?r\
* Function: noun
* Date: circa 1630

1 : a player who is game; especially : an athlete who relishes competition
2 : a person who plays games; especially : a person who regularly plays computer or video games

Nuff said.

Originally Posted by dex71

And FTR.....I could finish Super Mario Bros. on one quarter(back in the day).....easily. :9

FUCK YES DEX!!! Same here!!! I wonder how many other people here can say they've actually put a quarter into an SMB arcade. Not many.

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Now I remember why I avoid this forum like the plague...


Call them what you want. If you need me, Ill be playing a console game just to spite this thread.

The thing with consoles is that they are designed to be ahead of current gaming technology. To be more specific...

The Xbox 360 is outdated, yes, but the graphics are getting better and better. The GPU on the 360 is the same as the GPU in the ATI HD2900XT. Outdated, yes, but they keep pushing the system to it's limits. Games like Call of Duty 4 and World at War run pretty impressively on the 360, seeing how it is an "outdated" system.

I don't think game developers have evan began to push the limitations of the Playstation 3. There is a lot of potential with this system. As with most consoles, the game developers seem to get better and better and the system matures.

Remember back when Super Nintendo came out with Donkey Kong Country? That game had the best graphics of any SNES game out on the market... but it came out after the system had aged and the developers had "mastered" the limitations of the system. PC gamers usually don't have to worry as real gamers have systems well above the "recommended" system requirements. We just get picky and want 100+ FPS, which is somewhat unreasonable for every game.

Take Crysis. I built a system JUST to run the game... and when I did, it still ran crappy in some parts. I mean, 30-40 FPS is... okay. But I was used to having over 100 for my Source engine games. I realized that I would need a much beefier system to get the best out of Crysis. PC gamers are just too picky. And who can blame us if we are used to having the latest and greatest games run perfect?

Originally Posted by vectus

I like my PC. Mouse/Keyboard = the best gaming controllers.

That's a close one. I like my M&K but the no force feedback kinda kills games for me. I like the rumble of the controller. It reminds me that I'm the one getting hit, not the character I'm playing.

i think it depends on the game. Mouse and keyboard is the best for Strategy games and most action games imo. But at the same time it is terrible for Sports games, and i doubt much better for Stealth action games