| I have a Playstation 3 and I like it a lot. | | | | |
| However, I was sitting there thinking the | | | | Now maybe we should not be looking at the |
| other day, was I overlooking a great games | | | | consoles themselves but at a home targeted |
| console in my lap. If you have read any of my | | | | operating system to run games and media with |
| other articles, you would know the reason I | | | | the lowest overhead from the OS. Most of us |
| prefer the Playstation 3 was for its media | | | | don't need the extra services that run on |
| capabilities as well as its game playing | | | | windows. We want to play music watch films |
| abilities. Now I'm starting to rethink my | | | | and most of all play games. For the first 2 |
| decision | | | | options with a little bit of know how Linux |
| | | | would do a great job but unfortunately the |
| I'm sitting in my office typing away on my | | | | majority of games are produced for the |
| 2.8 GHz AMD PC it wasn't so long ago this | | | | windows platform. I'm no programmer but how |
| was my gaming passion. I would while away the | | | | hard would it be to produce a streamlined |
| evening playing games like empire earth, call | | | | operating system optimised for the home media |
| of duty and a big favourite operation | | | | / games market? Sony have done a good effort |
| flashpoint. Before I got a 42 inch LCD TV | | | | with the PS3 front end but it doesn't work as |
| connecting the PC to the TV was not an option | | | | well as Windows or the Ubuntu (Linux distro) |
| but now things have changed. I can easily | | | | front end. |
| connect my PC and the picture is great. | | | | |
| | | | I still play my PS3 but I miss games that |
| I'm not rethinking my decision because I have | | | | give you that level of control and |
| swung to the dark side and want an Xbox 360 | | | | interaction. I miss playing RTS games and |
| instead, as far as consoles go I prefer the | | | | first person shooters with a mouse. Most of |
| PS3. I am rethinking my decision because a PC | | | | all I miss editing my own missions witch |
| would do everything I want from a console as | | | | never seems to be an option on consoles. |
| well as a lot more. I want to be able to | | | | |
| watch movies play music as well as play | | | | This generation of consoles cannot compete |
| games. | | | | with a PC with some great games that cannot |
| | | | be played effectively on a console at this |
| I started feeling like this about consoles, | | | | moment in time with games like Eve-online and |
| after I was reading up on the differences on | | | | the RTS genre games. The PC, or should is say |
| playing GRAW2 on PC Vs Xbox 360 for example | | | | the PC style of gaming with a mouse and |
| on the PC version you can order individual | | | | keyboard. I believe is the best way of |
| members of your team to do tasks on the | | | | gaming. |
| console versions you have to order them as a | | | | |
| whole team. After this, I felt cheated why | | | | Maybe all that is needed is the ability to |
| was the PC game more in depth then the | | | | use the mouse and keyboard within games and |
| console version. Consoles seem to be limited | | | | some good RTS games and of course the ability |
| with regard to level of control and game | | | | to mod games I know that would make me |
| play. | | | | happy, as a gamer. |