PC Gaming Is Superior to Console Gaming

PC gaming is superior t o console gaming in many ways. 1. Hardware and PerformancePC games are limited in looks and performance solely by the hardware the computer is running. If you beef up the hardware you can beef up your game to crazy speeds and resolutions no matter what the age or recommended performance levels are. For example, PC Gamer, a popular gaming magazine, built and maintains one of the best gaming computers in the world which they call the Large Pixel Collider (LPC) [1]. The LPC can run both new and modern games and older games at crazy high resolutions and frame rates. The LPC ran Battlefield 4 at a whopping 1440p [2] while Xbox One only runs the game at 720p [3] and PlayStation4 runs the game at 900p. Both of which are significantly lower than the computer's max resolution. Furthermore, the computer can also run older games at these incredible benchmarks. The game Thief was released in 1998 and on PC it is able to run at 3840x2160 resolution. Compare this to Call of Duty Advanced Warfare on the Xbox One which runs at 1360x1080 resolution [3] and you get the picture. PC's hardware and performance is simply better.2. Modding Due to the fact that on a PC a game's files are accessible the game's are then able to be modded (modified). Many PC games now days have dozens of mods for them. This means that any game you buy for PC can conceivably be multiple different games. For example, the popular Total War strategy game series for PC has modifications that change the games to the World Wars [4], to Middle Earth [5] and even to Westeros from Game of Thrones [6]. Or you can easily back the game up and play the original, now one game has become four and could become many more. This is superior to console gaming because console games cannot be modded. Their files are locked onto a disc and cannot be changed. Even if one could argue that it could be done, it would not be easy nor beneficial like it is on computer. Modding makes computer games more dynamic, more valuable for their money and makes it so you can change any game to be just about whatever you want it to be. Console games have none of this.3. A PC Can Be a Game ConsoleThrough emulators a PC can become almost any game system. It can be come a GameBoy, PlayStation, Xbox 360 and more [7][8][9]. Now not only do PC's run better than consoles but they can become a console and thus be able to play console only titles on the PC. For example, I use a PlayStation emulator to play Kingdom Hearts from my laptop. Now the divide between what is a PC game and a console exclusive game is gone. PC's can play games better and now play all games. With the right things installed a PC could be every major gaming console ever made and become the ultimate gaming library. And better yet, most emulators and ROMs (the games) are now free of charge so you can build this ultimate gaming library for little to no money at all. 4. Always Backwards Compatible Every few years game consoles get an upgrade forcing console gamers to also upgrade if they want the newest and best games. Some of these new consoles are not backwards compatible meaning you can't play your old games on them. Xbox One and PlayStation4 are not backwards compatible and therefore cannot play gamers collections of old games. PC's are always backwards compatible. A modern day PC can play games that came out in the early 90s. Some games do require some tweaking here or there but for the most part games are universally backwards compatible on PC systems and that goes back to the dawn of PC gaming in the 80s. The site GoG (Good Old Games) has a plethora of extremely aged yet playable games from yesteryear which shows how nearly every PC game made can still be played today. Good luck playing an N64 or PlayStation1 game today if you don't have the right equipment still. 5. Misc* PC's can be configured to use any controller, Xbox 360, Xbox One, keyboard and mouse, PlayStation etc. You can game the way you want to. * PC games are generally cheaper than console games. Console games all start around 60USD while many computer games now days start at 15-20USD new. [10]* PC's, due to their backwards compatibility and ease of modding and game design, has far more games than a traditional game console. Therefore, PC gaming is overall superior to console gaming. Thank you. [1] . http://lpc.pcgamer.com... [2] . http://www.pcgamer.com...[3] . http://www.ign.com... [4] . http://www.moddb.com...[5] . http://www.moddb.com...[6] . http://www.pcgamer.com...[7] . http://coolrom.com...[8] . http://www.emuparadise.me...[9] . https://www.xbox360pcemulator.com... [10] . http://store.steampowered.com...