Fanboys suck, and most of the time, they're ridiculous arguments get refuted easily because of how bad they are. But PC elitist fanboys don't seem to get refuted so easily. Well, here's my rebuttal.
Greetings world. Like many of my ramblings, this started in google plus. This time, it was one of my friends making a comment about how I bash PC gaming mainly saying "I like console gaming, but at the moment, PC is just easier on the budget." Well, here's my rambling response. Enjoy the rant.
If done properly, that may be true. You're a computer guy though, so you know
all the things that are required to make certain games run. My guess is
you built your own computer from scratch, and if not initially, you did
through a number of different upgrades that you essentially built your
computer. Me, I just have my standard issue HP laptop and desktop tower.
My brother played various different PC games on the desktop and they
suffered super frame rate drop due to compatibility issues. I've tried
playing some PC exclusives like Mighty Quest For Epic Loot and had loads of frame drops and
overheating. Personally, I'll pay a little extra to make sure that
there's no compatibility issues and the ability to proudly display my
physical collection. Plus, though I haven't crunched the numbers, in the
long run I'm pretty sure console gaming is cheaper if done right, and legally. Pirated games don't count as "cheaper," and I've heard
people say "well PC games are so much cheaper because it's so much
easier to pirate them." Doesn't count. Everything is "cheaper" when you steal it. Piracy is bad, don't do it.
My main beef with PC
gaming is the PC elitist fanboys who are all "PC is the master race; my
gaming machine makes the games for your gaming machine; the graphics,
framerate, and mouse and keyboard controls are so much better; hail
valve."
1. Mouse and keyboard being better than controller is just an
opinion. Some games like Roller Coaster Tycoon, Sims City, Myst, and
other point and clicks are better with mouse and keyboard, but
platformers, my favorite genera, suck with mouse and keyboard and are
better with controllers.
2. Graphics and framerate don't really matter
so long as they aren't so bad that they impede gameplay. Framerate and
graphics being so bad they impede gameplay has happened, but I've only
ever really seen it happen on PC due to compatibility issues and rarely
on consoles because every unit of that console is almost identical and
the devs know that and work within the parameters of the hardware.
3. As
for the "my machine makes the games for your machine," yeah and my
professor taught your professor, but your professor doesn't have a hard
to understand accent. I don't see how that's a reason to chose the
accent over native English. To each his own, but when I get the chance
to point out PC fanboy misinformation, I do.
Plus, if steam sales are what makes PC gaming cheap, I play the "used games" card, where the games are equally discounted.
If you like to play on PC, I don't care. My issue is the PC elitists that ridicule anyone who plays on consoles. Fanboys suck. They make everyone else in the fandom look bad. Don't fanboy. Happy gamer signing off, and don't be a fanboy.
