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Posted By Carlos Maury on December 28, 2007

Still sticking onto the two weeks of nerdy (which has been my type of posts), I’m going to slant my opinion in the PC vs Console wars.

For years, I have sat in front of a console, playing, winning, losing, and kicking ass. From the NES to the Xbox, I spent the latter 16 years of my life perfecting the gaming craft. It’s still a journey, one worth playing and the best time-killer to date. I’ve owned the NES, Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64, Sega Dreamcast, PS2, and the Xbox. Each of these consoles were bought around the $120-150 range. Seven generations into the consoles, the new systems start at $200 and end at $500. Makes me think I’m buying a killer video card for my desktop.

Onto the PC era. From 500mhz to a dual 2.01GHZ, I’ve been branching out to the Counter-Strike, Quake IV, UT2004 and 3, Kohan: Ahriman’s Gift, KKOW, Halo, Half-Life, Command & Conquer, AoE, and even a little Warcraft. I’ve been doing PC gaming since 2000, but extensive online play started in ’03. Right now, I just have to throw a strong video card into my desktop, and I’m set. I love PC gaming, it’s a pretty fun thing. If the games continue and my PC has room for upgrades (as well as my pocket), then I may continue to game on my PC.

I’ve only played online with my PC, not a console. Not dissing the console online play, I’ve just never done it. It seems interesting, but a 360 and a PS3 are crazy on the price and the lack of modding section. I love my modded Xbox, with all the backups of my games (so I don’t have to worry about working with scratched CDs). In order to complete the PC experience, I gotta grab a kick-ass videocard. It’s a very interesting pickle, one I don’t know if it’ll taste good or not.

The side I choose in this war is the console side because I’ve played it the longest.

Category: Personal, Technology
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