30th October 2005, 8:30 PM
PCs always catch up, and in recent times they've been doing so faster than ever... :)
People have been announcing the imminent death of the PC as a gaming platform for years, but it's no more true now than it ever has been. Now, I will admit that on PC genres have solidified -- you used to find more experimental, or 'unique', or limited-market titles on PC, but now it's mostly just the big stuff. But even so, PC isn't going anywhere. And neither are consoles. I don't see any kind of PC/Console "convergence" happening anytime soon... they have different functions, and that's not going to change.
I can't forgive Microsoft for taking a good idea, messing it up, and deciding that instead of fixing it they should ditch the idea alltogether... (that is, the button layout of course. What should have been a simple Sidewinder-style six button layout was made stupid with the black and white buttons tiny, then really bad with them lower down in that bizarre position... so instead of just fixing things the reasonable way and putting them in the normal ABC/XYZ layout, they make them into shoulder buttons? ... huh? How exactly are you supposed to use both shoulder buttons and triggers... I've tried 'middle finger triggers' (with the index finger on the shoulder button above) before (Gravix Xterminator Gamepad, for instance...). It just doesn't feel natural.
I wouldn't say that PC game graphics are that far behind...
People have been announcing the imminent death of the PC as a gaming platform for years, but it's no more true now than it ever has been. Now, I will admit that on PC genres have solidified -- you used to find more experimental, or 'unique', or limited-market titles on PC, but now it's mostly just the big stuff. But even so, PC isn't going anywhere. And neither are consoles. I don't see any kind of PC/Console "convergence" happening anytime soon... they have different functions, and that's not going to change.
Quote:The system itself is very nice looking. The controller is very comfortable. It really is a better version of the Xbox's Controller-S.
I can't forgive Microsoft for taking a good idea, messing it up, and deciding that instead of fixing it they should ditch the idea alltogether... (that is, the button layout of course. What should have been a simple Sidewinder-style six button layout was made stupid with the black and white buttons tiny, then really bad with them lower down in that bizarre position... so instead of just fixing things the reasonable way and putting them in the normal ABC/XYZ layout, they make them into shoulder buttons? ... huh? How exactly are you supposed to use both shoulder buttons and triggers... I've tried 'middle finger triggers' (with the index finger on the shoulder button above) before (Gravix Xterminator Gamepad, for instance...). It just doesn't feel natural.
Quote:Maybe.
I wouldn't say that PC game graphics are that far behind...
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