10th March 2006, 2:42 PM
*looks at a PC*
Yup, breeding mediocrity.
there's nothing standardized about PC's, each one is basically it's own stand-alone product of which you will have to look out for software that exceeds the abilities of the PC, which puts you in a specific market that is catered to. There are nine trillion companies that build specific computers, fully custom for whatever your needs are, there's nothing standard about that.
A video game console is a standardized platform to which developers can work in to, improving with each project as they become more familiar with the hardware. A PC is not, at all. Just as you can get a PC from gateway or Dell, with parts from the local store, by a specific company when there are 20 or more companies who make the same part, home consoles also offer this choice. There are reasons you may want a dell computer over a gateway, etc. You may want a PS3 for Warhawk 2 and Silent Hill 5 but you may want a Revolution for it's intuitive control setup and flagship titles or, you may want a 360 so you can fully integrate your PC and TV in to one central hub. each company offers a different flavor that is trying to appeal to specific markets, a side from the market as a whole.
Standardization is stagnant and dull, it's the essense of people having to go years with Windows 95 with its constant problems only to spennd money on a slight update with all new problems. Stardization only works in our benefit if it can be improved upon by companies in direct competition, ie: rumble paks, analog controllers, etc. or even artistically or mechanically, building the better genre, etc. But that's only possible because of competition, remove that factor and you enter stagnation. no company would ever will to achieve a massive standardization, unless, of course, you're talking about media formats and how companies can get their product in to your home. But even that leads to companies lured in to stagnation, then trying to break the mold and re-evaluate the design, blue ray and HD-DVD anyone?
Yup, breeding mediocrity.
there's nothing standardized about PC's, each one is basically it's own stand-alone product of which you will have to look out for software that exceeds the abilities of the PC, which puts you in a specific market that is catered to. There are nine trillion companies that build specific computers, fully custom for whatever your needs are, there's nothing standard about that.
A video game console is a standardized platform to which developers can work in to, improving with each project as they become more familiar with the hardware. A PC is not, at all. Just as you can get a PC from gateway or Dell, with parts from the local store, by a specific company when there are 20 or more companies who make the same part, home consoles also offer this choice. There are reasons you may want a dell computer over a gateway, etc. You may want a PS3 for Warhawk 2 and Silent Hill 5 but you may want a Revolution for it's intuitive control setup and flagship titles or, you may want a 360 so you can fully integrate your PC and TV in to one central hub. each company offers a different flavor that is trying to appeal to specific markets, a side from the market as a whole.
Standardization is stagnant and dull, it's the essense of people having to go years with Windows 95 with its constant problems only to spennd money on a slight update with all new problems. Stardization only works in our benefit if it can be improved upon by companies in direct competition, ie: rumble paks, analog controllers, etc. or even artistically or mechanically, building the better genre, etc. But that's only possible because of competition, remove that factor and you enter stagnation. no company would ever will to achieve a massive standardization, unless, of course, you're talking about media formats and how companies can get their product in to your home. But even that leads to companies lured in to stagnation, then trying to break the mold and re-evaluate the design, blue ray and HD-DVD anyone?