So, he bought a laptop in 2013, and didn't start using it for gaming until 2018. That's already a five year old laptop... wait... didn't he also say 'a 5 year lifespan on computers'? And then, he wrote the article in 2023, which is another five years. That laptop is so out of date it's ready to be buried.
He also claims he played Tomb Raider (2013) on that Sony Vaio laptop on medium settings, but he didn't specify framerate. With those specs, he'd be lucky to hit 30 FPS. I don't even consider the GT 640M to be a gaming GPU.
@@chrisr1382 Yea, the GT 640M was a entry level gaming gpu, for light games IN 2013!!! Hmmmm, how cant I play Red dead Redemption 2 on my PS2 on max settings?? I wonder why.
@@TrollAxeThrower yeah you can, steam has a big picture mode and if you just buy a steamdeck *which is a pc* you can just turn it on and play pc games like you're using a console.
yeah, the person who made that is beyond delusional, I use a control on pc all the time. this guy doesn't know shit, who let this man cook... actual brain rot take he had...
Ironically, not only can we use any controller we want... Steam Input API is so customizable that it is almost magical. Game doesn't support controller? Make it support it.
the irony of this when i can get the gyro controls for ps4 controller work on Steam but cant get it working on ps4 itself lol... when PC supports your console controller more than the console it originates from lol
It's incredibly useful, I love it. But: 1) if you're not playing the game through steam or the Xbox app... Good luck 2) I would never have to "make the controller work" on my consoles. So it's still a demerit for the platform as a whole.
GeForce 640m LE "Top of the line"? Controllers outperform Mouse & Keyboard? He made Comparisons with his "Gaming" Notebook instead of Desktop PC? my Braincells are committing seppuku on mass.
I've always said that it's surprising how a device that was designed specifically for playing video games does so noticeably worse than a device that wasn't designed with that same (and only) purpose in mind. Also that ignorance kills.
So do they not realize I can use any controller I want on PC? Plus have the ability to use any keyboard and mouse in any game. No to mention the plethora of other pluses that come with PC.
Same for me. There something about comfortably leaning back with a controller that helps with immersing me in my adventure. Even with a game like Baldur's Gate 3, which really seems like it should be best with m/k on paper. However, for anything like grand strategy or citybuilding, I still need my m/k.
@@FlyingFox86 Ugh leaning back? Lean forward over your keyboard and get into the screen. That's the immersion. That's real PC gaming. Controllers have no place in games where you can control the camera or have to do anything but the most basic 360 directional inputs. So anything but like driving and sports games.
The GeForce 640m LE was lower midrange at the time and was for "thin and light" notebooks. I wouldn't call the laptop he is referring to a "gaming" laptop even back then. Certainly not "top of the line" as he states.
I asked ChatGPT about which parts recommended to make a middle range PC. R5 3600 or i5 9600k and a rx580 or RTX 2070 was the answer paired with 16 GB of Ram. A way more reasonable and acceptable answer than the crap written by that journalist.
Oh I think this was written by my wife's relative lol. My nephew got married and at the wedding my wife's cousin was arguing that his "brand new i7 gaming pc" couldn't outperform his "next gen console". I asked what he had this mofo said a gtx 960 and an i7 4770k 😂. I didn't bother to ask what console he had because I don't care lol.
I have a gaming laptop...RTX 3060,32GB of ram and a 12th gen i5. That will last me for ages with the games I play honestly. World Of Warcraft, lots of JRPG's and indies. I can play many games at 1440P at good settings sand framerates without issue. So much happier I came back to PC.
Nice! I recently bought a refurbished one on Ebay for $1049. It's an MSI GS66 Stealth with an RTX 3070 Ti, 12th gen i9, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, 1.5 TB SSD and a 1920x1080p 360HZ display. It seemed too good to be true, and I thought I was being scammed, but then I received the laptop and I couldn't believe it for days.
@@DragonOfTheMortalKombat Almost replied "hurrdurr more like Crapple" but then i realised im writing on a dumpster-dived 2012 27" iMac. I installed the same Linux Mint distro which i use on my gaming rig. But current day soldered components on mobos and ARM processors, pure e-waste. Don't get me started about their phones and butterfly keyboard switch fiasco, even worse than Soyny (hacks) & M$ (RROD)! :D (Because Apple is the most expensive of them all, never made sense as anything more than a status symbol)
@@DragonOfTheMortalKombatNot even, some of what they sell is average quality but absurdly overpriced. I got a better power adapter and solid USB-C to magsafe3 cable for half the price of just an Apple power adapter alone.
On that point about shooters: you can unironically get a better experience with shooters on PC with a controller because you can get gyro aim in them even if they don't natively support it, unlike on console, where if the game or your controller doesn't support the feature, you have no choice but to suffer.
As a rule, I wouldn't take advice on an activity from someone who doesn't actually do it. If your "Gaming PC" is a decade old Sony Vaio and you call it a Vivo when the only Vivo associated with Sony is a cartoon, I'm gonna put you in the not a gamer category and ignore your opinion on the topic.
I agree I would have had a little more respect for the "journalist" if he actually recommended something like the steam deck more powerful handheld PCs would probably cream his decade old PC any way
Apologies for bumping six months later, but yeah, 4:3 panels and monitors _are_ still made, but they’re for things like industrial systems monitoring and CCTV systems, things like that. Very much not for the consumer PC market, and you definitely don’t accidentally buy one like the article would seem to suggest you might.
Noticing everytime a console peasant (corporate slave of plastic boxes, not referring to console gamers) keeps trying to make PC gaming have the freedom and large options of different input controller options they seem to be upset PC's are not as locked down and restricted as consoles are. Its as though they enjoy having their hand held and do not like freedom, free multiplayer, better framerates, cheaper games and any other benefit, they are alright with being screwed by a corporation and limitations imposed on them.
The fact that people are still having this conversation is kind of amazing. Objectively PC gaming is superior, but just game wherever you want to. WGAF?
This guy looks like he might be the creator of some of those "Completed Builds" on PC Part Picker that make you wonder if they know better hardware came out in the time since they spec'd a rig out in 2021, i.e. "Powerhouse PC" with a 10th gen i5, a 3060 8GB, and 16 GB of DDR4. Even better, they manage to spend $650 on the 3060 because they didn't do 5 seconds of research to realize that they could've bought a 4070 TI for $50 less than their gimped 3060. "Powerhouse PC" worth maybe $800 in 2024 had $1700 spent on it and the goober is obliviously pleased with that overspend. This Medium article has this kind of energy lol.
@@lazyboy9227 don't know. Not a graphics or fps person. The games that I play fps really isn't an issue. And honestly I don't mind low settings. When most of your games are indie games graphics really aren't the main focus.
Jeez console plebs act like updating graphics drivers is like hacking the nsa. Oh i need a driver update, better put on my leather trenchcoat and wraparound shades then head to the basement with blaring techno and neon lights on my face. I'll just script a unix gui to upload a backdoor in the dark web, in and out 30 seconds tops. If i leave the connection open for more than 1 minute the icebreaker will backtrace my isp the agents will have my location. When really you just right click on the desktop, open Nvidia control panel, and click "update driver"
so to get the "console expirience," i need 3 consoles, 3 yearly subs at like $150 /yr, extra controllers for each of the 3 consoles ($225 more).......yea console gaming is sooooo much cheaper lol
So what if he wrote this in 2018 and just published it 2023 with a few updated words & pictures here and there? I sounds an old article if you get what I mean.
*Alice Madness Returns...* Fun fact. I bought an XBSX in 2023. I got two months of Game Pass. I tried "Alice MR" and it ran at a stuttery 30FPS at seemingly 720p. My GTX1080 gaming rig ran it at a locked 2560x1440 at 60FPS (limited by my monitor) with occasional FPS drops due to PhysX stuff. Ya, my 2016, SEVEN YEAR OLD graphics card kicked the console's ass. Sure, it's a backcompat issue. I don't care. I returned the XBSX as it kept failing to connect to my TV or play BluRay discs, then bought an RTX4070 and a 4K gaming monitor. How does the game run now? 4K at 144FPS baby. Now THAT is PC gaming vs console gaming. (in all fairness console has its advantages, but modern games running 30FPS? Pffftt. Wake me up when the PS6 is out)
I can use my pc as a console as the tv is in the same room, so I can just use a hdmi cable and connect it to the tv. Whenever I want to use my pc as a console, I switch the display with the windows+p keys, turn on big picture mode and plung in a controller into the pc. The only problems I’ve run into is that I need to change settings in-game based on if I’m using the tv or pc (4k 60 fps vs 1080p 120 fps) and if you already have 2 monitors, the tv and cause issues on the desktop.
They dont understand that new games that come out are mostly made on PC. PC does not require you to pay for an online service. You can use any controller you want on PC. Consoles cant get updated graphics when you want them which you have to wait for the game to get the update. PC can get mods and updated graphics for games that you can look for modders that create and share those mods.
I use a PS5, Xbox and switch controller on my pc depending on what game I am playing. You can literally use any controller ever made on a PC. Even for games that don't use a controller.
ALL OF THE HIGHEST RATED, MOST CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FIRST PERSON SHOOTERS ARE ON CONSOLES. THE ONLY ADVANTAGE OF THE KEYBOARD AND MOUSE IS THE MOUSE FOR AIMING. EVERY OTHER ASPECT OF THE CONTROLS IS GARBAGE. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
My favorite thing about PC gaming is options, you have the option to use keyboard mouse, xbox controller, Playstation station, switch controller, wii controller, etc.the possibilities are endless and is at your control, why would you limit yourself? I never understood that, been pc gaming for 10 yrs.
Nothing says you are a legit "gaming journalist" like talking about 10 plus year old hardware. That guy really has the pulse of the industry. This was nothing more than a filler article and whoever the "editor" of that website is should be fired. Since there are obviously no standards in "journalism" I guess those guys are employed for life. 🤣😂🤣
To my mind, there are only two distinct advantages to consoles: 1) Easier to set up if you don't want to bother figuring out what kind of setup you need for the games you want, and changing settings for best performance/quality. Just plug and play, being confident that your console can handle the games made for it (at least in theory) 2) For couch/TV/controller gameplay, more convenient than PCs in a lot of households. The TV and desktop might not be very close to each other, while a console can just go under the TV. Though in all honesty, the second point is barely distinct from the first. So maybe consoles have only one distinct advantage (convenience). In every other way, PC is just better.
I don't like the plug and play saying because if u really think about it it doesn't work like that in modern console gaming like it did with NES-360/PS3 days. Now you buy the console hook it up, Let it update then put the game in install the game then update then u can finally play that's 5 steps. PC- theres a few more steps but the one thing is when u install a game on PC it updates the game at the same time.
@@shadowsagen723 "Plug and play" was probably the wrong phrasing, for the reasons you mentioned. What I meant was that you don't usually have anything to figure out in terms of in game settings, graphics card settings, windows settings and hardware for optimal performance. Although that is also a downside if the game is badly optimized. There is little you can do about that on a console.
@@FlyingFox86 Nah I wasn't criticizing your plug and play phrase. It's probably how I just interpret that phrase overall, but most if not all these pro console people leaves out the fact that nowadays you have to install the game on top of the updates just like you have to on PC. The Plug and Play Phrase should be considered obsolete now unless your referring to Atari-xbox360/PS3 where it was/is considered "Plug and Play" hook everything up no internet or updates needed.
Dude has a point with the whole controller compatibility though... I cannot use a controller with my PC until I start it with a controller already plugged in. If I accidentally unplug it at any time it won't recognize my controller anymore when I plug it back in. I have to restart the entire system and it drives me nuts! And before any smartass comments yes I have updated my driver SEVERAL TIMES, it just won't work. My laptop is from mid 2021 btw, so not that old.
That is weird... On PC all the games I have played so far with controller support tend to allow you to hot swap between gamepad and m/kb input while in game... I wonder why its not the case for you? Might need to look into this...
I mostly use a controller even tho i play on pc but when comes to certain games like rts or strategy games or city builders ill use a keyboard and mouse
Consoles only have "more longevity" in the sense that you usually can't sell your old console if you want to keep playing its games. Where's the PS1-PS3, PSP, and Vita compatibility, _Sony?_
This article is either: A) Basing his experience with PC's _solely_ on a mid-range laptop that was already years behind. B) Was made with AI/Chapt GPT C) Had been written at gunpoint to push a stupid and old argument. If it's A).. jesus, being this wrong in 2023 is astounding. Like, has this man not read a single current article about PC's? Or watched guides? Holy shit.
So, I have one of those third party controlers with full mechanical buttons, no membrane crap and hall effect sticks and triggers with excellent accuracy, way better than the resistive crap in official PS and Xbox controls. And I'm supposed to have the worst product/experience? Edit: where you can even get a 800x600 monitor these days anyways? Edit 2: Im still rocking a laptop with a RTX 2060 6GB and a desktop with a RX570 8GB, both with 32GB of System Ram. Both can play Helldivers 2 and Dead space remake at 50-60 fps at 1080p and are "old" hardware. How can this clown say that PC Hardware have less lifespan than consoles? Console manufacturers purposefully Kills their own hardware with each scheduled change of generation, roughly every 6-7 years, a GTX 1080 or even a 980 still are viable for middle-low quality gaming, around a decade after their release, longer than the lifespan of a console generation span.
@@RamzaJinnRuu Machenike g5 pro. Some find the mechanical buttons, especially the D-pad too "crunchy", personally I love the feeling compared to the marshmallow feeling of membrane buttons.
I can play Nier Automata on PC with an Xbox controller, then I can switch to playing God of War with a PS5 controller. How is that possible you might ask? It’s black magic, obviously…
All PC games (that I know of) are able to be used with mouse and keyboard... but some I find better with controller... and I have my pick. From ANY controller. Tend to rock with X-Box over PS as it's more ergonomically designed; at least in my eyes. Anyhoo... This article is like me giving a dissertation on the problems of speaking Welsh... and I can't speak a word of it. What a joke.
It took me many months to figure out how to properly get my PS3 controllers to work on my new gaming laptop... when my cousins came over, they were still unreliable and didn't connect right to play Power Stone on an emulator. So I took them to my TV that had the 24 year old Dreamcast... and everything just WORKED. I bought Sunset Overdrive on steam for my new gaming laptop... and I tried hooking it up to my large screen TV. Not only did it require the controller to be plugged in annoyingly enough, the frame rate dropped to 10fps and the graphics looked worse. I was really disappointed. I am computer savvy, (built my own and have used them for 35 year) but I also hate having to trouble shoot a million things to get one thing to work. Nowadays I leave my PC gaming to VR only, almost. I may also pirate games I can't access too. I'm just going to say I agree with being more of a console gamer. For the average person wanting to get into all of it, they're not going to want to figure out all the ins and outs, and not pay 4x as much as they need to.
As somebody that appreciates the 4:3 aspect ratio, I will gladly take his 800x600 monitor (there is no way it doesn't go higher than that unless it is a 1997 LCD or something)
Im still using a 2070. And im perfectly happy with it, for the time being. I was thinking about upgrading but never got around to do it. Sow, i supposed it didn't matter that much to me.
I mean I would have said Epic Games as the main argument why PC gaming sucks. Because for some reason people tolerate incompetence of the highest degree and actively defend Epic for removing games away from Steam.
So many people only buy games on steam that when the game finally comes to steam many games have a pretty large boost in sales on PC only reason I even have the epic launcher is cause gives me free games
Just got my gaming pc a week ago and I'll never understand why anyone would look down upon that, I rather join the pc master race than limit myself to consoles,
“In 2024, the year of our lord Mark Cerny, My 11 year old laptop isn’t better than a PS5 so no PC is better than the PS5” Game journalism is true comedy
Gaming News Media outlets should not hire someone with journalism education who have ZEERROOO knowledge about gaming in general they should hire a hard core gamers.
18:07 The journalist actually has a valid point that you shut down erroneously. Your response is VERY, VERY blind to the reality that many "Overwhelmingly Positive" games on Steam, or even very popular games off of Steam, are specifically for the hardcore M&K crowd, such that only mouse & keyboard bindings are hardcoded without any thought to an alternative input. PC, overall, has many options, but those options are still restricted by the developer, noticeable as soon as the game launches, until the player is willing to trick this game to modify their input method, even modify their PC, into what a game like this expects. Steam Input, the way to customize and change bindings outside the game, cannot work to its full potential of freedom-of-input if the game is not designed for flexibility in mind, has a limited subset of considered acceptable controllers (every controller is an Xbox mindset) or isn't sold on Steam at all. So instead, you use this point to beat this already frustrating, bloodied journalist to death to fulfill your ego. Pathetic.
Playstation is only the console "market leader" if you ignore Nintendo. Even then, I'd take PC over Nintendo consoles any day, as I'd at least have access to their back catalog of games without having to wait for Nintendo to drip feed them at random (and never to own anymore). Consoles are cheaper, but you get what you pay for. I'd rather pay more up front for a significantly better experience & more options than pay less for a much more limited, inferior experience.
PC is the only platform you can use literally any controller you want, in addition with keyboard and mouse plus some extra peripherals like joysticks and keypads. Also nearly any game's buttons are customizable.
I have a PS5 and PS4 controller but have never owned a PS4/5, I use them for PC gaming depending on the kind of game (Monster Hunter for instance). They work out of the box on linux.
So it's interesting that he added the laptop at the end. Could it be because it's a laptop from 2013, or could it be that specs show the GPU is an "Nvidia GeForce GT 640M LE " I did research this and thought it was a laptop with an Intel HD, I double checked again when I did notice that it said vaio and Google corrected my spelling. Either way, no wonder his laptop was really loud.
PC literally can use PS5 controller with all it's features except even with old games that PS5 can't bother to run lol. Imagine playing good ol PS3 games with graphics mods and haptic feedback. Even if the game isn't compatible with controllers, we'll use controller emulators. Can't do that on PS5 can ya ?
"We're on pc because we don't want to be on console." As a former xbox player, this is so true Tbh I feel I was robbed of so much variety by being on console for years
In a period of 5 years, a PC solution is cheaper than a console, considering all of the things you have to pay for, even more if you get a "console and a Mac" combo🤦
Bruh pc can literally play every video games that had ever excited, you have the best deals and sales on pc. Because there's more then steam. Oh you can play the games at best frame rates do to the fact you can upgrade your pc. Unlike console that they always staid static. They also cost more money, one 70$ at minimum or more sometimes. Two their subscription services that the company rases the price and final point as you mentioned you would have to buy a pro version of that console. So what's the benefits of a console, exactly they're worthless. And I'm just a roocky for pc and I know that PC is better than consoles.
I really hope this article was some kind of elaborate troll attempt to farm attention. For the life of me, I can't believe someone decided to publish this without doing any research, it can't be this stupid.
I can play Dying light 2 on max settings, with RT off, with 150 fps (a game which came out at the time my card released). I have a RX 6800. So a already 4 year old card and a midrange card nowadays. I can play any new title at 1440p max settings with 60 fps. Even tho I prefer 1080p and higher fps. I can play so many games at a high refresh rate experience. What the hell is that guy talking about? And even tho upscalers look worse than native, it can make hardware last even longer.
The part of this that is the most annoying is when people go like i7 ryzen 7 like Joe said a i5 or i3 and amd equivalent will do fine id a i5 personally will do the trick especially for the price you can get like a 12th gen i5 is still very good
"I'm going to take my obsolete laptop from 2013 and use that to judge modern PC gaming on a dedicated PC rig in 2024, and say it's bad. But I'm going to *hide* that fact at the very end so that so I can call people stupid if they call me out for my wrong and garbage opinion. I am super very intelligent." Typical gaming journalist clown behavior. He knows exactly what he was doing.
So, he bought a laptop in 2013, and didn't start using it for gaming until 2018. That's already a five year old laptop... wait... didn't he also say 'a 5 year lifespan on computers'? And then, he wrote the article in 2023, which is another five years. That laptop is so out of date it's ready to be buried.
Why talk to people with no common sense.
2013 was PS3. (PS4 launched in November)
2023 was PS5.
Not just his laptop but there's _two console generations_ ago.
He also claims he played Tomb Raider (2013) on that Sony Vaio laptop on medium settings, but he didn't specify framerate. With those specs, he'd be lucky to hit 30 FPS. I don't even consider the GT 640M to be a gaming GPU.
brother my laptop 142years old and still use it to play retro games
@@chrisr1382 Yea, the GT 640M was a entry level gaming gpu, for light games IN 2013!!! Hmmmm, how cant I play Red dead Redemption 2 on my PS2 on max settings?? I wonder why.
Bruh, PC can use ANY controller, so what are we really missing there!?!?
Brain, to comprehend basic knowledge
yOu cAnT sIt oN CoUcH wHiLe pLaYIn 🤤
steam input increases compatibility too.
@@TrollAxeThrower yeah you can, steam has a big picture mode and if you just buy a steamdeck *which is a pc* you can just turn it on and play pc games like you're using a console.
yeah, the person who made that is beyond delusional, I use a control on pc all the time. this guy doesn't know shit, who let this man cook... actual brain rot take he had...
Ironically, not only can we use any controller we want... Steam Input API is so customizable that it is almost magical. Game doesn't support controller? Make it support it.
It genuinely might be my favorite feature on steam, it's so useful
Your regular reminder that steam has more user friendly options on it than all of the other storefront services *combined*
the irony of this when i can get the gyro controls for ps4 controller work on Steam but cant get it working on ps4 itself lol... when PC supports your console controller more than the console it originates from lol
Yup. I could use a piano as a controller if I wanted
It's incredibly useful, I love it. But:
1) if you're not playing the game through steam or the Xbox app... Good luck
2) I would never have to "make the controller work" on my consoles.
So it's still a demerit for the platform as a whole.
GeForce 640m LE "Top of the line"?
Controllers outperform Mouse & Keyboard?
He made Comparisons with his "Gaming" Notebook instead of Desktop PC?
my Braincells are committing seppuku on mass.
I've always said that it's surprising how a device that was designed specifically for playing video games does so noticeably worse than a device that wasn't designed with that same (and only) purpose in mind. Also that ignorance kills.
So do they not realize I can use any controller I want on PC? Plus have the ability to use any keyboard and mouse in any game. No to mention the plethora of other pluses that come with PC.
He's the kind of person to recommend 750 in 2023 and says do not buy an 800x600 monitor. So no they don't realize
I almost don't use m/k for years for gaming. I enjoy playing with a controller and that's the beauty of pc gaming
Same for me. There something about comfortably leaning back with a controller that helps with immersing me in my adventure. Even with a game like Baldur's Gate 3, which really seems like it should be best with m/k on paper.
However, for anything like grand strategy or citybuilding, I still need my m/k.
@@FlyingFox86 Ugh leaning back? Lean forward over your keyboard and get into the screen. That's the immersion. That's real PC gaming. Controllers have no place in games where you can control the camera or have to do anything but the most basic 360 directional inputs. So anything but like driving and sports games.
The GeForce 640m LE was lower midrange at the time and was for "thin and light" notebooks. I wouldn't call the laptop he is referring to a "gaming" laptop even back then.
Certainly not "top of the line" as he states.
They just hear "GeForce" and think that means gaming
@@fillerbunnyninjashark271 Geforce G100... Thats all im gonna say.
Ah yes, that old G98S, 65nm abomination. @@eni3892
The PC can't compete in a market where it dominates? Sure, Jan.
I'd say ChatGPT wrote this, but ChatGPT actually understands grammar
Sometimes... ChatGPT isn't always correct when it comes to grammar.
@@DreamyAbaddon It's usually better than this, though.
I asked ChatGPT about which parts recommended to make a middle range PC.
R5 3600 or i5 9600k and a rx580 or RTX 2070 was the answer paired with 16 GB of Ram.
A way more reasonable and acceptable answer than the crap written by that journalist.
@@DreamyAbaddon Pfft. Grammarly calls on the OpenAI API.
Oh I think this was written by my wife's relative lol. My nephew got married and at the wedding my wife's cousin was arguing that his "brand new i7 gaming pc" couldn't outperform his "next gen console". I asked what he had this mofo said a gtx 960 and an i7 4770k 😂. I didn't bother to ask what console he had because I don't care lol.
I have a gaming laptop...RTX 3060,32GB of ram and a 12th gen i5. That will last me for ages with the games I play honestly. World Of Warcraft, lots of JRPG's and indies. I can play many games at 1440P at good settings sand framerates without issue. So much happier I came back to PC.
Nice! I recently bought a refurbished one on Ebay for $1049. It's an MSI GS66 Stealth with an RTX 3070 Ti, 12th gen i9, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, 1.5 TB SSD and a 1920x1080p 360HZ display. It seemed too good to be true, and I thought I was being scammed, but then I received the laptop and I couldn't believe it for days.
Man said gtx 750. Im dead 😂
You can mod games on PC, you can't on consoles. You have a variety of gaming ecosystems on PC, you're stuck in walled gardens on consoles.
"Walled Garden" That is a very good choice of words to describe console gaming.
@@RamzaJinnRuu consoles are Apple. Except lacking the good build quality part lol
@@DragonOfTheMortalKombat Almost replied "hurrdurr more like Crapple" but then i realised im writing on a dumpster-dived 2012 27" iMac.
I installed the same Linux Mint distro which i use on my gaming rig.
But current day soldered components on mobos and ARM processors, pure e-waste.
Don't get me started about their phones and butterfly keyboard switch fiasco, even worse than Soyny (hacks) & M$ (RROD)! :D
(Because Apple is the most expensive of them all, never made sense as anything more than a status symbol)
@@DragonOfTheMortalKombatNot even, some of what they sell is average quality but absurdly overpriced. I got a better power adapter and solid USB-C to magsafe3 cable for half the price of just an Apple power adapter alone.
“Paying for online” is basically Sony and Microsoft printing free money.
And remember, kids, he's a journalist.
Bro calls detractors retarded in 2024
On that point about shooters: you can unironically get a better experience with shooters on PC with a controller because you can get gyro aim in them even if they don't natively support it, unlike on console, where if the game or your controller doesn't support the feature, you have no choice but to suffer.
2013 laptop and 2000 era journo mindset= 800*600 screen.
PC controller support is so good that some guy beat dark souls with a guitar hero controller.
Is it possible to learn this power? 🎮
As a rule, I wouldn't take advice on an activity from someone who doesn't actually do it. If your "Gaming PC" is a decade old Sony Vaio and you call it a Vivo when the only Vivo associated with Sony is a cartoon, I'm gonna put you in the not a gamer category and ignore your opinion on the topic.
I agree I would have had a little more respect for the "journalist" if he actually recommended something like the steam deck more powerful handheld PCs would probably cream his decade old PC any way
Don't forget a 56k modem and sound blaster sound card because they don't come with pcs anymore
Ah, the good old days. LOL
What is that article about!!!! I use an Xbox controller when I wanna be brain dead in a game & Keyboard and Mouse when I wanna sweat my balls off
Couldn't have said it better myself
I use both but my reasons are different. If a game is designed around shooting mechanics, I use mouse and keyboard always. If not, controller it Is.
pretty much platformers are controller for me... otherwise KBM
Very accurate. I only use kbm for pure shooters, other than that, controller, and sometimes for a game like RDR2 I even go back and forth
This is EXACTLY my philosophy
Holy smokes those PC specs are ancient. Do they make 4x3 monitors anymore? I've not had a 4x3 anything, TV or monitor, since the early 2000s lol.
Apologies for bumping six months later, but yeah, 4:3 panels and monitors _are_ still made, but they’re for things like industrial systems monitoring and CCTV systems, things like that. Very much not for the consumer PC market, and you definitely don’t accidentally buy one like the article would seem to suggest you might.
Noticing everytime a console peasant (corporate slave of plastic boxes, not referring to console gamers) keeps trying to make PC gaming have the freedom and large options of different input controller options they seem to be upset PC's are not as locked down and restricted as consoles are.
Its as though they enjoy having their hand held and do not like freedom, free multiplayer, better framerates, cheaper games and any other benefit, they are alright with being screwed by a corporation and limitations imposed on them.
Not to mention modding.
Anything more complicated than on/off will cause a vast majority of people to have a headache.
This article reads like someone translated it with AI, then slapped their name on it.
The fact that people are still having this conversation is kind of amazing. Objectively PC gaming is superior, but just game wherever you want to. WGAF?
This guy looks like he might be the creator of some of those "Completed Builds" on PC Part Picker that make you wonder if they know better hardware came out in the time since they spec'd a rig out in 2021, i.e. "Powerhouse PC" with a 10th gen i5, a 3060 8GB, and 16 GB of DDR4. Even better, they manage to spend $650 on the 3060 because they didn't do 5 seconds of research to realize that they could've bought a 4070 TI for $50 less than their gimped 3060. "Powerhouse PC" worth maybe $800 in 2024 had $1700 spent on it and the goober is obliviously pleased with that overspend. This Medium article has this kind of energy lol.
"I play with Xbox Controller, Playstation Controller, HOTAS flight stick, AND KB/M"
🗿🗿🗿
no but seriously, "Game" ""Journalists"" being terrible at both, what is new? Ubisoft makes another shit AC game and people eat it up?
"The games aren't watching you to make sure you keep buying stuff" ...yet
the pc can be cheaper upfront too. budget builds are a thing
But they can't give the performance of a console, i.e. 4k 30 fps. Can they?
@@lazyboy9227 don't know. Not a graphics or fps person. The games that I play fps really isn't an issue. And honestly I don't mind low settings. When most of your games are indie games graphics really aren't the main focus.
@@lazyboy9227 i have someone to ask about the lowest end pc that can if you are interested?
@@lazyboy9227 also the handful of games that are triple a for me can indeed be played on console.
my fave console cant do 4k 30 fps at all. its the switch lite. thats as powerful as a 5-6 yrs old phone
says pc gaming is worse because of his pc
tells you to buy at least his decade old pc
???
Jeez console plebs act like updating graphics drivers is like hacking the nsa.
Oh i need a driver update, better put on my leather trenchcoat and wraparound shades then head to the basement with blaring techno and neon lights on my face. I'll just script a unix gui to upload a backdoor in the dark web, in and out 30 seconds tops. If i leave the connection open for more than 1 minute the icebreaker will backtrace my isp the agents will have my location.
When really you just right click on the desktop, open Nvidia control panel, and click "update driver"
so to get the "console expirience," i need 3 consoles, 3 yearly subs at like $150 /yr, extra controllers for each of the 3 consoles ($225 more).......yea console gaming is sooooo much cheaper lol
So what if he wrote this in 2018 and just published it 2023 with a few updated words & pictures here and there? I sounds an old article if you get what I mean.
*Alice Madness Returns...*
Fun fact. I bought an XBSX in 2023. I got two months of Game Pass. I tried "Alice MR" and it ran at a stuttery 30FPS at seemingly 720p. My GTX1080 gaming rig ran it at a locked 2560x1440 at 60FPS (limited by my monitor) with occasional FPS drops due to PhysX stuff. Ya, my 2016, SEVEN YEAR OLD graphics card kicked the console's ass. Sure, it's a backcompat issue. I don't care. I returned the XBSX as it kept failing to connect to my TV or play BluRay discs, then bought an RTX4070 and a 4K gaming monitor. How does the game run now? 4K at 144FPS baby. Now THAT is PC gaming vs console gaming. (in all fairness console has its advantages, but modern games running 30FPS? Pffftt. Wake me up when the PS6 is out)
I can use my pc as a console as the tv is in the same room, so I can just use a hdmi cable and connect it to the tv. Whenever I want to use my pc as a console, I switch the display with the windows+p keys, turn on big picture mode and plung in a controller into the pc. The only problems I’ve run into is that I need to change settings in-game based on if I’m using the tv or pc (4k 60 fps vs 1080p 120 fps) and if you already have 2 monitors, the tv and cause issues on the desktop.
They dont understand that new games that come out are mostly made on PC. PC does not require you to pay for an online service. You can use any controller you want on PC. Consoles cant get updated graphics when you want them which you have to wait for the game to get the update. PC can get mods and updated graphics for games that you can look for modders that create and share those mods.
I use a PS5, Xbox and switch controller on my pc depending on what game I am playing. You can literally use any controller ever made on a PC. Even for games that don't use a controller.
I'm on PC and I mostly use a controller while gaming
"Why you should play fps games on console with a controller:
1) Keyboard and mouse are superior"
ALL OF THE HIGHEST RATED, MOST CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FIRST PERSON SHOOTERS ARE ON CONSOLES. THE ONLY ADVANTAGE OF THE KEYBOARD AND MOUSE IS THE MOUSE FOR AIMING. EVERY OTHER ASPECT OF THE CONTROLS IS GARBAGE. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
This article just screams AI. And if it was actually written by a human... then it's even worse.
I was literally about to ask if it was. It feels so off, i can't believe a person would write like this
we call them gamepads now
Was I the guy who played Valorant on controller
Just want to point out that Medium acts more as a platform similar to RUclips, rather than a publication not that they're any better
My favorite thing about PC gaming is options, you have the option to use keyboard mouse, xbox controller, Playstation station, switch controller, wii controller, etc.the possibilities are endless and is at your control, why would you limit yourself? I never understood that, been pc gaming for 10 yrs.
Nothing says you are a legit "gaming journalist" like talking about 10 plus year old hardware. That guy really has the pulse of the industry. This was nothing more than a filler article and whoever the "editor" of that website is should be fired. Since there are obviously no standards in "journalism" I guess those guys are employed for life. 🤣😂🤣
To my mind, there are only two distinct advantages to consoles:
1) Easier to set up if you don't want to bother figuring out what kind of setup you need for the games you want, and changing settings for best performance/quality. Just plug and play, being confident that your console can handle the games made for it (at least in theory)
2) For couch/TV/controller gameplay, more convenient than PCs in a lot of households. The TV and desktop might not be very close to each other, while a console can just go under the TV.
Though in all honesty, the second point is barely distinct from the first. So maybe consoles have only one distinct advantage (convenience).
In every other way, PC is just better.
I don't like the plug and play saying because if u really think about it it doesn't work like that in modern console gaming like it did with NES-360/PS3 days. Now you buy the console hook it up, Let it update then put the game in install the game then update then u can finally play that's 5 steps. PC- theres a few more steps but the one thing is when u install a game on PC it updates the game at the same time.
@@shadowsagen723 "Plug and play" was probably the wrong phrasing, for the reasons you mentioned. What I meant was that you don't usually have anything to figure out in terms of in game settings, graphics card settings, windows settings and hardware for optimal performance.
Although that is also a downside if the game is badly optimized. There is little you can do about that on a console.
@@FlyingFox86 Nah I wasn't criticizing your plug and play phrase. It's probably how I just interpret that phrase overall, but most if not all these pro console people leaves out the fact that nowadays you have to install the game on top of the updates just like you have to on PC. The Plug and Play Phrase should be considered obsolete now unless your referring to Atari-xbox360/PS3 where it was/is considered "Plug and Play" hook everything up no internet or updates needed.
Remember, real Yakuza play with gamepads.
Dude has a point with the whole controller compatibility though... I cannot use a controller with my PC until I start it with a controller already plugged in. If I accidentally unplug it at any time it won't recognize my controller anymore when I plug it back in. I have to restart the entire system and it drives me nuts! And before any smartass comments yes I have updated my driver SEVERAL TIMES, it just won't work. My laptop is from mid 2021 btw, so not that old.
That is weird... On PC all the games I have played so far with controller support tend to allow you to hot swap between gamepad and m/kb input while in game... I wonder why its not the case for you? Might need to look into this...
I mostly use a controller even tho i play on pc but when comes to certain games like rts or strategy games or city builders ill use a keyboard and mouse
I do the same thing just add FPS to the list of keyboard and mouse games
Consoles only have "more longevity" in the sense that you usually can't sell your old console if you want to keep playing its games. Where's the PS1-PS3, PSP, and Vita compatibility, _Sony?_
This article is either:
A) Basing his experience with PC's _solely_ on a mid-range laptop that was already years behind.
B) Was made with AI/Chapt GPT
C) Had been written at gunpoint to push a stupid and old argument.
If it's A).. jesus, being this wrong in 2023 is astounding. Like, has this man not read a single current article about PC's? Or watched guides? Holy shit.
hey man i've been watching for a few years and its an actual crime you haven't blown up, ur vids are great
When I saw the title of the article I just thought of the J.Johna Jameson laughing meme
lol, I can play any game on my library with any controller ever devised by human kind, wtf are they on?
Basically a console gaming journalist writing about pc gaming. He has zero idea what he himself is talking about lol
That guy must have been on something when writing this shit.
I miss regular show. Close enough was tight tho
I’m literally playing super mario galaxy 1&2 on a Mac book with a ps5 controller. What is this clown talking about ?
So, I have one of those third party controlers with full mechanical buttons, no membrane crap and hall effect sticks and triggers with excellent accuracy, way better than the resistive crap in official PS and Xbox controls.
And I'm supposed to have the worst product/experience?
Edit: where you can even get a 800x600 monitor these days anyways?
Edit 2: Im still rocking a laptop with a RTX 2060 6GB and a desktop with a RX570 8GB, both with 32GB of System Ram.
Both can play Helldivers 2 and Dead space remake at 50-60 fps at 1080p and are "old" hardware. How can this clown say that PC Hardware have less lifespan than consoles?
Console manufacturers purposefully Kills their own hardware with each scheduled change of generation, roughly every 6-7 years, a GTX 1080 or even a 980 still are viable for middle-low quality gaming, around a decade after their release, longer than the lifespan of a console generation span.
What the name of that controller you using I am interested in it.
@@RamzaJinnRuu Machenike g5 pro.
Some find the mechanical buttons, especially the D-pad too "crunchy", personally I love the feeling compared to the marshmallow feeling of membrane buttons.
@@carlosdgutierrez6570 Thanks I'll take a look at it.
But we can use any controller we want
I once saw someone use the negev and a steering wheel on cs:go and got accused of hacks bc of how the negev is
I can play Nier Automata on PC with an Xbox controller, then I can switch to playing God of War with a PS5 controller. How is that possible you might ask? It’s black magic, obviously…
All PC games (that I know of) are able to be used with mouse and keyboard... but some I find better with controller... and I have my pick. From ANY controller. Tend to rock with X-Box over PS as it's more ergonomically designed; at least in my eyes. Anyhoo... This article is like me giving a dissertation on the problems of speaking Welsh... and I can't speak a word of it. What a joke.
Recently got a pc specific controller (scuff envision) and it has been a game changer can reccomend it big time
I game with controller on pic with no problem and I have more choices. I like having choices.
It took me many months to figure out how to properly get my PS3 controllers to work on my new gaming laptop... when my cousins came over, they were still unreliable and didn't connect right to play Power Stone on an emulator. So I took them to my TV that had the 24 year old Dreamcast... and everything just WORKED. I bought Sunset Overdrive on steam for my new gaming laptop... and I tried hooking it up to my large screen TV. Not only did it require the controller to be plugged in annoyingly enough, the frame rate dropped to 10fps and the graphics looked worse. I was really disappointed. I am computer savvy, (built my own and have used them for 35 year) but I also hate having to trouble shoot a million things to get one thing to work. Nowadays I leave my PC gaming to VR only, almost. I may also pirate games I can't access too. I'm just going to say I agree with being more of a console gamer. For the average person wanting to get into all of it, they're not going to want to figure out all the ins and outs, and not pay 4x as much as they need to.
"Let me enjoy this slow time"
Ubisoft : let me cooked
As somebody that appreciates the 4:3 aspect ratio, I will gladly take his 800x600 monitor (there is no way it doesn't go higher than that unless it is a 1997 LCD or something)
Im still using a 2070. And im perfectly happy with it, for the time being.
I was thinking about upgrading but never got around to do it. Sow, i supposed it didn't matter that much to me.
I wonder if I could convince a jurno that PC booting into Steam's Big-Picture mode is a console. I think that'd be a fun experiment.
"that we gonna throw in the trash imediately" 💀💀💀 Classic
I mean I would have said Epic Games as the main argument why PC gaming sucks. Because for some reason people tolerate incompetence of the highest degree and actively defend Epic for removing games away from Steam.
Nobody defends epic games, people absolutely destroy it. They haven't made a penny ogf profit remember ?
So many people only buy games on steam that when the game finally comes to steam many games have a pretty large boost in sales on PC only reason I even have the epic launcher is cause gives me free games
Just got my gaming pc a week ago and I'll never understand why anyone would look down upon that, I rather join the pc master race than limit myself to consoles,
“In 2024, the year of our lord Mark Cerny, My 11 year old laptop isn’t better than a PS5 so no PC is better than the PS5”
Game journalism is true comedy
To be fair my laptop in 2013 was pretty cool. Would play new vegas and some other games really well. But like it died in within 3 to 4 years.
Gaming News Media outlets should not hire someone with journalism education who have ZEERROOO knowledge about gaming in general they should hire a hard core gamers.
Possibly this is some of that AI generated content?
18:07 The journalist actually has a valid point that you shut down erroneously. Your response is VERY, VERY blind to the reality that many "Overwhelmingly Positive" games on Steam, or even very popular games off of Steam, are specifically for the hardcore M&K crowd, such that only mouse & keyboard bindings are hardcoded without any thought to an alternative input. PC, overall, has many options, but those options are still restricted by the developer, noticeable as soon as the game launches, until the player is willing to trick this game to modify their input method, even modify their PC, into what a game like this expects. Steam Input, the way to customize and change bindings outside the game, cannot work to its full potential of freedom-of-input if the game is not designed for flexibility in mind, has a limited subset of considered acceptable controllers (every controller is an Xbox mindset) or isn't sold on Steam at all. So instead, you use this point to beat this already frustrating, bloodied journalist to death to fulfill your ego.
Pathetic.
Playstation is only the console "market leader" if you ignore Nintendo.
Even then, I'd take PC over Nintendo consoles any day, as I'd at least have access to their back catalog of games without having to wait for Nintendo to drip feed them at random (and never to own anymore).
Consoles are cheaper, but you get what you pay for. I'd rather pay more up front for a significantly better experience & more options than pay less for a much more limited, inferior experience.
PC costs less
PC is the only platform you can use literally any controller you want, in addition with keyboard and mouse plus some extra peripherals like joysticks and keypads. Also nearly any game's buttons are customizable.
I have a PS5 and PS4 controller but have never owned a PS4/5, I use them for PC gaming depending on the kind of game (Monster Hunter for instance). They work out of the box on linux.
So it's interesting that he added the laptop at the end. Could it be because it's a laptop from 2013, or could it be that specs show the GPU is an "Nvidia GeForce GT 640M LE "
I did research this and thought it was a laptop with an Intel HD, I double checked again when I did notice that it said vaio and Google corrected my spelling.
Either way, no wonder his laptop was really loud.
14:35, My first experience with cs:go was on console, the xbox verison on cs:go existed. So you can play it with controller.
PC literally can use PS5 controller with all it's features except even with old games that PS5 can't bother to run lol. Imagine playing good ol PS3 games with graphics mods and haptic feedback. Even if the game isn't compatible with controllers, we'll use controller emulators. Can't do that on PS5 can ya ?
I'm playing on my GTX 1070. My dad bought it in 2016 and it still performs great in 1080p.
"We're on pc because we don't want to be on console." As a former xbox player, this is so true
Tbh I feel I was robbed of so much variety by being on console for years
Me with a Switch Pro controller on my PC: 🗿
In a period of 5 years, a PC solution is cheaper than a console, considering all of the things you have to pay for, even more if you get a "console and a Mac" combo🤦
Bruh pc can literally play every video games that had ever excited, you have the best deals and sales on pc. Because there's more then steam. Oh you can play the games at best frame rates do to the fact you can upgrade your pc.
Unlike console that they always staid static. They also cost more money, one 70$ at minimum or more sometimes. Two their subscription services that the company rases the price and final point as you mentioned you would have to buy a pro version of that console.
So what's the benefits of a console, exactly they're worthless. And I'm just a roocky for pc and I know that PC is better than consoles.
LMFAO... No it can't. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
And you're a poor 3rd world gamer like most PC gamers. Where you from kid? India? Sure AF isn't America. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Some people are just stupid, 2013 laptop trying to play new games, 14 years old..
I really hope this article was some kind of elaborate troll attempt to farm attention. For the life of me, I can't believe someone decided to publish this without doing any research, it can't be this stupid.
These people do know how bluetooth works right?
You know what I can't do on my xbox or ps5? My course work or work. Pc are multipurpose machines.
Console gaming should be classified by the WHO.
13:13
*Pathatics in gyro*
I can play Dying light 2 on max settings, with RT off, with 150 fps (a game which came out at the time my card released). I have a RX 6800. So a already 4 year old card and a midrange card nowadays. I can play any new title at 1440p max settings with 60 fps. Even tho I prefer 1080p and higher fps. I can play so many games at a high refresh rate experience. What the hell is that guy talking about? And even tho upscalers look worse than native, it can make hardware last even longer.
The part of this that is the most annoying is when people go like i7 ryzen 7 like Joe said a i5 or i3 and amd equivalent will do fine id a i5 personally will do the trick especially for the price you can get like a 12th gen i5 is still very good
14:50 with software like xpadder you can use controller on games that have no controller support, i use it for Guild Wars 2, lol
"I'm going to take my obsolete laptop from 2013 and use that to judge modern PC gaming on a dedicated PC rig in 2024, and say it's bad. But I'm going to *hide* that fact at the very end so that so I can call people stupid if they call me out for my wrong and garbage opinion. I am super very intelligent."
Typical gaming journalist clown behavior. He knows exactly what he was doing.
i have been on pc since 2018 and am not going back like you say games that are on console will switch to pc eventually.