The console gaming versus PC gaming debate is one that has been
Surging for years and years and it's probably never going to stop the PC has for a long time been seen as the technically superior
platform but with the newer and more powerful consoles like the Xbox one X and the ps4 Pro the line is becoming a
Tad bit more blurred as to which one actually has the upper hand when all things are considered
But what is really the difference between the platforms? What is up guys? Jimmy your chaos
Welcome to chaos top tens. And today we're gonna be taking a look at 10 of the main differences between
Console gaming and PC gaming and I want to know in the comments section
We're not gonna steer away from this or shy away. Are you Pro PC or are you Pro?
Console let the war begin
Kicking off our list at number 10 is easy its graphics
this is the most obvious and talked-about difference between consoles and
PC by far when a game is developed or ported to a console?
it is locked at a certain display quality due to the
restrictions of
that said console or that system the PC on the other hand gives you a lot more freedom over how you want to see your
Game be it with the shadows the texture quality. The draw distance is anti-aliasing g-sync. So on so forth
There's there's a lot of different options
People often talk about how great PC games can look but they also forget about the other side of the spectrum
Because pc games generally have more options with the visuals
It also allows lower end pcs to run newer games by turning the visuals down from the default in order for a smoother gaming
Experience these are options that the console just doesn't have because of the way that console games are made in the way the hardware looks
So probably leaning pretty hard on the PC side on the graphics topic
Number nine players, this is a bit of a generalization. But for the most part, I think it's pretty true
Generally speaking
PC players tend to be a little more serious than console players due to a lack of casual players and most multiplayer games on PC
When someone is a casual gamer
Chances are they probably have a console they picked it up from Game Stop or Target or wherever it is
They got it now not very many casual gamers go out and drop hundreds of dollars
thousands of dollars on a mid to high level gaming PC and because of this
Multi-player communities of PC games tend to take the game a little more seriously
Than that of the console multiplayer games because of the simple difference
Between the amount of casual players present on each platform now are there casual PC players? Of course?
And are there hard-core console players?
absolutely, but the amount of casual and hardcore players on each platform is where the real difference is because like I said if a casual
Gamer is looking for somebody to play on chances are they're probably going to get a console over an expensive gaming PC
Speaking of expensive let's talk about pricing at number eight
You hear it a lot that PC gaming is so much more expensive than console gaming
but really
That's not entirely true
the difference between the PC and the console pricing is less of a more money versus less money matter and more of a
Gradual money versus immediate money matter on their own a console will never be as expensive as a decent gaming PC
but when you look at the long term that gaming PC will last longer and stay relevant longer than that console will due to the
Fact that the stronger Hardware will always take longer to become outdated and it can be easily
Upgraded once it finally needs to be replaced
Consoles on the other hand are kind of an all-or-nothing type matter
If something in your console breaks
You need to get a new one if the new gen of consoles comes out. You need to get a new one
So while a PC will cost you more money immediately upfront
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Loading times because of the way PC games are optimized compared to console games
It leads to much quicker loading times now
Obviously this depends on how good your PC is or how new your console is
And obviously your games won't load faster on a PC just because it's a PC
But generally speaking
the PC loads things much quicker than a console does because of the freedom of visual quality that the PC has in the console doesn't
Not much to say about this one other than what we said. It's just honestly the way it is
Now number six, let's talk about frame rates. The standard for console games nowadays is about 60 frames per second
But with PC, it's a little bit different
In fact 60 frames per second is more of a minimum than a standard on the PC because of the higher
Capabilities of the PC is a gaming platform
it's capable of running games at a much higher frame rate than a console is sometimes upwards of 200 to 300 fps if you have
The right hardware and you know what you're doing with the games visual setting
however
A console won't go above 60 frames per second and a lot of the times it won't even maintain a consistent
60 so PC games will largely feel smoother than console games
Cracking you to the top 5 today. Let's talk about game speed. This is another generalization
But it's it's pretty true. Generally speaking
the speed of multiplayer games on PC is
Faster than consoles when I say game speed what I'm actually talking about is the literal speed in which the players
Play the game when you compare people playing a game on console compared to people playing it on PC
It is very obvious that PC players move much quicker and much sharper
And this is very obvious when you're comparing two player game basis like fortnight
So why is it well the things I've said about the casual versus hardcore player basis on PC is part of it
but it also has to do with the mouse and the keyboard as
opposed to the controller and I'm not going to tell you which of these two things you are supposed to be more like but in
terms of pure objective facts the keyboard in the mouse are
Capable of much more freedom and precision than a controller is which leads to a PC game moving quicker than a console game
And it's also the reason why you can pretty easily
Tell the difference between a PC player in a console player just by watching game play the mouse allows much more fluid can remove it
While the keyboard allows the player to do more things at once then a controller due to the extra buttons available to the user
This is why when you watch console for nine players compared to PC for nine players the PC player will be building like crazy
While the console players a little slower and a little more conservative
it's simply easier for a PC player to play like that than it is for a console person a
Number for backwards compatibility now, this is a feature that a lot of console players
Wish they had because for some reason it's seemingly been forgotten over the last few years
the PC on the other hand never has to worry about backwards compatibility because just about every
Is backwards compatible with just about every PC game to ever exist?
now because PC games are built with much more lenient specs than console games are it makes them much more accessible in the future for
both old and new computers
It doesn't really matter how old the game is chances are it will probably run on a PC
Plus you also have all the emulators on the PC that allow you to play those older console games that you wish your new consoles
would still run a
number three online
Play this is another point of debate that a lot of PC and console players like to talk about
While both platforms are obviously capable of online play the PC runs things very differently for console games
you pay a flat fee like an Xbox Live or a PSN and then you have access to all of
The games or none of them if the server's are down for whatever reason the PC on the other hand has no
Subscription fees unless it's an MMO and the games do not run through Universal service
So instead each multiplayer PC game has its own individual servers
Which is why there are never any large-scale multiplayer blackouts like there sometimes are on Xbox and Playstation
But because each PC handles their own servers individually instead of letting another company handle them like a console game
Does it can sometimes lead to the smaller games having below-average?
Connection because the devs can't handle the servers the way the bigger companies do so I'll leave it up to you
The choice is yours in online play. Do you prefer console or PC a?
number two
Cheating this is a big one because of how much more accessible a PC is than a console it leads to a much bigger cheating
Problem while PC gaming doesn't have as nearly a biga cheating problem as people make it out to have it is still
Significantly worse than it is on current consoles. Well, you have direct access to the game files
It makes the game much easier to exploit and alter to your favour while you're on a console
It's much harder to actually get third-party software into your system in order to cheat now much
Like what I said about online play
This is more of a case-by-case
Issue because there will always be more cheaters on PC and then there are on console and the number of cheaters
you can actually run into depends on the game you're playing and how capable the devs are of patching the game up and
keeping things clean and
Finally at number one today
Mobility this is the one thing generally speaking that console
Probably have the upper hand on and most people would agree
Nor unless you have a really high-powered gaming laptop when you build a gaming PC. We're talking about a desktop here
Okay
It's usually pretty big and you don't really want to move it around much
Consoles on the other hand are much smaller and more compact and they are getting smaller and smaller as we go on which allows you
to move them around easier
plus there is a whole laundry list of
Handheld consoles like the PS Vita and five million different versions of the Nintendo DS if you're someone who just wants to have a system
That will stay in one place a PC won't bother you at all
But if you are someone who is going to be on the move quite a bit
Maybe a console would cater a little more to your needs. Once again, it's a case-by-case thing and it's all subjective
So I want to know from you is mobility a big issue for you. Are you a person that travels a lot?
Are you a homebody that stays in your office or in your gaming room?
And there you have my friends
Those are 10 of the main differences between consoles and PC gaming
This war will wage on until the end of ages for sure, but it's fun to talk about it
It's fun to debate. So you guys let me know what you think in the comments section as always
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