From PC to Console: The Thoughts of a Conflicted Gamer

Posted by: Charles King Posted date: February 20, 2012 In: Pixelated Thoughts | comment : 3

Right now I am in the market for a new PC. I don’t necessarily need a gaming rig that can play Battlefield 3 on full settings, just something that can handle recent PC releases. One of my incentives, besides the fact that this article is being written on a 5-year-old laptop, is that Guild Wars 2 should be launching this year.

Here is where being a conflicted gamer comes into play (No pun intended).

Guild Wars 2 has been on my radar ever since I played it at PAX a couple of years ago, and recently ArenaNet confirmed they are “in the preparation stage” of developing a console version. The news made me very happy, and then made me question if I should go ahead with a PC purchase. One of my major justifications is now out the window, but the fact remains that upgrading to a more powerful PC has its advantages besides gaming. Waiting until Guild Wars 2 arrives on my console will be ultimately cheaper in the long run but being able to multitask without frustration would be nice too.

Never underestimate what a man will do when a simple YouTube video slows down his PC to a crawl.

There was a recent miss-understanding between Blizzard and a fan about the company confirming development of a console version of Diablo 3. I’m sure Blizzard is working on a port behind the scenes as we speak, and I hope they are because the Diablo series has gameplay that will transfer very well from the desktop to your living room couch.

Even Witcher 2 will be coming to the Xbox 360 in April with an Enhanced Edition with all new bells and whistles, and a new PS3 version will probably be released sometime in the future. This is obviously the start of a trend as more PC ports to consoles are bound to arrive in our gaming futures. The Crysis franchise is available for anyone who doesn’t own a beastly gaming PC, but the only disadvantage is that the experience will not be in its entirety, aka full settings.

As long as the meat-and-potatoes of a game is represented in a port, I don’t mind the graphics being dialed down a notch or two.

Guild Wars 2, Witcher 2, and Diablo 3 share a common trait besides being fantasy games and their titles ending with a number. They all will be, or have been, ported long after their release on the PC. I think developers should decide before hand if they want to spend resources on a console version so they can release it within a reasonable time frame.

Like I said before I am willing to wait, but if GW2 comes out a year from now for consoles why bother?

A new computer will decide for me.

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Death Note Killa

Everyone is getting back on the PC side these days.
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Well I have a pretty monster rig,.. but I am kind of not playing almost anything anymore (especially on PC),..Last thing I played is Skyrim (and un-modded menu system sucked ass on PC),..

It is like I am getting tired of everything,.. I hope Vita will get me back with some new concept gaming (like Sound Shapes, Escape plan,.. Interesting use of touch screen in (J)RPG’s -for shortcuts and menus),.. And since Social features are great with voice chat, Near,.. I think that is going to be just awesome,. )

Also the backlog of PSP games look stunning on this thing,.. and games that were meh or shit, because of the lack of moving the camera on a rotary-lateral basis,..in most 3D games (you need a second analog stick) will actually be AAA games now.

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Gaming does need to revert back to the days of old. That is why I might be getting a Wii just so I can play The Last Story, because that game just screams “Old-School JRPG” to me.