Whats the point in buying a PC over console gaming?

PC gaming is far superior by far in just about every way. You can also buy quite a formidable gaming machine on Ebay for peanuts. To add to this there is no 'membership fee' to pay as with xboxLive because it's free, you can also use the excellent SteamCloud for multiplayer and cheap download titles. The PC will have up-to-date and upgradeable graphics hardware and software whereas the consoles will have stable versions of old tech inside. Hard drives are now measured in Tb not Gb, Graphics card memory is measured in Gb. Consoles just can't compete with that. I find I get much better and smoother control with PC too rather that using a controller. The only downside to PC gaming is that to get the best you need Windows, as Linux isn't really supported for games. Shame.

1) Graphics. 2) Community. 3) Cheap, if you build your own. 4) Functionality, BF3 one minute, Youtube the next. 5) The Xbox 720 is about to be launched, so I wouldn't get a console now.

Pc gaming has an advantage over console gaming for various reasons, the only downsides being cost and console exclusive games (the latter problem being very minor): Firstly, pc games can be a lot easier to obtain. Many pc games nowadays are available to buy off the internet and download directly to your computer via services such as steam, and due to no shipping costs, physical instruction manual or box, these games can be much cheaper. Secondly, many games play substantially better on the pc (especially first person shooters and strategy games), as the mouse enables freedom of movement and accuracy. Thirdly, in many pc games you can tweak the graphics to suit your pc. If your pc is of the highest quality, you can turn the graphics above those of console standard. And lastly, it's just convenient - a gaming pc can be used both as a gaming platform and a regular personal computer, having access to the internet, utilities, etc. I hope this helps you evaluate pc gaming better.

Pros: Cheaper games, RELATIVELY better graphics (look up Kara PS3 Demo), does more than a gaming console. Cons: More expensive ($500 for a video card I can get 2 PS3s for that), more maintenance, generally has a shorter lifetime than a console. Its this way: a console now is something you play games on that happens to do other things A pc is something that does multiple things mainly web browsing and work, that just so happens to play games.

Just preference really. I use this computer for multiple things, including the little bit of games I like, so for me it makes more sense. But if you'd rather game on a console then it makes more sense to put the money there and simply have an average computer for all the non-game things you do on it.

You can play more platforms on a PC, all you need is the right emulators, so if you used to like Mega Drive, Commodore, Spectrum games then you can play those, you can also play PC games. But on a PS3 you can only play PS3 games.

Advantages of the PS3: More friends highest graphics probably bigger TV Netflix Advantages of the PC: Better multitasking More memory Both games from PS3 and XBox 360 on it Modding for games You can also use the PC for everyday stuff too and not just gaming I have a PS3 and a great PC. I have Skyrim for both of them and it was a lot better for the PC because in the end on PS3 the game file was so huge that the game was lagging and crashed about every hour. And the PC, I have a bunch of really cool graphic mods and extras and it is really great. Plus, if you have it for Steam, you can look online while playing the game and look up a guide for a quest or something. Hope this helped