Gadgetory

yes yes yes we've all seen this movie and we all know how it ends but instead of the usual song and dance why don't we all put down our glorious broadsword then hasn't hit forks for one second stop acting like the poop we're slinging doesn't stink as much as the other guys objectively speaking what is best a PC or a console let's log our way through the traditional arguments shall we first up is exclusives whether their intent God of War Final Fantasy Starcraft Gears of War halo or Super Smash Brothers fans will argue all day that the exclusives make a given platform best hmm there is no such thing as a best exclusive and every platform has exclusives ironically given how often console silence bringing this point up the Windows PC platform actually has more exclusive than every other console ever combined along with stellar backwards compatibility thanks to DirectX but and here's a bombshell for the PC zealots that doesn't make it best either a fat lot of good redneck rampage is gonna do for someone who only really wants to play Pokemon next is the living room experience consoles are optimized for the couch the interface is easy to read the controllers are Wireless and this might seem like a small detail but they can be turned on with the controller arguably steam big picture improves game navigation on the PC and yes you can buy little dongles to run the same controllers wirelessly even but no one actually does that one infinitesimally small number of you actually have a separate PC on your TV for local gaming or game streaming that yes yes I know a handful of you do but most people who invest in two separate gaming boxes will at least consider buying two different kinds of console for the TV and a PC for the desk horses for courses my friends but the PC is the horse for any course isn't it Linus you can buy a cheap O'Dell slam the video card in it and start playing great free games like League of Legends and Team Fortress 2 just like that or you can go balls to the wall and Dec your setup out with cool peripherals like the oculus rift 4k monitors and even elaborate multi-screen configurations yes the value and flexibility argument is a strong one for the PC but one counter is the simplicity argument yes internet connections have made console game releases more PC like than ever and not in a good way but at least the game works as well as it can across the board because let's face it not everyone wants to care about what brand motor oil is in their car what heating element is in their dishwasher or yeah it's true what leaked video card is in their gaming system which leads us to performance I'm legit tired of hearing about how pcs are faster I really am they are and their core functionality is much deeper than what a console can be but to be a whole lot faster they're also more expensive at a similar price a PC really isn't that much better than a PlayStation 4 with that said I'm even more tired of hearing about how consoles are faster they're not if you think they are you're wrong there was a time when you could argue that but these days you're just wrong sorry bruh then there's the closely related value argument both sides can lay claim to massive catalogs of cheap games that were released last year but two seemingly devastating blows to the console argument are the backwards compatibility of the PC courtesy of DirectX and the lack of a system-wide paid subscription for multiplayer unless of course you don't appreciate the rampant cheating in many PC games even at the highest competitive level sometimes something that console gamers don't suffer from to the same degree and then of course there's the hardware - you know this is where it kind of degrades most of the time consoles are cheap it lasts a long time yeah but PC gamers could keep their computers for seven years if they wanted potato grade graphics to your games are locked in 30fps 792p oh yeah well all your triple-a games are crud ports of the games that run better on our supposedly inferior hardware but maybe if your hardware didn't suck so bad the whole industry could be able to move forward out of faster jacent yeah we all knew this was heading there as soon as the potatoes got brought up so let's reset again the problem and I'd actually like to address my fellow PC master-race members for a moment here is that at the end of the day life is not a spreadsheet and the way that we approached this video in the first place is actually sort of wrong if we tackle this purely objectively the PC is superior it can achieve more check marks and fewer X's at a lower price or a vast number more check marks at a greater price yeah I know but guys it's not about dispassionately comparing stats to crown a winner it's about the games and the experience that you as an individual are after if you want a super deep experience an EVE Online makes you happy then great but if someone else wants to play singing dancing games with their friends do you really expect them to crowd around a PC to do it no of course not it's one of those scenarios more hardcore oh I don't know probably but who cares it's entertainment and the TLDR here is everyone needs to just calm the heck down speaking of calming back down lynda.com I actually don't know if I'm allowed to do that segue for lynda.com but the point is you guys are gonna want to go over to lynda.com slash tech quickie if you want to learn online you can get a free 10-day trial and lynda.com courses are easy to digest taught by industry experts and they're updated constantly so you can keep on learning about whatever subject it is you want they've got stuff that'll help you enhance your Hobby experience like photography and they've got stuff that will help you enhance your professional experience like photography I mean you can remember you can use lynda.com for anything that's the basic point they've got a lot of different stuff not just photography is you know coding videography video editing all kinds of amazing stuff just head over to lynda.com slash tech quickie to try it out we've got a couple people who work here at Linus Media Group who used their lynda.com skills every day it's real and it works so thanks for the sponsorship lynda.com you guys are awesome over there and I'm sorry for that terrible segue and as for you the viewers guys thanks for watching like this video if you liked it dislike it if you just liked it leave a comment if you have suggestions for future fast as possible episodes just like this one and as always don't forget to subscribe