It also means that games can be created with specific hardware* in mind if the devs do their jobs properly and games can be customised with it's unique controls in mind**.


*This was better when it was custom hardware in consoles.

** Apart from the Xbox with its shitty gamepad.

For Deus Ex: GOTY the game was way too dark, to the point where I can't see half of my surroundings, even with the brighness set to the max. I had to use Kentie's Launcher to make it work.

Arcanum runs terribly on Windows 10. I did not have this problem with my older PC, which ran on Windows 8.

There are a number of older games that need a widescreen mod to make them playable on a widescreen. The graphics stretching, I can tolerate to a certain extent. What I can't accept is when the screen is tearing and parts of the screen being cut off. Kotor 2 was an example with screen tearing, used Flawless Widescreen to fix it. Kotor 1, on the other hand, just needed tweaks on the graphics setting.

Interestingly enough, I didn't encounter too many problems with some of the DOS-based games.

Those days are long gone for consoles...
Don't get me wrong, I still use them. I'm just lamenting the days when console games couldn't be patched and therefore went through some pretty rigorous testing before going gold.

The Xbox 360 started it.

The PC masterrace needs smelly console peasants to look down upon.
I do that with a PC.

It is very quite simple there are some games out there that are NOT available on PC and most likely never will be. Such as the games from Naughty Dog. Yeah you can emulate them (Uncharted series and The Last of Us 1) but that is very different than having a native PC port. Finally there are devs that only do Console games they don't do PC games. Yeah it sucks but its the way it is.

First considering games were NOT the original primary use for PC's while for consoles it was the opposite(except in Japan) I would disagree on the controls argument.
Nice distraction on Lossless and default acknowledgement that consoles have the superior audio experience on some(not the 360). While I own and love HD DVD did you make that same argument for why BR was unnecessary. You do a disservice to that format and how it was brilliantly launched and competed with BR.
Edit added to fender's point....Most small and even some larger Japanese devs. fall into that console camp.

Edit added: I would like to see an arcade vs. console argument esp. now.

Simplicity, plug and play. Everything is simple and automated for non-tech savy gamers.

This is obviously true, but I will say as a 99% PC only guy that it's very rare I'm that upset by it. If the Uncharted games were on PC I would play them. I like the modern Tomb Raiders a lot and they sound very similar. However there are SO many PC games to play, so many in my backlog and so many I would like to replay, that it's hard to get that worked up over having less games on offer.

The only time it really bothers me is when something is super up my alley, and looks like a very PC style game. The Darkness and Condemned 2 are good examples, along with the Killzone games.

Honestly I would have thought it was self evident without too much thinking about it ... but just in case you missed out.

PCs come in all shapes and sizes and variability in performance. Just look at the game reviews here and see all the problems experienced with games for many people. You don't get that with consoles ... or extremely rare to.

When a game developer is making a game for a console, they know exactly what they are working with, and so can ensure their game is best optimized for that hardware. That's not something they can do with a PC, as what may work great on one PC, can be crap on another, and that might be so for all sorts of reasons.

In short, the console is a guaranteed environment, the PC isn't.

While a PC can be tailored to be a decent gaming system, a console pairs with your large TV screen as the ultimate gaming environment.

I say all of this as a non-console gamer, who much prefers the flexibility of a PC.

And then you add in cost. You get better bang for buck with a console ... but only if you take the TV for granted, which most can of course.

All that said, there are plenty of games that are far better on a PC. So game type or genre is important.

P.S. I'm an old guy, who has two grown sons who play games on all mediums but prefer their consoles. I perfectly understand why.

I would love to see Darkness 1, Condemned 2, and Killzone hit the PC.

Of course, I'd love to see Uncharted series & The Last of Us series hit the PC.

"What's the point of consoles when PC has better graphics and 60 FPS?"

I guess because playing Centipede with the Trakball controller on the 5200 rocked, or because fishing in LoZ: Twilight Princess with the Wii controller was a lot of fun. . . stuff like that. I think the Dreamcast actually had a fishing rod controller.

Gaming-wise, I vacillate between consoles and PC. First gen., console: the 5200 and Colecovision had some incredible arcade ports and good libraries; computers were very expensive, and you needed several peripherals and board enhancements to play good titles, and most of the software really didn't amount to much. Second gen., computer (PC): most Nintendo titles did not interest me, except the Zelda franchise; I became more interested in story-driven titles like Quest for Glory and such. Third gen., PC: for better or worse, MS DOS/Windows offered a fantastic platform for gaming, and there were many incredible, jaw-dropping PC titles during this period. Fourth gen., PC: console development at this time was just a big ol' free-for-all; Sega kept bombarding folks with a new console every 1 1/2 - 2 years, with goofy and expensive a-la-carte peripherals, and most of the titles seemed like enhanced, but stale renditions of your typical platformers, flight-sims, and fight-tourneys. Fifth/sixth gen., console: Playstation 2, incredible library, very good ports of some stellar PC titles, excellent controls, wonderful sound and graphics, great DVD-player, classy console remote, good internet connectivity and speed. . . and it was a really good looking device; plus, PC gaming during this period had become a klutzy platform. . . every other title needed "this" video-card with "that" sound-card. . . tiresome. Seventh/Eighth: On the fence: The Wii had its moments. I thought LoZ: Twilight Princess was a great game. I also like the Wii controllers, but the system needed a better remote-receiver. Surprisingly, a few of the titles we had for the Wii, Skylanders for example, were incredibly hitchy and buggy. . . poor 3rd-party support. Currently, I tend to play PS4/PC interchangeably, since each is often porting to the other. I do like playing on the console sometimes because it's cooler, especially in the summer; I'm thinking about venting my PC like a dryer or something. . . ridiculous.