Post by Harry Skywalker on Nov 4, 2017 0:22:13 GMT

This is an UNDISPUTED FACT.
Consoles have:
+Bette games.
+Better graphics.
+Better sound.
+Larger variety of games.
+Relevance.
+Quality.
+Not a worthless hunk of shit when the next gen comes out.
+Not a waste of money.
the better sound comment... is a non-issue as once sound quality reaches a certain point you won't be able to tell the difference anyways. it's like people who claim they can hear a difference between a AUDIO CD and a AAC/MP3 file as when they do a double blind test (i.e. ABX test) they will generally experience that they can't tell the difference like they thought they could as i am willing to bet most people overestimate their abilities here as with a ABX test it proves whether someone can hear the difference or not between the high quality source (i.e. lossless) and a MP3/AAC (i.e. lossy). i am willing to bet most people will find 128kbps encoded by the Apple AAC encoder (which can be encoded with Foobar2000 (which is what i use) when configured) to be quality even though some people can notice the difference but even then it's not much as that's a pretty safe bit rate for quality/file size. NOTE: ABX tests can be run using Foobar2000 on the PC as all you need is a lossless source file (i.e. FLAC (or rip your own CD's to FLAC etc)) and then encode your own AAC/MP3 file at whatever bit rates you want to test. basically this site is pretty much the standard if you want to learn about this sort of stuff... hydrogenaud.io/ ; they use actual data to backup sound quality claims instead of people giving random opinion which almost everyone will overestimate their abilities as it's actually funny seeing some comments on random websites where people actually claim, and are dead serious about it, that they can hear a difference between a WAV file and a FLAC file but that's impossible simply because the actual audio stream are 100% the same between the two files. basically FLAC just shrinks the WAV file to roughly 40-60% of it's original size but when played back it re-creates the exact sound (like it's identical to the actual store bought audio CD assuming it was made from that in the first place) as there is no loss of sound quality whatsoever which is why it's called 'lossless' audio. that's why i tend to keep all of my music CD's in FLAC format so if i ever need to re-rip to a different lossy format or a different bit rate i can do it from the lossless source which is the proper way to do it. it only takes about 1min tops (unless your PC's CPU is fairly old) to encode a entire audio CD from FLAC to AAC or MP3 with Foobar2000.
but anyways, even once next gen comes out... PC's are not worthless junk as they are still the best way to access the internet. using internet on tablet/cell phone (and the like) is basically a watered down experience. but with that said... purely in terms of gaming i realize PC's can get expensive but gaming on PC's tends to be overall cheaper than it used to be years ago where in a few years time your PC got outdated. but lately, say for roughly this current decade, you don't need a monster PC for it to last years. hell, my CPU is from Feb 2011 (i had it since May 2012) and it's still respectable considering it's age although i did upgrade my video card in July as before that i flat out could not play modern games on it but then again that video card i used to have was from 2010 so it was basically 7 years or so old.
but one area a console does have a clear advantage is things are simpler/more reliable in that you buy a game it just works since the hardware is the same across the board basically where as with PC's, since they have a lot of different hardware configurations, it's more likely to have issues.
p.s. so it's basically easy for me to say your 'consoles are massively better than PC's and is a undisputed fact' is simply not true as each have their ups and downs. but it all boils down to what kind of games you play as i feel the PC's main strength is shooter games because of mouse+keyboard. but if using a analog stick does not bother you on shooters and you don't care about the PC's graphics etc then in a case like that a console would likely be hands down better for that type of person.
Consoles are clearly better than PCs.

