> What makes a PC with 4 USB Sidewinder Pro joypads worse than a console > with 4 joypads.
Lol, not that much I suppose, except for a few things: A) PC games are usually designed with higher resolutions and graphics than a console game- take for example, resident evil. It's horrible on a PC, but looks great on a TV. The engine just doesn't scale, B) and a lot of people don't want to buy an extra controller for their PC... A game with a good interface is designed around the controller- taking to a mouse and keyboard doesn't work well. You can "tell" when a game is a console port. :( C) See above, about how the console games are designed around the controller- pc games let you have a lot more depth. Yes, you can buy a keyboard and mouse for a PS2, but game companies can't develop for that- they have to make it work great with what 90% of the people who own a PS2 will have. > I'm also fairly sure a compact keyboard and mouse are on > the cards for PS2 as it uses USB and iLink. Yep, you can just plug them in already... I think there was a hook out to do it for dreamcast also? Because while they said they were able to get the engine up and running well on the dreamcast/ps2, it just wasn't fun to play without a mouse and keyboard- if you were using the controller against someone who had the mouse/keyboard, you'd get schooled. > You can play many console > games perfectly well with as good, if not better gfx on a PC. Take a look at "spider man" or "resident evil" or even "evil dead" "metal gear solid" (to name a few). The PC can almost always handle the graphics, the problem is that the console engines are very optimized for 640x480, whereas on a pc you have to be able to develop all the way to 1280x1024+, your game has to be able to scale. You can definetly tell it is a console port. :( > If I only > had a Mac (I'd have a decent one) I'd persevere with games on it rather > than get a console as well. you can play any games on a desktop computer > but you can't on a console. Well, there's actually been a lot of talk lately about "the death of pc gaming" compared to the consoles... A lot of game development houses are jumping ship- developing for a console is just so, so nice compared to the PC world. Obviously it's somewhat exaggerated, but it's definetly happening... They both really have their place. Now, if I could just figure out why I did so well with grand tourismo2 but I swear to god I can't stop crashing in v3... :) any tips? -- Michael Bryan Bell http://homepage.mac.com/michael_bell/ -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
