User blog comment:Airos/Rant: Why I dislike PC gaming/@comment-667748-20110608090457

Nice read

I'll agree with mostly every point, but as you just mentioned, very little of what you mentioned applies only to the PC, as consoles are now basically gaming-oriented PCs. Console games are also released without tests, and patched later. I've even notived that PC DRM trend is stable, whereas console DRM is geting way out of hand. Also, you state that PC has X-fire/battle net/steam etc... it might get confusing, but also has it's advantages. The day sony decides to ban your ass, you'll be locked out off ALL your games (but that's a different story; looking your way steam). Seriously, I go out of my to buy PC games retail in brick n' mortar stores, and the first thing that happens during install, is they ask you install steam and register...wtf? I was locked out of 2 full price retail games when my old school email address was closed after graduation.

For the ports, I was under the impression it was Console First, PC later... Resident Evil, Crysis2... but I agree, it shouldn't be botched.

That said, I'll disagree with your "There are no standards in PC gaming". Your argument sounds more of a "I don't want to make a choice": It's like buying a car: Ford or Chrysler? Diesel or Gasoline? How many Horse Power? You don't have to build your PC yourself either, you can always pick it off a shelf, or buy a laptop, but at one point, yes, you have to chose a model.

Further more the "All PS3 games run on a PS3" is double edged. Do you own a PS2? I did, and I loved it. However not a single PS3 game runs on my PS2, at all. New PC games will always run on an older PC (with lowered graphics). My PC can run the latest games, but it can also run games that were released decades ago, with improved graphics, and HD res and filters, as well as user created content. Last time I tried playing the PS2, I had trouble even looking at the interlaced analog output on my HD screen... FFX was so ugly. Then my PS2 died, and now I can't play my PS2 games, period.