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Make your PC better than a console

Michael Smith:

For the longest time, there was a chorus of gamers forecasting the death of PC gaming. But the number of naysayers is rapidly evaporating—recent reports show PC gaming is now poised to overtake consoles by 2014. And in some ways, this trend has been years in the making if you consider that, unlike consoles such as the PS3 and Xbox 360 that are based on six-year-old hardware, PCs can be upgraded and tweaked to accommodate the newest games.

wallis5016d ago

My PC IS better than a console. Most are nowadays.

Letros5016d ago

Yea the title is not a very good one. Should be more like "DYI: Optimizing your PC"

TitanUp5016d ago

not sure why you got 3 disagrees your statement rings true.

amd 4000 series beats consoles

shutUpAndTakeMyMoney5016d ago (Edited 5016d ago )

EA would somewhat agree with you.
"PC delivered $276 million, the Xbox 360 $292 million and the PS3 $267 million. So the EA, one of the biggest publishers in the world, made more money from the PC than from the PS3."

It's 16 million away from topping xbox.
http://www.pcgamer.com/2012...

Also it must be somewhat true if Dice are ready to do this and not worry about sales.
http://www.engadget.com/201...

ATi_Elite5016d ago

It's a PC! It's already better than a console!

Burn CD/DVD/Blu-ray, do your taxes, manage payroll, do your homework, do work work, folding@home, seti@home, video skype, make music, make and edit videos, record TV shows, engineering software, educational software, job training software, learn a new language, control other machines and electronics, monitor your house and home security, run a business, Writing STUPID articles about PC vs. Console to post online etc etc..

These are just a small few things that a PC can do OTHER THAN PLAY GAMES!!!

STOP making it seem like a PC is just a "TOY" to play Games on cause it is NOT! My PC's make me $MONEY$ and they have paid for themselves and for other things as well.

A PC is a very important tool that has the ability to quickly share information and ideals globally and instantly and is a great assistant of human progress and understanding the universe, Oh and it just so happens to play games too!!

Happily when Next Gen consoles come complete with x86 CPU's then all these STUPID PC vs. Console articles will STOP cause Next Gen consoles will be PC's!!

One more thing, the guy gave a lot of good advice on PC optimization but he forgot ONE important thing: CLEAN your REGISTRY!

A messed up Registry is the reason for poor performance and so called "bad Drivers". When your Registry is full of errors and unused data your CPu has look at all that crap to find the proper path and this waist time and causes errors. CLean your Registry folks.

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shutUpAndTakeMyMoney5016d ago (Edited 5016d ago )

Lol that is easy.. Steam even updates my games automatically in the background. I can choose to play before or after udating. I like pc because it's convenient.

Getowned5016d ago

I love steam :] and my PC, but for some reason I still play on my PS3 a tad bit more.

I was addicted to TF2,Shogun 2, and L4D2 for the longest time. One game i've been meaning to get is Red Orchestra 2 (love me some WW2 shooters, Die! Nazis Die!! AHHH HAHAHAAA!!) lol

finite5016d ago (Edited 5016d ago )

I loled when i seen the title, but then i read it.. its more like one person said a common sense guide to keeping your PC up to scratch and updated.

Puddlejumper755016d ago

"unlike consoles such as the PS3 and Xbox 360 that are based on six-year-old hardware"

Every single time I see this I just shake my head at how clueless the person must be.
Companies to not wait til launch day to suddenly decide what will be in a console. That is done years ahead of time. The Cell was made in 2003. How exactly is it only 6 years old?
It just shows that most people are actually clueless when it comes to gaming companies.

Yes the 360 launched in 2005 with technology from 2006..SMFH

JONESY65016d ago

I hear the next Xbox is releasing in end of 2013 with technology from 2015.

paddystan5016d ago

My gaming PC is probably 2-3 times better than even the next-gen consoles. :P

karlowma5016d ago

Yeah mine too. It's a shame that devs don't push the technology envelope anymore. Everything has to sell five million copies and run on current gen consoles to have a chance of being successful.

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio7d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing7d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster927d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit7d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing7d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster927d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."