Agreed, both have their place, but the divide between them is growing smaller, considering the games published on both, the hardware that they use, and eventually, the methods of control for them.
As it currently stands, you can connect your PS3 controller or a wired Xbox controller to your PC, and the game functions and reacts as if it were on console.
PS3 supports mouse and keyboard input, just not all the games support it - Dust514 on PS3 is a good example...
Maybe not, but they should, considering the innards of the now-current-gen stuff is almost identical, what with running x86 processors. This should make porting games between platforms much simpler, streamline development processes. It also explains why backwards compatibility isn't present, becuase PS3 used the Cell processor, based on MIPS technology (IIRC) and Xbox360 used PowerPC architecture; they were fundamentally different from each other and PC's.
Now, they ...
Well considering that these new consoles are basically modified PC's, your direct-to-hardware is basically moot, considering DirectX will be used by M$, so porting games to PC from there will be really easy.
Im sure PS is doing something similar, or openGL or similar. it makes no sense to write directly to hardware since so many libraries already exist
From a technical perspective, consoles were out of date by the time the specs were announced.
Consoles have their place, to be sure, and obviously, a dedicated console can be made to perform magic. (see GTA5 as a shining example).
More like Mayas == aliens
As much as both sound technically impressive, neither appeal to me enough to say that I want to get one at this juncture. Still hoping PS4 sorts that media thingy out; that'll switch me...
Of those, I'd only be interested in the Halo series, and maybe the Gears of War series, even though Gears wasn't on the list...
Good to see that focus is being brought in here; I'd love to see more of this type of thing being picked up by local TV channels
I didn't play enough of Ghosts, is there a P90 in the mix? That's still the ultimate spray & pray
Blah Blah fish paste, where is the media centre capability that has been OMITTED??
high praise indeed fort a mobile app. I'm still of the mind that Carmageddon is THE perfect game for mobile :)
Yup, my car as deep gouges all over the sides, within 20 seconds of me getting into it. And I just stole that fancy Audi-ripoff!
well for budgeting, there is an app for that! Its called You Need a Budget, or YNAB for short. Main reason i bring it up, its sold on Steam, and also mobile editions which tie into the desktop edition too!
Coulda, shoulda, woulda...
Yup, great tips, but it still get turned into a leaky puddle more often than I'd like :(
I loved that troll episode on Top Gear with Michael Schumacher as the Stig. They trolled so hard on that episode, but so, so epic!
Companions apps, companion apps EVERYWHERE!!
Been looking for something FPS to try on my fancy phone, looks I might just try this one!
It's an interesting look from the consoles' perspective mainly, but there were a slew of games in a similar stead with the release of CD-ROM kits for PC, and eventually DVD-ROM kits too, way way back in the day
Again with the question, ask not what you can do for your console, but what your console SHOULD BE DOING FOR YOU! Seriously, what are you losing versus gaining on these things people??
These thigns are taking things away from you, spouting that they do things differently, where they actually doing things worse!