Well... before the thread dies.... i need to get something off my chest. (potential necro-thread?)

1stly, in terms of system benchmarks, I can't and don't know how to compare.

BUT, you can't compare prices. Consoles cheat. With tie-ins and different manufacturing structures, the consoles cut costs. For example, you and I would buy a graphic card for a computer at X price which includes manufacturing costs, OEM profits AND the leasing of the tech from Nvidia or ATI. But console manufacturers buy the technology (rights) and manufacture based on their own design making manufacturing ALOT cheaper.

Not only that, they pay less for the tech per console versus our per pc part. This means that a Nvidia Geforce 7800 costs X amount to us but a console user only play a fraction of that.

Source : PC Gamer or PC Pro... i can't remember sorry. I'll dig up the edition if i feel like it

Err.... I don't see how your statement has anything to do with mine. I'm talking about why people shouldn't compare the prices if they want to take a shot in the dark about which 1 is technologically better.

On a side note, I disagree with your statement about consoles and PC being different in terms of game genre. Case to point is the latest Fallout 3. Originally a PC game. One of the best imho. But destroyed when moved to console. (Note: I feel its bad, doesn't mean others should feel the same)

The main reason PC and console have different games not available on 1 or the other is because of the developers. An originally console only developer on ventures into the PC area occasionally. Probably the same with originally PC only developers. Hence the difference in game availability stems not from the platform used but rather the developers choice.

Which leads me back to my original statement, I have no idea how to compare platforms technologically. Social-economics wise, does not seem to be a method of comparison either.

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Edit : After re-reading my post, I can summarize that I have no idea on how to compare and don't have anything of importance to say to this topic. HAHAHA sorry if I wasted anybody's time.

This post has been edited by farkinid: Nov 18 2008, 10:46 AM