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DeadZoneMDx said:
Ok, how about this one then
Start-up time
PCs = Start up the machine, then insert disk, play, eject disk, insert disk, play, etc
Consoles = Insert disk, start up the machine, play, shut down machine, eject disk, insert disk, start up machine, play, etc
One huge advantage PCs have over consoles
Just to note, I wont, in a million years, touch the XBox (Im one of them anti-microsoft people)
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Unles you are yalking about a Final Fantasy type game or console based Myst/Riven you included WAY to many steps in the Console startup time, and that seems like a trivial argument to me to be a "huge advantage". It goes more like Power up, open tray, insert disc, watch 3 second load screen and play, turn off when board turn back on and skip steps 2-4.
For PC it's like: Power-up PC(depending on machine this can take 30 seconds-almost 2 minutes), place CD in tray, wait for auto load, if auto load crashes, use the icon, or comand line to launch the game, game launches, but crashes immeadiately due to memory error, reboot and repeat steps to launch again, play for 20 minutes and crash because of 9X-XP compatibility or glitch caused by rushed programming with the logic " get it out the door we can fix it later wit teh patch", Download said patch(takes 5minutes-2 hours), instal patch, play game, experence severe joystick/gamepad glitches and realize there isaconflict in the game with your joystick drivers, update joystick drivers(20 minutes), play for another half hour till video card causes glitch, update video card drivers(5-20 minutes), play some moreand realize that your machine isn't powerful enough to run this game at full settings and 100-300 dollars will have to be spent and sensative components will have to be installed.....