Having been an Xbox gamer since 2001, over the years I've come to realize how much better PC is as a gaming platform. The only plus sides I see for console gaming is that it is cheap and requires zero know-how to set up. However, apart from that, it looks like PC is better in every other regard.

I get that it ultimately boils down to preference, but what are your thoughts? Will consoles become obsolete? If so, is that a good thing?

But what about the games only exclusive to the consoles? Like god of war or the halo series. And a lot of the consoles are already adapting to the motion sensors which the pc doesn't have. (this was in the video game section so i didn't put much of an argument)

The reason Console gaming is so popular and lucrative primarily resides in two points (in general):
1) People who don't understand how to properly use computers/know what parts to buy.
2) Children

That being said, of course there are other people who use consoles who don't fit in those categories. But usually console gaming's lifeline takes the form of those two. Consumer trends makes the children cling onto consoles more for future money-wasting.
I'm a PC gamer, and I find it more freeing for a bunch of reasons. The biggest one is the customization in both graphics and versatility. Also, when you have Steam, it lets you keep all the games you have digitally, which is obviously better than losing a bunch of discs. I also know that my graphics card is more superior than those in the console.
Some issues: You have to get new graphics cards and processors over-time. Unless you buy a really high-end card, you'll usually find yourself replacing them more than you are replacing consoles. It also requires a little more maintenance than a console.
Also. If your working computer is the same as your gaming computer, I ensure you that NOTHING will get done. That's just from personal experience.
To address the games exclusive to console: I don't feel like that's going to be as important, seeing as there will still be a market for Console Gaming for at least a decade. However, it's not difficult for the companies to change their controls over to PC format. They just need to get off their ass and they can get it in 2 weeks tops. Also, there are hundreds of non-console games specifically for PC. This includes crummy stuff like Maplestory and good stuff like FTL.

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But what about the games only exclusive to the consoles? Like god of war or the halo series. And a lot of the consoles are already adapting to the motion sensors which the pc doesn't have. (this was in the video game section so i didn't put much of an argument)

A universal gaming platform would eradicate exclusiveness. And motion sensors? I guess PC would adopt that feature if there was a demand for it. I mean, Microsoft released Kinect for the Xbox, I'm sure they wouldn't have trouble releasing something similar for the PC if necessary.

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But what about the games only exclusive to the consoles? Like god of war or the halo series. And a lot of the consoles are already adapting to the motion sensors which the pc doesn't have. (this was in the video game section so i didn't put much of an argument)

Emulators & Webcams. You didn't put up much of an argument, neither did I.

Console sales have gone down in the recent years while pc sales have gone up. Eventually, unless both Xbox & play station come together to one console, PC will over take them entirely

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Kinect was Microsoft's answer to Nintendo's Wii, like Ps3's remote thingie. They were never meant to swing sales and were created simply to be able to break even. Kinect didn't even come close, and the PS3's only flaw was that it came out late in the game and it was heckuva expensive and had fewer games (a common downside for peripherals in console gaming).

I'm a bit confused as to what you're trying to get at. Microsoft wanted to match Nintendo Wii's 88 million product sales with Kinect?

Consoles are already obsolete.

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Consoles are already obsolete.

They are? Xbox Live has roughly 40 million active members, and that doesn't include the other 26 million Xbox 360 owners. And that's just the Xbox 360.

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Sorry, I meant that because the Wii pioneered motion-tech in consoles first, Microsoft wanted to get into it as well because they see the potential in the market Nintendo was appealing to. Getting ahead of the Wii would be a nice bonus, but it wasn't their intention. Personally though I think the Kinect was fine and was pretty good at sales.

Some might even consider Kinect a success. Over 18 million units sold since its release in late 2010 is pretty solid. What I was trying to get at was, if Microsoft could successfully integrate Kinect into the market because there was a demand for motion sensing input devices in gaming, why would that be an issue if a similar demand developed in the PC gaming community?

Anyway, I think we are digressing.

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They are? Xbox Live has roughly 40 million active members, and that doesn't include the other 26 million Xbox 360 owners. And that's just the Xbox 360.

just because a lot of people use something, doesn't mean it isn't obsolete..
and any console is obsolete compared to a gaming pc. consoles will always have old hardware in them.

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just because a lot of people use something, doesn't mean it isn't obsolete..
and any console is obsolete compared to a gaming pc. consoles will always have old hardware in them.

My mistake. I was under the impression obsolete referred to the subject no longer being relevant. Minecraft is graphically outdated, so would you consider it obsolete as well?

i consider everything about minecraft to be obsolete. not my fault a bunch of autistic fucks enjoy stacking blocks on top of each other

if powerful graphics cards became cheap,there will be no boundary for gamers to use pc also multiplayer is better in pc
also xbox controllers or similar joysticks can be connected to pc

Console gaming is inferior in every way, except maybe it is slightly less prone to abuse and hacking.
However consoles seem to always appeal more to the casual gamers, because it's a cheaper and a much more simplified alternative. Console gaming will be around for a long time, because of it's appeal to mainstream and because of the fact that the corporations who invest in it at the moment are in a very powerful position.