yes, playing on pc is always better. (except when it isn't)

For the competition: I'm on console, I beat a lot of people who are on PC. All depend on your skill, not with what your play.

To playing normally: Yes ?

Modern games optimized for multiple systems will have minor differences at most. Older games are more likely to have larger differences, and emulation can be inaccurate or not.

For the purposes of streaming/recording, it's generally easier and cheaper to do it on PC.

In the extreme off-case of version-exclusive glitches, console might be faster. But in all other cases, if you're "serious" (an awkward word for it, but you get what I mean) about putting together a strong, well-optimized run, get the game for PC.

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Modern games optimized for multiple systems will have minor differences at most.[/quote]

Minor at most? Even the top of the line PS4 Pro and Xbox One X can't load as fast a below-average PC (if they have the same kind of drive).

@EmeraldAly Loading times aren't too important unless you're going for wr, but I was talking about other potential differences.

Even if PC is "better", I much prefer the console.

Depends on what you mean by "better."

Generally speaking (as obviously exceptions exist), a computer is going to be as quick as the hardware you put in it. That being said, most computers can get processors and graphics cards that exceed the hardware of any given console. Thus the game is going to load faster/possibly lag less/have more options or settings on a computer than a console.

But it don't really matter too much as a console run is going to be slower but can be filtered by console runs. A run done on a PS3 for example may be slower than PC runs, but it's still going to be the fastest run on a PS3.

There is something at the console that I can not get to the PC. The atmosphere of games. When I open the console, it is to play. I only focus on that. With a PC, I open it and I get lots of notifications, messages, etc. There are too many factors that make me lose my concentration. I am not able to play a PC game. Even if it's for fun. The console will always catch me.

"What game are you talking about?", I thought. But judging from the responses, I guess you are talking about games that have been released on both pc and consoles within the last decade or so?

@lolman--0027 Finally someone who words this for me! :P I feel exactly like this, but I usually can't explain it so people understand it. :P It goes so far that if I buy a game for console, I'll play it for some time (some days to some weeks, in rare cases a month or more) after I get it, and then probably pick it up again later. In any case, I'll eventually beat most games (although not always 100%). If I buy a game for pc, I'll play it once after I get it. That's usually it. I've got about 5 games on Steam... and I'd rather not buy any more. I've played all of them very little. The only one I played for around a week is Grow Home... but even that I never got back to after first dropping it, and never finished.

@lolman-0027 I can absolutely relate to what you're saying. I've always been a PC gamer, but I got a ps4 a few years ago. I know a lot of #PCMASTERRACE'ers laugh when peope say this, but it really did have a different 'atmosphere'. Part of it may be that I work on computers all day for my job, I don't know.

I think there are a lot of people who are misinformed about the Console vs. PC debate, but at the end of the day what you said is a perfectly valid reason to prefer console. I feel like it's sort of like iPhone vs. Android-- yes Android gives you a lot more options, and some of them may make your life easier, but it just can't quite match that amount of clean simplicity.

(For me personally,) I haven't played my ps4 in almost a year though, and I don't see myself going back for anything other than exclusives. Having stuff like Discord, split timers, recording software, and all the extra PC settings like FOV sliders just really sold me over. Also, you should give Steam big picture mode a shot!

Also, I feel like PC having a ludicrous amount of games available has really made me had to analyze what I truly enjoy in a video game, instead of just picking up every triple-A title that comes out and not enjoying it and thinking there's something wrong with me.

PC is meant to be more efficient, but console has that feel to it, you know?

Ye, or even just set up a different user account with no password, and have steam auto boot into big picture mode