With so many things moving to digital distribution, one needs to weigh the pros and cons. Even the Xbox and PS3 releases most new games as digital copies, but then you start running into limited space issues, again forcing "upgrades" and minimizing the difference between them.
I never used to like or appreciate digital services like Steam, preferring physical copies. However, in more recent months I'm finding that having access to my library at any time without the need to swap discs, auto-updates and cloud saves just makes things so much more convenient. Now when I need to get up to change discs on the consoles, it feels like unnecessary effort.
Of course, my feelings only changed after getting a 4 Mbps uncapped. Before that, anything digital was just too much of a pain (true for consoles as well, with all their updates and patches). Again, I suppose context is important.
I also agree with Darquan that certain genres lend themselves better to certain system. Strategy and simulations are definitely better suited to a keyboard mouse combo, but most shooters these days are created with consoles in mind, and for many of them the PC versions are ports. So while I find that Battlefield 3 is better with a mouse, I'm enjoying games like Borderlands 2 much more with my Xbox controller.
Never an easy choice between the two. I still feel the PC gives you more options, and like I mentioned in my previous post, with Steams Big Picture and so many games supporting Xbox controllers, it makes a decent console substitute.
I never used to like or appreciate digital services like Steam, preferring physical copies. However, in more recent months I'm finding that having access to my library at any time without the need to swap discs, auto-updates and cloud saves just makes things so much more convenient. Now when I need to get up to change discs on the consoles, it feels like unnecessary effort.
Of course, my feelings only changed after getting a 4 Mbps uncapped. Before that, anything digital was just too much of a pain (true for consoles as well, with all their updates and patches). Again, I suppose context is important.
I also agree with Darquan that certain genres lend themselves better to certain system. Strategy and simulations are definitely better suited to a keyboard mouse combo, but most shooters these days are created with consoles in mind, and for many of them the PC versions are ports. So while I find that Battlefield 3 is better with a mouse, I'm enjoying games like Borderlands 2 much more with my Xbox controller.
Never an easy choice between the two. I still feel the PC gives you more options, and like I mentioned in my previous post, with Steams Big Picture and so many games supporting Xbox controllers, it makes a decent console substitute.
