Forum:Pc or xbox360

So ive been debating on whether or not to buy fallout nv for the PC or 360. Ive been leaning towards pc because of the following reasons -its 10 bucks cheaper here in the US -the mods -the fact you can hook a 360 controller into a pc usb port

Im posting here because i want the input of 360 and pc players for the fact of the matter. Im usually would buy this game for the 360 off bat because thats my console of choice and i have a nice flat screen where i can play a very vivid game.

So pc or 360 yall? Gimme your 2 cents76.188.193.143 01:25, October 1, 2010 (UTC)

If you have a PC that's capable of running the game, there's no reason to consider getting it for the Xbox360. You can use a 360 controller with the PC version, and have all the benefits of the PC version to boot. -- 02:07, October 1, 2010 (UTC)

ok 360 may not be my fave console, but i would say 360 (mostly becaus eof your set up). i feel that being in a place that you know as your game area will add to the comfert and immersion. just sit back and play some fallout in or room (or were ever your TV is), o ya if your TV is in your room or anything it is always a nice place were you can pack up and stay untell your ready to walk out side after playing for somany Hrs. thats just my plan, when fryday hits (im going to wait for the weekend to start playing NV do to on the weekends i dont have to be anywere important) my buddy is comeing over and we are haveing a fallout weekend of playing untell we die of DrP and Pizza rolls over dose. --174.49.247.165 02:17, October 1, 2010 (UTC)

o ya PC gameing is just not the same as console gameing, yes a lot of good can come from haveing the PC (mods, and shit) but it just always made me feel like i was working or something, hell it was just to easy to stop the game and go look up something if im lost so that just killed the game part of the game. Yes some games are just beast on the PC but not the new fallouts (not bad just not the best ever)--MrDot01 02:22, October 1, 2010 (UTC)

I have a lot to think about then... i hear good and bads here.

Anymore insight?76.188.193.143 20:10, October 1, 2010 (UTC)

Definitely PC and I wish more people would go with the PC version of games. I hate that so many otherwise good games are dumbed down for underpowered consoles, then ported (badly) to PC. I hate the overbearing control-freak nature of the console makers. I read about people being banned from Xbox Live for running modded consoles or people buying a whole separate unmodded Xbox for Live to avoid being banned, all while making my own F3 mods with the GECK and all I can do is just shake my head at how silly it is.

If that doesn't mean anything to you, consider how badly FO3 was programmed. Bethesda had great game designers but I think they let monkeys write the code. How many bugs are there for F3 that can only be corrected by using either mods or the command console, while Xbox/PS3 players are just stuck? NV is being done by a different company, but they're using the same game engine, so I'm betting a lot of the same problems crop up. That's my $.02 --Rooker75 20:44, October 1, 2010 (UTC)

i have to add one thing to that, PC fallout 3 had to be the most bugy of them all. mostly because there are more facters in how the game works then just the game, but my Xbox 360 fallout 3 had like 1/4 of the bugs my PC fallout 3 had and i had a pritty good set up for my pc too --MrDot01 16:57, October 3, 2010 (UTC)

hmm. thank you. i wonder if the game will be definately better on pc than 360. fallout3 was produced very well for 360. i mean, i know what youre saying with the game being somewhat shit, because of the problems with the game technically, not gameplay wise. i was one of the few people who enjoyed fallout3 to its extent. every aspect of it. But seeing as ive never bought a game for the pc before makes my decision even more difficult.76.188.193.143 17:39, October 2, 2010 (UTC)

Personally i beleive that the PC Version of any game is better. PC's have stronger hardware and have at least 5X the processing power of game consoles. I mean when you look at what a PC can support compared to what a Console can support i have to go with the PC. This is most apparent in Games Like Fallout and Oblivion, and Real Time Strategy games like Sins of a Solar Empire, or Civilization, or the Age of Empires series, The computer can handle hundreds no Thousands of tiny subscripts and larger scripts at once while still being able to put out Amazing Graphics. The only thing that has kept the gaming industry from really developing the use of games on the PC is all the pirating. consoles only exist because people can Pirate any game that comes out for the PC and then companies spend all their resources on making games for the PC that have Pirating measures which take away from game quality and gameplay. So go with the PC games but just be aware as long as their is piratism out their the PC game outlet will never be as significant as the Consoles. ---bleep196- 17:23, October 2, 2010 (UTC)

true, and just for the fact of fallout being an orignal game for the pc itd be more fun or something. all games are not meant for the pc though. fallout is a game that is though.76.188.193.143 17:39, October 2, 2010 (UTC)

I like consoles better myself but 360s tend to die horrible deaths at random though--Woot 07:03, October 3, 2010 (UTC)

However, i cant bring myself to understanding the mods, im going with 360

Neither. PS3! 14:30, October 3, 2010 (UTC)

Seeing as fallout had the most ammount of bugs and glitches and it still uses the same game engine, i see a lot of gaming probs in your future jasper hahaha 76.188.193.143 20:27, October 4, 2010 (UTC)

All I get is a little bit of freezing. And that's fixed by turning off auto save. 20:28, October 4, 2010 (UTC)

Auto save makes your day a lot better in fallout haha76.188.193.143 20:14, October 5, 2010 (UTC)

Oh dude......... I don't know if you've SEEN the mods for Fallout 3. But....Ron Pealman, PC all the way. Mods.Dante Aligheri 07:29, October 11, 2010 (UTC)

As a PC user myself, I have to agree: PCs are generally better. But before you make your purchase, make sure your computer can run all those graphics really well. Despite even humble computers having multitudes the processing power of consoles, they suffer from a semi-fatal flaw: Each 360 has the practically the same or identical hardware to another, and each individual PC can sport a whole multitude of different types of hardware. Because of this, its a lot harder to for devs to optimize performance on PCs. The point it, cost-effectively, consoles give you more bang-for-your buck in the graphics department, since they can streamline all the programming to work with a very specific set of hardware on consoles while they have to sort of optimize it in a general way for PC users. After all, a PC user could be sporting a weak video card, a tough one, a geforce, a radeon, an intel, an AMD, etc. As such, PCs require more expensive equipment to get the same level of performance as in most console titles. The big advantage is that your PC probably has a better resolution than your Xbox, and, if it's equipped with newer hardware, can still totally outperform a 360. Now, in the department of just about everything other than bang-for-your-buck graphics, the PC totally outstrips the 360. 1. you can upgrade the computer over time, which might (sort of) save money in the long run. 2. Pcs can do lotsa other stuff. 3. Games that are released for the 360 and the PC tend to be pretty efficient on the PC as well as the 360, since the xboxes are made by Microsoft, and thus run on some pretty similar kinds of software as PCs do. 4. Mods, mods, mods. Console commands galore. 5. If you trick out your PC, which can be really expensive, you can pull off some totally awesome graphics. User:MMaster211 7:44, October 11, 2010 (UTC)

i've already showed my points on another thread, but really, any game ported from console to PC has had good ppl who "cracked" thsi game and made it playable on PC despite all problems it could have

The Fallout 3 "port" to Xbox was not the best one, and you had to wait for Bethesda to release a patch fixing problems we could have solved in 2 minutes with the "console" on the PC version. Wertoret 20:47, October 11, 2010 (UTC)