Zen
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Well now, this was an interesting phone call I just had with my friend Kenneth who lives down in L.A. During our talk he asked if I was still gaming, I said "yes, I've returned to gaming but in a rather different way". He asked for more information, "what do you mean a different way, aren't you whooping it up on your PC"? That's when I injected the fact that I'm am now a proud owner of an older model Playstation 2 system. Man, Ken just about jumped out of his boots and started really razzing me for my choice in systems. He rambled on how "console gaming is for wussy's"!
He even went as far as to now lump me into his stereotypical grouping of wussy console users. I asked him to please elaborate and asked why I'm now a wussy user, for when I was a serious PC gamer he really talked up what I was doing, almost like being a proud parent of a doing good child. He said that "console gaming is for people who aren't smart enough to figure out how computers work". He said "cosnoles are for dumb people who don't know enough to build themselves killer computers and game on them". At this point I was wishing this guy never called for his like twice a year check in with me!
He told me to ask anyone out there, see what the opinion is about console gaming! You'll find out people will say it's for people who aren't smart enough to build good systems, what's a video card, what's RAM, what's a CD drive.........stupid peoples questions! I attacked back by saying that at least with my PS2 I don't have to worry about building nothing, it's already there in it's entirety, ready to be used. I don't have to worry about what kind of video card to use, how much RAM I need, do I have a powerful enough CPU, is my power supply powerful enough, if a game falls within the systems requirements, I told him it's all there, pre built for my pleasure. :approve:
Well before hanging up the phone he told me that he "guesses it will be alright for me to be a simpleton and game on a console". I told him that I love him like a brother, but for this instance.......please "F" off!
So TechSpot members, is there any validity to what Ken was saying, about console users being wussies? Is it normal for serious PC gamers to look down at people who choose console gaming over PC gaming? Is there a nasty stigma attached to people who choose to console game?
"Why would a person like this go all "hell bent on leather and lace" with me for no reason, does he know something I don't?
I'll just sit back and see what you guy's and gal's have to say! :wave:
He even went as far as to now lump me into his stereotypical grouping of wussy console users. I asked him to please elaborate and asked why I'm now a wussy user, for when I was a serious PC gamer he really talked up what I was doing, almost like being a proud parent of a doing good child. He said that "console gaming is for people who aren't smart enough to figure out how computers work". He said "cosnoles are for dumb people who don't know enough to build themselves killer computers and game on them". At this point I was wishing this guy never called for his like twice a year check in with me!
He told me to ask anyone out there, see what the opinion is about console gaming! You'll find out people will say it's for people who aren't smart enough to build good systems, what's a video card, what's RAM, what's a CD drive.........stupid peoples questions! I attacked back by saying that at least with my PS2 I don't have to worry about building nothing, it's already there in it's entirety, ready to be used. I don't have to worry about what kind of video card to use, how much RAM I need, do I have a powerful enough CPU, is my power supply powerful enough, if a game falls within the systems requirements, I told him it's all there, pre built for my pleasure. :approve:
Well before hanging up the phone he told me that he "guesses it will be alright for me to be a simpleton and game on a console". I told him that I love him like a brother, but for this instance.......please "F" off!
So TechSpot members, is there any validity to what Ken was saying, about console users being wussies? Is it normal for serious PC gamers to look down at people who choose console gaming over PC gaming? Is there a nasty stigma attached to people who choose to console game?
"Why would a person like this go all "hell bent on leather and lace" with me for no reason, does he know something I don't?
I'll just sit back and see what you guy's and gal's have to say! :wave: