[Kosh]

http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/30/233249/PC-Gamers-Crush-Console-Brethren

[Mongoose]

Um...okay?

[mxlm]

That's interesting, insofar as it suggests that BC2 has a more active player base on PC than either console. Which, y'know, that's not supposed to happen.

[Mars]

I think PC users tend to play games for longer.

[Nemesis6]

I think PC users tend to play games for longer.

Ties in with the attention span thing.

[Nuke]

thats the right shift operator you newb!

[Rodo]

Wait... was there any doubt about this matter ever?

[SpardaSon21]

That's interesting, insofar as it suggests that BC2 has a more active player base on PC than either console. Which, y'know, that's not supposed to happen.

According to the official stats for BC2: Vietnam, PC players have 55 million or so total hours and PS3 and 360 are both over 90m total hours.  PC players are far less active and yet accomplished the task that much sooner.

[achtung]

consoles are casuals

pc master race!

[Davros]

pc master race!

No
Glorious master race

[Mongoose]

I think PC users tend to play games for longer.

Ties in with the attention span thing.

* Mongoose slaps Nemesis around a bit with a rather large trout

[Kosh]

That's interesting, insofar as it suggests that BC2 has a more active player base on PC than either console. Which, y'know, that's not supposed to happen.

According to the official stats for BC2: Vietnam, PC players have 55 million or so total hours and PS3 and 360 are both over 90m total hours.  PC players are far less active and yet accomplished the task that much sooner.

As we all know, and what this definitively proves, is that your average PC gamer is significantly more intelligent than your average console gamer.

[FUBAR-BDHR]

I think PC users tend to play games for longer.

Which is exactly what game makers don't want.  No wonder why they are only releasing stuff on consoles.

[Mongoose]

Ugh...seriously, can we just stop with this bull**** already?  I play games on multiple consoles.  I play games on my PC.  I like to think that I'm in the majority of people out there.  All of this exclusivity dick-waving does nothing but make yourselves look like utter wankers...seriously, it's every bit as bad as a 360-vs-PS3 thread.  For the umpteenth time, if you've never played a single game on a console, you have no right to call yourself a gamer.

[Kosh]

Ugh...seriously, can we just stop with this bull**** already?  I play games on multiple consoles.  I play games on my PC.  I like to think that I'm in the majority of people out there.  All of this exclusivity dick-waving does nothing but make yourselves look like utter wankers...seriously, it's every bit as bad as a 360-vs-PS3 thread.  For the umpteenth time, if you've never played a single game on a console, you have no right to call yourself a gamer.

I played Halo 2 and gears of war 1 on a 360.

[Mongoose]

So...you were basically insulting yourself, then?

[Kosh]

No, because it isn't my main mode of gameplay. Fact is I don't even own a console, that 360 belonged to some guy I used to know.

[Mongoose]

Well I never said which one had to be "main," but when each particular console and the PC all have titles exclusive only to them, I think it's rather silly that a concept of "main" has to exist in the first place.  I play the hell out of FS, Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2, Descent 3, and any number of other titles on my PC.  I go crazy on the Mario and Zelda series on my DS, N64, and Wii.  I hit up the PS2 for the original Guitar Hero games and old-school fun like Twisted Metal 2.  I think it makes much more sense to operate like that, to go by the games themselves and use the respective systems accordingly, than to absolutely limit yourself to a single platform and ignore anything not released on it.

[headdie]

I'm going to throw in my old standby.  It depends what yo want to do!  If you want to play RTS and anything that needs precision control you cant beat PC keyboard and mouse.  Racing games and casual shooters work well on either.  Karaoke, quiz games and any time you just want to quickly fire up and play with a bunch of mates consoles rule. 

This is coming from a guy who spent the first 22 years of his life swearing by PC and only PC.

[Spoon]

Players with superior input devices do better. More as this story develops.

First comment on that site says it all.