Living Together in Harmony

Which is a better platform: PC Gaming or Console?

While there is no question that PC's can out perform ANY console in all aspects, many have contended that the console is so much simpler and cheaper to use for the everyman, that it out weighs the benefit of decking out a PC for gaming. Either way you slice it, one thing has always been true; PC Gamers and Console gamers have never been able to play games head to head. Until now...

Since the video game "Shadowrun" hit the market, there has been much debate over whether or not the cross-platform format would take off. While many said it was a fantastic idea, others said that it would never work or that there would just be too many obstacles to overcome. Of course, it doesn't help that the otherwise solid shooter pretty much sucks. While the game was a solid multi player shoot em' up FPS, it's total lack of depth, plot, and game modes/options completely cut it's balls right out from underneath it. If the cross-platform experiment was a success, nobody knows it because nobody wants to play the garbage that FASA has shoveled out from behind the outhouse. Not to say that the game wasn't pretty, or it didn't have (some) solid game play. The turd just needed a few more nuggets of corn in it before they tried to polish it so well.

However, there is another hope. Unreal Tournament III. Epic games has taken great leaps and bounds with the development of it's newest game, not to mention a page straight from FASA's play book. Not only will the game work as a cross platform multi player. Those wonderful XBox/PS3 boys and girls who were to scarred to venture into the PC platform will be able to have access to ALL of the same online mods that will be available for the PC users. To sweeten the deal even more, the PS3 version of the game will be Keyboard and Mouse compatible!

It seems that Epic is trying to make the line between it's PC gamers and it's console gamers (at the very least) fade a little. Unfortunately, I will no longer be able to blame my bad aim on my inability to use an analog controller at my next console tournament.

UT3 will ship for the PS3 and the PC this holiday season, with an Xbox360 version following later.