what year did you became a pc only gamer?

^^ question

For me when I bought my first computer back in 2001.After that I didnt even look back to consoles. I began shifting alot away from consoles back when I got N64 after learningI need a memory card to play my saved games. I use to rent games alot from the rental store. It just pissed me off I couldnt replay the game after I turned it off. After that I became more heavily into pc gaming using an old computer my dad handed down to me after he bought a new computer. PCs dont need a memory card to save your games you just had a hard drive. As soon as I finally bought my own computer I became a pc only gamer after that.

Well, I'm not exclusively a PC gamer, but I became a PC gamer in 2004.firefly026

[QUOTE="firefly026"]Well, I'm not exclusively a PC gamer, but I became a PC gamer in 2004.mbukste

Don't modern consoles all have hard drives nowadays? So that argument may be moot. Besides, there are far too many great console exclusive games that you would be missing out on if you went pure PC gaming. I will say this though, I spend a fair amount on building a high end gaming PC because I do consider that my primary platform. When the new generation of consoles get released, I usually end up buying the previous generation console for HoosTrax

that is really true. I havent played LoZ: OoT, Perfect Dark, Golden Eye, FF 7, etc. I regretted it.

I began shifting alot away from consoles back when I got N64 after learningI need a memory card to play my saved games.Jd1680a

What N64 games were you playing? I can only think of maybe 3 or 4 games that required a memory card, all the rest were saved on the cartridge itself.

anyways, I'll never be PC only simply because I don't want to miss out on the great console exclusives like Zelda. I started getting into PC gaming about 2 years ago. We got a new computer, so I started tinkering with our old one and got it to run alot better than it ever had. I borrowed Half-Life, Fallout 1&2, andDiablo from a friend, bought Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2, and had Tie Fighter already, so I spent the next summer playing all those. Since then I've been on the lookout for more of the great PC games that I missed out on.

The only time I ever play console is at my friend's house or with my roommates. Never owned a console in my life, either.

Dont get me wrong, nothing is better than spending six hours in a row playing coop Gears of War and drinking beer at your friends house, ive just never felt the desire to buy one.

Showing my age here..Became a gamer back when the commodore 64 was out..Im a real gamer though unlike yourself..Like consoles as well...So i just dont limit myself to all games...See thats what a real gamer is...Gladestone1

What N64 games were you playing? I can only think of maybe 3 or 4 games that required a memory card, all the rest were saved on the cartridge itself.

Mediocre_man90

I rented a few games that did require a memory card. The only game I owned was Goldeneye.

I know x360 and ps3 both have hard drives in them so the memory card is obsolete. Another problem with consoles is their prices. Console games cost $10-20 more then a pc game. They also take a long time to come down in price. I am so use to pc gaming the keyboard and mouse have became instinct to me. Playing on a game pad is just alien to me. I could lean back to consoles if they started using keyboard and mouse.

To be honest, as far as I can remember. When I was 5 I played on a commodore 64 and haven't made the switch yet. By the time I was 10 I owned NES as well as all my friends and upon noticing how 'stupid' they were becoming, I returned to the pc. Shortly thereafter, I was playing such hits as Myst, Police Quest, Magic Carpet, Flight Simulator, etc while reading Encarta, Cinemania, and using Corel Draw and Word/Spreadsheet 95.

Fast forward to today and still doing the same thing. On occasion you have the now and then game such as Gears that sparks my interest. But now I hear it's coming to pc so nothing has changed for me. LOL

i became a gamer in the begining of 2004. i didnt really know about gaming computers till i seen one day that my causin had a computer with a bunch of lights and games like farcry that played well on his computer.so i asked for a custome made computer instead of a xbox. dont really like console games.

PC Gamer since 1998. I was 10 years old when I first played HL2and Starsiege Tribeson my 333mhz HP. It was the best experience of my life. Gaming wise. :p

I think it was 1984 when I got aPC-XT with 512k ram and a floppy drive. It came with a monochrome monitor but either that PC or maybe it was the next one I got a hercules card for so I could play games with graphics such as they were at the time. My first PC didn't have a hard discdrive nor did I have a mouse since MS-DOS didn't need a mouse. I've been playing games on PCs ever since then.

The following year saw a huge upgrade to a AST Premium/286 with 1 MB of ram which I think I needed an add-in board for, MS-DOS 3.3 I think it was, a Paradise EGA card for 16 color displays and an EGA monitor to match. This one had a huge 20 megabyte Seagate hard disc also. I was in heaven.

It was not long after this that something called Windows/286 was on the market and ran on top of MS-DOS along with Microsoft's first versions of Excel and Word which came in huge boxes and cost over $300. each but since I worked for a little chain called Egghead Software at the time I got all that stuff for free, not that I had much use for it then but it was fun to play with.

The rate of change and advancement in just a little over 2 decades has been truly amazing.

I can't remember exactly, but my early PC games were like caveman, duke nukem , jill of the jungle , Prince of Persia etc.

I use to have a 386sx ( a very costly item in Pakistan at that time ).

By the way, my first ever electronic game paly was on a nintendo game and watch in 1981.

I can't remember exactly, but my early PC games were like caveman, duke nukem , jill of the jungle , Prince of Persia etc.

I use to have a 386sx ( a very costly item in Pakistan at that time ).

By the way, my first ever electronic game paly was on a nintendo game and watch in 1981.

alijib

I remember , my first PC game was in 1985 on an atari with , it was some football simulation. ( Atari is sort of computer Na!)

I am a PC gamer since 1995 i think i was 5-6years old & i was playing sonic & mario , Duke Nukem :D +QUAKE 1 mind blowing & the biggest of them all in 1998 HALF-LIFE ! I've only played 2 games console at my friends & those are Prince of Persia the sand of time & MANHUNT ! Anyway in the last 2 years i'm really considering to get a 360 & a laptop with this PC that i've got now beeing the last workstation its just to much money in to it & here are my current specs :

SAPPHIRE 2900 XT

Asus PCB-PLUS motherboard

4 gb ddr2 Kingmax

Intel Core 2 duo E6700 2,67GHz

Seagate baracudda SATA II 16 mb cache

& a RAIDMAX case with 3 fans ... belive me i have worked very hard for this rings just to pass the X360 performance with 20% & i've played alot alot more !

Showing my age here..Became a gamer back when the commodore 64 was out..Im a real gamer though unlike yourself..Like consoles as well...So i just dont limit myself to all games...See thats what a real gamer is...Gladestone1

I started gaming about the same time, I still look back on those days with great nostalgia. I don't limit myself , if its console or handheld or PC, and its fun, I will play it.

I have had every console ever made except the PS3. I even had the c64 cartridge console, neo geo and a 3do lol. This generation of consoles though is by far the worst ever imo. Almost every game released is nothing more than a remake of old games with fancy graphics. Nothing really new.

I sold my 360 a few months ago, bought a new pc and will always stick to pc from now on. I will keep the wii for my kids but for me the pc is king. We get almost all of the console exclusives at some point, well xbox ones atleast. The pc provides the greatest gaming experience i could imagine with plenty of past, present and future classics.

I do admit though, i will find it hard to resist a PS3 when a new final fantasy is released and i will find the wait for Fable 2 on pc even more unbearable lol.

I am not bashing consoles here, the pc just gives me what i need as a gamer. Consoles just can't. So i guess the answer to the posters question is this year, 2007 is the year i become a pc only gamer.

When I was 3...

So 1992.

Yup first ever system I played on was an ancient IBM computer lol. And all I really did was mash the keyboard and find out what sounds the comptuer made if you held down to many buttons, or what each one did. Ended up deleting a whole bunch of files lol.

Twas console gaming, and proper PC gaming when I was 5.

How can you even call yourself a gamer if your PC only.DrDoomed

shut up noob i can say the same on console gamers

How can you even call yourself a gamer if your PC only.DrDoomed

When my dad showed me Heretic back in... was it 1996, I was immiedately only for PC's.

I also feel that the console controller doesnt fit in to my hands. I also get uncomfortable whenever Im holding a console controller.