Drawbacks to PC Gaming

[Værn]

So besides the big amount of money needed to constantly upgrade your computer for gaming...

I'll have you know that I assembled my computer five years ago for less than the cost of a PS3 and it's still perfectly capable of running recently-released games.
The only thing I've had to buy for it in those five years is a replacement power supply - which the local computer repair shop owner sold me for half its listed price on Newegg, and tossed in a free copy of COD4 with the condition that I show up at a LAN party the following weekend.

I probably should replace this thing at some point. I don't see how it can be considered any more of a drawback, though, than upgrading from one generation of a console to the next. In fact, I'd say it's more of a drawback on the consoles' side. It's not absolutely necessary to upgrade a PC in order to play new games, and a new PC will be capable of running every game that you had for your old PC.

[Madame Adequate]

I've never been a PC gamer, but I'm becoming tempted. Cheating holds me back though. PC gamers, what's your experience in online cheaters?

I know from YouTube the Dark Souls PC version has a lot of hackers/cheaters compared to the consoles. How is that with other games?

I can't remember the last time I even came across a cheater in an online game. Years ago when I played a lot of Counterstrike, I think? I don't know.

It's not a problem.

[Slothy]

It's not a problem.

Agreed. I've witnissed maybe a half dozen cases of people actually hacking across all of the multiplayer games I play in the last six or seven years. It always blows my mind when people claim hackers are running rampant in the games I play because I never see them. I suspect there's some confirmation bias going on.

[Shoeberto]

It's not a problem.

Agreed. I've witnissed maybe a half dozen cases of people actually hacking across all of the multiplayer games I play in the last six or seven years. It always blows my mind when people claim hackers are running rampant in the games I play because I never see them. I suspect there's some confirmation bias going on.

I'm not sure I've even run into any since playing Diablo 2 in like 2003 or older shooters (UT, Q3, etc) and the odd few on CS1.6. With VAC bans it's just not worth it. I'm pretty sure you lose your whole Steam account if you get banned (or at least can't play it online anymore).

I've gotten my ass handed to me a lot in CS: GO due to AWPers, which I consider cheating, but that's mostly a personal preference...

[Pike]

Yep, other than the occasional WoW bot I haven't seen online "cheaters" in forever.

[escobert]

It's really not a big deal. there was a little bit when people were fly hacking in WvW in GW2 so they could just fly literally around the map. But usually must bugs and hacks are taken care of pretty quickly in PC games.

[Bolivar]

I think most hacking is more subtle than that, though. I've never seen anything blatantly game-breaking in the 160hrs I've played of Black Ops II, but they've been swinging the ban hammer left and right on that game.

That said, I've seen much more openly game-breaking hacking on console than I have PC this generation.

[escobert]

yes mostly I've encounted like aimbot or wall hacks in FPS's. But everyone going crazy in the early weeks of WvW with people flying around stealing the orb was hilarious.

[Slothy]

Honestly, if someone is using such a subtle hack that you don't even notice it in game then it's probably not an issue/they really really suck.