PC gaming is a form of gaming that is considered by many to be a dying breed. With console games becoming more and more popular, PC gaming seems to be on the decline. PC gamers are considered by many to be an elite group, spending more time upgrading their PCs than gaming. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. I’m a mixed-race gamer myself, I enjoy the best of both worlds, but I know a lot of people who play PC games or console games. These gamers have a very radical view of modern gaming, just like console gamers, although the two are very contrasting. After interacting with many exclusive PC gamers, I’ve put together a list of a few things they believe about the world of gaming. Note that I’m not being biased towards console gamers in any way, and this is just a fun post, glorifying some of the common stereotypes that gamers who play on their PCs say and think.

1. 1080p is so cutting edge

I bet you’ve heard this before from your PC gaming friends. Today’s consoles still can’t produce full 1080p (unupscaled) games at 60fps, and this is a feature they deeply crave from 8th-gen consoles. But PC gamers have been playing at this resolution for a couple of years now, and find this resolution pitiful.

2. Gaming with mouse and keyboard are where they are

Console gamers commonly fight over which is better, the PS3 controller or the Xbox 360 controller. PC gamers say, fuck both of them, mouse and keyboard gaming is where it’s at. It is true that the mouse provides precision that cannot be matched by a joystick controller. But this does not mean that the drivers are complete garbage. In fact, fighting games are games that seem to be made exclusively for console controllers. Also, FPS gaming isn’t as bad on an Xbox 360 controller as PC gamers claim.

3. All pawns in Starcraft II

Over the years, I’ve played many PC games that I consider to be legendary, including Doom, World of Warcraft, Diablo, etc. But, in modern PC gaming, Starcraft II dominates. It dominates to the extent that many of my PC gaming friends don’t play any games other than that nowadays. According to them, Starcraft II is on one side and all other games on the other. For them

Starcraft II>>>God of War III

Starcraft II>>>Cryis 2

Starcraft II>>>Uncharted 3

Starcraft II>>>Gears Of War 3

No matter what type, Starcraft PWNS all.

4. Ruined Modern Game Consoles (Ruined Crysis 2, Ruined Dragon Age 2, Ruined Skyrim)

This generation, due to declining profits, we saw many developers turn their attention to console gaming, rather than PC. Because of this, many games that were masterpieces on PC saw sequels that were made with consoles in mind, therefore they had to be toned down, according to the aging settings of consoles. The result was buggy software, with lower-than-expected graphics on PCs. This deeply disappointed PC gamers and increased their hatred towards consoles and console gamers.

5. Motion Gaming is a fad

Many of us believe that whether we like it or not, motion games are the future of gaming. Wii, Microsoft Kinect and PlayStation Move are an example of this. But many PC gamers are unwilling to accept this and have decided to turn their heads away from the truth. These PC gamers believe that motion games are just a fad and will be gone soon. Personally, I think the next generation will have an even greater focus on motion games, and if motion games are a fad, then this fad is going to last a long time.

6. Online console games are a joke

The seventh generation consoles are the consoles that saw a strong focus on online gaming from developers. Not that online gaming wasn’t around before this generation, but this is the generation where online gaming gained wide appeal. PC gamers, on the other hand, have been gaming online for a long time now, and that too in a better way. PC gamers have dedicated servers as well as private servers. PC gamers are open to the world of custom mods. Console gamers, on the other hand, are spoon-fed.

7. 8th-gen consoles will be just as powerful as today’s low-end PCs

PC gamers have a habit of exaggerating the spec difference between PC and consoles. So much so that PC gamers claim that the upcoming Xbox 720 and PS4 will have specs that match today’s low-end PC. PCs may be more powerful than consoles, but this is an exaggeration.

8. Console gamers suck

Out of all the above things, PC gamers end up believing one thing, which to put it mildly, is that console gamers suck. PC gamers believe that it is console gamers who are ruining games as a whole, with their lower graphics standards and habit of being spoon-fed by developers.

These are just a few things that most PC gamers unanimously believe. Some may be true, while others may be a bit exaggerated.

Do you have more things you want to add to the list? Some more stereotypical beliefs you have observed? Leave your comments in the comment section.

(And prepare your thoughts, a similar list will be coming soon for console players)