Platform 

Comparison Between Games Console, Mobile Games And PC Games

Platform Comparison Between Games Console, Mobile Games

And PC Games
Geraldus Galehantomo P.S
Faculty of Computer Science
Program System Information&GameTechnology, Soegijapranata Catholik
University,Semarang,Central Java,Indonesia
geraldusgps@gmail.com

Abstract—In terms of platforms and game the market. Computer became popular
console, there are diffrences between, mobile because games can be played in the PC.
games and pc gamesin the way it is used, the Despite its popularity, only in the beginning
operator, the main event play, the game design of 80s era, PC game really started to expand
and even the way the game work.We know that vastly.
all the games on console platforms, PC and
In the 1980s people preferred PC than
mobile, have their own characteristic which
have advantages and drawbacks console game. The reason was due to the fact
All platforms compete to win the rating for that computer was very functional as atool tp
the sake of their platform continuity. For play game and as a productive workstation.
rating, all games platforms develop games that As a result, PC game consoles became
are more qualified. Those games will determine rampantly popular in the middle of Nintendo
the quality of the platforms, so that the game games NES’s popularity. There were many
developers of each platform developtheir games PC games which have simpler display
maximally to compete. compared to nowaday’s PC.
Keywords—Game Console, PC Games, Mobile In the 1990s, PC games developed. The
Games, Platform, Product Rating Game presence of PC games was parallel to other
popular game consoles. Various PC games
I. INTRODUCTION with various quality were realeased every
Video Game is a game that uses the year. Its polpularity continues until the
interaction with the user interface through beginning of this millennium and until now.
the images produced by the video device. In PC games become increasingly
the electronic system tool that is used to run populartoday, especially as some games
a video game is a game commonly called provide online features that make PC gaming
platform. The examples of platform are PC attract more enthusiasts. PC games started in
(personal computer), mobile games , game 1970 when PC was growing as initial
consoles. Those platforms are circulated up generation of game console. Video Game
to now. Game aims to entertain players it is, was first launched by a company called
usually favored by children and adult. Many Magnavox Odyssey and named Odyssey.
outstanding games come from a variety of Only after the beginning of the second
platforms nowadays; among other console generation, the term ‘console’ is starting to
platforms, mobile and pc. Those platforms be used. When the company named Fairchild
have their own games with specific tried to revive the world of video games by
characteristics that have advantages and creating VES (Video Entertainment System),
disadvantages. it got minimum response from the market as
When it was first released, video game PC games were more popular at that time.
device also marks the console. After that the Furthermore, the Third Generation
world game began to grow rapidly, several Company from Japan initiated the
video games consoles produced by manufacture of game consoles newly named
companies engaged video game came up to Famicom and made NES (Nintendo

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Entertainment System) game consoles. games with Java as its base enlivened mobile
Starting then on, console was started to get gaming industry.
the re-recognized and greeted warmly until Then come the era of downloadable
finally an early game was developed Super games initiated in 2008 that could be done in
Mario Brothers. Apple Mobile which began to use Apple App
After the success of Famicom in Store that used to download. After that
initiating in the 4th generation-NES received Android appeared along with the popularity
a warm welcome from the entire world, then of smartphone. Since then more games have
sega released Sega Genesis with Sonic The been released and can be played on the
Hedgehog as its icon. Not to be outdone by phone.
Sega Genesis, Nintendo launched SNES
(Super Nintendo Entertainment System). In
the last four years, these two companies II. LITERATUR REVIEW
became the mortal enemy 2.1.Game Console
The next generation, generation 5, was Game Console is a video game in which
released. In this generation, a legendary the users use a special console to play. For
game console appeared to compete Sega and example, Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation,
Nintendo. After afierce competition between Xbox Console, etc. Game consoles have
Sega and Nintendo, a new competitor, Sony, various advantages such as :
came with the Playstation. Sony replaced a. Having special controller or joystick for
cartridge with a CD and produced maximum playing games and every game console
results and success. has a different joystick.
After Sony Play station became popular, b. Having a wireless / do not use cable
the popularity of Sega and Nintendo were controller.
gradually down. Starting from generation 6, c. Having a system that can be used for
sony playstation was developed into Sony internet surfing
Playstation 2, which uses DVD instead of
CD. Again, a serious competitor, Microsoft However, it also has drawbacks :
launches Xbox console which still less a. It is hard to take it in a trip because it
popular than Sony Playstation 2. Then came requires continuous electrical energy and
Generation 7 where Playstation’s popularity TV as the primary media to play
decreased after it produced Playstation 3 that b. the price of the platform is outrageously
was less competitive than BOX360 and more expensive than other platforms.
Nintendo with its newest output Nintendo c. The Game price was also outrageously
WII more expensive than other platforms.
In the Generation 8 until now. Sony
Playstation, made a breakthrough made a 2.2 Mobile Game
breakthrough by upgrading PS3 and turned it Mobile gaming is a video game in which
into a PS4 so that the number of sales in this users use smartphones or PDA media.
era increased and bigger than the two Mobile games have advantages, namely:
competitors. The story of Mobile Games a. Easy to carry because it has a battery that
began in early 1994 with the first game can be re-charged
namely Tetris contained in Mobile MT-2000, b. Easy to store anywhere
but Mobile Games became a phenomenon c. Relatively free / the game is free
when Nokia released ‘Snake’ games. In the
2000s Nokia launched the latest release of And its disadvantages are :
HandPhone named N-Gage with symbian as a. The quality of its graph is less supportive
its main base. However, there were not many than other platforms
games provided then. After that Mobile b. Many of its game is free so that the
quality is not guaranteed

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c. The game is easier get error than other detailed picture. The rest, Game Console has
game platforms. 33% and Mobile Games have 17%

2.3.Game PC In terms of flexibility, 75% of the

PC game is a video game in which users respondents considered Mobile Games
use computer or laptop as a tool to play. PC platform more flexible as it is easier to carry
games have the advantages of: and its battery can be charged anywhere.
a. Having Game Engine which can be Game Console got 25% of the vote and PC
changed if there is an error or bug games got 0% of the vote
b. Having the best PC graph from all On price, the respondents argued that the
platforms Mobile Game Platform is cheaper than other
c. Having no restrictions to play it using a platforms because Mobile Game got 50% of
PC because all devices can be upgraded the vote while the Game Console and PC
over time Games got 25% of the vote.
The drawbacks, among others are : It ranked first in the compatibility of the
a. a.It can’t be portable as it is using a sound with 50% of the respondents is choose
computer PC gaming platform because it has a
b. The price of electricity the game used is compatible response while browsing the
expensive internet and playing, the second game was
c. It is more complicated to fix it from Game Console and Mobile Games with 25%
damage. votes.
In terms of specifications, PC gaming
platform remains in the first place with 75%
III. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY of the votes because it can be used in a wide
variety of games without being impaired.
To collect data, these author use
The second place was Game Console which
questionnaire. The questionnqires contain the
can only be played using console by 25% of
comparison of three most popular platform
the votes. Mobile Games got 0% as its
nowaday, Game Console, PC Game and
specifications less than two platforms above.
Game Mobile. The writers distributes it
In the case of variation, PC game was
through Facebook, BBM and Line that are
still in the first rank with 50% as it can play
easily filled by the respondents.
almost all games. On the second place is
Mobile Game (35% of the vote) because it
resembles PC games platform Game Console
IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION gets 15% of the vote because it only can play
For the questionnaire, the writers got 30 Game in the console
respondents. The game Platform most often In terms of privacy and comfort in
used by the respondents were PC games with playing a game, Mobile game platforms
35% as well. Mobile Game with 35%. The became the first by getting 50% of the vote,
econd most popular was Game Console with while the PC and Console games each got
30%. 25% of the vote.
Many people in their busy routine of In terms of satisfaction in playing the
work, school and other things are still able to game, the respondents chose PC game
play games on mobile game platform (50%), platform 75% of the vote as a they can play
33% PC Game (33%) and Game Console any games they want Console games was
(17%). ranked second with 35% of the vote and
Many of the respondents consider PC Mobile games got 15% of the vote
games superior in terms of graphics than When the respondents were asked to
others, so it gets 50% of vote for the best choose which of the three platforms that
attracted the respondents most, it was PC

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V. CONCLUSIONS
Based on the data the authors obtained
from all the questionnaires and based on the
premises that each gaming platform have
positive and negative side, a new platform
known as VR (Virtual Reality) technology.
May emerge as a combination of all existing
platforms. Meanwhile the existing platforms
can still be developed further.

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