PC vs. PS3

The following picture is by an unknown artist who clearly understands the current industry struggles between PC and consol gaming. In its own way the picture shows this conflict in a very “Transformers” like fashion, demonstrating giant, humanoid, robot versions of a PC and the PS3. However, the PC robot (let’s call him Steve) is much smaller than that of the humongous PS3 robot (we’ll call him Rob). While this may seem like a bit of a silly picture at first glance, there is much that can be inferred from it. For instance, starting with Steve, his portrayal as a smaller, more limber robot can be used to show how the PC is a much more versatile system that can host a large number of games and functions. Rob, in comparison, is large and unwieldy, but clearly has a significant power advantage over Steve; a feature boasted by the PS3 from its origins. There is also symbolism used in the dust that clouds the landscape in that it looks like Rob has just risen from the ground to new found powers. This could be symbolic for how consol gaming has been revolutionized and grown in recent years with the high powered processors of the PS3 and other new systems. All in all, this piece is important because it reminds us that such struggles between gaming mediums do in fact exist although perhaps without the giant robots.

~David Crescenzo