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by Lendal 1250 days ago
I knew this was coming. GTA V is the game that finally caused me to quit PC online gaming entirely some years ago, and purchase a game console instead. I had to relearn everything, because I grew up on mouse/keyboard control and had never used a console controller before. (It's not that difficult, really.) The move was worth it. The amount of headaches caused by cheaters and hackers in PC gaming just isn't worth the time, money, aggravation and risk. User-created game mods aren't worth it. Building a faster rig than everyone else is interesting, but in the end wasn't worth it. My life is much easier & simpler now.
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this is like burning down your house and deciding to live in a tent because your roof is leaky. multiplayer console gaming is even buggier than it's PC gaming counterpart, or at least has been traditionally.
I like how you left yourself an out with "or at least has been traditionally"... the 8th generation consoles came out a decade ago now and mostly put an end to widespread arbitrary code execution on consoles.

If there's anything that consoles absolutely blow PCs out of the water with, it's multiplayer gaming for that exact reason, and I say that as someone with a pretty serious gaming PC