TV Vs Videogames: which would you choose?

[Jonesy]

If you had to make the choice between only being able to watch tv or only being able to play videogames for the rest of your life which would you choose and why?

[matt8204]

Re: TV Vs Videogames: which would you choose?

Videogames. I enjoy the interaction and I really have no use for most of today's TV shows, especially the reality genre which makes up so much of the television landscape. However, I would miss watching sports on TV.

[kehlis]

Re: TV Vs Videogames: which would you choose?

I really don't see how anyone could realistically say they would play video games over TV for the REST of their life.

While the average age of gamers is getting older and older, there will still come a time where that stops for everyone (whether it be a personal choice, or a physical choice).

I think it is a cool hypothetical but should have a different time frame on it.


Personally, if you asked me if I had to choose one or the other for the next year, I would still probably have to choose TV as watching sports is much more important to me than playing them...

[Cebby]

Re: TV Vs Videogames: which would you choose?

Personally, if you asked me if I had to choose one or the other for the next year, I would still probably have to choose TV as watching sports is much more important to me than playing them...

Yup

Sports tilt the favor heavily towards TV (assuming we aren't talking stupid technicalities like slingbox/hulu or emulators for games).

I only buy 3-5 games a year and last year went from mid-August to mid-December without playing games (not on some sort of challenge or setting a lifestyle, I just didn't have time).

No sports is a killer.

[duke776]

Re: TV Vs Videogames: which would you choose?

TV, not even close for me. Sports, cartoons, and the few other shows I watch are much more important to me than video games. Video games will eventually get boring to me(and I mainly only play sports games), while I watch sports or spongebob every single day and it never gets boring.

[Bellsprout]

Re: TV Vs Videogames: which would you choose?

TV. Sports is obvious, but I also like House, 30 Rock, etc. more than I like video games.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: TV Vs Videogames: which would you choose?

Videogames......99% of the stuff on tv now is crap and I don't watch it at all. Far as sports go.......where I live......Bulls are crap, Bears are crap, Cubs are crap, White Sox are crap, Blackhawks are crap.......so no I am not missing anything on tv. Those teams have losing seasons every year or choke in the playoffs.

My whole life growing up in Chicago all I kept hearing well next year will be better. It never is LOL.

[kehlis]

Re: TV Vs Videogames: which would you choose?

Videogames......99% of the stuff on tv now is crap and I don't watch it at all. Far as sports go.......where I live......Bulls are crap, Bears are crap, Cubs are crap, White Sox are crap, Blackhawks are crap.......so no I am not missing anything on tv. Those teams have losing seasons every year or choke in the playoffs.

My whole life growing up in Chicago all I kept hearing well next year will be better. It never is LOL.

If you had to choose right now between one or the other for the rest of your life you would choose video games?

The curse is bound to give at some point!

[jeremym480]

Re: TV Vs Videogames: which would you choose?

TV. I love my sports and Sports Center too much and I actually like some reality TV (Survivor, Big Brother). I know some of the dramas that I used to like are either on their last leg or off air now (24,The Sopranos, Oz, Nip/Tuck etc). However, there's still a few good ones out there namely, Sons of Anarchy, Dexter and True Blood. Plus, there's still about three solid sitcoms out there The Office, Modern Family, Curb.

So yeah I'd choose TV.

[Adam Dayton]

Re: TV Vs Videogames: which would you choose?

TV. I'm getting more and more tired of gaming as I get older.

[superjames1992]

Re: TV Vs Videogames: which would you choose?

Television, for sure.

I like gaming on my 360, but I don't play a lot of games on it (CH 2K8 is the only game I've played in over a month) and I've only played that a few hours per week lately. I watch television much more.

Plus, sports are on television. 'Nuff said.

[z Revis]

Re: TV Vs Videogames: which would you choose?

I should've read the actual post instead of the topic alone before voting. I voted for video games, then read the original post, and basically had that Homer Simpson "D'OH!" moment for a sec. lol.

TV for sure. No way I could go the rest of my life with no tv. But I could fairly easily go the rest of my life with no video games.

[SPTO]

Re: TV Vs Videogames: which would you choose?

TV

With videogames I can take it or leave it. I mean I still rent/buy games i'm interested in but I don't rush out to buy everything "awesome" on the market and I doubt I would even if money was no object.

At least with TV I can watch sports, movies, educational programming, news etc etc. I think i'll always play videogames until my hand/eye coordination gets so bad that I can't function but it's not the be all and end all for me.

[NYJets]

Re: TV Vs Videogames: which would you choose?

Sports makes tv a no brainer.

Though if it was just tv shows vs. videogames I would probably go with tv shows, its close though.

[Pappy Knuckles]

Re: TV Vs Videogames: which would you choose?

TV. I love my games, but I also like being able to chill out and not be actively involved too. Plus I wouldn't be able to see Lost, Dexter, Californication, MMA, Football, Basketball, etc. If I didn't have videogames I'd just spend that time doing something else.