did wow kill PC?

having 10 million + subscribers for 1 game leads me to believe if wow did not exist, there could potentially have been more games developed and released due to a larger playerbase looking for new games to play.

what do you guys think?

I personally dont like WoW. and I dont understand how/why people love it so much.... and they have to pay to play?

I love my gaming PC. I played everything else but WoW. Sims2 is my fave.

Just to point something out, WoW accounts for barely 60% of the MMO market. Although it's huge, it's stupid to point the finger at WoW alone. With all the upcoming MMOs, WoW may well hold barely 40% of the MMO market two years from now, and WoW will hopefully stop being a synonym for MMORPG.

Anyway, yes MMO games take players off the market permanently (at least for a time), but no MMOs have neither killed nor significantly reduced the PC games market - most notably because the PC games market is nowehre near dead.

Ten million may sound like a lot, but there are a few hundred million PC gamers worldwide. Combine all the 360s, PS3s and Wiis in householdes, then double it. Then add all the Gamecube, Xbox and PS2 owners in. There are still more PC gamers.

I personally dont like WoW. and I dont understand how/why people love it so much.... and they have to pay to play?

I love my gaming PC. I played everything else but WoW. Sims2 is my fave.

Dogswithguns

I don't like WoW or Sims2 and yes I have tried both, but hey we all have different taste.

But I much rather play Guild Wars (no pay to play), Crysis, COD4, The Witcher, King's Bounty: The Legend

On my Xbox 360, I'm playing Ninja GaidenII and Halo3

On my PS3, I'm playing Persona 3, Mana Khemia, and Metal Gear Solid

So there is definately better games to be playing besides an MMO such as WoW.

Yes of course. WoW and all the MMOs out there are killing PC gaming. They are just devilish games that only exist to take your soul and take you on a long trip to hell. They tear families, friends and lovers apart, filling all their souls with anguish whenever gamers try to go away for a walk or whenever they have a 'common and natural' conversation with anyone outside the MMO world, which further takes away all their souls and money, and making them adore false gods in order to keep playing.

Just to make myself clear. No, they don't. PC gaming has been happily dying since... forever. Oh, and don't forget to blame pirates too. Sick bastards they are.

Lol no... WoW brought 11 million PC gamers together. If anything, they brought new PC gamers to the market.

The availability of pirated games are the problem. Also, the console market got really big in the last 10 years.

At least we have MMORPGs!

i stop playing PC Games from a long time because few games and lot of them are bad and many are about MMO

and every game out you need a special and the good one $200 above i dont like PC video games any more and

WOW i play it one time i find it nothing a charecter how run all the time to make some stuped tricks

i am thinking to buy a PS3

i stop playing PC Games from a long time because few games and lot of them are bad and many are about MMO

and every game out you need a special and the good one $200 above i dont like PC video games any more and

WOW i play it one time i find it nothing a charecter how run all the time to make some stuped tricks

i am thinking to buy a PS3

zako94

I'm guessing you are either really young or english isn't your first language. But anyways the PS3 is a great investment, but a PC to me is an investment that keeps on giving.

having 10 million + subscribers for 1 game leads me to believe if wow did not exist, there could potentially have been more games developed and released due to a larger playerbase looking for new games to play.

what do you guys think?

chris4355

Completely true. But, if Blizzard didn't introduce WoW, then WAR would just take its place...in my opinion that is.

I think the larger issue for me is that Blizzard doesn't do enough to promote the PC as a gaming platform. They're in the perfect position to lobby for our platform on all fronts--they have the money, the power, and 11 million PC gamers to back their claims--but remain silent except for announcements about the next ZOMGGWTFBBQPWN! WoW expansion.

It's irresponsible and short-sighted.

absolutely true, but the PC is not dead. In fact games like the sims and world of warcraft are very much keeping it well alive, just taking sales from other areas of the market.nutcrackr

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