PC gaming will not die!

Alot of you probably already know for a fact that PC gaming isn't going extinct but every now and then you'll come across a funny type of signature that'll predict "the end of PC gaming" or other equally dumb comments. Are these ppl seeking atention or do they want to get the glory when competitive, professional gaming ACTAULLY ends. I don't think I've ever seen Fatal1ty play on an Xbox 360, or at least not seriously.

Here are some reasons why PC gaming ISN'T going to end-

-There is way too much money to loose. If PC gaming comes to an end almost every computer hardware and alot of software manufacturers will be affected. Just a few would be: Nvidia, AMD, Intel, Microsoft, Antec, Thermaltake, Asus and especialy Zalman. Asus, Nvidia and Ati have supported alot of gaming developers, including Ati for Half-Life 2 Episode 2.

-Microsoft making alot of Xbox exlusives (such as Fable 2, Gears of War 2 and Halo 3) is another reason that PC gaming isn't coming to an end. If gaming were to cease on PC, the dent in Windows sales would be so big it would be funny. They would lose almost all their gaming customers and of the amount left alot would make the switch to the free, more user friendly (debatable) Linux. So, if there was a threat to gaming on PC Microsoft would do ANYTHING to save it. It would be in their best interest to keep PC gaming alive. Microsoft making Xbox exlusives is a sure sign that they know PC gaming is fine where it is, the only threat to them, at the moment, is the PS3 and Wii.

-If pirating was such a big issue Eastern European developers would start making less PC exclusives and more games for consoles. Their investments seem to be fine where they are and they will continue to make games like ArmA II and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat for PC and PC only.

-There are so many gamers playing MMO's on PC that if there was a switch it would be so dramatic that very few ppl would survive. Imagine the WOW survers getting shut down. Ppl would stop dying from playing 50+ hours straight and start dying from going without. Imagine that, they come out from their various attics and sun starved rooms. They'd die after 15 hours of exposure.

-Games like Crysis would never be seen agian, graphics would end up being upgraded only every generation. A lot of hype would be lost.

Bottom line developers aren't selling games because entertaining ppl and keeping them happy makes them feel good about themselves. They do it for money and a fair amount of that is made off of PC gamers. Not to mention almost all profesional gaming is done on PC. PC gaming ISN'T going to end.

I don't think you'd be considered bright if you tried to predict the end of PC gaming, you may just end up standing there awkwardly.

P.S. Anyone who's also waiting for the release of Call of Pripyat say "I".

P.S. Anyone who's also waiting for the release of Call of Pripyat say "I".

Orledjro

I am. Will be day 1 buy for me. :)

On topic, no I don't think it will. It will probably change some way in the future, but for better or worse? Dunno. In any case, nothing will stop us from playing the old games, and PC has a HUGE catalogue of games that I've yet to play, like literally thousands. So even if PC gaming died *right now*, the existing game library would keep me entertained for the rest of my life.

I'm also looking more and more towards Eastern Europe to guarantee PC gaming's future. Games are way overpriced, and companies that are prepared to roll games out at a lower profit should thrive in the age of digital distribution.

Your hardware point's a good one too. The vast majority of games now have a minute of animations for Intel, Nvidia etc. at the beginning - it's pretty obvious those companies have a big interest in keeping PC gaming afloat on some level.

Oh, and I'm totally with you on Call of Pripyat.

PC gaming is weak and WILL become weaker. but never dies. because there are enough awesome exlusive old games form past to keep it up. there are still people who are interested in old games {like myself} and play them with PC.herzalot

PC will never die as gaming platform, because PC hardware will always exist and you always will be able to play games with.

Also, PC games sales are stronger than ever. Never before PC gamers paid 11 millions of monthly fees in a single MMORPG nor never before the digital sales from Blizzard Store, Steam, etc. were as huge . The fact that gaming is consoles is stronger than before doesn't make less healthy the situation in PC. less exclusives in PC? Yes, but also old developers not interested before in the PC platform now making excellent ports (Capcom, Konami) or working in PC titles distribution (Namco).

Anyway, as long as Diablo III and or Universe Of Starcraft reach PC, this generation of consoles is death. I barely touch my PS3 and 360 in the last 9 months.

I'm thinking about building my first gaming PC, so this concerns me somewhat. What makes people think PC gaming is dying? Is it because games are being developed on consoles first and ported to PC? Or there's more money to be had on consoles? Not really sure as I haven't kept up with PC gaming too much beyond Diablo and some other series.

I actually think PC gaming will die :( soon it will just be a big collection of bad ports and MMO's. It will not completely die out, there will still be a lot playing old games and MMO's. But for the new games that get ported over, I doubt it.

I think when the next wave of consoles hit it will be hard to compete with them, the consoles now are really good, so the next wave i'm imagining will be even more impressive.

PC gaming won't die as long as companies like Valve and Blizzard still exist. They know how to tackle piracy and their games are of such good quality people don't mind spending their money.

PC gaming won't die as long as companies like Valve and Blizzard still exist. They know how to tackle piracy and their games are of such good quality people don't mind spending their money.

Stanjan90

It will not die...According to me the prizes will go down in the future and everyone will buy it...

PC will never die as gaming platform, because PC hardware will always exist and you always will be able to play games with.

Also, PC games sales are stronger than ever. Never before PC gamers paid 11 millions of monthly fees in a single MMORPG nor never before the digital sales from Blizzard Store, Steam, etc. were as huge . The fact that gaming is consoles is stronger than before doesn't make less healthy the situation in PC. less exclusives in PC? Yes, but also old developers not interested before in the PC platform now making excellent ports (Capcom, Konami) or working in PC titles distribution (Namco).

Anyway, as long as Diablo III and or Universe Of Starcraft reach PC, this generation of consoles is death. I barely touch my PS3 and 360 in the last 9 months.

Ondoval

I actually think PC gaming will die :( soon it will just be a big collection of bad ports and MMO's. It will not completely die out, there will still be a lot playing old games and MMO's. But for the new games that get ported over, I doubt it.

I think when the next wave of consoles hit it will be hard to compete with them, the consoles now are really good, so the next wave i'm imagining will be even more impressive.

wigan_gamer

Nex wave of console will kill, basically, the actual wave of consoles. See the last gen: only PS2 survives now as gaming platform, and it will be only for a few years more. You can still see games from 1999 (Counter Strike), 2000 (Diablo), 2002 (Warcraft III), 2005 (Battlefield 2) being very popular at this moment. I have no faith in a new gen of consoles with near to 0% support to keyboard and mouse, in which you will pay for maps and new content -sometimes really ridiculous stuff- instead of enjoying it freely thanx to the amazing mod community in PC.

It will never die.

Can we stop making stupid threads like "PC gaming won't die!" and 'PC gaming will live on!"

Seriously its annoying as hell TBH and it doesen't give the platform any encouragement what so ever.

Can we stop making stupid threads like "PC gaming won't die!" and 'PC gaming will live on!"

Seriously its annoying as hell TBH and it doesen't give the platform any encouragement what so ever.

JangoWuzHere

pc gaming will never die because of this reasons

- graphic card market

- game market

- gaming equipment

- FPS (mouse+keyboard) no gamepad can replace that ;)

- and much more

Will die? Real PC gaming is already dead and has been for at least five years. What you have now is a bunch of simplified console trash. So, yeah, stick a fork in it baby, 'cause it's done.

Will die? Real PC gaming is already dead and has been for at least five years. What you have now is a bunch of simplified console trash. So, yeah, stick a fork in it baby, 'cause it's done.

-wildflower-

Serious? That's just not true. While the amount of casual crap has increased over the few years, we still have plenty of hardcore games every year.

Ifit EVER does DIE, we can all thank the stinkin, filthy, low-life PIRATES!!!

As long as there are PC's, PC gaming will live.

If anything new comes around that replaces PC's, then PC gaming will die by virtue of there not being PCs.

[QUOTE="-wildflower-"]

Will die? Real PC gaming is already dead and has been for at least five years. What you have now is a bunch of simplified console trash. So, yeah, stick a fork in it baby, 'cause it's done.

HenriH-42

Serious? That's just not true. While the amount of casual crap has increased over the few years, we still have plenty of hardcore games every year.

I was being a little facetious but, at least as far as RPGs are concerned, I do think PC gaming is on life-support.

PC games can't die because of us! As long there's people like me and you it's impossible. It's when we will not care anymore and make thread like this that it will be too late. As long we are there it is almost impossible.

Well duh.

The day I see the great majority of games being released for every platform EXCEPT for the PC, then I'll worry about the death of PC gamming.

I dont even care if all games released for the PC are ports, as long as they're good ports off course.

I was being a little facetious but, at least as far as RPGs are concerned, I do think PC gaming is on life-support.

-wildflower-

Really? This fall is one of the best ones considering RPGs in years. Dragon Age, Risen, Divinity 2, King's Bounty: AP (please release already :cry: ) and if you consider genre hybrids (I do) Stalker CoP, Alpha Protocol and Borderlands.

Sure, you might not consider them as good as the old ones, but what really is these days? Not just talking about PC gaming, but console gaming is certainly not what it used to be either.

PC gaming will not die!

Orledjro

No but I wish these threads would.

some people are stupid...

stupid!

So, is what's being debated hardcore vs. casual games? That's been done and done--and done. I used to love hardcore games, even if I wasn't ever the best gamer, but after needing to work 40+ hours a week with kids, the time one has to play complicated games dwindles. I'll give up on a game sometimes because the controls are so complex, I can't get a good feel for them after I come back to the game in a week. A constrant relearning process turns me off, so I just stay away from complicated games unless I have the time to play them.

I've always been a console gamer, but I switched to PC because the online gaming stays free (except for MMOs which I don't play) and they are modable and upgradable. Alot of the add-ons are free as well. Too much overlap between PC and Xbox as well. The only games I actually miss are PS3 exclusive, but I'm anti-Sony since Dreamcast died. So I've missed 2 Metal Gear Solids.

I wouldn't miss Gears of War 2 if it was never ported. Good, but nothing I absolutely miss. In fact, Uno Rush is the only game I miss on 360 that PC doesn't have already and I won't pay $60 a year for Uno.

PC gamers are the Alpha and Omega.

Computer gaming will die once computers become obsolete, which is NEVER.

PC gaming is weak and WILL become weaker. but never dies. because there are enough awesome exlusive old games form past to keep it up. there are still people who are interested in old games {like myself} and play them with PC.herzalot

Don't know if I can agree with that. That's like saying the Super Nintendo will never die because it has tons of great exclusive clas$ics.

I love PC gaming more than console. The only instance where console gaming is truely better, is for racing games, fighting games, and platformers. Other than that I'd stick to my PC anyday.

Gaming as a whole will eventually become obsolete and "die"... :?