Shadow of death over our PC's....Is it really console's Era?

Personally i feel really disappointed as i know that more and more games are out on the consoles and not on our daily computers...more and more producers do console games and forget to launch it on a f*kin PC...Should i remind everyone that a modern computer can destroy a console?What better graphics can u get with a modern PC.!!!...Consoles are spreading like a disease hard tostop and the PC is loosing even that 23% terrain it has...The PC for me is the ultimate gaming tool some console addicted might try to argue with me but it will be in vain i can guarantee.PC games are few and fewer...And i remember this rhime from a diss by Dre. and EMINEM saying something like "If there was some magic sh*t /I could waveover the industry that could save it when i'm gone/And buried to make sure the tradition carries on,I would" it best describes the way I'm feeling...

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the situation is not dire, the wii is selling more than the other consoles put together. The sales for the 360 are not that much better than the xbox, the ps3 sales are on the poor side. At the moment the Wii is taking all of the thunder and really that's no cause for concern because it's not really in competition with a PC, completely different games.

Also the upcoming holiday period and 2008 have a lot of strong PC releases. Multiplatform is very much the way of the future to keep profits up. I don't think you should be too concerned.

I could agree with you a bit - but I really wouldn't worry. It's just developers seeing these "next-generation" consoles as a new way to express their games. Soon enough the PC will be superior in almost every way to consoles again, and developers will begin to make more PC only games.

Infact, we're already getting quite a few again in Crysis, Far Cry 2, Spore, Starcraft II, Empire: Total War...

And besides, take a look at the Top 10 chart on GS over the last couple of days. There's 1 PS3 game, 1 Wii Game, 3 360 Games, and 5 PC Games. So we're still on top.

the situation is not dire, the wii is selling more than the other consoles put together. The sales for the 360 are not that much better than the xbox, the ps3 sales are on the poor side. At the moment the Wii is taking all of the thunder and really that's no cause for concern because it's not really in competition with a PC, completely different games.

Also the upcoming holiday period and 2008 have a lot of strong PC releases. Multiplatform is very much the way of the future to keep profits up. I don't think you should be too concerned.

nutcrackr

Imagine if the majority of developers focused on the Wii? It surely wouldn't be a good thing.

Well im mostly a console jockey but PC gaming definately isnt dead. There r so many gr8 PC games including the half life series, WoW, supreme comander, company of heroes, sims 2, battlefield series, c&C,and the upcoming Crysis. The main downsides to PC gaming is one, to play the better games, u may have to upgrade yer hardware, which could cost hundreds of dollars out of yer pocket( im talking about u Vista and graphix cards), instead of payin a good amount of money for a console and never having to upgrade it til the next version comes out in 4 or so years. And also, Halo 3. It may turn out to be the the best game of all time and it could take a few years 2 come 2 the PC. Sorry PC users sux 2 be u. But still, dont deny the fact that some of the other best gaes of all time r on the PC.

Well, since we can use 1337 h4x for epic lulz(Consoles do not provied teh lulz), I am not too concerned either.wooz101

lol, wut?

Well im mostly a console jockey but PC gaming definately isnt dead. There r so many gr8 PC games including the half life series, WoW, supreme comander, company of heroes, sims 2, battlefield series, c&C,and the upcoming Crysis. The main downsides to PC gaming is one, to play the better games, u may have to upgrade yer hardware, which could cost hundreds of dollars out of yer pocket( im talking about u Vista and graphix cards), instead of payin a good amount of money for a console and never having to upgrade it til the next version comes out in 4 or so years. And also, Halo 3. It may turn out to be the the best game of all time and it could take a few years 2 come 2 the PC. Sorry PC users sux 2 be u. But still, dont deny the fact that some of the other best gaes of all time r on the PC.

Ligerpotumus

I don't care about Halo

Well im mostly a console jockey but PC gaming definately isnt dead. There r so many gr8 PC games including the half life series, WoW, supreme comander, company of heroes, sims 2, battlefield series, c&C,and the upcoming Crysis. The main downsides to PC gaming is one, to play the better games, u may have to upgrade yer hardware, which could cost hundreds of dollars out of yer pocket( im talking about u Vista and graphix cards), instead of payin a good amount of money for a console and never having to upgrade it til the next version comes out in 4 or so years. And also, Halo 3. It may turn out to be the the best game of all time and it could take a few years 2 come 2 the PC. Sorry PC users sux 2 be u. But still, dont deny the fact that some of the other best gaes of all time r on the PC.

Ligerpotumus

only noobs upgrade their PC's everytime a game comes out.

If you are smart you buy the right hardware and it will last you quite awhile.

Well, since we can use 1337 h4x for epic lulz(Consoles do not provied teh lulz), I am not too concerned either.wooz101

epic lulz ftw

PC 4 Life! Why? THIS is why:

Crysis.
Battlefield 2.
Far Cry 1 & 2.
Bioshock.
Starcraft 1 & 2.
Half Life 2 & Mods.
Counter Strike 1.6 & Source.
Guild Wars.
Age of Empires 1,2 & 3.
World in Conflict.
Rome: Total War & Medieval 2: Total War.
Oblivion.

Consoles don't have most of those games,and the ones they do,they lack compared to their PC counterparts because:

Cheaper.
MODS.

Like i said before,i'm PC 4 Life.

PC 4 Life! Why? THIS is why:

Crysis.
Battlefield 2.
Far Cry 1 & 2.
Bioshock.
Starcraft 1 & 2.
Half Life 2 & Mods.
Counter Strike 1.6 & Source.
Guild Wars.
Age of Empires 1,2 & 3.
World in Conflict.
Rome: Total War & Medieval 2: Total War.
Oblivion.

Consoles don't have most of those games,and the ones they do,they lack compared to their PC counterparts because:

Cheaper.
MODS.

Like i said before,i'm PC 4 Life.

mbukste

true dat

I could agree and disagree with this topic.

Why I Agree: The majority of gamers side with consoles for the obvious reasons; accessibility, maitienece cost, performance, and the age of VoIP. If you have the console, and the same game as anyone else, there is no debate to how the game will run with your setup. Why? Because every Xbox, PS3 and Wii are made with the same hardware. Developers are coding and creating a game around one setup; same video card, same processor, etc.... This way, it is much easier to eliminate, crashing, freezing, hangups, and all of the great glitches that tamper with a games enjoyment. As for the PC, this remains a different story because devs. are trying to develop around a wide variety of hardware and multiple Operating Systems. Thus, becomes a much higher probability of games malfunctioning or just plain not working all together.

The the graphic side of this argument is also another story. When you see graphics improving through the years on your 360, or PS3, it's not the hardware thats changing at all... its the software. And thats the problem with PC games is because the hardware is changing all of the time. New video cards and processors are being cast into production every month as Nividia and Ati struggle to one-up each-other. (Not that that's the reality of the Video Card market.) All I am saying is that it is obviously harder too cater a game on PC to a wider audience than it is to a console oriented audience.

Why I Disagree: For one, the PC will always have the things that consoles never will. Strong modding communities; it is a definitive reality that consumers alter a games content to make it better, longer lasting, re-playable, and more interesting. I don't need to tell any PC gamer the lengths that Half Life can be modified to.... Sure, some console game offer Modding tools to their games as well. Far Cry did it, Halo 3 will... which was more or less a dubious surprise to me. But, for real... how many other games out there offer any kind of option to change in game content on a console? There is no need to respond to that question.

PC devs are also very vigilante about supporting their products, releasing patches, free downloadable content and so forth. Microsoft's market place charges you for nearly 80 percent of the downloadable content available for games on the 360.

MMO's? Almost non-existent on consoles as of right now. For the PC? I could name a dozen off the top of my head.

As both a PC gamer and a Console gamer I have to be straight about this topic. The war between consoles and PCs is anyones game now. PC has alot going for it as well as the console. I do not agree that the PC age is dead, extinct or whatever anyone wants to call it. The Original Xbox is extinct, now thats a statement. Each side of the table has its perks, I have realized. Accessibility versus customizablility; either are prosperous in my book.