Pachter: Is PC gaming dying?

and another thing!! didn't anyone find it funny that when he said

"and if you are a developer..the point in making a game is to sell as many copies as possible..and what either your going to program the game for the largest possible audience.. which is the consoles..you say no no there's a billion pc gamers out there..there's not"

yet while he said that..they show dragon age gameplay..a game who was made primarily on the pc...better graphics,controls,etc

I'll give you a cookie if you convince me into giving a **** about sales. Really, I'm serious. I could be only person in the world playing games on my PC, still wouldn't care.

A 13.1 billion dollar software industry that has been consistently growing is very insignificant.

PC gaming could be on its last dying breath and the fanboys would still deny it. :P

Pacher is an idiot. And that first question is stupid too "Will it further hurt the PC community". Pachter is stupid and the people that send in the questions are stupid.

[QUOTE="Bebi_vegeta"]

What a joke, 2009 pc gaming software sales are better then 2008 pc gaming software sales.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/03/10/2009-pc-gaming-software-sales-up-3/

13.1 billion $$$$$$ revenu is a very small number...:lol:

Origami_Kill3r

Used copied are way better... You see, I can do this to.

[QUOTE="Bebi_vegeta"]

What a joke, 2009 pc gaming software sales are better then 2008 pc gaming software sales.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/03/10/2009-pc-gaming-software-sales-up-3/

13.1 billion $$$$$$ revenu is a very small number...:lol:

Zero5000X

I'm sure Xbox live fees don't count either, right?

wait a minute... its funny how everyone quotes pachter but once he says something like... the PS3 will outsell the 360 by 2011...everyone goes back to " its PACHTER LOLZ" mode but since hes saying PC is weak...everyone is praising him

devious742

I'll give you a cookie if you convince me into giving a **** about sales. Really, I'm serious. I could be only person in the world playing games on my PC, still wouldn't care.

Hanass

Metcalfe's law. The more people buy a game, the more people you have to play against. This seems like a multiplayer-only concern, but keep in mind that game sales beget future game development, and in the extreme case that you become the only PC gamer left on earth... well, then I hope you know C++. That said, I don't think any platform is in danger of being dropped on account of poor sales.

I'm sure Xbox live fees don't count either, right?

Bebi_vegeta

PC gaming could be on its last dying breath and the fanboys would still deny it. :P

ThatGuyFromB4

[QUOTE="Bebi_vegeta"]

I'm sure Xbox live fees don't count either, right?

lowe0

Well this is what we need to know, and what Pachter needs to show us the numbers, not estimated %,and let's exclude this and that, but facts.

[QUOTE="Birdy09"][QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

i agree with some points he has. PC gaming is not dead its just less relevant . Consoles can do more and more so there is less reason to buy a gaming pc. A home threater set up is a much better place to make then at a desk with a tiny monitor . 50 intch plasma ftw

Vandalvideo

PC gaming i do believe is minimizing but dieing is over reacting. PC gaming will always be here but i think it's only going to either the causals success like sims or hardcore niche games like MMO's, PC shooter, and RPG's

To comment on Pachter's comment, yes it is. More and more consoles are being sold a year. Most people like the idea of being able to buy a console and not have to upgrade it and can just play games right out of the box. Many PC exclusives are coming to consoles due to worldwide sales of console games. Not to mention PSN and Xbox Live are growing online networks for the PS3 and Xbox 360.

To comment on Pachter's comment, yes it is. More and more consoles are being sold a year. Most people like the idea of being able to buy a console and not have to upgrade it and can just play games right out of the box. Many PC exclusives are coming to consoles due to worldwide sales of console games. Not to mention PSN and Xbox Live are growing online networks for the PS3 and Xbox 360.

Valkyriareaper1

I don't know if you fallowed the trend... there's less and less exclusive on each system. Still PC has more...

To comment on Pachter's comment, yes it is. More and more consoles are being sold a year. Most people like the idea of being able to buy a console and not have to upgrade it and can just play games right out of the box. Many PC exclusives are coming to consoles due to worldwide sales of console games. Not to mention PSN and Xbox Live are growing online networks for the PS3 and Xbox 360.

PC is so dead that it has more high rated exclusives this year so far than the x360 and it's slightly behind the PS3 (only because the major titles are yet to come), not to mention the superior versions of Mass Effect 2, Metro 2033, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Supreme Commander 2 and pretty much every multiplatform game out there.

R.I.P. PC.

I say Farmville. Also, why did he exclude WoW?

Sky-

Farmville? What's next, the helicopter game?DarthBilf

It has 82.7 million users.

PC gaming could be on its last dying breath and the fanboys would still deny it. :P

ThatGuyFromB4

The thing is it isn't.

[QUOTE="Sky-"]

I say Farmville. Also, why did he exclude WoW?

DarthBilf

Helicopter sims are more hardcore than any console game :] The most recent one : Black Shark make Demon Soul look like a fricking casual game. So don't group them with Farmville pleaase

why would a "by the numbers" analyst discredit the expanding PC market?

88mphSlayer

Yes, dying just like its been dying for the past 25 years. I think anyone who ever thinks that PC gaming is "dying" loses all their credibility as a journalist.

[QUOTE="DarthBilf"][QUOTE="Sky-"]

I say Farmville. Also, why did he exclude WoW?

AdrianWerner

Helicopter sims are more hardcore than any console game :] The most recent one : Black Shark make Demon Soul look like a fricking casual game. So don't group them with Farmville pleaase