PC gaming official dying!

http://www.semiaccurate.com/2009/10/06/nvidia-kills-gtx285-gtx275-gtx260-abandons-mid-and-high-end-market/

It is official. PC gaming is dying with one of its major companies abandoning it. Not only is piracy killing pc gaming but the companies dont care about it anymore.The loss is not major however. Who needs Crysis,Stalker,WOW,EVE,Diablo,starcraft,dawn of war,Counter Strike, TF2,Guild Wars,Battlefield 2,2142,LOTRO,cryostastis,ect, when you have UNCHARTED 2 and its crysis killing graphics (http://www.sonydefenseforce.com/) and 97 percent score. What is that? Crysis got a 90 and UNCHARTED 2 got a 97.

Check and mate

Thank you

When Jandurin defends PC gaming, you know the OP was way off.

yea, the article.. is more like a blog.. and that blog is more of a rant.. and that rant is more of a guy who has no life.. and that guy who has no life .. is probably named charlieexpanded

CS: Are you talking about me?

Not only is piracy killing pc gaming

soiheardyoulike

Lost me at this. Piracy happens on all consoles.

[QUOTE="soiheardyoulike"]

http://www.semiaccurate.com/2009/10/06/nvidia-kills-gtx285-gtx275-gtx260-abandons-mid-and-high-end-market/

It is official. PC gaming is dying with one of its major companies abandoning it. Not only is piracy killing pc gaming but the companies dont care about it anymore.The loss is not major however. Who needs Crysis,Stalker,WOW,EVE,Diablo,starcraft,dawn of war,Counter Strike, TF2,Guild Wars,Battlefield 2,2142,LOTRO,cryostastis,ect, when you have UNCHARTED 2 and its crysis killing graphics (http://www.sonydefenseforce.com/) and 97 percent score. What is that? Crysis got a 90 and UNCHARTED 2 got a 97.

Check and mate

Thank you

I am going to believe what i read on a site called SEMI-Accurate!?

NOT..i'll stick to real gaming sites thx but no thx!

not this article again

When Jandurin defends PC gaming, you know the OP was way off.

organic_machine

[QUOTE="organic_machine"]

When Jandurin defends PC gaming, you know the OP was way off.

Jandurin

[QUOTE="organic_machine"]

When Jandurin defends PC gaming, you know the OP was way off.

Jandurin

console gaming has been always a viable alternative >_>Giancar

NAH! I got heroes of newerth. left 4 dead 2, tf2 content! expanded

Blame not only the software pirates, but also idiots like EA and their DRM bulls**t that infects people's computers with malware. Lets hope this is teaching them a lesson.

Reason why PC gaming is dying is most of PC gaming benefits have slowly been adopted by consoles and there is a huge issue of piracy. Yes, games can be pirated on consoles but to a far lesser extent than on PCs. Next gen, if consoles add dedicated mouse/keyboard support, ability for users to share mods etc, there will be nothing left for PC except for ability to have latest hardware available.

when was the last time it had an Exclusive AAA game? or just exclusive in general?Ratchet_Fan8

Plenty bub.

All MMORPGs
Most great RTSs (including soon to be released SC2 and myb eaven C&C4)
Crysis
The sims series

etc.

I sure hope it doesn't die since I'm planning on buying (or building) my own gaming-caliber PC next year.

Again ? PC gaming must have 9 lives at the very least considering how many times it supposedly is dying. :P

Reason why PC gaming is dying is most of PC gaming benefits have slowly been adopted by consoles and there is a huge issue of piracy. Yes, games can be pirated on consoles but to a far lesser extent than on PCs. Next gen, if consoles add dedicated mouse/keyboard support, ability for users to share mods etc, there will be nothing left for PC except for ability to have latest hardware available.

dinb

While consoles have adopted some of the benefits of PC gaming, its still way off. As both a PC and console gamer, they serve to suit very different tastes. There are certain games that you will never see on consoles, there are mods that you will never see on consoles. PC gaming will never die, it may ultimately become niche in certain respects, its the one platform that will always be supported. Consoles come and go but there is always some indy dev with no budget willing to make the next portal/counter-strike or even Stalker mod.

Consoles rely entirely on profitability, PC gaming is the only platform that can take what ever the market throws at it. Basically it can exist at any level and will never die.

Hahahaha.

Dying since '98 or so?

Wow, PC is going out in some serious style.

I doubted the integrity of that article and apparently it has been debunked.

As long as there are personal computers, there will be a market for PC games.

Hahahaha.

Dying since '98 or so?

Wow, PC is going out in some serious style.

lundy86_4

Uh, I see one of the hardware manufacturer took a major blow from the competition, that's more likely to happen on consoles than on the PC, just fyi TC.

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Hahahaha.

Dying since '98 or so?

Wow, PC is going out in some serious style.

shadow_hosi

:lol:

and excellent style it is. That do is awesome.

Funny... even it were true, there would still be ATI dominating everything.

[QUOTE="expanded"]yea, the article.. is more like a blog.. and that blog is more of a rant.. and that rant is more of a guy who has no life.. and that guy who has no life .. is probably named charlieGiancar

CS: Are you talking about me?

thats my dude!!! beers and womans all the way right charlie x)? *crowd laugh and claps*

Pc gaming is going to die this year like it died in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.

And the movie 2001: Space odyssey is going to be remade featuring the ps3 hyper cell edition as HALL and running yellow dog linux (oh noes you can't, ps3 slim ditched linux :o) and for the lems it will be a phase cooled (sayounara RROD :D) xbox hyper xenon edition running winzers 7 kernel and full dx 11 support and displaying a naked futanari avatar as HALL.

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Hahahaha.

Dying since '98 or so?

Wow, PC is going out in some serious style.

shadow_hosi

Lol, is that Lando from Star Wars?

When Jandurin defends PC gaming, you know the OP was way off.

organic_machine

No offense J.

On topic, article has been debunked becasue apparently the writer is a big Nvidia hater. PC gaming is not dying, as said for the billionth time.

PC Gaming is DEAD! There'll be no releases in 2010!

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=27047914

No offense J.

mo0ksi

PC Gaming is DEAD! There'll be no releases in 2010!

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=27047914

RyuRanVII

Starcraft 2 FTW! ^^

PC is in good shape at least in Europe. Halo is not much known as multi player game here ;)

http://www.semiaccurate.com/2009/10/06/nvidia-kills-gtx285-gtx275-gtx260-abandons-mid-and-high-end-market/

It is official. PC gaming is dying with one of its major companies abandoning it. Not only is piracy killing pc gaming but the companies dont care about it anymore.The loss is not major however. Who needs Crysis,Stalker,WOW,EVE,Diablo,starcraft,dawn of war,Counter Strike, TF2,Guild Wars,Battlefield 2,2142,LOTRO,cryostastis,ect, when you have UNCHARTED 2 and its crysis killing graphics (http://www.sonydefenseforce.com/) and 97 percent score. What is that? Crysis got a 90 and UNCHARTED 2 got a 97.

Check and mate

Thank you

soiheardyoulike

This is just pathetic, did you even READ the article? It says Nvidia is dropping it's card because they can't compete with the ATI cards.

I mean are you honestly this......

The new ATI cards are 40nm, Nvidia's current cards are 55nm which means ATI can currently fit more transistors for less money onto their cards. This means for say a GTX 285 to compete with a 5850 Nvidia has to sell their cards at a loss. In 2 weeks from now ATI's new low end cards are to be released that will create the same situation for Nvidia's lower end card.

All this means is that if Nvidia wants to compete with ATI it has to sell it's cards at a loss so rather than do that they are pulling the cards.

How you connect this situation to a downfall of PC gaming is beyond retarded.

Go to newegg and search for the 5870, they can barely keep them on the shelve, better yet search for the more bang for the buck 5850 (OUT OF STOCK)

The high-end market has gone nowhere, it's just exclusively ATI's now because Nvidia is having massive problems manufacturing their new 40nm chips so they have no products to sell worth buying.

With people like you though, I really wonder if their making the wrong move here.

I mean if you are capable of being so .......... that you can connect this article to the death of the PC gaming market then surely there are plenty of suckers out there that would buy a GTX 285 for 300 bucks over the cheaper, faster, DX11, more energy efficient, more feature filled ATI 5850

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Not only is piracy killing pc gaming

randomwiiplayer

Lost me at this. Piracy happens on all consoles.

[QUOTE="RyuRanVII"]

PC Gaming is DEAD! There'll be no releases in 2010!

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=27047914

ShadowriverUB

Starcraft 2 FTW! ^^

PC is in good shape at least in Europe. Halo is not much known as multi player game here ;)

I better throw my PC out the window then.

[QUOTE="ShadowriverUB"]

[QUOTE="RyuRanVII"]

PC Gaming is DEAD! There'll be no releases in 2010!

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=27047914

Myzz617

Starcraft 2 FTW! ^^

PC is in good shape at least in Europe. Halo is not much known as multi player game here ;)

Nvidia is still stronger than ATI quadcrossfire dont works anyways and there are no serious DX11 games, so 3 285s would still beat the 5870 in crossfire. Nvidia is fine in the time without DX11.

lulz that article has already been debunked.Jandurin

When Jandurin defends PC gaming, you know the OP was way off.

organic_machine

[QUOTE="Myzz617"][QUOTE="ShadowriverUB"]

Starcraft 2 FTW! ^^

PC is in good shape at least in Europe. Halo is not much known as multi player game here ;)

SLIisaownsystem

Nvidia is still stronger than ATI quadcrossfire dont works anyways and there are no serious DX11 games, so 3 285s would still beat the 5870 in crossfire. Nvidia is fine in the time without DX11.

More people game on the PC per day than the 360, PS3 and Wii combined. How is PC gaming dying?

It's funny that consolites keep accusing PC gaming of dieing when consoles are in a pretty bad state this generation.

Would people say it is wrong to judge a platforms condition by its 3rd party support? 3rd party games are on a platform because it offered a suitably appealing audience worth targeting. 3rd party exclusives say allot about a platform because the developers judged the platform to be worth such an investment.

PC has the most 3rd party exclusives, a good indication of its healthy condition. Look at a consoles exclusive lineup however and they are saturated by 1st party published/funded/developed titles. 1st party games are expected on consoles, but the sheer scale they are occurring this generation shows they are struggling to differentiate themselves from the competition. They have to invest their own money into obtaining exclusives because their platforms aren't appealing enough to attract suitable 3rd party support.

PC has the most exclusive games without anyone to acquire them on the platforms behalf, it acquired the exclusives entirely on the platforms own merits. People have the cheek to say a platform like this is dieing while their exclusive lineup is loaded with Microsoft/Sony acquired titles?

PC isn't on financial life support, consoles are.

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[QUOTE="Myzz617"] As consoles become more like computers PC GAMING will never DIE!!! The fact that Nvidia is stopping production of their cards is no surprise because they have yet to come up with an answer for ATI's new cards. Other than that DX11 and Quad SLI FTW!!! (quad sli is crap due to driver optimisation, and remember you have 2 chips on each board but they'll also be lower clocked in order to not overheat, 3 single video processor cards or 2 single processor video cards + tesla card; the later more appealing to my eyes)Myzz617

Nvidia is still stronger than ATI quadcrossfire (some games don't even support crossfire at all) dont works anyways and there are no serious DX11 games, so 3 285s would still beat the 5870 in crossfire (if the game supports crossfire it theorically wouldn't, a single 5870 is more powerful than a signle gtx 285 and ati did improved their crossfire scaling). Nvidia is fine in the time without DX11.(I don't know how well fermi will perform gaming wise, dx 11 will be supported, but since it's architecture approaches in some ways larrabee, I'm expecting it to be emulated thus taking an impact on performance, well I may be wrong, but anyways just wait, nvidia will pull it out before the end of the year)

Lol I guess I'm the only one around here that cares way more about cuda and open cl than gaming related stuff

moment for myself: *ha if that cray cx1 didn't cost 20k € (...) haaaaa...*