[QUOTE="Spartan070"]When a new console generation arrives it replaces the old one. One could think of it as when a new PC generation arrives it is simply added to the previous one, which would explain the 100% backwards compatibility paradox.duncanvk
Tiaking backwards compatibility out of the equation, why shouldn't the next PC gen start with the consoles? After all three have been released? So PC games have a chance to start over with a set standard. That would mean Crysis and Spore, Starcraft II would be "next gen" PC games. Company of Heroes and other recent games should be included as killer apps though. :? I don't know, tough subject.
aye it is. ure idea is not abd but the problem imho is that PC hardware still upgrades during a console generations life. the technology is constantly changing and improving. it still doesent really level the playing field.
where to draw it....hmmm. what about direct x version? any game that runs on DX10 is a next gen PC game. theres still OpenGL to consider though. and the hardware still constantly improves.
theres no point doing it by graphics gen or processor gen since A) its way too short a timeframe and B) Dx10 games could be played on older hardware with just a graphics hit (itll be quite some time before we see games with no support for DX9).
maybe windows version? there are other OSs out there but there irrelevant from a games standpoint so that could possibly work. u still have the changing hardware though. and what if DX11 also comes to vista?
ugh ure right.....tough subject.
i suppose, since all next gen consoles work with their last gen counterparts and we could compare all their playable games. eg it would be Pc vs PS3, PS2 and PS1.
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