The Global Economical Crisis

Hi all, I work daytime as an employee for a big company. After lots of analysis I have worked out someting astounding!The recession we are in at the moment is caused by PC gaming. It all started with the huge amount of games being developd for the PC because of all the money laying around. PC gaming development studios took loans from the bank, however they could not pay them back so they took loans from other banks to pay the loans they couldn't take back. For instance this happened with Crytek, like how they no longer patch Crysis (they have no money). It went into a cycle until the industry owed the banked into the trillions. Then there was a credit crunch, people wondered where all the money was. It had gone into gaming flops like Crysis etc.

Another company that faced the crunch were ATI, who because of the slump in PC gaming got bought out by AMD who is now also struggling. It had effects on the PC manufacturing giants of the world so it soon spread to the rest of the world.

What are your thoughts? should we boycott the PC industry for putting us in such a mess?

Oh dear...why?

someone facepalm this!

Hrm..

Sorry guys i felt like posting crysis pics for no reason :roll:

What a beautiful game.

Man that game looks awesome.

One facepalm is not enough...

Why do you all just facepalm?

Don't you think the PC industry is outrageous?

Hi all, I work daytime as an employee for a big company. After lots of analysis I have worked out someting astounding!The recession we are in at the moment is caused by PC gaming. It all started with the huge amount of games being developd for the PC because of all the money laying around. PC gaming development studios took loans from the bank, however they could not pay them back so they took loans from other banks to pay the loans they couldn't take back. For instance this happened with Crytek, like how they no longer patch Crysis (they have no money). It went into a cycle until the industry owed the banked into the trillions. Then there was a credit crunch, people wondered where all the money was. It had gone into gaming flops like Crysis etc.

Another company that faced the crunch were ATI, who because of the slump in PC gaming got bought out by AMD who is now also struggling. It had effects on the PC manufacturing giants of the world so it soon spread to the rest of the world.

What are your thoughts? should we boycott the PC industry for putting us in such a mess?

Olimar_the_Min

I said it before and I will say it again all you need is either a new brain or some yogurt, Seriously.

Lol are you serious?pamplinas322

crytek has no money! thats why they bought free radical and opened a new studio! pc gaming is costing money thats why the industry is bringing in more money than ever oh noes!

im terribly sorry i cant hear you over how beatiful and fun crysis is

The problem with crysis is that next generation consoles will not be able to compete with it graphically, as it uses such advanced hardware.

So next gen is going to be about.... Ionno.

crytek has no money! thats why they bought free radical and opened a new studio! pc gaming is costing money thats why the industry is bringing in more money than ever oh noes!

im terribly sorry i cant hear you over how beatiful and fun crysis is

washd123

try to resize those pic a bit so it could fit the whole screen :P.

Why all the Crysis talk? That game wrecked gaming.Olimar_the_Min

Wow... anti PC fanboy... http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=27011221

Or you just one big giant fakeboy with awesome jokes...

Wow... anti PC fanboy... http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=27011221

Or you just one big giant fakeboy with awesome jokes...

Bebi_vegeta

and I thought your previous thread was bad enough. For your information gaming had nothing to do with the recession, it was real estate and housig on loans which caused it :?

That was amusing. I do enjoy your ... unique insight.

That's nice considering that console game budgets are several hundreds of millions, while PC game developers like Stardock can make profit with only 1 million budget and selling under 300,000 copies.

That's nice considering that console game budgets are several hundreds of millions, while PC game developers like Stardock can make profit with only 1 million budget and selling under 300,000 copies.

HenriH-42

Are you saying Crysis was made on a 1 million dollar budget :lolOlimar_the_Min

You miss the point. The point is pc games can be made at a very small budget and still have a high profit. Something Stardock is known for. With consoels its a different story their development costs are much higher.

In fact your reasons for PC gaming causing the recession are quite absurd. You seriously need to read the news properly.

You're either A REALLY REALLY bad TROLL or perhaps you just miss informed...What do you seriously have against PC gaming? without Pc gaming your precious Call of duty and Killzone would never exist so think about that before you criticise. By the way, i know my last sentence is irrelevant but its a fact.

You're either A REALLY REALLY bad TROLL or perhaps you just miss informed...What do you seriously have against PC gaming? without Pc gaming your precious Call of duty and Killzone would never exist so think about that before you criticise. By the way, i know my last sentence is irrelevant but its a fact.

paulie69

I have a feeling this guy is just a bit wrong in the head

Hi all, I work daytime as an employee for a big company. After lots of analysis I have worked out someting astounding!The recession we are in at the moment is caused by PC gaming. It all started with the huge amount of games being developd for the PC because of all the money laying around. PC gaming development studios took loans from the bank, however they could not pay them back so they took loans from other banks to pay the loans they couldn't take back. For instance this happened with Crytek, like how they no longer patch Crysis (they have no money). It went into a cycle until the industry owed the banked into the trillions. Then there was a credit crunch, people wondered where all the money was. It had gone into gaming flops like Crysis etc.

Another company that faced the crunch were ATI, who because of the slump in PC gaming got bought out by AMD who is now also struggling. It had effects on the PC manufacturing giants of the world so it soon spread to the rest of the world.

What are your thoughts? should we boycott the PC industry for putting us in such a mess?

Olimar_the_Min

Son, you're in desperate need of some education, take a look at this video: http://vimeo.com/3261363?pg=embed&sec=

And no, the PC gaming industry didn't cause the financial crisis!

Y'all ****** postin in a troll thread!

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Hi all, I work daytime as an employee for a big company. After lots of analysis I have worked out someting astounding!The recession we are in at the moment is caused by PC gaming. It all started with the huge amount of games being developd for the PC because of all the money laying around. PC gaming development studios took loans from the bank, however they could not pay them back so they took loans from other banks to pay the loans they couldn't take back. For instance this happened with Crytek, like how they no longer patch Crysis (they have no money). It went into a cycle until the industry owed the banked into the trillions. Then there was a credit crunch, people wondered where all the money was. It had gone into gaming flops like Crysis etc.

Another company that faced the crunch were ATI, who because of the slump in PC gaming got bought out by AMD who is now also struggling. It had effects on the PC manufacturing giants of the world so it soon spread to the rest of the world.

What are your thoughts? should we boycott the PC industry for putting us in such a mess?

nunovlopes

Son, you're in desperate need of some education, take a look at this video: http://vimeo.com/3261363?pg=embed&sec=

And no, the PC gaming industry didn't cause the financial crisis!

Hi all, I work daytime as an employee for a big company.

Olimar_the_Min

Yeah, I also work for WritingCrapOnForums and Son Inc.

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That's nice considering that console game budgets are several hundreds of millions, while PC game developers like Stardock can make profit with only 1 million budget and selling under 300,000 copies.

Olimar_the_Min

Crysis is one of the exceptions. Most PC games are made with a very small budget when compared to what console games have.

That's why they can sell less and still make profit. Where a console game is a total failure if it doesn't sell over 1 million copies, a PC game can be considered a success if it sells over a couple of hundred thousands. Depending on the budget of course.

The point is anyone can develop a game for PC, with almost zero budget. Console devs need to pay for MS/Sony, and the development costs are much higher, so they need to sell more copies to make profit. That's why console devs are more hesitant to innovate and try new things.

That's why recession doesn't affect PC gaming as much as it does console gaming. Not to mention that console games cost upwards to 70€, while PC games can be anything between 5-50€. Also PC gaming has never been as affordable as it is now. The so called "2000$ rig" has not been true in years, I'd say if you're going over 1000$ you're paying way more than you'd have to.

A 'big company' employed you eh?...

A 'big company' employed you eh?...

skrat_01

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A 'big company' employed you eh?...

Olimar_the_Min

It's called Trolling Inc., isn't it?

Yay for Crysis pics! Oh and facepalm thread.

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A 'big company' employed you eh?...

Olimar_the_Min

I think you will find that is the global economic Crysis

here let me show you

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A 'big company' employed you eh?...

skrat_01

Well this is a good an excuse as any for a Crysis dump.

And to think anyone ever said the words "Crysis has low res textures" :lol:

I can't believe the mods haven't banned this alt account troll. I've seen intelligent posters who make valid points/back up their argument with facts get banned for much less.

Can we please all stop giving this guy the attention he's seeking? Please!? Just ignore this thread and all his further threads.

I can't believe the mods haven't banned this alt account troll. I've seen intelligent posters who make valid points/back up their argument with facts get banned for much less.

RawDeal_basic

OKAY HEAR ME OUT.

The recession was caused by the Wall Street companies who, primarily or before 2005, gave out loans to people who DON'T qualify to be getting loans. now, people would think, 'why would they give out loans to people who, in the long term, won't be able to afford to pay them?', but that is because most of these companies didn't really think through those decisions. they just want immediate money, and nothing else. surely, they give out loans, but most of 'em loans are from where? THE BANKS, exactly. now come 2008, and LOTS (i mean, LOTS and LOTS) of people can't already afford to pay their mortgage. so, their houses are foreclosed. of course we already had a hint that we're going downwards by then. and government-owned private (see what THEY did there? government-owned yet private ooohlalaa) mortgage companies handling out loans as well from, well let's just say, taxpayers' money.

but, in companies like AIG where as much as I would like them to go bankrupt (and im sure alot of people do too), having them announce bankruptcy will bring the whole financial system down. why is that? simply because TONS of companies invested in AIG (and AIG invested in lots of companies as well), so, the sharing of stocks and bonds and what-have-yous are branched out to lots of companies not just in the US but also in China, Japan, parts in Europe etc. so we resort to what we call a BAILOUT.

now, since people can't pay up, the banks who gave 'em loans (and the private mortgage companies as well) don't have enough money supply since they gave 'em all out. that's why US went into further debt because they had to borrow some dough (:P) from the World Bank.

another cause is a derivative of broken assets (or opaque assets?), and yezzz they were assessed BUT not in the most discrete manner and so the assessment of the risks involved was rather broken/tainted, and so the handling of the its distribution was, dare i say it, intentionally unfair. there i said it! :D

and don't get me started on over-leverage and the handling the bailout without any oversights or even receipts! XD

in short terms, nope. it wasn't caused by teh PC.

the end.

Hi all, I work daytime as an employee for a big company. After lots of analysis I have worked out someting astounding!The recession we are in at the moment is caused by PC gaming. It all started with the huge amount of games being developd for the PC because of all the money laying around. PC gaming development studios took loans from the bank, however they could not pay them back so they took loans from other banks to pay the loans they couldn't take back. For instance this happened with Crytek, like how they no longer patch Crysis (they have no money). It went into a cycle until the industry owed the banked into the trillions. Then there was a credit crunch, people wondered where all the money was. It had gone into gaming flops like Crysis etc.

Another company that faced the crunch were ATI, who because of the slump in PC gaming got bought out by AMD who is now also struggling. It had effects on the PC manufacturing giants of the world so it soon spread to the rest of the world.

What are your thoughts? should we boycott the PC industry for putting us in such a mess?

Olimar_the_Min

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I can't believe the mods haven't banned this alt account troll. I've seen intelligent posters who make valid points/back up their argument with facts get banned for much less.

Olimar_the_Min